2013-2020: my seven-year Sherlock fandom journey:

Joining
the Sherlock fandom in May 2013, getting immediately devastated by TRF:

but
uplifted by the knowledge that series 3 would be coming out in early 2014:

but
then finding out that the showrunners were doing their damnedest to counter Ben
& Martin’s enormous chemistry by casting Amanda as Mary:

Then 2014, after watching TEH and the lack of any real resolution regarding Sherlock’s return:

after
John marrying someone else:

after
John’s “that’s where they sit/that’s all you are now, Mary: a client” speech:

after
the taking back scene on Christmas day:

after
the tarmac scene:

after
the “big Moriarty reveal”:

during
the three-year 2014-2017 hiatus:

for TAB in general: 

pre-series
4 release:

post-series
4:

now,
hearing rumours of a series 5 in the works: