okay, if you don’t think john has always been special and that sherlock fell in love with him from the first time they met, please consider this

inevitably-johnlocked:

darthkawaii42:

ramblings-from-yours-truly:

Sherlock may not always understand empathy, but he understands some basic human psychology and knows how to use certain actions in order to cause certain reactions, as he lets on in this scene from ‘Many Happy Returns’.

 In other words, he knows how to get others to like him —if he wanted to. 

But he doesn’t. Most of the time he doesn’t, mainly because he considers normal people to be dull and vulgar. This is made particularly clear in this scene of ASiB, which has very similar lines to those he says in MHR:

In this scene, Sherlock is presented with a way to appeal to his ‘fans’ and to be more ‘accessible’ by letting them see he’s not perfect or almighty, and his reaction is disgust. He clearly has no interest in being liked by people in general. He doesn’t give a shit what anyone thinks of him. He has the necessary tools to be accepted among ‘common folks’ and yet he repeatedly states that he has no wish to fit in. 

In fact, the only times we see him using his ‘smile and wink’ strategy are…

and

LITERALLY JOHN IS THE ONLY PERSON WITH WHICH SHERLOCK BOTHERS TO LOOK FRIENDLY, ACCESSIBLE AND, LIKE HE SAID IN ‘MANY HAPPY RETURNS’, HUMAN. CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE SHERLOCK WANTED JOHN TO SEE HIS HUMANITY FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT. HE TRIED SO HARD TO BE THE MOST HUMANISED VERSION OF HIMSELF, TO MAKE HIMSELF RELATABLE SO JOHN WOULD BE DRAWN TO HIM. SHERLOCK WAS SO DESPERATE TO LET HIM INFROM
THE
VERY
BEGINNING

I’M CRYING WHYYYYYY 

SCREAMING

Yup. John’s opinion is the only one he’s ever cared about. Look how upset he was when he thought that John might have fallen for Moriarty’s public disgrace campaign and thought he was a fraud. He was genuinely upset and genuinely relieved when John said he knew that Sherlock was the real deal. He doesn’t give two craps about anyone else’s opinion of him. But John’s opinion, he cares about immensely and uniquely. ❤️❤️❤️