johnlockedness:mallamun:I’m sorry, but he is literally...

johnlockedness:

mallamun:

I’m sorry, but he is literally sitting behind a pile of green carnations with a swallow flying over his head.

Victorian men would often pin a green carnation on their lapel as popularized by author Oscar Wilde, who often wore one on his lapel.

The green carnation indicated homosexual affiliations.

According to the rumours, gay sailors first started getting a swallow tattoo on the hand as a sign to other gay sailors that they were fair play.

I’m reblogging this again just to add this….

Green carnations are not common. I can’t imagine they ended up in the reception’s flower arrangement BY ACCIDENT. And they do have a very specific meaning and association with homosexuality. So either Gatiss/Moffet were like “hey, I love green carnations. Let’s put them into the wedding arrangements and drive the fans bonkers. ha ha.” (in other words, a red herring), or they are there specifically in reference to John and Sherlock’s homoerotic/potentially homosexual relationship.  I’m guessing the creators are too enamoured of their own sub text to put a bogus message in there, so there you go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Carnation