watsonshoneybee:I’m gonna be honest, guys, I’m not a huge fan of this new “Sherlock did a strange...

watsonshoneybee:

I’m gonna be honest, guys, I’m not a huge fan of this new “Sherlock did a strange and/or fantastic thing, so he must have been on drugs at that time” trend I’m seeing happening. I’ve seen a couple posts in that vein from different people so I’m not calling anyone out in particular, I just want us to be aware and critical of this as a trend. Sherlock is a strange and fantastic person who struggles with addiction. His addiction does not make him strange and fantastic. Please do not conflate drug addiction with the ability or tendency to be strange and/or fantastic. 

The only times we have confirmed drug usage for Sherlock is in the drug den in HLV and on the plane in TAB. While I’m certain arguments can be made for drug usage in s1 and s2, please, please don’t fall into the trap of “that was weird, must have been drugs” because not only does it downplay the devastating reality of being a relapsed, long-term addict, it does a huge disservice to the complicated character of Sherlock Holmes and reduces him to a two dimensional character who fails to experience growth and relies on drugs to be fantastic, amazing, extraordinary. 

Just be careful with this one, y’all. I look forward to reading many more metas on the issue! 

I agree with this and will just add that the TAB scene isn’t confirmed! There has been no drug test, no drugs found on him. In fact, Sherlock tears up his list and says “I don’t need this [list of drugs]; I’ve got the real thing now”. Though he also says that he just overdosed. It seems highly likely, but it has not yet been proven beyond question, is all I’m saying.

I just personally find it very difficult to believe that he got drugs while in solitary confinement. And if he was, then he could only have been planning to commit suicide, because he didn’t know about Moriarty or that he would “need” them “for a case” yet. All I’m saying is that there are a lot of unanswered questions here.