#The Abominable Bride
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Johnlock but from The Abominable Bride?👀
Watson’s trying his hand at deductions (it’s not going well)
#the abdominal bride was such a fun ep#and I mean that in the sense that Sherlock was so obviously pining in that episode so I enjoyed it#my art#sherlock holmes#ask#john watson#johnlock#sherlock#bbc sherlock#the abominable bride
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look of all time, barbour jacket john you'll always be famous !!!
#bbc sherlock#john watson#martin freeman#sherlock holmes#the empty hearse#the abominable bride#his last vow#it definitely looks like a barbour but i'm actually not 100% certain#very british of him if i'm correct
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SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson
#inspiration for creating gifs was the wonderful @meandhisjohn#in this episode john reveals a new side of himself showcasing his sharp intellect which makes me love him even more#forgive me those moustaches I still don’t understand why they used fake ones instead of letting martin grow his own#I adore scenes with him in combat they make me squeal with excitement#and I love how he’s ready to defend sherlock at any moment if anyone dares to attack him#a truly protective boyfriend#and the way he looks at sherlock on the porch of the house - it’s like the birth of a new universe#a universe built on trust and unwavering devotion a testament to the power of a love that transcends time and space#martin freeman#benedict cumberbatch#bbc sherlock#sherlock bbc#sherlock holmes#sherlock#john watson#sherlock x john#johnlock#mf/serial#the abominable bride
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Inktober No.4 - Joyful (is actually No. 5)
I know it is a bit dark to use the promt like this, but it only happened in Sherlock's mind, so...
Used the Krita Oil bushes again.
From @BluebellofBakerstreet's amazing promptlist for Inktober 2024. Sorry for using the promt for tomorrow today, but there were two good ones for the 5th and I want to use them both.
I am flattered if you reblog, but do NOT post my art on other sites/social media or use in any other way without my written permission.
#inktober#sherlock#sherlock holmes#benedict cumberbatch#victorian Holmes#John Watson#martin freeman#the abominable bride
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#bbc sherlock#sherlock holmes#sherlock vintage#sherlock#john watson#greg lestrade#mrs hudson#mary morstan#the abominable bride
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Broken fourth wall.
#sherlock meta#sherlock holmes#bbc sherlock#john watson#sherlock#the abominable bride#tab#Poetryortruth S4 special
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Sherlock:*opens the body bag*
John: *shocked because he saw Y/n in a body bag with airpods in her ears*
also John: uhm.. Sherlock, shouldn't the clothes or items related to the corpse be separated?
Sherlock: *groan in frust* Y/n! How many times have I told you not to sleep in a body bag!
Y/n: *gets up and yawns while stretching her hands and cracking her spine* nice bed ever
John:...
#benedict cumberbatch x reader#bbc shows#benedict cumberbatch#bbc sherlock x reader#the abominable bride#bbc sherlock imagine#incorrect sherlock quotes#martin freeman#dr john watson#johnlock#sherlock reader insert#bbc sherlock#sherlock bbc#sherlock holmes x reader
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JW: Holmes, you have misdiagnosed.
SH: Then, correct me, Doctor.
#bbc sherlock#sherlock holmes#benedict cumberbatch#john watson#martin freeman#johnlock#the abominable bride#tab#sherlockedit
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The Abominable Bride by helloliriels
It wouldn't leave my brain, so hopefully now it won't leave yours either. ❄️👰☃️ Bahaha! The Christmastime special Rankin/Bass (totally) would have made *wink*
Inspired by @victorianpining and all the recent posts about BBC Sherlock's TAB ... ✨️🎄🔎
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
Happy Holidays! Sending love to all my moots! @johnlocky @chinike @rhasima @fluffbyday-smutbynight @ohlooktheresabee @totallysilvergirl @a-victorian-girl @topsyturvy-turtely @iamjustreading @kabubsmagga @beebrevisionist @kettykika78 @gregorovitchworld @masterofhounds @missdeliadili @loki-lock @inevitably-johnlocked @bluebellofbakerstreet @khorazir @discordantwords @simplyclockwork @sarahthecoat @7-percent @meetinginsamarra @peanitbear @tiverrr @holmosexualitea @gaylilsherlock @whatnext2020 @safedistancefrombeingsmart @geekinator @dontfuckmylifewtf @wizama @keirgreeneyes @mrb488 @john-smiths-jawline @sabsi221b @kestrelwing64 @anyawen @calaisreno @raina-at @carla-creates @justanobsessedpan @zira-and-crowley @kittenmadnessandtea @maiaemerald @hasenkind687 @jobooksncoffee @amyreadsandstresses hope this finds you well and whole and safe and sound and enjoying a warm cup of soup! 🥰💋
#the abominable bride#rankin bass#helloliriels#liriels edit#bbc sherlock#tab#reimagined#lockout films#12 days of johnlock#i lost count on LaYeRs#_large#johnlock#sherlock
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Gay Easter Eggs in BBC Sherlock
(I trust the above requires no explanation.)
Perhaps someone has done this before, but I wanted to put together a compilation of gay easter eggs in the show that I’ve seen other people point out and/or have thoughts on myself. So here it is!
When I say “easter eggs,” I’m thinking of small clues that the show creators included in the set designs, music choices, and other details of the show to reference that Sherlock and John are in love. I’m thinking of things you could miss at first, especially little clues that often require a bit of extra information or require observations across episodes to understand.
Of course, there’s also lots of subtext woven into the show, moments where interpreting the dialogue or visuals in a certain way tells us something about Sherlock, John, and/or the state of their feelings for one another. I’m not sure if I can clearly define “subtext” versus “easter eggs” and explain what distinguishes them, but at least to me, several of the things I’ve listed here seem a bit different from what people often refer to as subtext. Maybe subtext is about uncovering the layers to a piece of dialogue or an action that takes place in plain sight and seeing how that impacts our interpretation of the story, but easter eggs are about spotting smaller, hidden details. I’m not trained in literary or film studies, though, and I’m not trying to be doctrinaire about this at all! This list is just for fun, anyway. (The above image might not actually count as an easter egg, but I couldn’t resist including it here. Indulge me.)
The more I read about this show and the harder I look, the more I think that hardly anything is there on accident. All these easter eggs must have been included on purpose. The creators knew they were telling a love story all along.
I’ve linked to the posts where I initially saw people point these out or to other good sources, and for some of these I’ve added my own commentary/observations/interpretations. I’m sure there are many other easter eggs that I’ve missed! What have you spotted?
John’s PIN in TBB – When John tries to pay for his groceries at the beginning of the episode, we see that his PIN is 743. In ASIB, Irene’s code to unlock her phone is SHER, which would be 7437 on a phone keypad. So, John’s PIN is a clue that he is or will be in love with Sherlock. Source: @loudest-subtext-in-tv, here.
Shaftesbury Avenue, 20m from Piccadilly Circus in TBB – While investigating in Chinatown, Sherlock and John bump into each other at what used to be a cruising spot for gay men in London. Source: @the-signs-of-two, here.
Archer the American in ASIB – In the scene where the American CIA agents try to get Sherlock to open Irene’s safe, the head CIA agent pressures Sherlock by threatening to have one of his men shoot John. The agent says: “Mr. Archer, on the count of three, shoot Dr. Watson.” Ordering someone named “Archer” to shoot John could be a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle’s poem “The Blind Archer,” which is about Cupid and describes Cupid shooting two men who sound an awful lot like Sherlock and John. Source: couldntpossiblycomment, here.
“¿Dónde Estás, Yolanda?” in TEH – The song that plays during the scene with John and Sherlock’s disastrous reunion at the Landmark restaurant is a cover of the song “¿Dónde Estás, Yolanda?” performed by the band Pink Martini. The Spanish lyrics to this song are about searching for a long-lost lover, which is fitting for the scene where John sees Sherlock again for the first time since his fall. Notably, the creators didn’t use the first of the two versions of this song that Pink Martini has released. The band’s first version appears on their 1997 studio album Sympathique and features a man singing about a woman. Instead of using that version, the creators used the version from Pink Martini’s 2011 compilation album A Retrospective, in which China Forbes performs most of the vocals. So, the creators deliberately chose a remade version of the song in which a woman sings about a woman. They chose a gay song about searching for a long-lost lover for Sherlock and John’s reunion. abrae (@tea-and-liminality on tumblr) has a meta with more to say about the use of this song here.
John’s “oscillation on the pavement” in TEH – In TSOT, John observes a potential client standing outside 221B and trying to make up her mind as to whether to come in. Sherlock tells John “I’ve seen those symptoms before. Oscillation on the pavement always means there’s a love affair.” In the previous episode, John came to visit Sherlock at 221B but hesitated on the pavement outside, staring at the door and trying to decide whether to go in. Sherlock’s comment, “I’ve seen those symptoms before,” is a hint that we, the audience, have also seen those symptoms before—with John in the previous episode. Source: @bidoctor, here. (I saw someone else point out that last part about Sherlock’s hint to the audience, but I can’t find that post, sorry!)
Lilac dresses in TSOT – While planning John and Mary’s wedding, Sherlock chooses lilac-colored dresses for the bridesmaids. When John tells Sherlock that he likes the bridesmaids in purple, Sherlock pointedly corrects him by stating that the dresses are lilac. Apparently, “In Victorian times, giving a lilac meant that the giver is trying to remind the receiver of a first love.” So by dressing the bridesmaids in lilac, Sherlock is trying to remind John of his first love: himself, Sherlock. My heart breaks. Source: @asherlockstudy, here.
Putting the horns on Mary and Janine in TSOT and HLV – In TSOT, there’s a shot where Mary gives Sherlock and John a thumbs up before they head out on a case. The way Mary is standing, the horns on Sherlock’s cow skull thing on the wall behind her are placed right over her head. (I always thought this shot looked pretty weird, but now I see that it must have been intentional!) In the HLV scene with Janine at 221B, there’s a moment when Janine steps in front of John in the frame to kiss Sherlock, and her movement positions the horns right over her head. “Putting the horns” on someone means cheating on them. So in both cases, placing the horns right above Mary’s and Janine’s heads indicates to the audience that Sherlock and John are the real relationship in this show. Source: this post from multiple users on the @sherlockmeta blog.
The architecture of Sherlock’s mind palace in HLV – In the mind palace scene after Mary shoots Sherlock, the architecture of Sherlock’s mind palace is based on locations from ASIP. Sherlock literally built his mind palace out of places from his first case with John, illustrating that his relationship with John is what grounds him and that it means everything to him. abrae has some very helpful screencaps of this here (and I would recommend that whole meta, btw!)
The glasshouse scene in TAB – In TAB, the Victorian John tries to ask Sherlock about his sexuality and sexual history while they’re sitting in a glasshouse. In Victorian Britain, “glasshouse” was another term for a military prison. So John, a military veteran, asks Sherlock about his sexuality in a setting that represents where he would have been sent if he had acted upon his homosexual desires at a time when homosexuality was criminalized. Source: @haffieliesel, here.
What do we say about coincidences? The universe is rarely so lazy.
#johnlock#bbc sherlock#sherlock#tjlc#meta#gay easter eggs#subtext#sherlock x john#sherlock holmes#john watson#mary morstan#janine#janine hawkins#irene adler#tbb#asib#teh#tsot#hlv#tab#the blind banker#a scandal in belgravia#the empty hearse#the sign of three#his last vow#the abominable bride#the universe is rarely so lazy
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6/100 Sherlock in black and white
#sherlock#benedict cumberbatch#bbc sherlock#sherlock holmes#the abominable bride#victorian sherlock#sherlockedit#sherlock b+w#mine#repost because i moved blogs
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Shout out to Holmes and Watson.
My favourite men in every century.
Edit by me.
#bbc sherlock#the abominable bride#sherlock holmes#john watson#holmes and watson#martin freeman#benedict cumberbatch#sherlock
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“Between you and me, John, I always survive a fall.”
—— SHERLOCK, The Abominable Bride
You may always survive a fall, Sherlock,
but it's John Watson whom it kills.
(and us
#bbc sherlock#sherlock holmes#john watson#johnlock#johnlock headcanon#johnlock angst#the abominable bride#tab#sherlock bbc#221b baker street#i am sherlocked#sherlock#sherlock fandom#sherlock headcanon#sherlocked#sherlock s1#sherlock s2#sherlock s3#sherlock season 4#tjlc#the reichenbach fall#trf#scripts#buckingham-ashtray
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Mrs. Hudson, be nice!
1. The Abominable Bride
2. The Lying Detective
Poor John! 🤭
#martin freeman#john watson#mrs hudson#una stubbs#bbc sherlock#the abominable bride#the lying detective#sherlock bbc#my gfx
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