#also john mary and sherlock

[novelmonger]

My favorite dynamic:

"You are my soulmate. We are forged together by battle and tears and love. Will you be my best man/maid of honor?"

And bonus points when the person marrying into the family is like, "I always wanted a brother/sister."

Bonus bonus points when the person marrying into the family encourages their spouse to spend time with the third wheel one-on-one because no one is feeling jealous or left out.

Couple + Sibling/relative third wheel is honestly an S-tier trio dynamic and I wish we saw more of this in media.

"You are my soulmate. We are forged together by battle and tears and love. Also my brother's coming along."

"Yo."

[tremendously-crazy]

sometimes, i forget that people ship sherlock holmes with characters other than watson. genuinely startles me

[spooksicl-e]

co-parenting<33

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Sherlock: I can see light at the end of the tunnel. John: yeah, that's probably the afterlife, mate. Heaven for me and hell for you. Sherlock: but we come as a pair!

Sherlock just casually implying 'we're going to be together forever, even in death' 🥺

[moroniccats]

‘“What is the meaning of it, Watson?” Said Holmes, solemnly, as he laid down the paper. “What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance…”’

This monologue always breaks my heart. He sounds so resigned and sad.

I wonder if that’s part of what drives him, that he knows that even if he can’t prevent the cycle of violence, maybe he can at least bring it to some closure.

[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[n4c9s]

"I'm sorry." "There's nothing to be sorry for."

~

Some post-Mazarin Stone thoughts

[your-average-teenage-mess]

So... Are we gonna talk about how fandom has an "inexplicable contempt for the female, often black love interest that DARED to fall in love with one of the main characters when it SHOULD have been the audience surrogate" problem? Or are we gonna keep acting like the fact fandoms are a subset of queer culture makes them immune to bias? Because I keep SEEING those takes, so it does SOUND like we still need to talk about it

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked

[colonelmajorkepler]

HOLMES AND WATSON DOING THE SAME THING THAT JAMES AND ARCHIE DID FOR THEIR DATE😭😭😭😭😭

[penofsteele]

My favourite thing about ACD Johnlock is that you can essentially just cite the entire existing text as evidence. We don't even need evidence at this point, it's just there. It's a love story. The only people we have to convince are the people who haven't read them.

[vargdottern]

let me get this (not so) straight. john and sherlock continued living at baker street together after the whole thing with eurus. they raised a damn child together. and they're just friends?????

there's a song about that i think

can't quite put my finger on it, what's the name.....

oh yeah

that's the one

[henrythepug]

I wish the fandom would stop hating on Mary. honestly, I don't care that she got in the way of Johnlock because even while she was alive she was never possessive of John and totally liked Sherlock and lowkey shipped Johnlock. ALSO, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE JOHN'S SECOND CHOICE and there is peace for the johnlock shippers in that. sherlock was always John's first choice but he left. sherlock messed that up. Also, she pretty much died to make Johnlock happen and is also an all-around queen. MARY DOESN'T DESERVE THIS HATE!!! - a Johnlock shipper

[v0idwraith]

John calling Mariana “Mari” is just fueling my “Mariana is both ms Hudson and Mary Morstan” headcanon

[moroniccats]

I actually think it’s HYSTERICAL the amount of posts I’ve seen saying that BBC Sherlock is the most accurate to the books (no hate to those people, I genuinely think it’s funny. Continue saying those things, it makes me laugh. You will soon come to realize that you exist only for my amusement. I AM controlling your mind. There is no escape.)

[cowboy-robooty]

season 4 sherlock was worse for england than the mf queen dying