#bbc sherlock s4

[actually-a-girls-name]

Yes yes yes yes and yes!! ☝️☝️ louder!!

And that's why i love him so much: we could fill pages and pages of writing trying to take him apart and dissect him and it would never be enough!

That's also why the talks about him acting completly out of character in s4 bother me a little

I'm not saying s4 isn't weird (and i'm on board with the entire "tfp is not reality anymore") but John beating up Sherlock? Totally believable for me. John cheating? Well yeah he wasn't really happy with Mary was he?

My man is COMPLEX

and grieving

and experiencing COMPLICATED emotions ok?

and he's just a little fucked up too

My point is: a character you love doing something you don't like doesn't automatically mean it's bad writing, and I think John Watson is written (and played) really wonderfully

I think one of my favourite things about John Watson is he's so deceptively complicated and contradictory.

He's a doctor, he's a soldier, he'd kill for you, he'd heal for you, he's the best of men, he's the worst of men, he's so brave, he's such a coward, he's just a bloke, he's like no one you've ever seen, he's got trust issues, he'd trust you in a heartbeat, he's got everything, he's lost so much, he's so violent, he's so gentle, he doesn't know how to care, he doesn't know how to stop, he just wants an ordinary life, he'll run headfirst into fire just to feel the burn

He's a healer, he's a killer, he's a lover, he's a fighter, he's an adrenaline addict, he's a brother, he's a friend, he's a husband, he's a dad, he's a sidekick, he's a narrator, he's a headcase, he's John fucking Watson and he is not an open book.

[buckingham-ashtray]

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[holmosexualitea]

I love you.

[Calico Critters your Parent!lock]

[forever-1895]

Yes, I feel exhilarated when I read fics that fix the tiny stone in my shoe aka BBC Sherlock S4

I think the closest thing I‘ll ever accept as a proof of god‘s existence are fix-it fanfictions. Jesus sounds great and all - but have you ever had a post canon fanfic that was so well written that it sounded like it was actually canon and you felt as if all your wounds were suddenly healed?? THAT‘S a religious experience if there ever was one, if you ask me.

[citricacidprince]

I’ve never watched The Umbrella Academy but from what I’m putting together on my dash I’m so sorry they pulled a BBC Sherlock on your asses

Season 1 and 2: Pretty damn good

Season 3: Kinda bad but you’ll still watch it

Season 4: Will make you regret ever saying S3 was bad because what the actual hell was that?

[lowbcame]

the game—is on pause

[loveinstreams]

"oh no my gay angel made a bad decision" well he didn't suddenly have a psychopathic secret sister manipulating him for years through various disguises after dog related trauma made him lose all memory of her. so i think we're good

[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[helloliriels]

When you find out your life is a fairy tale ...

... but it's the German version.

[thegirlwhosims]

Veeery early stages of building 221B Baker Street.

[lyricsandwonder]

Do people not know how to write endings anymore?

I swear, every show I’ve seen in the past few years either gets cancelled or has a horrible ending.

Supernatural: Shit ending

Julie and the phantoms: Cancelled

Warrior nun: Cancelled

Locke & key: Shit ending

Our flag mean death: Cancelled

Big sky: Cancelled

Gotham knights: Cancelled

Lookwood & co: Cancelled

The winchesters: Cancelled

Game of thrones: Shit ending

Sherlock: Shit ending

Umbrella academy: Shit ending

Shall I go on? Because I could. For like an hour.

Endings are never easy, but I swear they weren't always this bad. First, they make us pay for a billion different streaming services, then they take away our 22-24 episode seasons and stick us with 8 episode seasons, shows only last for 4 season maximum, it takes years to shoot each season, and they can't even give us a decent fucking ending for the shows that actually manage to be good despite all that bullshit. I hate it here.

[buckingham-ashtray]

The Two Deaths of John Watson

- A BBC Sherlock Fanart by Starry

[holmosexualitea]

Nothing better than a read-along in the woods, even better if it's a book about pirates!

[sakanayasan414]

Lowkey bbc Sherlock has been making me mad like s1 and s2 had so much potential and they killed it off but whatever it’s over now. I can like s&co in peace.

[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

[bettercallcohen]

"'This is family' what do you mean my husband is not our family." - sherlock probably after that

"The Final Problem" S4E3 - Sherlock (2010 - 2017)