#lestrade's had enough of these three tbh

[r2y9s]

[sherlock holmes]

they're all together now

holmes got caught trying to break them out

[part one]

[jupiternovak]

So let's talk about Sherlock...

I just watched The Final Problem today and I am very torn on my opinion on it. while watching i didn’t notice almost any of the major issues with it, probably because I was too emotional to pay attention. I came on tumblr right after finishing and to be honest I was overwhelmed by the amount of hate TFP got, although now it’s been a few hours though and the more I think about it, the more problems arise. I would just like to talk about the plot holes I noticed in this and also the things I liked and disliked.

for the record, I didn’t hate the episode and I didn’t think it was horrible, I just think that Moftiss were overthinking and absolutely overlooked some key points and needless to say, almost everyone noticed.

first off

- how the fuck did John get out of the well? he was literally chained to the bottom and they just threw a rope at him, what the actual friggity fuck?!?

- TLD ended with Eurus shooting John, not just shooting at him, John literally said in the beginning of TFP that he got shot. Eurus said she would put a hole in John’s face an I really doubt she’d miss if she really wanted to shoot him. John doesn’t seem to be hurt at all though, guess he must be jesus h. fucking christ in the flesh or something;

- speaking of mysterious healing, tHEY JUMPED OUT OF A FIRST FLOOR WINDOW WITH A BOMB EXPLODING BEHIND THEM AND DIDN’T GET A SINGLE SCRATCH ON THEMSELVES. firstly, they broke the windows with their bodies so they must have gotten damaged from the glass. secondly, they jumped out of a window. remember in scandal in Belgravia when Sherlock threw that guy out of a window and how bad he got hurt from that? thirdly, a bomb exploded behind them. that would have increased their speed and also hurt them. yet, in the next scene they are completely fine and don’t even come and tell me it was a while later because when they talk on the phone they say Mycroft is in the hospital unconcious, which would suggest that the explosion had just happened.

- jumping back to TLD now, what exactly was the purpose of Eurus dressing up as Faith, the girl on the bus and Johns therapist? I kinda understand Eurus helping Sherlock by giving him the letter and leading him to Culverton, but why the other two? I understand that she’s a literal psycho but what benefit did that give her? none. just fucking confusing everyone.

- Mycroft is one of the smartest men alive and yet he lets Moriarty and Eurus meet without anyone checking on them whAT THE FUCK

- how’d the “miss me?” video get all over London in HLV? who the fuck distributed it? Eurus? she can hack now?

- Mycroft: *locks Eurus in Sherrinford* Eurus: *escapes* Mycroft: “hey yknow what’s a good idea? let’s take Eurus back to Sherrinford bc that sounds like a great plan lol!”

- why’d they never look in the well when looking for Victor/Redbeard? tf smh

- how and why tf did Eurus build a fake cell? what was the fucking point?

- one moment Sherlock and Eurus are talking to eachother through a tv screen and literally three human seconds later Eurus is sitting on the floor in her room and basically looks like she’s absolutely traumatised, with no camera or anything. were the videos prerecorded? if thats the case then wtf happened to Eurus while Sherlock was out? this bit and the next one still piss me off the most

- I understand building tension and putting Sherlock under pressure but the whole plane story was literally pointless. did Eurus pretend to be the child? i understand the metaphore of it but everything about Eurus is contradicting itself at this point and her character is just messy tbh

- suprisingly convenient doors in cells that lead to other cells what a coincidence :o

- how did Mycroft Holmes, again, one of the smartest men alive, not see this coming? is he a moron? he knew exactly what his sister was capable of and he was just like tralala Eurus can literally hypnotise ppl and make them do what she wants but shes locked up in a prison so that means no worries for me (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡

- where did the fake tombstones come from? did 8 year old Eurus bring them there or something? tf

- the absolute fuckery that happened when Sherlock first went into the room Eurus was in. how did he not see there was no glass? last i checked glass reflects, shouldn’t you be able to see that?

- there are fucking security cameras, did Mycroft literally never check what happened while he wasn’t there and while Eurus was just having a walk around London with Sherlock and having chips, and not only Mycroft, did nOONE CHECK AT ALL? SHERRINFORD IS A PRISOM FOR THE MOST DANGREROUS WHAT THE SHIT

- HOW DID JOHN GET OUT OF THE WELL I’M STILL CONFUSED

This episode wasn’t all bad though (hard to believe looking at literally everything I just wrote) but i did love a lot of things about it.

- WE GOT TO SEE SHERLOCK’S AND MYCROFT’S CHILDHOOD AND WHY THEY ENDED UP THE WAY THEY DID THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED

- despite everything I still love the way they use the camera when filming Sherlock they’re all so smart about that

- Mycroft mouthing along to that movie

- Mycroft’s magic umbrella

- “hey bro!”

- THE HAT

- Mycroft having to sit in the chair

- MRS HUDSON LISTENING TO NUMBER OF THE BEAST

- Sherlock calling John family

- Sherlock calliNG JOHN FAMILY

- SHERLOCK CALLING JOHN FAMILY

- SHERLOCK LITERALLY GOT SO PISSED AT MYCROFT FOR WANTING TO EXCLUDE JOHN AND C A L L E D H I M F A M I L Y

- “Sherlock the pirate”

- Mycroft disguised as an old man anD THE REVEAL

- Sherlocks fake accent

- Eurus playing the violin

- Eurus being all gay

- Jim Moriarty

- Jim Moriarty stepping out if a helicopter with queen playing in the background

- Jim Moriarty literally hitting on his bodyguard

- Jim Moriarty

- “I am your christmas present”

- the thing Moriarty and Eurus do through the glass

- tiNY SHERLOCK

- FAT TINY MYCROFT

- TINY SHERLOCK BEING A PIRATE

- the absolutely horrifying amount of pressure Sherlock, John and Mycroft were under while doing the tasks

- the kid on the plane, absolutely terrified, but sippin on a juicebox

- John being so sure he could shoot the general but couldn’t

- Mycroft getting sick at the thought of killing

- Sherlock’s voice when he talks to the girl on the plane

- Mycroft and Sherlock deducing together

- Sherlock choosing John over Mycroft

- “soldiers today”

- Sherlock realising Molly loves him

- Sherlock choosing to shoot himself

- Sherlock doing the hand thing when matching the years on the tombstones to Eurus’s song

- Lestrade saying Sherlock is a good man yES

- violin-off

- SHERLOCK AND JOHN BEING ACTUAL FAMILY AND RAISING ROSIE TOGETHER

- HAPPY SHERLOCK HOLDING HAPPY ROSIE AND HAPPY JOHN HOLDING HAPPY ROSIE WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT

- SHERLOCK CALLED JOHN FAMILY I CAN NOT DEAL

- EVERYBODY IS HAPPY IN THE END (except probs Molly)

and now let’s get to everything I didn’t like, excluding the plot holes i described before

- how everyone treats John, like he’s always the dumb one in every situation, Mycroft thinks that, Eurus thinks that, Mary thought that, all the fans only know Sherlock and not him jUST PLS PPL APPRECIATE HIM MORE HE’S GOT IS SO HARD AND HE DESERVES BETTER

- Molly deserved better, she was just thrown around like trash like I get it you don’t wanna make Sherlolly canon (me neither dw) but stop toying with her like she’s nothing please she’s a great person and deserves more

- how John literally couldn’t physically and mentally push himself to watch the “miss me?” video at first but then when he got the “miss you” video he was like “oi Sherlock fam got some mail wanna have a movie night?”

- Moriarty is still dead, how disappointing

- there wasn’t enough Lestrade or Hudson, pls give the real heroes of the show some screentime they have to put up with Sherlock’s and John’s shit

- not enough deduction

- somehow even though Eurus is overpowered in every way Sherlock can still beat her so easily

- not enough Rosie

- we get it her name means East Wind now stop mentioning it every 2 minutes

- every character that is even a little bit LGBT is a bad character (Irene Adler, Moriarty bc let’s face it he’s gay as shit, Eurus etc)

that’s about all I got for now, I’m planning to rewatch the episode tomorrow so maybe I can evaluate it with a clearer head and get a less biased opinion on it. Moftiss could have done so much better when making this, TLD was an absolute masterpiece in so many aspects and TFP was a piece of literal garbage next to it. really hope they redeem themselves in the next season (if there is one) and explain a few things they didn’t this time. I really hope people stop hating on Moftiss for the decisions they made with this episode and instead give them actual legit points where they went wrong. too much negativity in the fandom right now. hope you all have a good day!

[hoopyhitchhiker]

Okay, after a day of processing, I’m ready to talk about my thoughts on The Final Problem. It’s pretty long so I’m putting a cut here.

I definitely agree with those who were convinced that the leak looked weird - some parts of the episode were edited in a bizarre way. Plus, there were almost no visual effects that we usually have (text showing up to show deductions, text messages, etc). Parts did look weird. But a lot of it looked just as stunning as ever.

The beginning was super weird and un-Sherlock-y. They didn’t explain what happened between the end of TLD and the beginning of TFP except for John mentioning offhandedly that Eurus shot him with a tranquilizer dart. So... what happened after that, John? How much time did they spend on constructing that prank, seriously. Because it was super weird and unnecessary. TBH it seemed to me that the only reason for it was to show that Mycroft has that weapon - and don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they showed it because it was fucking kickass.

Sherlock referring to John as family gave me so much life - I screamed and gave the TV two thumbs up at that lol

I was sad to have been wrong about Sherlock and Eurus being twins :( I’m a fraternal twin (plus my twin is the opposite sex) and it would’ve been exciting to find out that I had that in common with one of my favorite characters ever. But seeing them as kids was amazing so I can live with it.

I don’t know how much time passed between the explosion and the boat, so this may be nothing, but it seems like all three of them weren’t injured at all. Definitely weird considering John & Sherlock jumped out the second floor windows (or first floor, depending on where you’re from), which would lead to a broken leg at the least, not to mention burns on their backs.

MORIARTY’S. FUCKING. ENTRANCE. This was a mini-masterpiece within the episode. As soon as Queen - aka one of the most iconic and talented rock bands of all time (plus the band I believe to be the best band EVER) - started playing, and I saw Moriarty get off that ‘copter, I was totally on board. I’ve been convinced since TRF that he was really dead, so it was definitely confusing to see him 2 seasons later, but in that moment I was there for it. I could buy that he was alive, because his entrance was that fucking epic. Of course, it was just a flashback, which I had predicted when I saw the setlock images of him.

They did a good job of making me - the viewer - scared of Eurus pretty quickly. When they were at Sherrinford showing interview tapes and talking about how she manipulates people, I was legit scared.

Eurus’s question “Oh my God, have you had sex?!” when Sherlock started playing The Woman’s theme was unsettling. I have nothing against Irene, but hinting that he had sex with her didn’t make any sense. There is a mountain of evidence that Sherlock is not straight. It seemed like a jab at Johnlockers to me.

I liked the setup and execution of the ‘game’ she makes them play; it reminded me both of the movie Saw and also video games like Portal (and Portal 2 is my favorite video game ever), where you have to solve the puzzle before you can progress to the next one. It was grisly and heart-wrenching. Also, all three characters (Sherlock, John, Mycroft) reacted exactly as I would have expected to watching a man kill himself. Well done all around.

The scene with Molly hurt a lot. I’ve always loved her and wanted good things for her. I hated watching her go through that, and the worst part was that when Sherlock told her what to say, she thought it was a prank. It makes you wonder just how frequently Sherlock took advantage of her love for his own purposes. Luckily, we know he wouldn’t do that anymore. I just hope she knows that.

I legit thought Mycroft was going to die in the choose-one-to-kill scene. As soon as it was made clear a few rooms before that he’d have to make this decision, I knew he’d pick John to live - of course he would! I was literally on the edge of my seat as this scene crescendoed, my heart beating in my throat while I watched it unfold. The thing that was weird about it, though, was that Sherlock would choose to shoot himself instead of them. He literally just watched someone make the same choice, and he saw that Eurus simply killed his wife after the fact since they didn’t follow the rules. Wouldn’t he assume Eurus would do the same if Sherlock shot himself? He could have done it because he anticipated that she’d intervene, but if that’s the case, it wasn’t made clear at all.

The way Sherlock spoke to the girl on the phone was beautiful. His tone of voice changed, he was patient and calm with her despite the desperate situation he was in. He was soft and comforting and sweet and it made it obvious that he’d be good at taking care of a child.

When Sherlock found out the truth about Redbeard, I cried. I predicted that Eurus killed Redbeard and that it was the reason Sherlock spent so much of his life closed off from emotion and others, but I never expected a plot twist like that! Ugh. It ripped out my heart. Although I did think it was a little odd that Eurus talking about ‘drowned Redbeard’ as a child and that wasn’t enough for her parents to send her away. I mean, that was a child that went missing! And she basically confessed to killing him!

I liked the deduction scene when Sherlock was trying to solve the mystery with the headstones, but it was ruined by that weird-ass reveal that Eurus was the girl on the phone. I knew from the start that the thing with the girl in the plane was not what it seemed, and I honestly did think it was going to turn out to be Eurus when in the earlier scene the audio of the call kept switching between her and the girl. But the resolution of it was really rushed and didn’t make any sense. We saw Eurus talking to Sherlock via webcam, but when he went into the room it was nowhere to be found.

I’ve seen a lot of people complain about John climbing the rope out of the well despite being chained to the floor, but I think it’s more likely that someone climbed down first and freed him with bolt cutters. They just didn’t show it.

When Lestrade said that Sherlock “is a good man,” it felt like I got punched in the stomach. I just watched the pilot a few nights ago and the quote “Maybe someday, if we’re very lucky, he might even be a good [man],” was still fresh in my mind. It was what cemented the episode as the very final finale for me. That’s what you do when you end a show, you bring things full circle.

The little Mystrade moment was pretty great, not gonna lie. It’s not a big ship for me and I’ve only read a couple fics; to be honest, it’s more of a just-for-kicks ship for me, one I never expected to become canon. But now there’s a chance for it and that’s awesome. P.S. Sherlock actually got Lestrade’s name right! :3

That scene with Sherlock and Mycroft’s parents! God, I felt so conflicted; I totally felt like the parents were understandably upset, but at the same time I knew that Mycroft honestly did what he thought was best. And Sherlock sticking up for him was fantastic.

Mary’s final message to the boys was bittersweet for me. It just solidified my feeling that it was really the end, but it was so goddamn beautiful. I’m glad they showed Molly bounding into the room looking happy, otherwise I really would have been worried about her. And it showed them working cases again which was sublime too. But the best was that moment where Sherlock hands Rosie to John and they both look so happy. To me, Johnlock is 100% canon now. I know they could have shown a kiss or confession of love, but they did it their way and it worked.

This episode featured some of the greatest performances we’ve seen yet on this show, particularly from Benedict and Sian (Eurus). They both deserve all the awards for this.

There are a lot of things about this episode that make it great, but because of the extremely rocky beginning and questions left unanswered (I’ll probably make another post for those), it doesn’t make it into my top 5 eps. I still highly enjoyed in though, and while I’d be sad if it was truly the end, I’d be content with the way they left our Baker Street Boys.

[gottagobackintime]

Harry Potter, Merlin and Sherlock! ;D Yeah, it's three. But oh well.

Oh thank you!

Harry Potter

The character I least understand: Hmm. James Potter, I don’t understand why he had to be such a bully. 

Interactions I enjoyed the most: But there’s so many! The interactions between Harry and Ron, I need to re-read the books!

The character who scares me the most: Umbridge, because she’s someone who feels more like a real person. If you know what I mean..

The character who is mostly like me: Ohh, I don’t know.. I think I’m kind of like Neville sometimes.. 

Hottest looks character: I have to go with Severus!

One thing I dislike about my fave character: His pettiness.. (Severus)

One thing I like about my hated character: His sacrifice for his family (James) 

A quote or scene that haunts me: “After all this time?” ”Always” When you REALLY got it, what Severus had been up to. For all those years! It’s like haunting in a good way..

A death that left me indifferent: I can’t remember tbh, because it was so long ago and I think that they all affected me in some way.. 

A character I wish had died but didn’t: Who didn’t die?? No but seriously I can’t think of anyone..

My ship that never sailed: I don’t have a ship that I actually thought would be canon.. Well except Neville/Luna I guess. But other than that I’m happy the way they ended up!

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Merlin

The character I least understand: I don’t know.. And I know that’s a boring answer but that’s just the way it is..

Interactions I enjoyed the most: Oh every single scene with Arthur and Merlin in them.. Obviously haha

The character who scares me the most: Morgana, just wow. I wouldn’t want to be near her! Admire from a distance. Sure. But be near her. No thank you!

The character who is mostly like me: Gwen maybe.. Just wanting to help and tend to be in the background but when it matters I can step forward..

Hottest looks character: Ah, Gwaine or Mordred. I can’t decide!

One thing I dislike about my fave character: I don’t even know who my favourite character is.. But going with Merlin then.. He sometimes makes the wrong decisions I guess.. 

One thing I like about my hated character: That whole “evil thing” that counts as one thing right?? (Agravaine)

A quote or scene that haunts me: “Just… just.. just hold me, please.” Nope still not over it! Never will be!”

A death that left me indifferent: Basically any of the “villain of the week” ones haha

A character I wish had died but didn’t: No one, enough death!

My ship that never sailed: Merlin/Arthur *Sadly shakes head* 

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Sherlock

The character I least understand: Mycroft. What is going on?? Who are you, what are you doing?? Help me understand!

Interactions I enjoyed the most: Any scene with John and Sherlock obviously being in love. And the scenes with Anderson. I love Anderson!

The character who scares me the most: Ohhh. Magnussen. He’s just so damn scary! 

The character who is mostly like me: Hmm. Anderson.. I mean if someone kept insulting me insinuating stuff I too would be irritated. And that whole “obsessed” thing. I mean..

Hottest looks character: Sherlock or possibly Lestrade.. Or Anderson. They are all hot in their own way…

One thing I dislike about my fave character: Sherlock’s drug use..

One thing I like about my hated character: That he died.. (Magnussen) That sounds horrible! What is this show doing to me??

A quote or scene that haunts me: Basically the whole of series 4. THE scene from “The Lying Detective”. The hug. I can’t stop thinking about it and I love it! (It’s not just the hug, but the whole opening up but the hug is the best part!)

A death that left me indifferent: I don’t know.. I mean I wasn’t indifferent to any of them I think..

A character I wish had died but didn’t: Who is alive and who’s dead at this point?? WHAT IS REAL?? But seriously, no one.. Except perhaps Moriarty but is he actually not dead or what??

My ship that never sailed: I’m not gonna say Johnlock because we’re not done yet! So I’ll say Lestrade/Mycroft