#tinfoil deerstalker

[i-believe-n-sherlock-holmes]

Mirror, mirror

I just had a (sleepy) revelation that lived backwards is devil (can't believe I never noticed that before) which made me think of the whole mirror structure of Sherlock and how things were so significantly different and OOC in S4.

The promo photos of the flat filled with water came across my dash again recently and, though it was clear that water was mentioned a lot in S4, that imagery was never really explained. So... what if we equate the plunge off of Bart's to the metaphorical plunge off of Reichenbach falls - Sherlock would have hit the water instead of Earth and, like jumping off a cliff into a lake, the second before impact he might be staring at a murky reflection of himself and all the events that lead to that moment stretching behind him - reversed (because it is a mirror image). What would be the first thing that happens in this opposite world? Sherlock goes back up - we get to see that in Anderson's bungee cord and Molly kiss theory of how Sherlock survived. Anderson is already the opposite of how he was on the other side of this moment - he's the believer rather than the disbeliever. Then we are shown a collaborative love relationship between Moriarty and Sherlock rather than the antagonistic and adversarial one that lead to Sherlock's jump. From there, we get a fractured reflection of everything that came before, as if Sherlock has gone under that mirror surface of water into the world of opposite.

Others can elaborate more if they find this makes sense but one moment I want to call out is that maybe the hug is the mirror reflection of the moment Sherlock rejected John at Angelo's that first night. John is admitting that he wanted more to a Sherlock mirror (rather than denying that he was asking) and instead of Sherlock giving the speil about his body being transport and how he is married to his work thereby metaphorically pushing John away and denying his own human needs - we have Sherlock embracing John and then saying that he does respond (get lonely) sometimes and that he suspects that they're both human.

[lesbozo]

anyone still here?

still hoping for that big reveal??

[thedepthsofmyshame]

I Made a Bison*-with-Headphones Out of Paper

I made some other Sherlock-y type paper projects, too:

A friend in case I need someone to talk to,

a replica of the black origami lotus from TBB in case I need to let someone know they are marked for assassination,

an origami deer-stalker cap (shown here lined with tin-foil and modeled by Archimedes), 

and a “Persian slipper” (khussa) color, cut, and paste project (I keep nicotine lozenges in mine.)

I’m told there will be an arts-and-crafts room @221bcon this year, and I plan to bring supplies and materials for the origami lotus, tin-foil lined deer-stalker, and Persian slipper to share**.

The bison* skull is my original work and I reconfigured the human skull so I can print, score, and cut the pieces for both with a scrapbooking machine***. If anyone is interested in attempting to assemble their own human or bison* skull, I would love nothing more than to give that brave person or persons**** the instructions and printed, scored, and cut cardstock to make a skull. 

Unfortunately, I am emotionally fragile and terrified of preparing supplies for twenty or so skulls that no one wants. So, I am posting this in an attempt to gauge interest. If you are going to 221bcon and you want to attempt one of the skulls, reply to this post to let me know. (If you are not going to 221bcon and you are really interested in making the bison* skull, let me know anyway and I can email you the pdf or possibly snail mail you the printed, scored, and cut pages.)

Finally, if you read this far and you are not embarrassed on my behalf I would appreciate any signal boost you are willing to give by reblogging this post. Thank you.

   * I spent a lot of time looking at bovine skulls and I’m fairly certain it’s actually a yak skull, not a bison.   ** I figured these are relatively easy projects suitable for all ages. I intend to find some safety scissors and washable markers instead of only bringing the pointy scissors and sharpies I have lying around.  *** I don’t want to say the brand name. There’s nothing wrong with scrapbooking, but I just never saw myself as the kind of person who buys a cr!cut. I did, though. I bought one for the sole purpose of cutting out peppakura/papercraft patterns. I’d feel bad, but it’s too awesome. **** Up to 12 people who are interested in the bison skull and 20 people who are interested in the human skull. 

[mwagneto]

What the fuck is up with the timeline in season 4???

Sherlock shot CAM on the 25th of December. The hug happened on his birthday, so the 6th of January. Meaning that in the maximum of 12 days, all this happened: - Mary gave birth - John's hair got longer and greyer - They traveled the world - Mary got shot - John ignored Sherlock for 3 weeks - Sherlock got high asf - Sherlock planned all the shit that went down in TLD - Sherlock almost died Yes All this in 12 days???? What the fuck????

[breath4soul]

The Night Before the Missing Episode

[There is a lot of Tumblr speculation (hope) that with the March 8th Billboard in TLD there might be a missing episode released tomorrow. This little ‘Night Before Christmas’ rhyme popped in my head - feel free to add on]

It’s the night before the missing episode And all through the Tumblrsphere Every heartbroken Johnlocker Is screaming 'for Christ’s sake, just let them be queer’!!! For Sherlock in his deerstalker And John is his 'stache Are a sad cherade - A long overdue slash. So what to our wounded hearts shall appeal? Why, TD12 season 4 away and make johnlock real! With a wiggle of Moffat nose And a twinkle of Gatiss eye Say, 'You clever, clever tinhatters, Kiss that rubbish goodbye…

@chriscalledmesweetie @sherlockssister1

[sauronbo]

Watson is ready.

[spaacedusty]

Guys we’re in the paper

This is on the first double page spread of today’s (Tuesday 24th January) Metro paper. We made page 3! This paper is distributed for free at train stations which is why I picked it up on my way to college. This is pretty big, right?

Who do I tag @the-7-percent-solution @skulls-and-tea @joolabee @goodmythicalmail

[i-believe-n-sherlock-holmes]

Can we just note that, if this is all in Sherlock's head, a part of him (the same part that fellated a gun in TAB) believes the better use of a body is not 'science' but 'consumption' - eating - and here we are again at the dinner=sex metaphor

[diemeliyay]

The Sherlock fandom right now:

Soooo … 22nd and 29th January didn’t work out? Aaaand 8th march didn’t as well? *sad tinfoil deerstalker noises*

Hm. Hm.

Ahhh, fuck it, I’m in too deep to let go of it now ... WE STILL HAVE 10TH JUNE! *wraps just another layer of tinfoil around their head*

[wellthengameover]

fuck. with the secret ep, that potentially makes 5x3 the 17th ep

17 steps to baker street

[johns-bisexual-mug-blog]

Posting on my side blog. I know a lot of people following this vivala.me stuff (either looking for a Sherlock connection or because it just seems like a strange site) were wondering what happens if you die (G-d forbid) during your three month trial when they only check on you every six months. By the way I sent them 3 questions (waited a reasonable amount of time in between) and this was the one they answered. The others were about if your trustees know who your verifiers are and how vivala would know about the timing of future life events like your kids getting engaged. Tinfoil time - They check on you after 6 months and the verification process takes 3. So 9 months. Like the gestation of a human baby?

[lesbozo]

I don’t know if anyone has brought up this interview in terms of the lost special but I was just rewatching it and:

this moment comes at the six minute mark in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxLzRe58Ucs

I wasn’t sure what to make of it but he does seem sort of uncomfortable and he acts a bit differently than in the rest of the video so yeah I don’t know.

any thoughts? 

@teapotsubtext @skulls-and-tea @the-7-percent-solution @worriesconstantly @jenna221b @teaandqueerbaiting @whimsicalethnographies @loveteaelephants

[yilinglaozuhot]

Sherlock S4 = Act 4? Falling Action

I’ve briefly explained my idea how Sherlock can fit into the Shakespearian 5 Act Play Structure in this post and now I’m going to ramble a bit a lot about Series 4 in detail while I’ll try to keep in mind what I want to write about.

I must mention that all the following potato rambling under the cut is my reading of the events and my mere attempt to make some sense of S4. 

Any coincidences with other metas show that we are all Anderson.  If you know any metas about the topics below, please let me know and I’ll read them and credit them here.

First of all, it’s hard to decide where we  can draw the line between Act 3 and Act 4 because in between there is TAB. We have to decide where to put it. Now, we have two three theories:

Sherlock’s journey in his Mind Palace started back in HLV, after Mary shot him (and at this point, opinions seem to differ - again)?

Sherlock goes into his MP after he got on the plane in HLV??

we are in Sherlock’s MP since TRF??? 

Guys, this EMP theory gets weirder and weirder, and I needed to step back and give it a go for myself to decide where I should draw the lines. I was thinking about it a lot after wiriting my starting analysis (or meta or how should I call it) and I got more confused the more I was thinking about it. It’s totally nuts.

So, I decided that I’m going to be basic and S4 = Act 4. That simple it is. Because it is what it is. Or is it?

Of course it’s not. I’m using the basic EMP theory that some time ago Sherlock dived into his Mind Palace and he’s still sinking (or falling, as you like it).

I created a shitty explanation image how I imagine the place of TAB and S4 in the structure of 5 Act Plays. I hope it helps.

(Did I mention how I hate that my dashboard stretches pictures that aren’t wide enough?)

I collected some definitions around the web that helps to understand the meaning of Falling Action.

Wikipedia:  During the falling action, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist. The falling action may contain a moment of final suspense, in which the final outcome of the conflict is in doubt.

Storyborad That:   The opposite of Rising Action, in the Falling Action the story is coming to an end, and any unknown details or plot twists are revealed and wrapped up. (I used that description in my previous analysis.)

Letterpile: During the Falling Action, the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist finally comes to a head, and a clear winner and loser are determined. The main character often experiences a 'False Victory' or 'False Defeat'. As you may have deduced, a 'False Victory' is punished with a final defeat, while the 'False Defeat' is rewarded with a true victory. This is readily apparent in tragedies, action, horror, and romantic films. This  Falling Action may also contain a final moment of suspense, in which one or more possible outcomes are in doubt until the Resolution.

My favourite is the description that Letterpile gives for Act 4 because it’s more detailed that the others. So, let’s examine it!

I’m explaining things with the help of EMP theory so I assume that we are still in Sherlock’s head.

“The main character often experiences a 'False Victory' or 'False Defeat'”

In Sherlock, it seems like the main character got a victory. He learns throughout S4 that emotions are not a disadvantage, they make him a better man, and with embracing his emotional side he can defeat his enemy who this time is himself his own sister, Eurus who was lurking in the shadow all in his life, apparently. 

I believe (and many other people who are cleverer than me) that Eurus symbolises Sherlock’s dark, cold, rational, emotionless, logical side so she doesn’t really exist outside Sherlock’s head. Eurus is the side of Sherlock that he would have become if he hadn’t met John. It’s pretty obvious from the parallels and mirrorings... with a big fucking glass that reflects as a mirror and it suddenly disappears when Sherlock meets Eurus and their hands merge together ASDASDFF. Could they be more subtle? We don’t have to think hard about symbolism while watching TFP to understand all of this. And I assume we’re still in Sherlock’s head so it makes more sense reading S4 this way.

But why this victory is false?

Look at the picture above. That’s why. We can’t count how many loose ends we have, and what did Mycroft say about them? “Not on my watch.”

We have more loose ends after S4 than before, and the loose ends we’ve already had before S4 aired aren’t explained. (*coughs* The Reichenbach Fall *coughs* That still bugs John. *coughs* For example. *coughs*)

“I will burn the heart out of you.” resolution. We were pretty close to this during the whole S4 to see Sherlock’s heart burn out, maybe closer than any time. But Sherlock defeats himself Eurus with his emotional side, and it seems in the final minutes that everyone has got a happy ending in the surface.

According to the EMP theory, Sherlock tries to burn his own heart out but he fails and accepts his emotional side? I’m conused here a little bit. He doesn’t even need Moriarty, he wants to do the work for himself. I’m still more conused.

[Nice revisiting of the climbing-out-of-MP scene in TFP, Mofftiss. Well done.]

The lamp in Sherlock’s hand symbolises his heart, I believe. In all the darkness that is surrounding him, it’s the only light that’s flickering, the beacon light of hope. It has to burn to give light and life, and defeat Eurus the darkness.

We see how Sherlock’s MP lights up after Moriarty mentions that “John Watson is definitely in danger” in HLV, and in TFP suddenly a lamp appears when it comes to saving John Watson. Coincidence? I think not. Sherlock’s darkening MP lights up again when he thinks that he can save John again. He’s not falling anymore, he’s ascending, lighting up again the rooms of his MP which explains the brighter lighting of the final montage of the series.

He literally lets the light into his rooms that suggests a bright, happy end. But it’s a false end if we believe the description that “a 'False Victory' is punished with a final defeat” in Act 5. I really hope that this part of the description won’t fit in, and Mofftiss will turn Sherlock into a Shakespearian comedy and we’ll see marriages everywhere because our boys deserve happiness! *goes in the corner to sob for 5 mins*

But first, shit has to hit the fan... again. But that will be the problem of Act 5.

Correction, or other explanation of ‘False Victory’ or ‘False Defeat’: As @ebaeschnbliah and @isitandwonder pointed out, if we assume that Eurus is Sherlock’s cold, pure brain side he cannot really defeat her. It’s a False Defeat because he needs his brains to still be Sherlock Holmes. Yes, the defeat of Eurus is not real. He embraces her = he embraces his darker, only-brain side. We can see in the montage that Sherlock visits Eurus from time to time to play a duet, to communicate through music, which means synchronization between the two sides of him. They are playing in harmony. This ambiguity of the terms ‘False Victory’ and ‘False Defeat’ are very interesting, and I can only blame my pessimistic brain that I didn’t recognize this sooner. Thanks so much for the clarification!

Sidenote: Maybe we see the bottom of Sherlock’s MP in the mortuary in TLD when he looks like he wants to find something in his head but he cannot reach it? That bright white light flashes up, then everything falls back into these blue-grey shadows. And we can’t see any more deductions like we are in Sherlock’s head until he solves Eurus’ poem. And the contrast between cold colours and warm colours in this series means the struggle between brains and heart? But that’s colour theory.

“This is readily apparent in tragedies, action, horror, and romantic films”

Tragedy? Check.

And it looks pretty framed, huh? In every meaning.

Action? Check.

Horror? Check.

(That clown, tho... I wish Mycroft would have shot him.)

Romance? Check.

And here is Sherlock, the fairytale prince, dashing through the night, with light in his hand = hope in his heart.

Of course we can apply this to every series more or less because Sherlock operates with all of the genres above.

“A final moment of suspense “

Thank you, that’s all I wanted to show here.

                             They. Fucking. Freeze. Before. They. Jump.

* Also, I’ve found a cool prezi about the structure of the 5 Act Plays and guess how is it called there? NIGHTMARE STAGE! FUCKING. NIGHTMARE. STAGE. And I’m not sorry for the swearing because my mind’s just blown away by this. Because by applying this description of Act 4 to S4, all of the fuckiness makes much more sense. IT’S ALL A FUCKING LONG NIGHTMARE! Can you believe it? Because I can’t... It must be just a coincidence.

**I did some research in this particular phrase and no other sources mention Act 4 as nightmare stage. But it’s fun to play with the idea around.

P.S.: I’m a lazy ass for not explaining in more detail how the genres apply to Sherlock but it’s obvious enough with the pictures, I think...?

If you haven’t read it yet, @gosherlocked found some evidence that this idea of Sherlock being a 5 Act Play is not a theory anymore. IT’S HAPPENING!

How does exactly S4 fit into this “play within a play within a play” thing?

Phase 1:

That’s how I originally imagined the layers of The Play but I’m starting to realize it’s much more complicated than I first thought.

Phase 2: If we assume that S4 takes place within the realm of TAB and we draw parallels, we realize that they leak into each other by replicating scenes and characters, and it sometimes feels like that our characters still hold some characteristics of their Victorian selves. Just some things out of the top of my head

Though Sherlock and John call each other Sherlock and John, the distance between them is more obvious then in TAB.

Sherlock doesn’t feel he’s entitled to sit beside John in the sofa in John’s house in TFP (and in TST he’s the spectre of the baby shower and the christening).

Mary’s characterization in TST with that letter to John after she runs away. When the fuck did she call John “my darling” outside Sherlock’s head?

Mrs Hudson got more lines by demand? BAMF Mrs H. FTW! Also, can someone explain me what she means by she’s “not a civilian”? Then who are you, Martha Louise Hudson?

It looks like for me that Sherlock hasn’t really woken up from his Victorian hallucination.  (I’ll create a better diagram when my schedule allows it.)

Phase 3: The circle closes and real memories start to leak through the layers of Sherlock’s MP besides the fabricated story of TAB?

Note: Thanks for the screencaps for kissthemgoodbye.net

And some people seemed interested in my previous potato post so here we go again...

@isitandwonder @loveismyrevolution @holmesianscholar @ebaeschnbliah @tjlcisthenewsexy @sofini @posh-boy-clever-boy @sarahthecoat

(My next potato will be about TAB because I go backwards if anyone’s interested in it.)

[semlohsurue-blog]

In case you missed it it the first time...  Eurus was the assistant at Smith’s meeting. At one point later, she even says, “do you ever look in the mirror and wish you were someone else?” after transforming herself into Faith. Not to mention, this is likley how she got the original letter from Faith.

[sockenpuppe]

This happens way too often lately ...

being exhausted and then deciding to leave the tinhatting train like:

but then something fucky happens ...

[FUCKINESS INTENSIFIES]

new theories come up

*deep sigh*

*grabbing tinfoil deerstalker*

looks like I’m back on the tinhatting train

but still keeping in mind:

(but not just a night noooo it was a month and now it seems like it will be longer than just one month)

[investigating-crimes]

@ the lost special website maker, thanks for the shoutout on your website!

when I made that post, someone messaged me that they knew it was fake because they checked the website’s IP ect. 

So we knew that might be fake. But it was just a lot of fun playing your game! We love solving riddles. And we still believe Sherlock is not over.