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Haru | INTJ | part-time geek | part-time hunter | Sherlock | Johnlock | Cumberbatch | Freeman | Warning: This is a BBC Sherlock blog. It definitely contains Johnlock (I ship it like my life depends on it) and some Lestrade and his non-division. Mycroft and the others occasionally sneak in too. Benedict Cumberbatch is my animal spirit. He is perfect and I love him. This blog is also dedicated to him and the films he is in. ∞ photo credits to: KatiaChan and Anare

[mcfassyz]

Heroes don’t exist, and if they did, I wouldn’t be one of them.

[archlock]

SHERRINFORD IS ACTUALLY...

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT MORE THAN A DICK, DOESN’T SHERRINFORD 

LOOK LIKE

SOMETHING WE USUALLY SEE

BEING USED 

TO REPRESENT

MOVIES?

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29th January

It’s mad. I think he might be mad. He was certainly arrogant and really quite rude and he looks about 12 and he’s clearly a bit public school and, yes, I definitely think he might be mad but he was also strangely likeable. He was charming. It really was all just a bit strange.

So tomorrow, we’re off to look at a flat. Me and the madman. Me and Sherlock Holmes.

[jenna221b]

Can we all just appreciate Sherlock’s stunned inner “oh my god”, he’s fallen hard <3

FROM THE FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT OF A STUDY IN PINK (x)

[rominatrix]

[valeria2067]

Not for nothing, but that is the twinkiest, thirstiest gaze this side of the adult film industry. Are we supposed to believe it was a deliberate acting choice or some real-life feelings seeping through?

[kimbiablue]

I will continue to be slain by that look they share until something kills me for real one day

[mazarin221b]

I don’t care about any other theories you might have out there, tjlc, or secretly married, or whatever else, you will never convince me that Sherlock Holmes isn’t breathlessly, heart-rendingly in love with John Watson, and I’ll believe it until the day I die. 

[see-but-do-not-observe]

Nothing on this show is accidental.

[livingthegifs]

So tomorrow, we're off to look at a flat. Me and the madman. Me and Sherlock Holmes. [29th January 2010]

By: thejennire

[words-in-starless-skies-deactiv]

What’s wrong?  What happened?  Why are you all doing that? John? Did I do it wrong?

No, you didn’t.

[chiefmeltedcheesebarbarian]

Caption John in the last Gif 😂

[itiswhatitissayslove]

MMMMMMmm this is difficult i really think theres Something More going on here but i dont wanna hardcore think its happening today in case it doesnt ?? dont think i could live with another sunday of the worst feelings ever

[archlock]

There's some emotionally-heavy footage in the s4 trailer with blood and Molly involved that didn't get shown during the three episodes they aired so maybe we can still hope. >_< if they give us nothing, well.. Nothing we can do about it anymore.

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

[the-7-percent-solution]

Since the Final Problem came out I have kept an open mind, been optimistic, and reviewed information logically. I have written fix-it fics in case no Sherlock footage comes out the 29th. I have supported anyone on this site and their feelings. I try to keep a good sense of humor about this whole thing. I love this site, I love BBC Sherlock, I love this community and I do not wish to make it any uglier than it already is. There are very few blogs still keeping this approach. 

In the two weeks since The Final Problem aired, I’ve gained 4,000 followers. This is, quite simply, because I do not reblog nor produce negativity.  

Anyone thinking they can change the way I speak on my own blog is crazier than the BBC’s complaint department.

[ashleybear-hat]

Now Sherlock doesn’t need Balloon John anymore if John went out!

You can just tell Rosie will grow up to be a great consulting detective ^^

[the-7-percent-solution]

John’s dick is Chekov’s gun

It only came to our attention recently that Chekov’s gun as a symbol was being used in Sherlock series 4, however, it’s actually been the main motivator behind Sherlock for the last seven years. “Chekov’s gun” is a writing technique, that says don’t put unnecessary details into your stories.

So when we saw John’s gun at the beginning of A Study in Pink:

We knew that by the end of A Study in Pink, he was going to fire it:

However, there’s more to John’s gun in A Study in Pink than most people might realize. 

We hear Moriarty introduce himself in The Great Game by asking, “Is that a British Army Browning L9A1 in you pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?”

Sherlock replies, “Both”. 

Here is explicit proof that guns in this show are meant to be seen as penises. Sherlock just compared an erection to that gun. It happens later in The Abominable Bride, as well, if you think I’m just making this all up.

“It’s dangerous to finger a loaded firearm in the pocket of one’s dressing gown, or are you just pleased to see me?”

Considering this is all in Sherlock’s head and Sherlock is horribly repressed, Moriarty mentioning that gun/dick again only slides home this symbol.

And if you needed any more proof, here’s a picture of Sherlock thinking about Moriarty maintaining eye contact while getting on his knees and putting a gun on his tongue:

Is it even subtext anymore when they’ve openly admitted guns are penises? 

This all brings me back to Chekov’s gun and A Study in Pink.

Keep reading

[ineffableboyfriends]

Sherlock sure knows how to smooth talk a man.

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If TJLC isn't real...

• Why did Sherlock show an obvious disinterest in women during his first minute of screen time • Why did Sherlock wink at John when he first met him • Why did Mrs Hudson assume that John was Sherlock’s new boyfriend • Why did Sherlock not correct her • Why did John say ‘oh god yes’ the way he did • Why does John call Sherlock brilliant and fantastic all the time • Why did Angelo assume John and Sherlock were on a date • Why did Sherlock not correct him • Why did John ask if Sherlock had a girlfriend • Why did Sherlock say that girlfriends aren’t his area • Why did John ask Sherlock if he had a boyfriend • Why did John smile and lick his lips when he discovered that Sherlock was single • Why did Sherlock assume that John was asking him out • Why was the scene where they are laughing in the hallway filmed like a post-sex bed scene • Why did Sherlock cure John’s psychosomatic limp • Why did Mycroft say ‘may we expect a happy announcement by the end of the week?’ • Why did John instantly trust Sherlock and is loyal to him when he has trust issues • Why did Lestrade say that John knows Sherlock better than he does even though Lestrade has known him for years and John had known him for a day • Why the prolonged eye contact • Why did John shoot a man to save Sherlock even though he had known him for a day • Why did Sherlock look at John the way he did in the car park • Why did they get dinner together afterwards • Why did Sherlock suggest that they go on a date • Why did Sherlock crash John’s date • Why did he spin John around by his shoulders in order to ‘maximise his visual memory’ • Why was Sherlock so arsey to Sarah • Why did Sherlock watch John walk away from Baker Street through the window • Why did Mrs Hudson ask if they’d had a ‘little domestic’ • Why did Sherlock not correct her • Why did John sleep on Sarah’s sofa • Why did Sherlock know that Jim from IT was gay because he is well groomed and uses product in his hair when Sherlock is very well groomed and uses product in his hair • Why does Sherlock know gay underwear trends • Why did John say ‘I hope you will be very happy together’ when Sherlock talked about Moriarty • Why did Donovan say to John ‘opposites attract, I suppose’ • Why did Sherlock look at John after Moriarty said ‘I’ll burn the heart out of you’ • Why did Moriarty say ‘we both know that’s not quite true’ when Sherlock said that he’s ‘been reliably informed that he doesn’t have [a heart]’ • Why did Sherlock freak out so much when he removed the Semtex from John • Why does that scene look and sound sexual • Why was John’s first thought ‘I hope nobody saw you ripping off my clothes they might talk’ • Why do they agree to die together • Why does Sherlock always talk to John even when he’s not there • Why did Sherlock say that sex doesn’t alarm him • Why did Sherlock steal an ashtray for John • Why did Sherlock only look at Irene’s face when she was fully naked • Why did Irene say ‘somebody loves you, if I had to punch that face, I’d avoid your nose and teeth too’ and look at John • Why did John get annoyed and say ‘I had a tea at the palace too, if anyone’s interested’ • Why could Sherlock deduce John perfectly but not deduce Irene at all • Why did Irene say that she wasn’t sure that Sherlock knew ‘where to look’ • Why did Sherlock stutter when John flirted with Irene • Why was Sherlock’s first thought John when he woke up • Why did John cancel his date to look after Sherlock • Why did John get annoyed at Sherlock’s erotic moan text alert • Why did John count the texts that Sherlock got from Irene • Why did Sherlock ignore all of these texts • Why did John’s girlfriend say that John is ‘a great boyfriend and Sherlock Holmes is a very lucky man’ and that she didn’t want to ‘compete with Sherlock Holmes’ • Why was she dressed like Sherlock • Why can’t John tell his girlfriends apart • Why did John say that Sherlock acts heartbroken all the time • Why did John get so angry at Irene when she came back • Why did he shout ‘you’ve texted him a lot!’ • Why did he say ‘you… Flirted… With Sherlock Holmes?’ in that tone of voice • Why did Irene ask if he’s jealous • Why did Irene (who knows what people like) say that they are a couple • Why did John not deny this • Why did John not reply when Irene said ‘well I… Am [gay]. Look at us both’ • Why did Sherlock look so emotional after hearing this • Why did John ask Sherlock how he felt about Irene being alive • Why did John playfully say ‘what, in your bedroom?’ When Sherlock said that they had a client while standing in his room • Why did Sherlock start talking to John even though he wasn’t present and Irene was • Why did he say to Irene 'why would I want to have dinner if I wasn’t hungry?’ Even though he always goes to dinner with John and doesn’t eat anything • Why did John say 'John Hamish Watson, just if you were looking for baby names’ • Why did Irene tell Sherlock to 'impress a girl’ and then he looked at John while deducing • Why does Sherlock say 'don’t feel obliged to tell that that was amazing or wonderful; John’s already expressed that in every variant available to the English language’ • Why did Sherlock say 'don’t be absurd’ when Mycroft assumed that he loved Irene • Why did Sherlock randomly say 'I suppose John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me’ in the middle of a conversation that had nothing to do with John and was about love and sentiment • Why does Mycroft consult John on matters of Sherlock’s heart • Why did John look relieved and smile when Sherlock said 'why would I want to see her again?’ • Why did the gay couple that own the inn in Dartmoor assume that Sherlock and John were a couple • Why did John not correct them • Why did Sherlock smirk at John when he pulled rank • Why did John say 'you with your… Cheekbones and turning your collar up so you look cool’ • Why did Dr Frankland refer to John as Sherlocks’s 'live in PA’ • Why did Sherlock defensively ask 'what about us?’ When Henry said 'look at you and John’ • Why did the papers assume that John is a 'confirmed bachelor’ (euphemism for a gay man) • Why did John say that they 'need to be more careful’ • Why did John not reply when Sherlock asked why other people’s options of Sherlock upset him • Why did Sherlock and John stare at each other in the mirror while getting ready for the trail • Why did Sherlock say 'you repel me’ with such poison after Kitty Reilly said that there’s 'all sorts of gossip in the press’ about him and that she can 'settle the record straight’ • Why does Molly say to Sherlock 'you look sad, when you think he can’t see you’ • Why did Sherlock only lose his shit when he thought that John was starting to doubt him • Why did John chin the chief superintendent for calling Sherlock a weirdo • Why did John trust Sherlock with holding a loaded gun to his head • Why was John’s first thought 'people will definitely talk’ after Sherlock held his hand and they ran together down the street • Why was Sherlock’s first thought 'John’ when Moriarty said that the people he cares about will die • Why did Sherlock cry on the roof • Why was Sherlock’s 'last’ words 'goodbye, John’ • Why did John look so heartbroken • Why did John’s therapist say 'the things you meant to say… But never did. Say them now’ • Why did John refuse • What were the things he never said • Why did John say at Sherlock’s grave 'one more miracle, Sherlock, for me. Don’t… Be… Dead’ • Why did John mourn Sherlock more like a lover than a friend • Why were the S*erl0lololo and S***i4rty ship fan theories dismissed as 'bollocks’ when Johnlock, the main ship in fandom, wasn’t mentioned • Why did Sherlock look so happy to be returning to London • Why did Mrs Hudson assume that John was about to tell her he was ill when he was actually about to inform her of his engagement to 'Mary’ • Why did John say that he was 'moving on’ from Sherlock • Why did Mrs Hudson assume that he was engaged to a man • Why did Mrs Hudson think that Sherlock was John’s boyfriend after years of knowing them both very well • Why did Sherlock keep asking about John while Mycroft gave him important information about the terrorists • Why did Sherlock suggest that he jump out of a cake (which is an action which is usually sexualised) • Why did Sherlock interrupt John’s proposal to 'Mary’ • Why did John not whisper when proposing to 'Mary’, like he normally does when he is emotional • Why did John say 'one word, that’s all I would have needed. One word to let me know that you were alive’ • What did he need the one word for • Why did Sherlock say 'you have missed this… Admit it… just the two of us against the rest of the world’ right in front of 'Mary’ • Why did Sherlock look so hurt as he watched John and 'Mary’ drive away • Why was solving crimes and going on a date linked together via Molly • Why did Sherlock keep hearing John’s voice in his head • Why did he call Molly 'John’ • Why did John shave off his mustache because Sherlock didn’t like it • Why did John not want 'Mary’ to read his blog • Why does 'Mary’ always tease John about Sherlock • Why did John look delighted at the prospect of Sherlock coming to the clinic in disguise • Why was Sherlock so panicked when he realised that John was in danger • Why was he more panicked than 'Mary’ • Why did Sherlock run straight into the fire to drag John out while 'Mary’ just kind of… Stood there • Why did Sherlock cup John’s face • Why is Sherlock in focus and 'Mary’ isn’t when the camera shows John’s POV • Why did Sherlock want to get rid of his parents when John arrived • Why did Sherlock say that he likes his 'doctors clean shaven’ • Why did Sherlock tell John to go and save himself when the bomb switched on • Why did they have an intense discussion about feelings when John thought that they were about to die • Why did John say that Sherlock is the 'best and wisest man’ that he has even known • Why did Sherlock pretend to not care/ forget about the wedding • Why did he try and get Mrs Hudson to leave when she talked about her maid of honour and the end of eras • Why did Sherlock sadly stare at John’s chair • Why did he say 'into battle’ before putting his wedding suit on • Why do we not see any of the actual wedding • Why did Sherlock not move when the photographer said 'just the bride and groom, please’ • Why did Sherlock look so weirded out when Janine said 'no sex, okay’ • Why is Sherlock so skilled at gauging the attractiveness of men • Why did John not care about 'Mary’’s ex coming to their wedding • Why did Sherlock get obviously jealous of Sholto • Why did 'Mary’ notice this and say 'neither of us were the first, you know’ • Why did Mycroft tell Sherlock to 'not get involved’ • Why did Sherlock compare his love for John to 'Mary’’s love for John multiple times in his best man speech • Why did Sherlock go catatonic when John asked him to be best man • Why was that scene so similar to a marriage proposal • Why did Sherlock call John 'the bravest and kindest and wisest man’ that he has 'ever had the good fortune of knowing’ • Why the elephant in the room • Why was John looking for cases to go on with Sherlock instead of planning his wedding • Why was Sherlock scared of John and 'Mary’ getting married • Why did John make a weird face when he called Sherlock 'mate’ • Why did Sherlock imply that he was John’s 'current commander’ and that Sholto was John’s 'ex’ • Why did Sherlock get up and leave when John started talking about 'Mary’ changing his life • Why did John compare his relationship with 'Mary’ to his relationship with Sherlock • Why did Sherlock look so weirded out when Molly said that she’s having a lot of sex with Tom • Why does Sherlock have a file on John • What is in the file • Why did he print out and glue a picture of John’s face onto a picture of the Vitruvian man (the ideal man) • Why did John and Sherlock go to a gay bar during the stag night • Why did the lights look like the bisexual flag • Why did they lie together on the stairs at Baker Street • Why did John grope Sherlock’s knee and say 'I don’t mind’ • Why did their feet keep touching • Why did Sherlock look so upset at Tessa’s story of unrequited love • Why did he take his arm away from John’s shoulders when Tessa said 'I would of liked to have gone further’ • Why did Sherlock lie on the floor with his arse in the air • Why did Sherlock refer to the night as a 'wasted opportunity’ • Why did Sherlock ramble about John’s cooking and jumpers in the middle of the speech • Why did Sherlock tell a room full of women in his mind palace 'not you’ one by one but then pointed at John and said 'it’s always you. John Watson, you keep me right’ • Why did John touch Sherlock on the back when he saw him with Janine • Why do we see Sherlock give a vow to always be there for John but not see John and 'Mary’ give their wedding vows • Why did Sherlock teach John how to dance • Why did Sherlock and John look at each other… The way they did on the dance floor • Why did John and 'Mary’ act worried, annoyed, angry and panicked to the news of Mary being pregnant • Why did Sherlock leave the wedding early • Why did John’s war nightmares come back after not seeing Sherlock in a month • Why did Sherlock go back to drugs after not seeing John in a month • Why did John dream about Sherlock • Why did John dress like and act like Sherlock • Why are the first glimpses of John and 'Mary’’s married life of them arguing • Why did Sherlock move John’s chair • Why did John act… They way he did when he saw Janine come out of Sherlock’s bedroom • Why did his jaw clench when he heard her getting into the bath • Why was John so focused on Sherlock and Janine’s 'relationship’ when Sherlock was giving him important case info • Why did he look so disgusted when they kissed • Why did Sherlock kiss Janine so… Badly • Why did John look so heartbroken when Sherlock 'proposed’ to Janine • Why did 'Mary’ shoot Sherlock • Why did Sherlock try to go to the John section of his mind palace when mind palace!Mycroft told him to find something to calm him down • Why did mind palace!'Mary’ shoot Sherlock in her wedding dress when Sherlock went to the John section of his mind palace • Why did Sherlock restart his own heart when mind palace!Moriarty said 'John Watson is definitely in danger’ • Why did Sherlock never sleep with Janine • Why did Janine say 'I know what kind of man you are’ • What kind of man is Sherlock • Why did Sherlock escape hospital while bleeding internally in order to move John’s chair back • Why did Sherlock and 'Mary’ keep linking John’s romantic preferences to danger to both of them • Why did Sherlock say 'because you chose her’ • Why did John say 'always your way’ • Why did John’s 'apology’ to 'Mary’ seem so stoic • Why did John leave his unconscious drugged pregnant wife to go off with Sherlock • Why did Magnussen say 'but look how you care about John Watson’ • Why did Sherlock look so hurt when he was forced to watch Magnussen flicking John’s face and threatening him • Why did Sherlock shoot Magnussen • Why did Sherlock get everyone else to leave the Tarmac • Why did Sherlock say 'there’s something I’ve meant to say always but then never have’ • What did he actually mean to say (Because it clearly wasn’t 'Sherlock is actually a girls name’) • Why did he say that he thinks the name 'Sherlock Watson’ could work • Why was the first image in Sherlock’s drug induced Victorian case solving mind palace simulation John’s eyes • Why was Sherlock so angry at a woman being in his sitting room • Why did he refer to himself as John’s 'unsavoury companion of dubious morals’ • Why did he play John and 'Mary’’s waltz in his violin while they argued • Why did Molly call Sherlock John’s daddy • Why did he talk to John when John had moved out of Baker Street months ago • Why did the maid point out the problems in John and 'Mary’’s marriage • Why did Sherlock say that he and John were 'together’ in sign language • Why did John say 'two old friends chewing the fat… Man to man’ so awkwardly • Why did Sherlock say that the fairer sex was John’s department • Why did mind palace!John question Sherlock about his sexual experience • Why did he show jealousy of Irene Adler • Why did he ask him why Sherlock needs to be alone • Why did Sherlock keep referring to ghosts and the ghosts of his past etc • Why was mind palace!Moriarty so… sexual • Why did Sherlock deliberately overdose before the tarmac • Why was he reading the story of how they met on John’s blog • Why did Mycroft say 'do you really think anyone’s believing you?’ After Sherlock said he was reading it because he’s 'so much cleverer’ through John’s eyes • Why was real John and mind palace!John so angry at Sherlock about the drugs • Why did he say that he’s 'happy to play the fool’ for Sherlock and 'make him look clever’ • Why did 'I thought that I was losing you. I thought perhaps we were neglecting each other’ 'well you were the one who moved out’ 'I was talking to Mary’ happen • Why were phrases such as 'the heart of the conspiracy’ and 'they are right, and we are wrong’ and 'the women we have disparaged and ignored’ used • Why did Sherlock say that John’s 'always right’ • Why did John save Sherlock from Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls • Why did Sherlock say that John is 'pretty damn smart’ • Why did Moriarty say 'why don’t you two just elope for god’s sake?’ • Why did 'actually, would you mind?’ 'Not at all’ happen straight after this • Why did John kick Moriarty (Sherlock’s weakness) off the top of the waterfall • Why did Sherlock throw his deerstalker (which represents his heterosexual public image) off the top of the waterfall • Why did Sherlock look so happy falling this time • Why did he smile so softly at John when he woke up • Why did Victorian!Sherlock say 'perhaps such things could come to pass’ • Why did Victorian!Sherlock say that he’s 'a man out of his time’

[ohgodjohnlock]

@bbcone

[yeehawpuppy]

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[words-in-starless-skies-deactiv]

@bbcone

[sherlockprettydamngayholmes]

@bbcone

[pinkpintolesbean]

@bbcone

[bookaddled]

I’m no place without you…

Updated version of this

[loveinthemindpalace]

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[kimbiablue]

I love this because it’s isn’t just random stuff that he touches, it’s everything that might be assumed to be important to him - the thrill of cases, motherfuckin Irene, and cocaine - but John is better than all of that. 💖

[rominatrix]

[holmesapothecary]

Mrs. Hudson is always our mirror.