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[sherlock]

The Giveaway is On!

Hello everyone, this is Devan here to announce that I’ve decided to hit a giveaway out of commemoration to hitting a milestone, with this blog. I swore to myself it would be the only milestone I’d ever celebrate and then last Saturday it came and went so since I can’t thank the 221,000th follower out there (thanks, whoever you were) I’ve decided to host a giveaway.

I know that right now things have been especially difficult amongst those of us who have been a part of the Johnlock/TJLC portion of this fandom for a large huge number of reasons so I’m dedicating this celebration giveaway specifically to those groups in specific in this and have chosen specifically some of the most gay things I could think of in the way of prizes. Because that’s what we all deserve is something gay right now (I mean really we always deserve gay things but right now especially).

So with that said, I am commencing my giveaway.

Here are the Prizes:

“Don’t Even Talk to Me if You Don’t Think Sherlock Holmes is Gay” t-shirt by @marsixm

BBC Sherlock Colouring Book

#TJLC Tote Bag by @ofcowardiceandkings

“Stag Night Recovery” a Johnlock-Inspired Tea (1 Tin)

8x10 Printed Photo of John and Sherlock getting married :’) Isn’t that great? Yeah. Love those married boys.

The BBC Sherlock Casebook (aka, John’s scrapbook/diary/physical blog gushing about Sherlock while they exchange love notes in the form of post-its back and forth throughout)

Here are the Rules:

Must be following me (Duh, this is for my followers. When I draw names, I will check to see if you’re following me)

No giveaway blogs (Again, I will check)

Must be a Johnlock/TJLC person (You get the point)

Reblogs count as entries; Multiple reblogs serve as multiple entries

Must be willing to give me an address to mail your prize to

Must have your inbox/messages open so that I am able to contact you if you win!

The giveaway will be open from now until 12:00 AM (MST) on January 22 (22/1). There will be six (6) winners total, and the prizes will be dispersed on a first come first serve basis (first name drawn gets first choice, then second, etc. Last name drawn gets whatever prize remains). On the off-chance that an issue arises that causes a prize to be unavailable for me to send to you for whatever reason, I’ll offer some alternatives and you can choose from those. Winners will be announced in a post on my blog the morning of 22/1 at 8:00 (MST).

Thank you for following my trash heap mess of a blog. Thanks for following me! This is to you. I love you! x 

[sherlock]

One day left to enter!

[doris-the-elephant]

Nothing more than a distraction, a little scrap of ordinariness for you to impress, to dazzle with your cleverness. You’ll find another.

This was so painful to watch, because I got the sense that John really did believe Mycroft’s every word. If you assume that this was all happening in John’s head, you realize that this is how he sees himself, this is what he’s afraid of, and it gets even more heartbreaking.

[sherlock]

The Giveaway is On!

Hello everyone, this is Devan here to announce that I’ve decided to hit a giveaway out of commemoration to hitting a milestone, with this blog. I swore to myself it would be the only milestone I’d ever celebrate and then last Saturday it came and went so since I can’t thank the 221,000th follower out there (thanks, whoever you were) I’ve decided to host a giveaway.

I know that right now things have been especially difficult amongst those of us who have been a part of the Johnlock/TJLC portion of this fandom for a large huge number of reasons so I’m dedicating this celebration giveaway specifically to those groups in specific in this and have chosen specifically some of the most gay things I could think of in the way of prizes. Because that’s what we all deserve is something gay right now (I mean really we always deserve gay things but right now especially).

So with that said, I am commencing my giveaway.

Here are the Prizes:

“Don’t Even Talk to Me if You Don’t Think Sherlock Holmes is Gay” t-shirt by @marsixm

BBC Sherlock Colouring Book

#TJLC Tote Bag by @ofcowardiceandkings

“Stag Night Recovery” a Johnlock-Inspired Tea (1 Tin)

8x10 Printed Photo of John and Sherlock getting married :’) Isn’t that great? Yeah. Love those married boys.

The BBC Sherlock Casebook (aka, John’s scrapbook/diary/physical blog gushing about Sherlock while they exchange love notes in the form of post-its back and forth throughout)

Here are the Rules:

Must be following me (Duh, this is for my followers. When I draw names, I will check to see if you’re following me)

No giveaway blogs (Again, I will check)

Must be a Johnlock/TJLC person (You get the point)

Reblogs count as entries; Multiple reblogs serve as multiple entries

Must be willing to give me an address to mail your prize to

Must have your inbox/messages open so that I am able to contact you if you win!

The giveaway will be open from now until 12:00 AM (MST) on January 22 (22/1). There will be six (6) winners total, and the prizes will be dispersed on a first come first serve basis (first name drawn gets first choice, then second, etc. Last name drawn gets whatever prize remains). On the off-chance that an issue arises that causes a prize to be unavailable for me to send to you for whatever reason, I’ll offer some alternatives and you can choose from those. Winners will be announced in a post on my blog the morning of 22/1 at 8:00 (MST).

Thank you for following my trash heap mess of a blog. Thanks for following me! This is to you. I love you! x 

[sherlock]

One day left to enter!

[gatissed]

☂ emotional + worried Mycroft 2016 is my favourite new thing

[cumberbatchaddiction]

[deanpendragon]

this love left a permanent mark

[johnfuckingwatson]

Redbeard, besides being the name of Sherlock’s childhood dog, is also a codeword for overdosing between Mycroft and Sherlock

hence Mycroft saying “remember Redbeard” to Sherlock during John’s wedding reception, which we all thought was a very weird line at the time

and that’s why Redbeard is written in the notebook where Mycroft stashes Sherlock’s list

[vanetti]

and then when sherlock says “i’m not a child anymore”, he isn’t talking about being upset that the dog died, he’s telling mycroft that he is too responsible to OD

OH GOD AND WHEN HE SAYS “REDBEARD” IN THW BIRD HOUSE IS THIS BECAUSE HIS SUBCONSCIOUS IS FIGHTING HIM FROM ADMINISTERING AN OVERDOSE (going “too deep”) PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME

[jenna221b]

OH MY GOD I NEED TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT THIS @waitingforgarridebs @wellthengameover

[waitedforgarridebs]

FUCK, ME TOO, HELP

[monikakrasnorada]

@slashscribe can we discuss this next? Oh, my heart!!!!

[bbcjohnlock]

YES OH MY GOD

[johnwatsos-blog]

“Every great cause has martyrs. Every war has suicide missions and make no mistake, this is war. One half of the human race at war with the other. The invisible army hovering at our elbow, tending to our homes, raising our children. Ignored, patronised, disregarded. Not allowed so much as a vote. But an army nonetheless, ready to rise up in the best of causes. To put right an injustice as old as humanity itself. So you see, Watson, Mycroft was right. This is a war we must lose.”

[sidneypagget]

… Impulses…  Why am I so determined to be alone? What made me like this? (x)

[badideainaglass]

“I was there for you before. I’ll be there for you again. I’ll always be there for you.”

If you think for one second that Mycroft and Lestrade don’t have a history then you see, but you do not observe.

[followingtheleadingplayer]

guys just think of how far we’ve come from “alone is what i have. alone protects me.”

that final scene in the waterfall with moriarty is sherlock alone with his own thoughts about himself. it’s all the truths he’s made himself believe– that he’s worthless, that he’s nothing. moriarty called himself sherlock’s weakness. he’s not. he’s all of his weaknesses. and finally sherlock realizes that john can save him because john is his the heart and soul of his mind palace and he’s still his heart even when the palace is overtaken by his overdose and when moriarty says the words “it’s you and me”, it’s sherlock alone with his dark thoughts, john shows up and throws him off a cliff. sherlock’s finally understanding that he can’t do any of this without john and he’s finally realizing that he doesn’t have to be afraid of being in love with john hamish watson. he can embrace it and it will save him.

[lizthefangirl]

reasons “the abominable bride” was bomb as hell:

M O R I A R T Y

the plot was literally about women’s rights

fluffy!mycroft

genderbent molly hooper

WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY

mary dragging the hell out of mycroft

it was actually hella spooky????

lestrade’s earmuffs i mean–

john trying to discuss the do with sherlock

moriarty highlighting the gay

just a lot of gay tbh

the sassy maid

sherlock beating the mess out of that corpse with a riding crop

the visual fx were especially on point

the references to the original stories

“dead is the new sexy”

moriarty talking with the gun on his tongue

mycroft + emotions????

MORIARTY IN A DAMN DRESS

graceful diver swan benedict

molly called sherlock john’s “daddy”

when confronted, moriarty made a [[snake out of his hand, hissed, and struck sherlock in the throat]]

artie was there

the victorian-ized music

martin john having way too much fun with the pipe

irene adler

“a shotgun wedding”

modern john showing up just to cuss sherlock out

[b0b-dylann]

What I got from this episode is that Moriarty is really dead, and someone else is trying to carry on his legacy by saying he’s back. Just like the abominable bride case. After she faked her death, she died for real and other women carried on what she started because anyone can be the bride; just like anyone can be Moriarty. It’s all about what they stood for instead of the actual person.

[pocket-dreamer]

This special portrayed a lot of things, but there were one or two things that really stood out to me: Sherlock’s and Mycroft’s views of each other.

Seeing as how all the Victorian stuff happened inside Sherlock’s mind, we get a clear view of Sherlock’s view of Mycroft.  In Sherlock’s mind, Mycroft is incredibly overweight and more obsessed with sweets than we’ve ever seen him.  I mean, we’ve heard in previous episodes that Mycroft needs to cut back a little, but it was never really addressed.  Sherlock’s vision of Mycroft in his mind palace implies two things: one, Sherlock really does think like an obnoxious little brother with a rivalry would, and two, that Sherlock sees a lot more of Mycroft than either of them let on.  And though they’re placing bets on Mycroft’s life like some sort of game, Sherlock is deeply worried for him.  

You probably wouldn’t think of that from the first glance, but as a reminder, all of that scene was a figment of Sherlock’s overdosed imagination, including John.  And John was talking constantly about the health risks and the ten thousand reasons why Mycroft needed to stop eating so much.  Basically, worrying over Mycroft.  If Sherlock didn’t care one way or another, mind-palace-John would have probably just scowled and stayed silent.

Now for Mycroft’s view of Sherlock.  

By the end of the special, it was no surprise that Sherlock had overdosed.  By a lot.  As in, “he was in serious danger of hurting himself” lot.  And suddenly Mycroft starts acting like the caring big brother.  Why?  Because Mycroft has a different view of Sherlock as well.  Remember this scene?

That had been happening in Mycroft’s mind palace.  From Mycroft’s point of view, Sherlock has never grown up, and probably never will.  Mycroft is just like any other human being with a younger sibling: he has an urge to protect his younger brother from the evils of the world–one of them being dangerous overdoses that make you hallucinate about the women you abandoned and reasons for being alone, with a Victorian case all on top of that.  Imagine what kinds of emotions Mycroft went through when Sherlock threw that list at him.  If that had happened to either one of my younger siblings I’d be in a near-mental state of mind, so I can sympathize with Mycroft here.

I mean, the way Mycroft says “Please look after him” to John just about broke my heart.  And the fact that he keeps a list of Sherlock’s weaknesses on hand mended it and broke it again, because Mycroft’s concern for Sherlock has reached a huge level of brotherly love.

Mycroft’s and Sherlock’s levels of intelligence–as well as apathy–could be inhuman to the eyes of John and the rest of the world, but when the focus is on just the two of them, they could not be more normal.  Sherlock, like a competitive, slightly jealous younger brother, thinks immaturely of Mycroft by villifying him.  And Mycroft, the strong, stiff, responsible older brother, worries so much about Sherlock that it hurts.

They really are like any other ordinary pair of brothers.

[sirshockblanket]

SHERLOCK: Solved it.

LESTRADE: You can't have solved it!

SHERLOCK: Of course I've solved it, it's perfectly simple. The incident of the mysterious Mrs Ricoletti, the killer from beyond the grave, has been widely reported in the popular press. Now people are disguising their own dull little murders as the work of a ghost, to confuse the impossibly imbecilic Scotland Yard. There you are, solved. Pay Mrs Hudson a visit on your way out, she likes to feel involved.

LESTRADE: You sure?

SHERLOCK: Certainly. Go away. Watson! I'm ready. Your hat and boots, we have an important appointment.

LESTRADE: Didn't Dr Watson move out a few months ago?

SHERLOCK: He did, didn't he? Who have I been talking to all this time?

LESTRADE: Well, speaking on behalf of the impossibly imbecilic Scotland Yard, that chair is definitely empty.

SHERLOCK: It is, isn't it? Works surprisingly well, though. I actually thought he was improving.

[commander-candles]

A Study In Pink // The Abominable Bride

I didn’t fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway.

[bidoctor]

the many faces of John Watson