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... is a refreshing and very telling thing to do, after a show is over, guys. Especially this one that just re-appeared on my dash. I really gave a laugh out of disbelief after watching, because: We could’ve known of the disaster of a series, even before it aired.
(Note 1: The following analysis is based on the belief that the mess of series 4 is deliberate and that there’s more to come to give an explanation to all loose threads. Also, said promo clip hints at tinfoil hattery/the possible ARG.)
(Note 2: The permanent glitches in the video made it difficult to differ between the deliberate and random ones, so the following analysis will be based on the belief that outstanding glitches are meant to be deliberate.)
PART ONE: THE AMAZON-VIDEO
Before the search bar is used, we get to see this:
Does look strange? Well, since some people - as well as Rachel Talalay - put high emphasis on Easter to be a potential day of the TLS-reveal, this ad just FITS PERFECTLY in the frame.
Moving on to the foreshadowing of our “tinfoil hattery”: The word “detective hat” is entered into the search bar - back when I first watched the promo, I wondered why they chose to use this expression; now, I feel heavily reminded of myself and all the other tinfoil hattery conspirators who chose to be detectives ourselves after TFP in order to make sense of the mess of a series. And guess what? They knew we would start doing that right after TFP:
(Sorry for the bad quality.)
On the 16th of January, some of us decided not to buy series 4 at face-value, put our detective hats on and started doing the work of a detective: doing endless research, discovering clues, wolfing down plot and subtext, theorising and reconstructing the circumstances of Moftiss’ offence (pun intended). What we got from that were 14,601 uncountable possible outcomings.
The next thing that I noticed was the blatant overuse of the word “Costume”:
Keep in mind: This is a completely fake amazon.com-website; everything in there is placed there, because someone decided it to be placed there. So, why such emphasis on “Costume”? Two guesses:
It is a hint at Eurus - the queen of costumes - being invented to veil the true events.
It references EMP theory or an Unreliable Narrator.
Finally, let’s take a look at the three “items” listed:
All of these Numbers have meaning.
All of the “items” contain the number 10117, which is probably a reference to the airing date of TST; it’s also listed as the date of deliverance and number of comments about the “High Functioning Sociopath Kit”.
Staying with the numbers, what caught my eyes were “13″ next to the four stars of “Personal Mind Palace” and “92″ next to the three and a half stars of “Personal Blogger Companion”.
First of all: 13 in combination with “Mind Palace” is quite telling, since TFP, the 13th episode, felt utterly surreal, and offers an explanation to the events - TFP was all in someone’s head; but in whose? Anyway, the headline + “Close your eyes and enter your mind palace...” alone are quite damning evidence, since there hasn’t been an acknowledged MP-scene in series 4, after all.
Also, isn’t it interesting that the ratings drop with every new article? It’s like more and more people started to dislike what was offered to them - sounds familiar? Yeah, that’s exactly what happened to Sherlock series 4.
“92″ IS A GIFT (you’ll see soon why I was utterly mind-blown seeing it). It’s close to “Personal Blogger Companion” a. k. a. John and the note “FREE Shipping on eligible orders” that alone, being put there, is like asfeaedasfdeagea - meaning, 92 is somehow related to John and Shipping Johnlock. My initial thought was, “Hey, maybe it’s a date - 1992, let’s google that and Sherlock Holmes and see if there’s something to it!” And my GOD, Google didn’t disappoint me! The first thing that was suggested to me was “Sherlock Holmes 1992 game” (gave me ARG-vibes, btw) - and guess what it’s called like:
(x) At this point, I had already lost it. But wait, there’s more:
I couldn’t find a full summary to the case and have no time to play the game (if anyone wants to, you can easily download it online), but, apparently, it turns out that the perpetrator WASN’T Jack the Ripper and that everything is way more complicated than it seemed at first glimpse. And I don’t even dare to begin that there was also a FAKE Jack the Ripper in TEH - the episode containing “Sumatra Road” which ties to Sherlock’s “Appointment in Sumatra” as an alternate ending, as well as the first allusions to ACD’s The Lost Files Special. And well, we all remember the scene in TLD in which Sherlock mistakes Culverton to hide a scalpel and then SERRATES a SCALPEL himself, without anyone being aware of it at first. asfeafsfeafeasd In conclusion: This is not only evidence for The Lost Special, but also for Johnlock becoming canon.
Next I wondered about the pictures used for the “items”:
“High Functioning Sociopath Kit”: The skull, meaning “death” - Sherlock puts his “I’m a high functioning sociopath”-facade to rest in series 4. Which happened to an extent he is always self-sacrificial and submissive to the fucking VILLAINS.
“Personal Mind Palace”: A MIRROR with the smiley face in it, presumably cut out from this promo picture:
Missing the resolution to this picture, too? Yeah, you’re not the only one. The fact that they only cut out the Moriarty smiley face implies that Moriarty Moftiss is responsible for us not seeing the whole picture, but only the narrative through the mirror of a mind palace (whose-ever it is).
“Personal Blogger Companion”: JOHN IS MIRRORED BY SHERLOCK’S VIOLIN. That is a lot, especially now that we have seen TFP: The only time we see Sherlock play the violin in series 4 is in this particular episode when asked by Eurus to play himself a. k. a. his feelings. And what does he play? Irene’s theme from ASiB that subtextually is about HIS LOVE FOR JOHN - only confirmed now by the John = Sherlock’s violin mirroring. And if that wasn’t enough already, Eurus - knowing everything about everyone - asks, “Did you have sex?”, as soon as Sherlock has started playing. And Sherlock DOESN’T ANSWER - like he has never answered anyone asking if he and John are a couple. That is interesting and quite suggesting in my opinion, since there are very convincing metas out there that something Johnlock-ey has already happened, presumably in the time-slot ASiB is offering - which would also connect to “Irene”’s theme perfectly. asfeafsfdae Also, Eurus his reasoning is giving a new violin appearance of John to Sherlock that he admires even more than his old one (well, you can look at that as “aging or his new hairstyle suits John” or as “Sherlock’s perception of John and his feelings for him have improved and his mind is supportive towards his heart now”). Moreover, do you remember the promo picture for series 4 that shows a violin with a broken string? Yeah, that’s our heartbroken John who “still [wants more]”. We all do.
Now some glitches that caught my eye, because they appeared to be deliberate:
----- “3 days left” - does anyone know how many days before TST this promo was released? Well, either way, the amazon-blog says that it was released about 2 months ago, which would fit the time-slot for “3 days left”.
----- “we count” placed right in the Johnlock-ey part of the frame. If this is not just a random glitch (because I admit that it could be the case here), I feel quite relieved, because it’s the equivalent to “Who we really are - it matters.” and everything they claimed the show to be about: a story about a detective, not a detective-story.
----- “M”, “Mar[y]”, “Women’s Novelty” and “Men’s Skullies” hanging around “Personal Mind Palace” and therefore TFP. Seeing Mary so close to M(-theory) and TFP - an episode in which she is supposed to be dead -, are we to wonder that maybe, she is still pulling the strings - like implied by her posthumous narration at the end of TFP? Hint: She’s evil and still alive. Also, her “redemption arc” is foreshadowed by “Women’s Novelty” as well as main characters dying - wait, plural? Yes, you heard me: “Men’s Skullies”. We got to see the John-mirror in Sherrinford shoot himself in the head and Victor Trevor’s skull - but, well, you know what? Victor is a child, not a grown-up or an adult “man” - so who did we miss to die by a head-injury, too? @marcespot (hopefully, you don’t mind me tagging you - if so, contact me and I’ll remove the tag) has made an interesting meta-video on the possibility of John being shot at some point in series 4 and bleeding out.
Last, but not least:
Moriarty’s glitches get worse, and we see how he hacks the website in order to overlay the images of the foreshadowing of the real events by his “MISS ME?”-gif - which, we know now, was created on Eurus’ demand, so it’s actually Eurus AGAIN to be the variable altering the narrative/real events.
PART TWO: SHORT TRAILER
After that, we get a low pitched “MISS ME?”, which is odd by itself, and this frame - again, cut out of an original promo picture of Sherlock series 4:
What caught my eye instantly was that the smiley face is placed on Sherlock only; John is spared from it entirely. Two thoughts on this:
If Sherlock is to represent the show “Sherlock” itself here, it means that it has been hacked and altered by Moriarty, which is why we only get to see a distorted version of the events.
“In the end, it’s only you and me,” Moriarty shouted in TAB, meaning that Sherlock is fighting Moriarty on his own and therefore is the only one to be possibly injured. But that is just in his head; in reality, John would be affected, too. Thus, this promo picture seems to be willing to tell us something: Since it is just Sherlock being affected by the threat of Moriarty here and TFP shows us differently by establishing Moriarty to be dead, throwing the new villain called Eurus at us who tries to murder John more than once, is everything maybe still in Sherlock’s head?
Just for your input: After that image, we get to see the second trailer of series 4 and the glitching announcement of the new season, which isn’t that note-worthy in my opinion, which is why I crossed this last paragraph.
Tagging people who might be interested under the cut:
To anyone who might be confused about the code event for the Monkey King outfits:
If you do pre-order Stormblood for the codes, then yes it will not be given to you until Stormblood’s release date, or any game you decide to pre-order. However you can avoid this simply by either purchasing an XIV time card or any type of point card. Playstation points, League points, etc, as long as the item states that it’s part of the Amazon promo, you can get the codes early. You just gotta look at what you’re buying and make sure the promo is attached to the item! Purchasing an XIV time card would perhaps be the easiest, but I wanted to point out it’s not your only option!
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