BFI-Pre screening and why I know there must be more...
As promised, here’s what happened at the BFI pre-screening: Please read through the entire thing. I’m unfortunately going to have to give away a major spoiler to explain how I know there’s more. But first I need to give a bit of context so bear with me:
So, basically, Sherlock is still in a self-hypnotic trance on the TAB plane. (Remember how it actually ends in Victorian times? He’s not “awake” yet. This trance is not “EMP” even though it's very similar. The process is based on the principles of Tibetan Buddhism that ACD Holmes spent 2 out of his 3 years learning during the hiatus. We know that our Sherlock was in Tibet too. The trance lets clues you didn't even know you'd picked up on rise to the surface. The subconscious fills in the rest and connects the dots.
S4 is all in Sherlock's subconscious so far. And it's beautiful. You are privy to his inner thoughts, his heart, and his precious soul.
It's also a cypher for us viewers. Once you have the key, you can re-watch and try to piece all the clues that Sherlock had collected and didn't even know he had. It's euphoric to put it all together. And very touching too. You realize since none of S4 has happened, John never cheated. That whole scene we saw is Sherlock's subconscious telling him that John has been emotionally cheating on Mary with Sherlock. That's the person he texts constantly (look at the honeymoon blog!) Anyway, Sherlock is trying to figure out Moriaty's return but his sub conscious shows us that the problem is inter-related to Mary, his childhood, John, and Moriarty.
That's why I found TFP fascinating. It gives you a beautiful profile of his internal struggles with morality.
I have to tell you this. Mary is not evil. Not at all. All will be explained.
Okay, here's the BIG spoiler: Sherlock is the little girl on the plane.
Yes, Sherlock is trans.
And yes, Sherlock really is a" girl's" name. That's why sex alarms him. That's why they repeatedly told us he's not as tall as he looks. Also, in the cut scene from HLV, Magnussen talks about his women's hands. There are many more little hints.
My soul was aching for him on that plane. I feel so much love for little Sherlock trapped in the airplane with everyone metaphorically asleep to his anguish.
Euros is Sherlock.
Sherlock is trans.
If you re-watch TFP in that context, it's extremely touching. You’ll see that it was Mycroft who helped Sherlock. “SAVE MY SOUL MY BROTHER.” I cried when I see Sherlock on the plane and all the adults asleep to his anguish. (sorry for repeating, poor soul. I love him so much.)
So, how was it confirmed? In 2014 I had hypothesized that perhaps Sherlock was trans due to the clues given above. I had dismissed the idea and replaced it with dissociative identity disorder. Read my LJ post from 2014 here: (add link)
Anyway, at the BFI pre-screening, I knew that Sherlock was still in a trance so I watched the episode in that context. It then became evident that my original hypothesis was right. I knew as soon as I saw him on the plane.
When we were in line for autographs (with not much time for thinking). I wrote in my notebook “I know Sherlock is on the plane.” (Meaning both the metaphorical plane and the TAB plane). The “Sherlock crew” person read it and ‘smirked’ and replied “Which plane?” I think he was enjoying the wit of his question because it had now a triple meaning: Which plane are you talking about you silly fan? AND which plane; as in Young Sherlock Plane? or the TAB plane?). He was clearly amused by his own question to me. He repeated it three times (amused). I finally said, both planes. And the smile I received confirmed it. (Okay, something else was shared but I really don’t want to get the other Sherlock crew member in trouble).
I know some people are not going to believe me. Say that the exchange meant nothing. That the “Sherlock crew person” was literally just asking what the hell I meant by “I know Sherlock is on the plane”.
But,whether or not you believe me, think about it: Doesn’t it make sense?
A) Hasn’t S4 been contradictory and plain weird in some scenes?
B) Think of all the repeated sentences used in TAB/S4 that were exactly lifted from S1-S3. (That’s how the subconscious works, It’ll re-use sentences and faces to fill in the gaps.) I can post more about this with examples later.
B) Does TFP feel like the real ending. Wasn’t there so many impossible things in that episode?
C) If you take the fact that Sherlock is trans, and re-watch the episode, can you actually see it? (It’s so touching!)
I’m not going to try to convince you, but please know that I wouldn’t post about this if I wasn’t sure. I am well aware what this means to the fandom. I know there are many hurting souls out there. Hope is a double-edged sword and I wouldn’t share any of this if I wasn’t positive because I know it could hurt people to get their hopes up.
A special thank you to @welovethebeekeeper . She was a great help to me in trying to figure out what/how to share. She also listened carefully to what I had to say. *hugs*