Also... How do you view johns orientation? <3
I read John as bisexual and biromantic, with a tendency to form hetero-relationships (in part due to the social ease of presenting as hetero and dating women, and the lack of risk of having to come out publicly). I know many in the fandom read John as homoromantic, since he seems unable to form lasting relationships with women prior to Mary, but I like to give John the benefit of the doubt and believe that he was actually in love with Mary. I say was, because I don’t know if he still loves her after she shot Sherlock (I don’t buy his prepared words as honest forgiveness). I think he had real feelings for Mary, but I do believe that Sherlock is his true love, and so his heart will always choose him. I think you can love many people, but I also think that when push comes to shove, his love for Sherlock is unparalleled. I think John also loved Sholto, and maybe even Sarah, but when he was dating her, Sherlock always took precedent (see: true love).
As to the bisexual part:
No one will ever convince me that John wasn’t trying to pull Sherlock that night. And I believe in Jolto too. And that deleted scene from THoB where John uses basically the same low-risk pick up tactic on Corporal Lyons that he does on Anthea in ASiP. John is an equal-opportunity flirt, and that’s part of why I relate to his orientation (^_~) Minus the closeted bit, of course!