#mofftiss

[dinner--starving]

Some hopeful news for us BBC Sherlock fans in the last half a decade.

[thebestfriendstoloverstrope]

yk, i'm a tiny bit of a veteran when it comes to hoping a central gay ship will become endgame, as i lived through the bbc sherlock johnlock years. i saw firsthand how the showrunners always mocked the fans for loving johnlock (despite one of them being gay himself, and despite johnlock being a ship that would absolutely facilitate and contribute to the leads' character arcs). even then, johnlockers held onto hope that it would work out. they, like bylers (a thousand times more, tbh) had hyper scrutinized every moment and came up with countless theories on how the final season would turn out in favor of johnlock. and yet, admittedly, despite all my hopes, deep down i knew that it wouldn't work out.

mofftiss (the sherlock showrunners) didn't have the guts to make johnlock happen. i knew that in the lead up to the final season. but the duffers? i am COMPLETELY confident that byler will become canon. having been there on the other side, not only do i believe the duffers have the courage to do it, they clearly have so much respect for byler – and not only that, they are constantly committed to the theme they set out for the show, which is that all outcasts should be celebrated for who they are. there's no foreseeable way that byler won't be canon. take it from someone who's been here before.

so byler doubt? i literally don't know her

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hi, I don't know if it was just me but did you notice that in S3, the Johnlock chemistry was really intense? Especially from Sherlock.

There was yearning and puppy dog eyes in every scene with John.

Do you think this was intentional by Moftiss? Or was it Ben and Martin's chemistry naturally playing out?

Hey Nonny!

LOL ABSOLUTELY I noticed it, and it's why I inevitably ended up shipping Johnlock romantically, because it was so ridiculously intense. One of my theories on it was because it was written with Sherlock's POV rather than John's (which I think S1 and S2 are), and in turn shows just truly how much John has impacted Sherlock as a person, and how much he needs him after Serbia, and the complete "experience" that is the aftermath of his mistakes.

And John being John continuing to marry Mary because he was angry with Sherlock. But I digress.

And yes, I think it WAS intentional at one point, hence why Ben and Martin acted "that way". Both are incredible actors and there's no way they would have let the implications show if they didn't believe that Johnlock was endgame (I personally believe that they were told "here's the planned direction of our show, and then absolutely fell in love with it. Because after S4, both men seemed very disappointed with the end result...). But I am of the belief something either happened behind the scenes that was out of anyone's control (BBC shakeup at the time, bitter separation between Martin and Amanda) or – and this is what I lean more towards because the drastic shift in narrative in S4 was SO 180º – Mofftiss got pissed off that the fandom "figured out" their show (if I recall correctly, they prided themselves on subverting expectations, and the fandom figuring it out was just not on) and essentially took their ball and went home. And I have other gossippy / tea-type / mean girl theories I chat privately with other people about that I'm not going to state here, but that's the primary running theory I have. And that they were getting bored with the show and upset that they couldn't get Martin and Ben as easily anymore, so *shrug*. Anyway. Shitposting.

So no, I personally believe that the chemistry was off the charts in S3. Unpopular opinion but it is my favourite season of the series (not including TAB. I love TAB SO MUCH). And you're not crazy for seeing it too. I think that's why S4 is so disappointing for me, because S3 and TAB kind of were off the charts intense, and then suddenly in S4 it wasn't.

It's weird.

[jqhnlxck]

“the man we both love” WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE

[ironspider-loki]

Mofftiss: oh look, a female character. Could be a love interest for Sherlock since she’s very smart. And oh look, Sherlock is heartbroken after she died! Ship it! Fandom: Fandom: Johnlock Fandom: Sherlolly Fandom: Sheriarty Mofftiss: …

[ivycopper]

"Not only is Mycroft smarter than Sherlock, Mark is smarter than you!"

This is why I cannot but love Steven Moffat.

[thekettlesoverthere]

AVIS AUX FANS FRANÇAIS DE SHERLOCK (BBC)

Bonjour !

Je suis actuellement en train de travailler sur un sous-titrage VOSTFR de l'Unaired Pilot de Sherlock (A Study In Pink), et je ne sais pas bien comment traduire "The Game Is On".

Si je ne m'abuse, je crois qu'en français, on l'a traduit par "C'est parti pour un tour", mais je ne suis pas complètement convaincue, je trouve que ça ne fait pas très 'catchphrase'.

Des idées ?

[inexpressiblybeautiful]

You know as someone who was abused as a child I never understood how could Mofftiss still claim that John is 'FAMILY' in the very next episode post TLD. Sorry not at all sorry but if someone I loved did to me what John did to Sherlock in TLD I'd cut that dipshit out of my life and tell them to go to hell and choke. Also hope that their child will find some nice teacher once they are in school.

Like, I can understand them being scared of the gays, but deciding to be an abuse apologist is one hell of a choice.