#romantic entanglements

[bl-bam-beyond-nonblwatchlist]

WEDNESDAY CLUB (2023, THAILAND)

Episode 2

Moments after warning his best friend Phali not to hurt Tam or else. Kong (PAWAT CHITTSAWANGDEE aka OHM) is approached by the only other female in the club. Her name is May (KANYARAT RUANGRUNG aka PIPLOY) and she makes it clear she likes Kong.

But does he like her? Or is she just a means to an end to get Tam? Maybe not.

[karihighman]

I’m married, Officer Chen. This isn’t something you and I talk about.

— Tim to Lucy in 1x05.

Cut to s2 onward and they’re discussing their various romantic entanglements all the time... and then in s3/4 they’re slowly becoming the romantic entanglement worth discussing since they’re openly flirting after roll call & not really caring who sees... 👀😙

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hey, sorry for double messaging, but idk who else to ask. (If you don't want to answer, that's okay lol). But if you do, can you explain to me the significance of the TLD end scene where John & Sherlock hug? I don't really understand their conversation and what John is implying with romantic entanglement and how that chance doesn't last forever. Is that referring to Mary since he lost her so soon? Thanks! Love this blog as always :)

Hi Nonny!

Well, the way I interpret it as John feeling incredible regret for himself not taking his chance with Sherlock. John has harboured feelings for Sherlock for a very long time, and I feel, personally, that John is projecting with this speech. It’s John who feels like he made a mistake, that he HAD his chance before Sherlock fell, but he didn’t, and he feels like Sherlock will never forgive him for his transgressions. He also greatly misunderstands Sherlock’s sexuality, I think, too; Sherlock’s been so flip floppy with John all their time together, and John thinks that he is no longer good enough for Sherlock, so instead steers him towards someone that John thinks Sherlock likes. Of course, Sherlock is staring incredulously at John, because poor John’s self-esteem is so terrible that he can’t even read Sherlock’s love for him, especially after what John had done to Sherlock.

So yeah, to me, it’s John angry at himself. I personally don’t think it has anything to do with Mary.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

putting off breaking up cause ur not done with their netflix account

[just-sort-of-happened]

Why Moriarty & Eurus belong together

Why this?  Why meet?  Why have this sexually provocative interaction?

Look how much this one looks like they’re both looking at his hard-on,

Then this trippy merging: they, ‘become one’, is both sexual innuendo and statement of purpose: Sherlock must integrate them to be whole.  What did John say in TLD?  A romantic entanglement would complete him.  Romantic (feelings) entanglement (sex, entangled bodies).  Neither of them seems to have eyes here, they have no identities besides their symbolism, here.  They’re not characters here only ideas.  This is a meta romantic entanglement between his feelings and libido.  This will complete Sherlock and allow him to have one with another person,

Eurus is Sherlock’s repressed emotions. Moriarty is Sherlock’s repressed libido.

Notice their similarities when they’re trapped: unkempt hair, white institutional looking clothing.  The stillness of her arms is reminiscent of something who’s being restrained, Moriarty is in a straight jacket.  They’re both in circular, panelled pens illuminated by a band (or bands of light).  They seem like cracks where the light gets in, just like what Sherlock saw in his own prison.  Both of these forces are just barely contained, they want to escape,

We see that by TFP Moriarty has, ‘broken free’.  He arrives on Eures’ island literally as an erection broken free from its pants, finally, while Queen’s, ‘I want to break free’, plays,

His head thrown back in what looks like orgasmic abandon, Moriarty will put his hand up in the sky three times for good measure.  He will even turn around to face in the opposite direction (is he facing East and West?  Reason and feelings?  That’s something else that Sherlock needs to integrate), he wants Eurus to break free, too.  If she’s his other aspect, the thing that completes Sherlock’s attraction then he must come in to free her, too.  His function, in this narrative, is literally a walking hard-on, broken free from its prison.

When Moriarty meets her 5 years ago, she is still behind glass.  When Sherlock meets her, in TFP, she’s notably not behind glass.  She’s not trapped, she comes and goes whenever and wherever she wants.  She may still be there but she’s also, in theory, free.  Her prison, like Sherlock’s, is easily escaped.  You can escape your free your feelings and your libido if only you realise your power.  If only you realise that you can break free any time.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

If they never intended to make Johnlock canon, then I want them to fucking own it b/c their words don't match their actions. Ik they've mentioned many times that it won't happen, but they lie, so I want it to be shut down on the actual show. I want John to explicitly say I'm straight instead of I'm not gay, and I want either or both to successfully have a romantic relationship. It'll break my heart, but that's better than having false hope. Anyways, sorry for the rant. Thx for listening Steph 💛

Hey Nonny!

I think you share the same sentiments as many other people do, and no worries about the rant <3 I also want some sort of closure as well, especially since they opened up the “romantic entanglements would complete you” can of worms in TLD and then never followed through with clarifying it on a textual level. Season four feels like a lot of “unfinished business”, and the fact that they made it feel like a finale for the series is why a lot of people have issues with it, because it was a poor ending to a fantastic series, and tried to convince us that Mary was an essential part of the group (she really wasn’t). And say whatever you want about the ending montage; Mary’s voiceover actually ruined it, and it’s all left ridiculously ambiguous so *shrugs*. I don’t know. I think I feel the same as you, Nonny.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Steph! Stupid question here, I'm sorry to bother you with it, but do you think that the main purpose of Irene Adler is to make John jealous? Maybe she appears because people need to be reminded that John loves Sherlock? Or to give Sherlock and John a chance to talk about feelings? Do you think that every time Irene appears we see John's reactions or he gets mentioned because he's the one we should be looking at? And thank you for keeping such an amazing blog and being so wonderful all the time!

Hey Nonny!

All of the above, if we’re still to believe that the narrative is going on its original course. Whenever she is on screen (physically or in spirit), we know that one, the other, or both are about to come to some epiphany about their feelings and how bottled up they are. There’s no romanticism that’s meant to be associated TO her, (and this link too) but rather ABOUT John and Sherlock:

Battersea, John admitted to "being a couple” with Sherlock.

Actually, all of ASiB was about John and Sherlock being jealous over each other and understanding how much each man is for each other.

TSo3, Sherlock was DISTRACTED on thinking about John, and then he realized that yes, in fact, John once loved him and was trying to get with Sherlock once more before the wedding.

TAB, was Sherlock understanding and admitting to himself that he WANTS John to have The Conversation with him again, that Sherlock needs John more than he cares to admit.

TLD, John was projecting, and I think Sherlock picked up on that. John was making it clear that Sherlock is not okay alone, that he needs someone to love him, and that John knew that.

Let’s hope the next time will trigger the “I love you, you idiot” conversation.

I’ve written a few (albeit outdated) meta about Irene, so you can check out my general thoughts on her existence in the series there :)

[ladiesloveduranduran]

Posted two Instagram stories back to back and my crush watched the first but not the second and I was like “it’s so over” and fully crashed out over it but then he watched the second story later so I guess we’re so back?? And also maybe I shouldn’t base my mental health on who watches my Insta stories