“We had chips” is really “We had sex.”
“We had chips” is the food/sex metaphor.
How did I not realize this before?! Now I understand why the phrase is repeated so many times, and why he has the conversation about sex with Eurus. She is trying to help him remember that he has imagined the possibility of having sex with John.
Sherlock wanted more (dinner/starving) in ASIP and still does! “Amazing. I mean the chips/sex,” says Fake Faith aka John and Sherlock. Fake Faith is both men because Sherlock is also a romantic now. She’s the embodiment of love. No wonder she disappears! He’s rewritten his memories. He suppressed his emotions. He is the lying detective when he says he doesn’t know what romantic entanglements means. He’s lying to himself until he confronts Eurus. When Sherlock says: “He/She?” and Eurus says: “Messy, though.” This is referencing all the mirroring and metaphors. It’s all a bit messy in Sherlock’s head trying to keep all this love stuff “straight”, trying to maintain the facade.
I get it now! ;)
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Apologies if you guys have already figured all this out.
