Yes, it's a common trope and not inherently romantic...

But anyway, Doyle did bring their adventures to an end. Holmes retires to Sussex and keeps bees. Without Watson.

Edit: of course it could be seen as romantic as in "idealised" or "picturesque", but I meant that it wasn't necessarily to do with amorous love.

Last edited by ukaunz (July 29, 2016 12:18 pm)

I was just responding to the bit where Gatiss says "Doyle doesn’t bring them to an end, and every great version ends with them walking off into the sunset for other adventures." I personally hope this version doesn't end with Sherlock retiring alone, either.

Oh, I was thinking of the other retirement stories, such as the Lion's Mane. I'm not familiar with the correct chronology, so that's good to know

I think some of the stuff is getting quite mean.  If you watch the video and read the Guardian article, there are differences between them - why don't people just look at those and try to work out what he means?   The gist of it is the same (that he loves the film, that it has that melancholy element, etc.), but he's saying that the Guardian report isn't accurate and it seems that tumblr thinks he must be lying or mistaken.  We all know that the media tends to misreport - maybe not always in a big way.   But I can see somebody has done a summary of what he said, then a little bit that's supposedly "verbatim" - the verbatim piece seems superficially accurate (that scene does exist in the film, and I personally feel it does imply that Sherlock is gay), but maybe Mark's objection is to the focus being on that.  Or perhaps there are some actual errors - something else was "desparately unspoken", for instance.

 

Lol so would I :D

Lol, what an awesome pic! :D

...and this is why I love the Sherlock fandom:
http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/148163020741/with-apologies-to-mark-gatiss-heres-that

Love the album cover!

And someone took it even further. 

https://asherlockstudy.tumblr.com/post/148211570475/jamlocked-girlofthemirror-freakinfreeman

Even better!