I'm currently in London. Been to Bart's this morning, took a lot of photos. Have been standing on the "stay exactly where you are!" spot - interesting and weird...Must think my theories over (not that I have one!). Not unusual by the way: Two red busses at the same time - this Sunday morning they happened to stand there exactly the same way they did in Reichenbach.
The small building between John and Bart's really blocks the entire view on the space between the phone booth and the bus stop - quite a big space! You could celebrate a big party there without being noticed by someone behind the building! ;)
Funny: Two notes are sticking to the wall of Bart's ("I believe in Sherlock Holmes and I always will") and to the busstop ("Molly Hooper knows the truth"). Needless to say that I've added one as well...;)
And yes: Even pigeons use to be there apparently.

Post-it notes have so many uses. I'm plotting a raid on a local bookshop this week shhhhh!

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

Although Sherlock must feel some "sentiment" himself, otherwise he wouldn't have made the jump...he just would have been like "OK kill them, who needs friends anyway?"

Ah, but as I just posted, he also had the incentive that if he didn't jump he'd be accused of Moriarty's murder. With that much 'heat' on him, they'd be leaving no stone unturned tracking him down.
So there were 2 incentives, both as pressing as the other.

Wow.
Am I in a minority here?
I think Sherlock jumped primarily to protect his friends.
It may also serve his purposes to disappear for a while.

harleyq wrote:

tobeornot221b wrote:

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

It makes my day to hear that! 

Well, here's the proof:

This is cool, but I must confess it bothers me that it's grammatically incorrect. 

Yes, we definitely need the warning:
"Believers are only desired and permitted if grammatically correct."

besleybean wrote:

Way to make the fandom seem illiterate!

Seeing what else this fandom is up to this should not even be considered an insult then, eh?

One of the notes says, "I believe in Sherlock Holmes and I'll always will." I guess you could call it a double future tense.

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besleybean wrote:

I just call it bad grammar!

I could be wrong - but there are things worse.

Sorry, late to the party (just caught the entire series and was hooked immediately).  

Re:  John after Reichenbach:

I do think he's in denial and is expressing an unrealistic wish there at the cemetery.  

BUT... I also think Sherlock left some deliberate clues in his "note" of a phone call.  "It's a trick.  It's just a magic trick."  Plus, the bizarro method he went from sitting in the lab one minute to being up on the roof the next - it's entirely illogical when John goes back to think it through later.

He might not have a real sense that Sherlock is alive, but he should have a lot of confusion about the obvious lies ("I'm a fake") and the mismatch to what John knows is the truth.  Not to mention how thoroughly John knows that Moriarty is a very evil villain.

So, yes, denial, wishful thinking, and some subconscious deducing, I'd say.

Fillyjonk

John simply cannot believe Sherlock is dead, which is quite common for those suddenly bereaved and in traumatic circunstances.
But. John has already witnessed one fake death...
Plus, is he clever enough to work it out?

Might he see/hear things...