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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
Putting thoughts into my head yet again, tonnaree...
I like it! 
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
My dirty mind and I thank you all. 
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*applauds tonnaree*
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
Ladies, sorry to disappoint you but I had a look at John's purple shirt. It has breast pockets. So it cannot be Sherlock's.
The good news is that this could nevertheless be taken as a hint. The colour is so not John that it must have a deeper meaning. 
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
*stubbornly holds onto headcanon version of events*
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"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not".
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
Okay, let's forget the pockets.
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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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Damn his pockets!
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
We should delete them from our hard drive.
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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
What pockets?
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Never heard of those.
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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
- gently69
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Ha ha, you always put it the way you want.
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What on Earth are you all talking about?
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- Harriet
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Gently, this is what human brains are for!
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... but there may be some new players now. It’s okay. The East Wind takes us all in the end.
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Really?
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
besleybean wrote:
What on Earth are you all talking about?
Something about purple shirts and getting dressed in the dark but then I saw a butterfly and got distracted.
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
Shirts with pockets don't exist, and if they did John wouldn't wear one of them.
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And life is good! 
Eventually everyone will support Johnlock. Independent OSAJ Affiliate
... but there may be some new players now. It’s okay. The East Wind takes us all in the end.
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Ladies, you are marvelous.
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"Temptation coursing through our veins "
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
*chases butterflies around the forum*
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"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not".
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Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate
Sorry for getting a bit more serious but when I woke up this morning (thinking about Sherlock as usual) a thought struck me:
Apart from the fact that they turned the nice governess/housewife into an assassin there is another difference to canon (and e.g. the Ritchie films) maybe as important:
John falls in love with Mary only after he has presumably lost Sherlock. Can anyone really imagine him doing this in series 1 or 2? Giving up their life in Baker Street for marriage?
In canon he moves out to marry and we get "For me there still remains the cocaine bottle." and "The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action which I can recall in our association. I was alone." (I leave you to your thoughts about that).
Of course Moftiss opted for higher drama while Doyle very conveniently got Mary (and enigmatically) out of the way. Still, I like to think that John only was able to start a serious relationship with a woman after having lost Sherlock.
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
