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SusiGo · September 21, 2014 8:44 pm

Yes, exactly. They are taking as much care with the app as with everything else.

A lovely light · September 21, 2014 10:17 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
Apart from the fact that his shirt blends in perfectly with the tiles in the kitchen... ... wow. That's heartbreaking, even when you just have the gifs and the text and not the real thing.

Do you mean the whole game or only the video of this? If you want to see the video, is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgJV9CzmjFU

tonnaree · September 21, 2014 10:28 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Yes, exactly. They are taking as much care with the app as with everything else.

Yes, Team Sherlock would never give us anything less than a quality product.

lil · September 22, 2014 2:11 am

Not sure where this goes..but thought the official jlc might enjoy the thought...

While reading something else..came across a chapter on the amazing Agra Fort..a world heritage site..and the most famous...hathi pol ..elephant gate!
...Anyway...the famous gate was built not only to let elephants in..but with an inclining ramp and then a right angle turn...to prevent elephants running up and bashing the door in during siege...

If everything about Mary we needed to know was on the agra memory card.../.which I know is from canon/...then...she was there to keep the elephants out! As a Johnlock block?
Hah....neat...you think its a coincidence?

Last edited by lil (September 22, 2014 2:28 am)

mrshouse · September 22, 2014 7:08 am

Wow, @lil.... What an interesting thought indeed! Actually I should rather think it is a coincidence and nod to canon but apart from that, yes, whenever I have my bad days concerning Johnlock I feel S3 and adding Mary and for the time being keeping her in the mix with all sorts of mental gymnastics and having cast Martins Mrs. this could very well be, S3 to keep the elephants out of the room.

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 7:39 am

This is one of the best Johnlock posts I've seen in a long time. Brilliant!

http://monwatson.tumblr.com/post/98112968859

SusiGo · September 22, 2014 7:47 am

Yes, very true. I mean, the whole scene - how is there a non-Johnlock explanation for Sherlock asking about his (incredibly sexy white) shirt? And being just interested in John and not in the terrorist network? And Anthea bringing in only the Watson file instead of anything work-related?
Here we have Sherlock wishing to look as good as possible for John while worrying about John looking unattractive and old with his moustache. Very bromantic indeed.

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 8:02 am

That thing with the white shirt is just fan service, of course.

SusiGo · September 22, 2014 8:03 am

Sorry, I forgot. Just part of the 9-episode-810-minutes-plus-unaired-pilot-gay-joke-fan-service.

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 8:48 am

Seriously though, you are absolutely right. Of course we had the little banter between Sherlock and Mycroft before that scene, and there it wasn't about John. But in this scene, with Sherlock getting dressed and everything, he's only thinking about one thing and one thing only: John Watson. And yes, of course you could argue that they have been best friends and living together, so it's only natural that Sherlock would think about him - and that's right, of course. But the way in which this whole scene plays out... he's getting dressed and asks Mycroft "How do I look like?". Well.
And this scene is mirrored right at the end of TEH, when Sherlock is in his bedroom, getting ready for the journalists, and John is waiting outside, watching him while Sherlock is putting the final touch on his clothes...

SusiGo · September 22, 2014 9:03 am

Yes, that is a lovely moment. And of course all this is mirrored when John shaves before meeting Sherlock again.

Another thing that came to me when I was reading a wedding fic - there was something at the back of my head about the best man in love with one half of the bridal couple situation and now I finally remembered - "Love Actually". I am going to post something on tumblr with pics but here is the gist:

Two men, best friends. The one becomes best man to the other. He organises a lovely musical surprise. Only later we get to know that he is in love with the bride. That he took pics and all that wishing all the time he was in his friend's place. He walks to their house, silently declares his love and walks away alone in the dark.

mrshouse · September 22, 2014 9:11 am

Lovely, Susi, and another example is "While you were sleeping"! Sandra Bullock pinning after her perfect prince charming for years and the moment he finally proposes for real she realizes she fell in love with his brother, who in return also loves her but would never let it show and wants his brother to be happy and does everything to accomplish that task...

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 10:33 am

Very nice examples. "Love Actually" is expecially interesting, because there we see it the other way around than in "Sherlock": The best friend (and probably best man) of the groom falls in love with the bride - oh, Sherlock falling in love with Mary, now that would be something.

mrshouse · September 22, 2014 10:35 am

Eeeek....
Do you want to make me sick?

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 10:54 am

Sorry...

tonnaree · September 22, 2014 12:10 pm

Mary is so not Sherlock's type.

mrshouse · September 22, 2014 12:13 pm

And who is, tonnaree?? Come on, girl, tell me, I need my fix!

ancientsgate · September 22, 2014 12:15 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
That thing with the white shirt is just fan service, of course.

And it totally worked for me. *snerk*

SolarSystem · September 22, 2014 12:19 pm

mrshouse wrote:
And who is, tonnaree?? Come on, girl, tell me, I need my fix!

Gavin Lestrade?

mrshouse · September 22, 2014 12:21 pm

Whuäaäää....uups, sorry, I wanted to say NO!