lindyhopper883 wrote:

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed the change in point of view. Seasons 1&2 were from the pov of John, which follows the books. However TEH was about 1/2, 1/2 Sherlock/John and TSoF was almost completely from Sherlock's point of view. 

We've been given a window into Sherlock's mind and how it works (his visualising himself on the train in E1 and his discussion with the 5 "ghost boyfriend" women.) Before, we only saw glimpses of Sherlock's deducing, nothing so detailed. It's given us additional insight into his relationship with his brother, who looks down at him and leads his thought process, and that The Woman is still in his head. 

Maybe this "new Sherlock" is partially because we have more insight into his head as well.

Also just wondering what you all think about this switch in point of view.

I kept thinking that as well; it seemed to me that the previous episodes have been all about John's experience of Sherlock, VS Sherlock, himself. 

Very good point. I find the changed POV fascinating but I wonder if Sherlock's mind has always worked like that or if there has been a change. The intrusion of Mycroft into his mind as a sort of teacher/controlling instance was quite interesting. In the previous series I did not get the impression that Mycroft was so present in his mind even with regard to the fact that we saw him mostly from John' POV. 

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That's how I like to imagine him. And I want to ignore any characterisation that contradicts that. 

Me, too! 

To elaborate on that point; I have this wierd theory (based on some studies I've done as a counselor); I keep thinking that Sherlock is probably Highly Sensistive-- meaning it's all data, from every possible direction, all the time. It's too much, too loud, too hot, too cold, too...everything. Add to that being thought of as a freak for most of his life-- people like that can and will shut down emotionally, to the point of seeming robotic. They build behavioral mental walls to shield themselves from--too much.  But Sherlock let John in, and I think the dam broke, and whatever he went through during the Hiatus broke him even more. 

It's as if his mind palace is crumbling. (shudder!)

Of course, this is only my headcanon, but it's making me want to do some writing, so I'll sign off, now. 

I agree with your theory, with intellectual giftedness comes High Sensitivity in almost all the cases. He totally thinks like a high iq, making links between ideas and situations constently and has difficulties to focus when there are people around or when he's not interested. He's always trying to keep control on his thoughts and emotions, which are always too much/not enough. And with great mind power comes low social skills.

The other thing with HSP's , one-- they sometimes get confuded with Autistics, or Aspergers'-- and if they were either emotionally abused-- or grew up with emotionally unavailable parents, they can shut down emotionally themselves as a defense mechanism. 

After watching Dr. Elaine Aaron's talk (you can find it on youtube) on HSP's, you find something else--  a small percentage of them are thrill-seekers. What Aaron is actually talking about is Hypersensitivity.  In other words, you ask Sherlock what he sees, and he says "EVERYTHING." I'm paraphrasing the Downey version, but I think it applies here, as well. 
 

I can't remember Mycroft being described as 'hypersensitive'. 

I am not so sure that Sherlock really was as emotional as we are all supposed to think. I have the strange feeling that he used the wedding and the speech for his own purpose which is to find and eliminate CAM, even if he doesn't know yet exactly who he is. Sherlock already knows that there is something wrong with Mary. She told him she is an orphan yet the telegramm says "...wish your family could have seen that". And Mary is the one who received the messages about John being in danger in TEH. So Sherlock knows that John is in danger because of Mary.
May be Sherlock wants to challenge CAM and wants to make him believe that he, Sherlock, is most vulnerable when it comes to John and Mary. He lets CAM know that he cares about John and Mary. His vow at the end of the episode was not (or not only) a vow to John and Mary but (also) an invitation to CAM to the game. He uses John and Mary as a bait. His motivation hopefully is also to protect them in the end but he is surely  eager to start the game.

Pretty dark, but more like Sherlock than him saying and meaning all those sweet things, much as I loved to hear them.

Surely not. But when Sherlock mentions to Mary that her side of the church looks a bit thin she replies "Friends...that's what I have". Indicating -perhaps-that she has no family and suggesting (to me) that she never had one.

Last edited by Cleanshaven Doctor (January 11, 2014 9:07 am)

At this point I would assume that her parents at one point died a violent death, maybe Mary doesn't even exactly know how they died.

So?
I am not saying that she has no family. I am saying that she wanted Sherlock to believe that she had no family.
Anyway, the family-thing is just one piece.

Last edited by Cleanshaven Doctor (January 11, 2014 9:29 am)