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gently69 · January 15, 2015 1:18 pm

Tonnaree is a really really bad girl.

tonnaree · January 15, 2015 1:21 pm

But I'm very veru good at it.

ancientsgate · January 15, 2015 2:15 pm

tonnaree wrote:
I it wrong that I wouldn't actually have a problem with the blue option?

What, the everyone you love dies one? Ohhhhh, you mean the OTHER blue option. Yeah.

SusiGo · January 16, 2015 3:51 pm

John knows exactly where to look:

http://aconissa.tumblr.com/post/108261529429/incurablylazydevil-my-eyes-are-up-here-john

Vhanja · January 16, 2015 3:53 pm

Haha!

tonnaree · January 17, 2015 3:27 am

Just a little something but she has a point.

http://beejohnlocked.tumblr.com/post/108264066151/why-did-jim-go-undercover-as-a-gay-man-who-was

Schmiezi · January 17, 2015 8:10 am

This should probably go to the "quotes from fan fics" thread, but it is so lovely that I decided to post it here instead. It's from Nature and Nurture:

"You have no idea how much I love you. You know that I love you, I know that you know that. You think it’s something I fell into. You think you’re so very lucky that you somehow tricked me into thinking that this was what I wanted. You’re not sure how you accomplished it. So I’ll tell you: There was no trick, Sherlock. This isn’t a magic show, you and I. You’re thinking that someday I’ll come to my senses and realize what I’ve done, realize that I could have so much more than you, someone so much better than you, someone normal who wouldn’t accidentally set my socks on fire, who wouldn’t fill the cutlery drawer with caterpillars, who wouldn’t drive me mad and make me want to tear my hair out, and, oh, my God, Sherlock, I need you to understand that that is not true. You haven’t hit me over the head, this isn’t some kind of post-traumatic stress disorder, I haven’t lost my mind. I love you. I love you more than I thought it was possible to love another human being. I didn’t know you could meet a person, a stranger, and have him fill in everything inside of you that was empty. I thought being alive meant you just learned how to live with that emptiness. I didn’t know it waspossible to love the way I love you. That’s why it took me so long to realize it. This isn’t what people write songs about, because they couldn’t, because they couldn’t possibly put into words what love is, because it’s this, and it’s…everything. I love you. And you don’t know how much. Because I love you so much that I’m wondering how I tricked you into thinking that I was what you wanted, I love you so much that I’m sure that someday you’ll come to your senses and realize what you’ve done, realize that you could have so much more than me, someone so much better than me.”

And some people still ask, "why Johnlock?"

SusiGo · January 17, 2015 10:18 am

Oh, Schmiezi. Wonderful.

And, tonnaree, I stumbled over this question, too. And it is really interesting, especially in the context of M-theory.

Lazarus · January 17, 2015 11:03 am

Oh my lord, that killed me. Absolutely beautiful! I want that love ^^

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 12:32 pm

Did we have this? John cycling to work not wearing his wedding ring?

http://gosherlocked.tumblr.com/post/108539519856/loudest-subtext-in-television-bbc-sherlock

tonnaree · January 19, 2015 1:23 pm

Seems like he doesn't wear it much.

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 1:26 pm

Fits quite well with Wiggins' deduction about having his things ready to pack.

tonnaree · January 19, 2015 1:28 pm

It would bother me if my husband took his wedding ring off that often.

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 1:36 pm

I think in the episodes he is always wearing it. But this seems to be either a deleted scene or one that was rehearsed but not filmed. So I wonder if there was a purpose to him not wearing the ring.

Vhanja · January 19, 2015 1:50 pm

Why was John ready to pack, btw? I never got that.

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 1:54 pm

I think it was one deduction too many? At the beginning of HLV I get the impression that he is neither really happy nor fulfilled in his marriage, e.g. the dream of Sherlock and the ensuing quarrel. The aggression bubbling up in the scene in the crack den. This is not a happily married man enjoying life in Suburbia.

He cycles to the workplace he shares with Mary while she is going by car. He has his shirts readily folded like something you would pack into a suitcase. And Billy Wiggins sees it all. And we can assume that Sherlock sees it, too.

Vhanja · January 19, 2015 2:48 pm

But why is ready to pack? He doesn't seem that close to leave Mary?

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 2:55 pm

This is what we get in the scene. It is a sort of game between Sherlock and Billy who both deduce John and are throwing the balls to each other. Not sure if it is just meant as a joke. Of course it makes sense that he folds his shirts and puts them in a backpack because he is cycling to work to stay fit. This is the superficial interpretation. But we also get the hint about "the addict in need of a fix", i.e. John, and the fix being danger/adventure/Sherlock. So there is a deeper meaning to the whole scene.
Based on what we get before to me it signals that John does not get everything he needs from his new life. As simple as that.

Vhanja · January 19, 2015 2:57 pm

I understand that. I just don't understand the significance of the line "ready to pack".

SusiGo · January 19, 2015 3:20 pm

He has his shirts folded, not on hangers, so that he can pack them anytime into a backpack or suitcase. That is all I can say.