BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / 'Make Believe' on Kitty's wall

**Posted by kittykat** August 9, 2013 7:15 pm

It's not easy to see, since it's the same colour, but here:

Perhaps a reference to the Moriarty/Richard Brook thing?

**Posted by tonnaree** August 9, 2013 8:50 pm

NEVER noticed that! *stops to ponder*

**Posted by kittykat** August 9, 2013 8:53 pm

Does make sense, with the Richard Brook thing

**Posted by Russell** August 9, 2013 9:24 pm

Woah.... I never noticed that (or had it pointed out to) either! Cool!

**Posted by tobeornot221b** August 9, 2013 9:28 pm

Yes, I've noticed this for a long time. "Make believe" seems to be Kitty's motto as a tabloid journalist.

**Posted by m0r1arty** August 10, 2013 5:05 pm

The camera purposefully pauses on it for a brief moment in this shot:

Which makes me think there is more to the 'fairy tales' than we've gotten so far.

-m0r

**Posted by nicbooful** August 10, 2013 6:21 pm

This just confuses me more. Very interesting though x

**Posted by Jonquille** August 10, 2013 8:02 pm

Well spotted, Kittykat.

She tried to make us believe in Richard Brook, but we still believe in Sherlock Holmes, don't we ?

**Posted by besleybean** August 10, 2013 8:15 pm

Yep, I noticed this one, too.

**Posted by DitzyDamnDaffy** August 10, 2013 8:26 pm

Hm... interesting. Every time I watch Sherlock I just see more and more references!

**Posted by tobeornot221b** August 12, 2013 3:49 pm

It wasn't until today that I noticed that my bluray player apparently belongs to Kitty's company...

**Posted by kittykat** August 12, 2013 4:08 pm

tobeornot221b wrote:
It wasn't until today that I noticed that my bluray player apparently belongs to Kitty's company...

It's a conspiracy!

**Posted by SolarSystem** August 13, 2013 4:53 am

Well, there's lots of make believe in that episode, just think about Sherlock faking suicide, that's also some kind of make believe, isn't it? And someone made John believe, if only for a little while, that Mrs. Hudson was badly injured to lure him away from Sherlock. And yeah, of course Jim... his Richard Brook, the story-teller... that's pure make believe, right?
Maybe it's just a little sign for us to tell us to look closer, to not believe everything we see.

Last edited by SolarSystem (August 13, 2013 4:55 am)

**Posted by besleybean** August 13, 2013 5:31 am

No I think it's to indicate the fantasy Moriarty is weaving about Sherlock to MAKE people BELIEVE it's all true and ultimately Sherlock will MAKE John BELIEVE he is dead...

**Posted by Be** August 13, 2013 7:43 am

SolarSystem wrote:
Well, there's lots of make believe in that episode, just think about Sherlock faking suicide, that's also some kind of make believe, isn't it? And someone made John believe, if only for a little while, that Mrs. Hudson was badly injured to lure him away from Sherlock. And yeah, of course Jim... his Richard Brook, the story-teller... that's pure make believe, right?
Maybe it's just a little sign for us to tell us to look closer, to not believe everything we see.

Exactly. IMO, the Make believe is Mofftiss' motto. Nothing is what it looks like. Be careful and don't believe anything. Comic books become reality (no connection to Moriarty) , fairy tales are told and played in "real life".
I'm the story-teller. Did I almost get you? Did you almost start to wonder if I was real? Mind games. That's what you do, you sell a big lie and wrap it up in a truth to make it more palatable. Playing with reality and fiction is a running theme.
Everything is a bit surreal in Sherlock, isn't it?

**Posted by besleybean** August 13, 2013 3:55 pm

I find it gut wrenchingly real.

**Posted by Be** October 29, 2013 1:37 pm

"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?"

-- Sherlock Holmes, A Study In Scarlet

**Posted by besleybean** October 29, 2013 5:18 pm

Brilliant.