#I thought the Sherlock fandom would die by now it’s stronger than ever

[haydenbadartist]

Hold up

You mean to tell me that there’s a queer baiting Sherlock Holmes x Moriarty anime that exists in the world and I only JUST NOW FOUND OUT ABOUT IT

#I’m FUXKING DYING #WHO WROTE THIS SHIT #I thought the Sherlock fandom would die by now it’s stronger than ever #and now anime apparently #hold a gun to my head and pull the trigger

[interstellarflare]

FANDOM WRITING PROMPTS

Is that supposed to impress me?

Why are you here? I told you to leave.

I thought you were never coming back.

I was hoping you would be more civil about this.

No matter what happens, I won’t let anything happen to you. Got it?

You wouldn’t understand, please just, just leave me alone.

You don’t get to come back and blame me for what happened between us.

I would do anything for you, you know?

bring me back the first flower you see.

Forever yours...

Don’t leave me, please...

I will always be yours, you know that.

Tell me what happened, I’ll always listen.

For gods sake, keep it in your pants.

Hmm...fuck.

Thank you, for everything.

Keep your eyes open for me/don’t you dare close your eyes.

I just want to go home.

Some promises are meant to be broken/you’ve broken too many.

I can’t lose you, not when I have everything.

Fire and blood, and you would risk starting a war.

I didn’t think this through/that’s obvious given our situation.

You’re covered in blood!/don’t worry, it’s not all mine.

I would marry you in a heartbeat/so why don’t you?

Do anything you want to me, but whatever you do, don’t hurt her.

What did I do to deserve you?

When I was away, all I could think about was you.

You stopped breathing! I thought you...

How long have I been here?/three days.

You lied to me/I know, I’m sorry/You don’t get to be sorry.

I can only imagine what it was like for you.

War makes you do crazy things.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t let you go.

Come with me, and I promise I will love you better this time.

How could you?

War has no place for a woman/Then why am I here and not one of your own men?

Bite me/Gladly.

I don’t change for anyone/You did for me.

The thought of losing you...it just tears me apart.

You know that doesn’t work on me/Worth a shot.

I won’t be intimidated by the likes of you/What about the likes of him?

I’m trying to save your life, now shut up.

When I moved here, I never expected to see so much action.

I suppose an apology is in order.

How long has this been going on? This thing between you and her?

Give me one good reason why I should let you in?

I want to believe you...I really do.

Get out.

I promised you that I would come back, now you must keep your promise to marry me.

Everyone tells me not to trust you/I’m not everyone, love.

I love you more than anything.

Kiss me.

I’ve never met someone like you/There is no one like me.

I can’t do this alone/You are stronger than you know.

Demonic possession wasn’t in my itinerary today, but what the hell.

You’re going to keep me here?/Whatever it takes to keep you safe.

You made it! I was beginning to worry about you.

You mean the world to me/I know.

I owe you a dance when I return/I’ll hold you to that.

We’re a family, no matter what.

Don’t ever leave me, I can’t do this without you.

I saw you die...your heart stopped beating.

All I ever wanted was for you to be happy.

I wasted everything on you when you didn’t even love me.

Why would someone like you be interested in me?

You’d think I was invisible with the way he looks through me. I’m nothing.

You’ve been shot, now lie down.

Quick, make a wish. Maybe it will come true.

I never thought I would end up with someone like you.

You should think twice about hurting her.

Take me away from this, all of this.

How did we get into this situation?

I will get you out of this alive, I promise you.

Tell me something that I don’t know/I love you.

I know you hate me, but I did what I had to.

Dance with me.

I can’t dance/I’ll teach you.

I’m sorry/I know, and I forgive you.

I never meant for you to get hurt.

You need to rest, you’re exhausted.

It’s just a scratch, I’ll be fine/That is in no way a scratch.

I’m not going to make it/Don’t say that, don’t you ever say that.

You did everything you could/It still wasn’t enough.

I never thought that this is how it would end.

Give me that/Make me.

If we get caught doing this, we will be in so much trouble.

Don’t hurt him! Please, don’t hurt him. I will do whatever you want me to do.

Your letters were what kept me going.

I will destroy everything you care about if you hurt a hair on her head.

Sentiment is a chemical found on the losing side.

Are you asking me on a date or did that just slip out?

Lunch sounds good, but maybe ask me properly next time.

I’m fine, really/You’re bleeding out, you’re not fine.

I’m not sure if that’s how that works, but sure let’s go with that.

I’d follow you anywhere.

I feel exposed wearing this/You look amazing, calm down.

I can’t wear this, I look ridiculous.

Will you marry me? Of course I will!

Stay with me, please.

Come home, I need you.

DM me the number of the prompt and any character from any of these fandoms listed below and will write a small drabble:

Sherlock (BBC), Peaky Blinders, 1917, Gotham, Mission Impossible, The Witcher, Titans (DC), Kingsman: The Secret Service, Lucifer, Shadowhunters, Dunkirk, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Jurassic World, The Mandalorian, Star Trek, Kong Skull Island, Star Wars, Suits, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, John Wick.

#sherlock #peaky blinders #gotham #mission impossible #the witcher #titans #kingsman the secret service #lucifer #shadowhunters #dunkirk #the man from uncle #jurassic world #the mandalorian #star trek #kong skull island #star wars #brooklyn nine nine #john wick #admin update

[slashtakemylife]

Sheith was NEVER meant to be canon

First of all, I will NEVER EVER discourage a ship, I welcome all ships, heck send me right now a message about sheith HC and I'll encourage you and even HC with you as well

But please, Sheith was NEVER in any point supposed to be canon and yes I've seen and read a LOT of theories and let me tell you, you all need to watch all of captain america's movies but that comes later, first here's some arguments

Brotherhood: Yes I know you get this argument a LOT but the Brotherhood (TM) story line is extremely common

The Hobbit (Bilbo and Thorin) Sherlock, both movies and BBC (Sherlock and Watson) Merlin (Merlin and Arthur) and my main base Captain America (Steve and Bucky) I'm sorry I can't bring you child shows because none come to mind right now

All this shows and even more, show a bond between males that go beyond friendship, become brothers, even stronger than blood but also these guys are actually the most popular ship in their franchise and it's no surprise why, even Queerbaiting comes from here because they KNOW people are invested in them and deliberately make scenes that encourage people DESPITE knowing they will never follow through, so you are not new, the first or even the last

The Beard

So it comes a point were this male/male relationships are so close you begin to think, hmmm, I wonder if there's more? Could it be romantic?! And at this exact moment content makers pull out their trap card, The Love Interest!

Nothing a seldom developed female character can't fix, right? They can add a female character and push her solely for romance (since they don't actually know what to do with a female character, wtf do vaginas even do?) with a few character development moments and also to show like, No they are not gay, look at this happy HETERO couple!

Now is the moment were I confess I am a rabbid Adashi shipper, YES I will protect my son Adam from ANYONE and right now I'm gonna tell you the real deal, the absolute tea of my boy Adam!

Adam is a freaking Beard

So yeah, when S6 ended, it also came to a point were they realized things had gone way to gay and considering how they had hyped LGTB, they knew now was the time to deliver and put an end to a romantic Sheith with the respective Beard (Acxa I think was considered to be Keith's beard but maybe they cast it out later on?) but wait! Ohhh f*ck, we forgot Shiro was gay, uh oh, that means Shiro's beard is a guy, yeah, remember that boy Adam back from when we were doing S2?

In case you don't remember, here's some history, Shiro was supposed to die back in S2 so that Keith could rise into the BP, in an interview, JDS and LM said that S7's Adam flashback was supposed to happen in S2, so those scenes were prepared beforehand, they were actually going to show a gay Shiro and then he was going to die but since they didn't want to do the BYG trope, *cough* bullshit *cough* toy sales and Shiro being Very popular *cough*, they let Shiro live, be the BP and also help make a storyline were Keith goes with the blades instead of immediately into BP and also create this amazing brotherhood that would guide both their characters (the only reason S6 gets a pass is mostly that emotional, visually beautiful fight between Shiro and Keith)

But then as I said, it reached the point were it was way to gay and the beard was needed but unfortunately, the beard was gay and honestly they didn't want to spend too much time on the gay, luckily all they need is a beard, nothing more so here VLD tried to be sneaky with these easy steps:

Put Shiro's gay beard

Get brownie point for the rep they promised

Kill Sheith in the process

Also kill Klance since it's stablished Shiro is he only rep

Kill the beard as well since we don't actually want to put a whole gay storyline, we only need to stablish Shiro as gay

Success!

This is very VERY clear in how they justified Adam's death by saying it was tragedy, war and loss, specially when they mentioned that Shiro is the rep, no one EVER made an intention to give Shiro a full GAY romance in ANY way or with any character, but their plan went to shit when everyone (rightfully) called out their BS so they needed a quick fix specially with the coming S8 which was probably mostly done

Why didn't they just make Shiro marry Keith? Their relationship was very developed it was a very easy step, in fact! We have clear evidence they cut out big Sheith moments and interactions and deliveratedly added more Curtis in the BG to justify the ending

If they had prepared a Sheith canon finale it would've saved their ASS, all they had to do in S7 was say 'there's more rep to come!' And be done with the controversy and you are right, ot would've been a slow build relationship

I wholeheartedly believe they cut Sheith scenes and added more Curtis, I do, but here's why, S8 was mostly done, they had done their LGTB duty and S7 should have all the rep the fandom needed, things were good, we could forget that pending and move on with the finale, then the fandom exploted (rightfuly mind you

So VLD had to fix this, they knew S8 also had Sheith PLATONIC moments since they thought they were safe, we were supposed to know this was a friendship, not a relationship, that was the point of the beard! But the beard and the rep both failed (you mean an ambiguous scene and later kill the SO doesn't work? *pikachu face*)

They cut Sheith platonic moments, made klance open ended, used the deus ex machina card for Ezor and Zethrid and rush a Shiro wedding

Look I'm an Adashi, my ship IS canon but one is dead and the other married off, if they had added Adam at the wedding it would've also felt awkward, this Shiro friend that we barely saw is now married to him? Only if you know their true relationship would you understand but it would also feel out of the blue (they did broke up) specially since their scene felt final and not a petty dispute or a misunderstanding but a really sad but necessary choice, none were in the wrong

So I understand the canon and the behind the scenes as to why this happened, but that doesn't mean I'll stop shipping them (F*ck VLD, I'm he captain now) I choose to drown in fanfiction but I won't hate or belittle Curtis because he really is a backgroungd character that got roped into this but people like him, so respect him, his relationship with Shiro and their shippers

So back to my Captain America, I chose this pairing because they went through the same, in Cap 1 there was a balance between the friendship between Steve and Bucky and the slow buildup of Steve and Peggy so while you could definitely ship Stucky if you wanted, the clear canon was Steggy, what happens in Cap 2? The Stucky relationship gets more screen time and the developing romance Staron is very little (non-existent) so when we get to Cap 3 were Cap goes against everyone FOR Bucky, well #GetCaptainAmericaABoyfriend was trending, why? Because The Beard, Sharon as a character and Staron as a couple was so underdeveloped that we all felt wierd with that kiss, sure we knew it was going to happen and that there was something there but suddenly in our faces? People felt comfortable with Stucky because it was more developed that the actual canon relationship, if they had actually made an effort to flush out Sharon and her relationship with Cap, I think it wouldn't have feel so akward, it doesn't help that we repeatedly get reminded of Peggy so they never really pay time to poor Sharon (Yes I'm a Stucky but if a female is done right I can accept her because I actually love Steggy as well)

So Sheith went through the same, they coded their relationship a certain way and failed to separate the romance and bromance, it's never fun to be the obligatory love interest to push away that gay sh*t, Lance actually went through thos since S8 has him mostly worry for Allura

So this is a long rant so thanks for reading

[inevitably-johnlocked]

hi:) I know this is really random and not sherlock-related but I need to rant and I literally have no one to rant to right now, and you're really sweet, so..... I have a main group of friends who i hang out w and I'm very close to everyone in my friend group. I feel valued by them, but the thing is, whenever they plan something, it's almost always without me?? They exclude me outside of school most of the time but in school they act perfectly normal? i just... don't know anymore. (1)

(2)It’s just been making me feel quite lonely, and I honestly just wish I had a best friend again. The only thing keeping me from being down in the dumps 24/7 is the fact that sherlock didn’t find his best friend until his early thirties, so I guess i’ve still got time😂😅 but still….I’m not sure why I’ve told you this since there’s nothing you can do, but, thanks for reading, steph, and hope you have a great day:)💕

Hey Nonny!

OOOOHHHHHHHHH BOOOYY do I feel you SO HARD on this. I know EXACTLY how you feel with regards to the “everyone except me” thing, which in high school after we turned 19 progressed to “bring her because she’s the only one with a car, she can be D.D.” or “I’m the ugly friend, makes the rest of us look better” (that last one I’m certain isn’t true, but it FEELS like it after a lifetime of being bullied and belittled because I was an overweight child). And in grade 7, the group of friends I grew up with dropped me like a hot potato without no warning or reason. Never saw them again, and no explanation for why they did it; everything seemed like it was alright literally the weekend before that. It was… a rough time; being an introvert, it’s very hard to make friends again, especially in middle school in the middle of the year. I eventually made new ones and I still talk to a few of them today, 20 years later, which is nice. 

The thing with friendships, though, Lovely, is that they’re constantly changing as we grow older and begin to understand ourselves. Some people lose touch; some people find other people with similar interests; some people find friendships in coworkers; some marry and have kids; some have new relationships. It’s not to say none of your past friendships mean any less than the ones you currently have now. Just, you may have gone down a different path than someone else, or someone’s priorities may have changed. Those people have helped you become who you are.

It’s really hard to hear this, Lovely, and I’m assuming you’re still a wee bab (”in high school” is what I assume when I read “in school”), but very rarely do we ever have the same friends years down the road that we did in our youth and still call them best friends. PEOPLE CHANGE AND GROW, and that includes you and your friends.

Hmm, how do I put this without sounding like a dick? Okay, I’m not religious for various reasons, but I believe in Fate (as in whatever happens, happens), and that everything happens for a reason, no matter how shitty it is. So yes, seven years of suffering after my Dad died? It fucking sucked – worst years of my life – but it’s made me a stronger, more independent person, who, after being away from the toxicity of my mother, finally figured out who I was and that I wasn’t broken and wasn’t a terrible person because I had to remove her from my life. 

I think the same sort of things happen with friendships: in childhood, you learn social skills, behaviours, and influences from the people you befriend. But as you grow, you and those friends find other friends and other interests as you discover who you are and become your own person. Sometimes the bond is still there, and you still talk and still enjoy the same things, other times they will just throw you away because they don’t think you’re worth their time (explanations would be nice, but I digress). But human beings are social creatures – you WILL find another person to befriend, whether it’s online or in real life.

Here’s my view on the concept of a “best friend”: you will have multiple “best friends” in your life, and YOU will have your own definition of who is deemed as your best friend. For instance, my Best Friend (capital B.F.) is my sister – no one can ever replace her in that mantle. It’s not personal, but she is the single most important person in my life. I’ve helped raise her for large chunks of our childhood and we used to move around a lot as young kids, so she was always someone who was there when we had to up and move again. I love her and would die for her if I had to. Next, I have a current circle of best friends (small b.f.), who I didn’t meet until I was 23 and in college, who I love cherish and THEY ARE MY FAMILY (friendships are, after all, the family you create). We have done a lot of things together and have a lot in common, but even that group has broken off into smaller groups in recent years because some feel that they need to move on from another individual in our group who just hasn’t really grown or changed in the past decade. I’m still friends with both halves of the group – real friends don’t make you choose sides – and because we’re so far away from each other, I see them once every few months. We’re still friends, though, even if we don’t talk every day nor see each other all the time. Then I have my best online friend, my fandom besties, and my mutuals acquaintances, all of who I love and respect and cherish to varying degrees. And finally, my old friends from high school, the ones I haven’t physically seen in probably over 15 years, but we still talk occasionally on Facebook. I still consider them friends. 

See how complicated that all seemed? Because that’s how I define friendships, HOWEVER it will be different for everyone. Like the word “love”, “friendship” means something different to everyone; there is no one right definition for it. You will come up with a system that works for you and your life. In my example, I find it easier to categorize and organize people, places and things based on their relative importance in my life. It doesn’t mean think any less of it all, it’s just how my brain works.

The rise of social media has become the new way to make friends of all sorts that we never thought possible before, which is so fascinating, because a lot of my friends I have now I met through social media because we share similar interests. Will we be friends in another 10 years? Maybe, maybe not, but I love what I have now with them, and I will live in today and not worry about tomorrow.

So back to your initial question: I’m so sorry you’re currently going through what you are. It’s shitty feeling alone in a group, especially if you are an introvert, I FEEL YOU on that. But please don’t let it discourage you. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A BEST FRIEND or MEET SOMEONE who will become your life partner, platonic or romantic. You will have NUMEROUS amounts of both over the course of your life. Don’t be afraid to befriend that little boy or girl sitting alone at the lunch table -- I was that little girl after my childhood friends ditched me... I was that woman on my first day of first year second semester college when I was split from my group of friends -- and let me tell you, that introverted person may become your best friend later on.

The concept of friendship / relationships and its ever-changing ways is something I have had a lot of time to sit and think on. I’m 36 years old. I’ve never had a significant other romantically, but society dictates I should with 2.5 kids and a house with a picket fence. Here’s a secret: IT’S BULLSHIT. You live your life at your own pace, and whatever happens will happen. It took a long time for me to accept that, and oddly enough this realization didn’t happen until I removed the toxic relationships from my life. And you know what, Lovely? I am so much happier just living my life day to day. I’m learning about who I am, what I enjoy, and what I can look forward to. 

Will I finally find my own John Watson (since I identify with Sherlock)? I hope so, Lovely, but life is too short to worry about that. I know that a lot of people naturally cannot be alone, and I honestly can’t imagine what that’s like (I actually enjoy spending time alone), but you can curb that by befriending people, enjoying their company, and learning from them. Enjoy your life. That’s all you can really do.

#steph replies #my advice #friendship #friends #about me #Anonymous #chatting with nonnies #personal

[reginadiutopia]

50 looks at Mollcroft

First fanfiction written for the fandom and for the ship. Following a set of prompts found here.

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1.Air

Air was missing everytime she found herself in the same room with Mycroft Holmes, but the fact that he was powerful and potentially dangerous was starting to become such a weak excuse.

2. Apples “Doctor Hopper must be a… sweet young woman” “What do you deduce it from, brother?” “She smells of apples”

3.Beginning 

A fake kidnapping, an attempt of corruption and the guarantee of a constant control after the release: not a good beginning at all.

4.Bugs 

In a world of goldfish, she could be a dolphin; in a world of bugs, she could be the queenbee.

5.Coffee 

When he was with Molly, he even started to have coffee instead of tea.

6.Dark 

She could have even pretended such an absurd and childish fear of the dark, if that would have convinced Mycroft to stay until the morning after.

7.Despair 

He just couldn’t understand why the idea of Doctor Hopper being in danger was giving him such a despair.

8.Doors 

All the doors opened for Mr British Government and Molly’s one wouldn’t have made any exception, if he just dared to knock.

9.Drink 

“So, Molly, what is it that you wanted to tell me?”

“Not so fast. You need something stronger that tea first”

10.Duty

“It’s my duty to ensure English citizens’ safety, including yours, Miss Hooper” – and somehow a pleasure.

11.Earth 

Molly knew that the only man on Earth who could have been able to make her forget Sherlock was his brother Mycroft. But who could have been able to make her forget Mycroft then?

12.End

Now that he noticed Miss Hooper at the matineé of Les Miserables, he almost felt sad that after four hours Jean Valjean was finally going to die.

13.Fall 

When Sherlock made Molly fall for him, it was Mycroft the one to pick her up.

14.Fire 

“And so the Ice Man became the Fire Man” “Ah, shut up Sherlock!”

15.Flexible 

“You should stop making so much excersise: it’s useless and also you’re not very flexible” “Do not tempt me, Molly, or else you’ll se exactly how flexible I can be”

16.Flying

“If something happens, call me and I’ll fly to you” And Molly knew that it wasn’t just a way of saying.

17.Food 

It wasn’t easy for Mycroft to admit that Molly’s delicious biscuits were not the only thing he was hungry for.

18.Foot 

As she was putting foot for the first time in the big and unknown black car, Molly had really no idea of how much her life was going to be twisted.

19.Grave 

It all started with fake tears in front of a fake grave.

20.Green 

Everytime Molly saw Sherlock and Mycroft together, everything seemed to be green – hope green.

Everytime Mycroft saw Sherlock and Molly togeter, everything seemed to be green – envy green.

21.Head 

Mycroft had been a fool to believe that a heart was required to fall in love: it’s the head, instead, it’s the had that always falls first.

22.Hollow 

There was hollow inside of him, but Mycroft realized it only when she started to fill it.

23.Honor 

Maybe if he told her, Molly would consider it such an honor to have broken a frozen heart.

24.Hope

“You see, Anthea, after all there is a thin line between belive and hope” – for example I believe that Molly Hooper is still in love with my brother, but I hope she is not.

25.Light 

John noticed that there was a strange light in Molly’s eyes lately, and most of all that Sherlock was not the reason behind it.

26.Lost 

The French Prime Minister could even wait: Molly had just lost her precious cat.

27.Metal 

“I’m not the good man you believe I am, Molly. I’m cold as the ice and hard as the hardest metal”

“Oh, please. I can recognize a dead man when I see one”

28.New 

“You can’t possibly be Molly’s new fiancè!”

29. Old 

“… Honestly, you’re too old for that, dear brother!”

30.Peace

Not even in the silence of the Diogene’s club he had ever found a peace such the one he found in that little patholist’s eyes.

31.Poison 

“Go on, drink, Miss Hooper. If I wanted to poison somebody with my tea, surely you would be the last person on the list”

32.Pretty 

“Seriously, Sherlock, I know better than you the uselessness of feelings, but you can’t expect that every other people that don’t share our intellectual gifts see it the same way… It’s impossible for you not to notice how your actions affect Miss Hooper and it would be better if you just spoke to her, because franly it’s pathetic both for her and for you the way you insist on ignoring such a pretty woman” “…Wait, Mycroft. Have you just defined Molly Hooper pretty?”

33.Rain 

Molly had been waiting for too long for a single sunny day in her life that never came. It kept on raining stronger and stronger instead, but luckily in the end she found someone with an umbrella.

34.Regret

Only after casually knowing that Molly Hooper had left her fiancè in the middle of the ceremony and ended up dancing alone, Mycroft regretted a little not having attended the Watsons’ wedding.

35.Roses

32 red roses at her frontdoor with a card signed Holmes. It was not Sherlock the one to left them.

36.Secret 

He pretended that as long as she would have ignored the soft spot he had for the little patologist, his weakness would have remained secret.

37.Snakes 

As Mycroft froze seeing Miss Hooper lovingly caressing two snakes, he realized that she was less delicate that he thought, while she realized that he was more.

38.Snow

Mycroft Holmes never liked holidays, especially not Christmas. But this year there was snow, delicious biscuits, presents and then there was Molly.

39.Solid 

“You don’t have to lose weight to be charming… I mean you do look ehm solid” And as Molly blushed, his solid frozen heart became to liquefy.

40.Spring (Primavera)

“It’s a nice thought Mr Holes, in spring even dead deserve flowers” “Actually, I brought them for you Miss Hooper, not for your dead”

41.Stable 

Molly Hooper was the test to prove that his world of control, logic and order was not so stable as he believed after all.

42. Strange 

After a couple of accidental encounters and incidental small talks, Mycroft Holmes was still strange but not a stranger anymore.

43.Summer 

“Do you always carry your umbrella, even in summer?” “It may always rain, Miss Hooper, even in summer”

44.Taboo 

And he knew that one of the greatest biblic taboos was to desire your brother’s woman.

45. Ugly

The difference between the two brother was this after all: one told her implicitly that she was beautiful, after the other one made her feel ugly.

46.War 

Anthea knew that her boss made that paralyzed expession in front of his cellpone just in two cases: either there was a world was to avoid, or a date with Molly Hooper was about to happen.

47.Water 

“It’s certainly poison as in the other two cases. Now we just have to understand which poison is and most of all who is the one targeting all these agents…” “I’m sorry to object, Mr Holmes, but I found water in the lungs”

48.Welcome

And in the end she was welcomed at the Holmes just like she had always imagined – in a way or the other.

49.Winter (Inverno)

“We are in winter, it’s cold and cloudy and you are not carrying your umbrella” “Sometimes I don’t mind to take a little rain, Miss Hooper”

50.Wood

“Relax, Mr Holmes, it looks like you are made of wood” Mycroft rolled his eyes but let her lead him in that dance he had swore not to take part in.

#mollcroft #molly hooper #mycroft holmes #molly x mycroft #mycroft x molly #bbc sherlock #sherlock fanfiction

[mayphoenix]

For the record...

...I feel I need to justify my stance on something new that is making the rounds in Johnlock fandom: John as a perpetrator of domestic violence against Sherlock on a regular basis.  

A photo of Benedict -- I’m assuming from another role -- with his face looking like raw meat following a severe beating, has inspired some fans to speculate that John did that to Sherlock.  Some have even said that Sherlock hides Rosie to protect her when John goes into one of his tirades and that things like the anniversary of Mary’s death are enough to set him off into beating Sherlock the way he did in TLD.  While I tend to ignore most of fandom’s theories when they don’t agree with my own headcanon (because, really, to each his own), domestic abuse is one of my big triggers and the reason I have PTSD, so it’s kind of hard to just scroll past this one without making a comment.  I even remarked that I didn’t want to see this “shit” anymore, that John and Sherlock are supposed to love each other (even if we don’t get a gay relationship out of it, they are without a doubt devoted to one another and do love one another, to the point where they are each willing to take dangerous risks to protect each other).   But it still bothers me that some people are taking John’s outburst in TLD and running with it in this very dark, terrible direction.  They are turning this good man into a monster and hate him for attacking Sherlock.  Few are willing to take a step back and really look at the reasons behind it, especially in the context of the character as presented to us for seven years.  Yes, John is a soldier and he does have an addiction to danger, and he could break all your bones while naming them.  The only times we have seen him attack Sherlock physically, it was after extreme provocation.  In ASiB, Sherlock tells John to hit him and John refuses until Sherlock hits him first.  In TEH, John leaps at Sherlock for joking around after coming back from the dead (all things considered, I know I would be pissed if my best friend faked his death and then came back with no concern for my grief but instead cracked jokes about my appearance).   In TLD, John has a lot weighing on him by the time he snaps and begins attacking Sherlock.  First, he didn’t just blithely go after Sherlock -- he saw Sherlock acting irrationally and holding a deadly weapon.  It started as a means of disarming him and trying to snap Sherlock out of his frenzied state, and quickly escalated because of all the personal things built up behind it: John’s anger at Sherlock for using (again) and putting his life at risk (according to Molly, who just got done saying Sherlock is going to die at this rate).  This is John reacting to the fear of watching Sherlock die once again (the first time being his “death” from jumping off St. Bart’s, the second being after he was shot by Mary quickly followed by going into cardiac arrest at Baker Street), and then seeing the list of drugs Sherlock took on the jet (TAB).  It is ACD canon that Watson has never approved of Holmes’ drug use, and BBC’s John Watson is no exception. (Hell, even Molly slapped Sherlock three times for testing positive and upsetting the people who love him with his reckless behavior -- are we going to accuse Molly of being a domestic abuser, too?)  

We know John, by his own admission, finds it difficult to express his emotions; when he began to cry at Sherlock’s grave, he schooled himself quickly even though he was alone with no one (that he knew) to see him fall apart.  He had to fight the tears over Sherlock’s Best Man speech.  He had to fight the emotion when he thought they were going to blow up with that train car under Parliament.  In suppressing his tears, his emotions manifest in anger (shouting, kicking furniture around), and while we’ve seen him -- rightfully -- direct that anger toward actual threats (including anyone who might talk trash about Sherlock in his presence) to protect himself and those he holds dear (kind of like when Sherlock threw a guy out a second-story window after he had already beaten him bloody for harming Mrs. Hudson), we have never seen John just attack without reason.  We have seen him walk away from Sherlock more times than not when Sherlock has become verbally abusive/insulting, rather than argue with him.   Back to TLD:  in addition to his fear-motivated anger at Sherlock for using drugs, John is also carrying a lot of guilt and self-loathing over what happened with Mary. We know he was unhappy in the marriage as far back as HLV but he stayed and struggled to convince himself that they could make it work, even after he told Mary to her face (in TST) that he used to like her.  John considers the texting with “E” to be cheating -- he entertained the thought of an affair and was being sneaky about it, and did not have a chance to come clean before Mary died, which left him without closure.  John has always tried to be a good man but he thinks he is a failure.  He is flawed, yes, but then -- who isn’t?  If he truly was a bad person he would have pursued the affair.  He would have left Mary when she was still pregnant, after finding out she was an assassin who lied to him and shot his best friend.   So he turns on Sherlock for breaking a vow, but it was his anger at himself for constantly wanting to break his own vows.  Misdirected anger.  Also, in sacrificing her life to save Sherlock, Mary gave Sherlock a gift and by taking drugs and putting himself at risk, Sherlock was abusing that gift.  That added to John’s frustration.  Sherlock didn’t kill John’s wife.  He didn’t make her jump in front of that bullet.  John was so blinded with grief, self-loathing, and guilt (especially if he ever had even the slightest feeling of relief that he was free of her without having to be the one to leave) that he could not see that and admit it until later.  He knows Sherlock is not responsible for Mary’s death.  That he volunteers to sit with Sherlock while Sherlock is detoxing says that he still cares about him.  He feels a sense of obligation to him and guilt over what he did by unleashing that rage.  If he didn’t, he wouldn’t still be with him, solving crimes.  John has made a commitment to Sherlock that he has never made to anyone else, not even Mary; he even distanced himself from his sister Harry while she was still drinking heavily (planning to spend Christmas with her when he believed she was off the booze).  And after TLD, things were different between John and Sherlock but in a better way.  Sherlock referred to John as “family.”  There is a new sense of closeness between them throughout TFP (if any of that episode can even be believed), as though they had just traversed that proverbial Dark Night of the Soul and come out stronger on the other side.   When Mycroft is standing there putting John down at Sherrinford during Eurus’ game, John’s face registers pain because he believes he is unworthy of Sherlock after what he did to him.  And yet, Sherlock is prepared to kill himself rather than shoot John.  Sherlock holds no grudges against John for what he did.  He put John through so much hell over the past seven years, playing with his emotions, and he realizes he is just as guilty.  

Now the two of them are healing.  There is no way that John is ever going to go off on Sherlock again to the same extreme as we saw in TLD.  Even when Sherlock ignored John’s “Vatican Cameos” warning, John did not get angry with him.  When Sherlock didn’t come and rescue him right away from the well, John didn’t seem to be put off.  By the end of S4, these men seemed happier and stronger together in their relationship, which is why I refuse to believe that John would become some kind of regular perpetrator of domestic violence.  Oh, they will still bicker.  But beating Sherlock to a pulp?  No.  

Up until S4, everyone believed in the perfect love that is Johnlock.  Why does that have to change, especially when so many of us can see S4 is messed up?  Why is this kind of thing suddenly being accepted, when there is so much in S4 that makes no sense whatsoever; when we’re questioning other actions that are totally OOC and events that don’t line up?  Why can’t fans see it for the unusual circumstance it is and distance themselves from it, and let these boys be happy?  If John didn’t love Sherlock, he would not have cried in front of him, or let Sherlock hold him.  He would not rebuild Baker Street with him, or let him handle his child.  And if Sherlock didn’t love John, he would not continue to want him in his life, or open his heart to him and his daughter.  If theirs was a relationship of regular domestic violence, with John beating up on Sherlock, there is no way either of them -- or their friends -- would allow it to continue.  So why should we, as Johnlock shippers, allow it?  That’s what I don’t understand, and why I feel it has no place in this fandom.  We have enough negativity to deal with from outside forces; why should we let that kind of thing poison something we have always seen as one of the most potentially beautiful relationships in existence?       

#johnlock #johnlock theories #johnlock and domestic abuse

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My Final Thoughts on The Final Problem

This (extremely long) post contains spoilers. 

Continue reading under the cut if you want to process along with me.

Okay, well. 

I went into this episode thinking it was terrible, since that was the predominant feeling I saw on this site. So, my viewing of it was a bit more critical than it probably would have been if I didn’t have that context.

But even then, I was surprised at how much I didn’t hate it. How much I enjoyed watching it, even.

Of course, that’s not to say this episode didn’t have its problems. Because it definitely did. I’ll get to them in a minute.

But first, here’s what I liked about this episode.

The Sherlock and Mycroft growth.

So much happened with the brothers’ relationship in this episode, and it made my heart that loves familial love so, so very happy. Even in the beginning when Sherlock said Mycroft was good at acting. Wow. I mean, I know they thought they were going to die, but still. Leaps and bounds from episode one when Sherlock called him his arch nemesis. And then when we saw Mycroft reacting to the death of the governor(?). Mycroft purposely puts on a callous exterior and that was shattered this episode. So beautiful. AND THEN WHEN HE TRIED GETTING SHERLOCK TO SHOOT HIM. JUST. AH. AND THEN. AND THEN. SHERLOCK NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT. HIM PREFERRING DEATH THAN SHOOTING HIS BRO AND JOHN. 

I think that this aspect of the episode was honestly just so beautiful and lovely. And I’m sure there are people who disagree with me, and that’s okay, but I thought that this aspect was the best part of the whole episode.

The Sherlock/Molly Scene

Okay, I actually have a lot of problems with this scene, and I’ll probably rant when I get to my problems with the episode, but for now, I’m gonna look at what I liked about this scene. 

To me, it showed how much Sherlock actually cared for her. Not in a romantic way (I know people will argue, but to me, there wasn’t enough growth in that area for it to be realistic), but in a real, valid way. A platonic way. A platonic love that is just as valuable and just as precious. Because Sherlock? Sherlock doesn’t have friends. That’s what we are lead to believe at the beginning of the series. But now, now he does, and each one is so, so precious to him (and now that we know about his best friend, we know why he cares so much). It showed that Sherlock did not want to take advantage of her, which is essentially all he has done in the past. He is forced to confront the fact that yes, yes he does love her. Just not in the way she wants.

And he is broken that he has to lie to her, that he has to manipulate her. Break her. His one friendship (besides John). Destroyed, in his eyes, because of Euros. I know a lot of people hate the coffin smashing scene, but it shows so much emotion, so much pain he had in having to manipulate her, even if the statement “I love you” wasn’t really a lie. It just wasn’t the way Molly wanted.

The Victor plot

*queue all the swear words*

Guys.

My word.

I must say, I did predict that something happened in Sherlock’s past that affected him. I just had no idea what it was.

Well, I guess we know now. And so does Sherlock. 

I will admit that I started crying when Sherlock was figuring it out. It was emotional, and it explained his compartmentalization so much. It added layers to his character. And who remembers when Mary shot Sherlock and he used Redbeard as a comfort for him in his mind palace? Because I do, and I will literally never be able to see that scene the same ever again. I’ll cry. 

The acting was freaking superb

Need I say more? They were all amazing.

MORIARTY.

I have never wanted a character to not be dead during an episode than I did when he showed up. His character brings so much life to the screen (ironic, since, you know, his character also brings death). And I also low-key wish we got more Euros and Moriarty scenes because dang their interactions were captivating. They seemed like very similar characters to me, and I would have loved to see how that relationship/partnership would have played out over a span of several episodes.

Man, I just really wish he wasn’t dead.

The wrap up

I liked the end of the episode for a very basic, simple reason. It was resolved. At the very least, we know that Sherlock and John are still together. Still solving crimes. Still kicking butts. Being doting parents to Rosie. Nothing jolting. Nothing randomly out of the blue to put us all on edge. They will continue on as characters who have gone through hell and come back stronger, and I think that’s beautiful. Do I want a fifth season? Absolutely, for multiple reasons. But for a series finale, I think it worked out okay.

The ‘rents

I just need to see Mr. and Mrs. Cumberbatch on screen more often.

Mrs. Hudson

She was the real MVP for the entire season, honestly. (I do wish she got more screen time in this episode though).

Sherlock and Euros at the end

I like that Sherlock is reaching for a relationship with the sister he never knew. I have a lot of issues with Euros, but this bit shows that she isn’t being as neglected and that, in spite of everything, Sherlock still cares. That’s...amazing to me. Like, this woman killed his best friend. Yet there he is, playing the violin with her. Wow.

“Greg.”

He got his name right. ;-;

“He’s a good man.”

Excuse me as I cry.

And that’s what I liked about the episode. 

*takes a deep breath* Now it’s time for the cons

The beginning

That was the strangest opening I’ve ever seen. How exactly did Sherlock make the eyes bleed on the paintings? Was a creepy clown really necessary? Was this scene necessary at all, actually? I mean, I guess it was supposed to fun and goofy, put it was more strange and off putting to me than anything.

Euros

Specifically, how the frick did Euros get people to do things for her. Okay, I understand manipulation, but they wrote her character and made it seem like everyone lost their minds when they talked to her. It reminded me of the X-Men, and it felt like we were being introduced to a new super villain rather than a person. And okay, getting the man to kill himself and his family, while far fetched, still seems at least a little plausible, but taking over an entire facility? No. Not without some sort of help, and help with better motivation than “she convinced me to.”

The plot reminded me of a fanfic

But honestly, that’s happened with this series before, so I’m not really surprised. But it felt like a fanfic in a way that others haven’t, and that is it had a very linear, very non layered plot. Sure, there were surprising elements. Deeper aspects to the characters. But it essentially left no deducing for the audience. No layers for us to analyze. And while I’ve always had the impression that the fandom has always picked apart things that Moftiss never actually put much thought into, there was still at least stuff to pick apart, a new theory to think about, and aspect about a character that wasn’t blatantly pointed out to us. 

I think it boils down to this: older Sherlock episodes make us think. This one did not. 

There was no case we were trying to solve, no situation we were trying to figure out. Just basic stuff thrown at us. So while it was something I enjoyed watching, it didn’t bring the complexity and depth that I’d come to love about the show. It reminded me of a Criminal Minds episode. (And I love CM, don’t get me wrong, but they are different shows, and I love them for different reasons, and therefore expect different things from them).

The plane situation

I get what they were trying to do with it. They wanted to show how Euros fragmented, how she felt alone, neglected. That was heartbreaking. But, the way they carried it out...well, I think it could have been executed better. Like, how was she able to switch between being the girl on the plane and being Euros controlling everything? I suppose that would be a sign of mental illness (if I had to guess, I’d say DID but I am by no means an expert and therefore don’t have any authority on the subject), in which case I sincerely hope that they provide her with the care she needs rather than just leaving her alone in the facility. But, how exactly was she able to pull it off, getting everyone where they needed to be. There just doesn’t seem to be a lot that makes sense, like some things just don’t add up. Perhaps it will make more sense with a second viewing, but we’ll see. All in all, I don’t have a huge problem with how this situation played out, but it does leave me wondering.

The Molly/Sherlock scene

Okay guys, here we go. This might get long.

The scene, if taken alone, without any other context, is fine. Quite enjoyable, actually. If I knew nothing about the show, I’d be intrigued by the dynamic between these two characters. As mentioned, I also love how Sherlock’s love for her (in my opinion, platonic love) is shown. It was painful because it obviously hurt Molly, and I was heartbroken over the manipulation, but that was why Euros has him do it. It was supposed to hurt. So, yeah, I’d call the scene, in and of itself, a success.

But dang it, she deserved better.

The entire series, we have her adoration of Sherlock pushed at us. Somehow, someway, it has to come up. She can’t even date other men without Sherlock being the central theme. And I’ve had enough. The writers have shown who she is, however briefly. What she’s capable of doing. She’s smart. She’s talented. She takes her job seriously. She’s caring. Kind. Diligent. For the love of women everywhere, give her more scenes showcasing this instead of her crush. Show her bonds with other characters. Please. She is more than her crush on Sherlock. She is more than a convenient plot device. Writers, respect the female characters you create. Please. There are already not many female characters in the show. Let them shine without the men being the center. So, honestly, if you gave me that, if you gave me more Molly. More of her solving crime. More of her realizing her worth. More of her without Sherlock. I would have been fine with the scene you did give us. You don’t have to completely ignore her crush. But with the way you wrote her this episode, that’s all she was, in this episode and in episodes prior. And it’s frustrating to watch. Let her move on, for pete’s sake.

With this in mind, I realize that the writers need to fit everything in, and more Molly in a different context just might not have worked. But they’re creative. I believe they are capable of doing better.

(Also can Adler please be more than a plot device please and thank you)

Sherlock and John

Honestly, I know we got a ton of it in the last episode, but I do wish we got more John and Sherlock being vulnerable with each other. It felt like they opened up the floodgates for something wonderful last episode, but then this episode just...there was no follow through? I mean, it was there in the obvious things. The parallel between John and Victor, Mycroft acknowledging that John is vital in Sherlock’s life (plus, he lost a bff already, I doubt Mycroft wants to be the cause of that happening again). Sherlock basically calling John family. Sherlock and John essentially raising Rosie together and continuing as friends/lovers/not really sure what they were by the end. It was there. But at the same time, there was a dynamic that just...seemed to be missing to me. Perhaps it was all the hype that TJLC would be confirmed this episode and it wasn’t, at least not blatantly. Perhaps it was that John, honestly, was not really a main focus in the episode. Perhaps it was the fact that there are still so many things that needed to be said between them that were left unsaid. Perhaps it was a lot of things. 

To me, this show will always be about the two of them. About their love. At this point, I don’t know if it’s romantic, platonic, or even familial, but it’s there. And if they are going to end the show, I think they should end it with that being shown. They gave us a tiny slice of it at the end, but because this relationship is so, so important, if this was in fact the last episode, I personally believe there should have been more. Something. I don’t know what, but I definitely don’t think it should’ve been Mary talking about it. If there’s another season, I’ll be fine with it. But if not? I’m gonna be left feeling at least a little jilted. 

Also, let them hug more. Let them hug all the time.

The advertising for the episode

This isn’t really a problem with the episode itself and more with BBC and the producers. I just think they handled this poorly, and I think that the advertising for the episode, the expectation the writers built up for it, holds a lot of the blame for the accusations that the show is baiting. It’s caused a lot of hurt for a lot of people. For example, they surely knew that people were hoping for TJLC this season. I saw a lot of evidence in posts about it, and while some of it was reaching, in my opinion, I also found some of it valid. By the time TLD aired, I was almost sure that it would be canon. And with the way they advertised? Sherlock saying “I love you,” calling it “ground breaking” and all kinds of other stuff, well, I understand why people got their hopes up really high. I think a lot of pain could have been avoided if some things were addressed, (I dunno, maybe they were. I’ve seen some people claim that Moftiss said TJLC wouldn’t be canon. No idea how true these claims are. I’ll have to investigate) or even advertised differently. There was no need to emphasize and push the “I love you” scene in advertising. There were plenty of other aspects of the episode to choose from.

For those of you who were needing/longing/hoping for something more, I am truly sorry. I hope you get the media representation you deserve some day. Keep fighting for it.

The ambiguity

Just tell me if season 5 is real or not, okay? Don’t lie to me, Moftiss. I know you said you wanted one...

Once again, the beginning

How exactly did they escape 221B unscathed? I literally have no idea. 

Moriarty

Turns out he’s still dead. Not cool.

And thus, we have the cons.

Now take some general comments:

- everyone is like “Oh, John was chained but he got out with a rope. INCONSISTENCY.” I kept seeing this before the episode and with all the flack it was getting, I expected more of a blatant plot hole, but honestly, it’s not really... They show them throwing a rope down, not John actually getting out. For all you know, the rope was so someone could come down and unchain him.

- I’m still thinking about every time Sherlock’s mentioned Redbeard and how everything is changed.

- How exactly did Sherlock’s memories change? Mycroft talked about it in the beginning but I didn’t really follow along (surprise surprise). I just need to rewatch that little segment again I guess.

- I need to see Mycroft as Lady Bracknell

- I’m actually quite sad that Sherlock has never owned a dog

- Sherlock is the adult one in the family. Amazing.

- ...Victor...</3

- the clown was terrifying and unnecessary

- I think Mycroft’s attempt to get Sherlock to shoot him parallels Sherlock’s attempt to get Vivian(?) in The Six Thatchers to point the gun at him instead of Mary. 

And that’s it. That’s Sherlock Season 4. It’s been a wild ride, my friends. I hope we meet again for a (well done) season 5, but if not, keep making that amazing fan content, keep on shipping those ships, and keep on being great.

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