warmth-and-constancy:

warmth-and-constancy:

Like, can my whole dash please take a second to realize that a script full of super bro stuff turning into an episode full of super gay stuff does not happen by accident but by design

To clarify: I’m citing “manly embrace” as super bro stuff because although romantic embraces between two men can certainly be “manly” – a word even used by Dream Moriarty to come on to Sherlock in his mind in TAB – inserting the word “manly” there comes across as not being satisfied with writing “a proper embrace” but instead with making sure everyone knows it’s “a proper DUDE embrace,” it’s the difference between regular candles and Man Candles

But bro stuff didn’t make it to screen, instead Sherlock nearly told John he loved him and then went and sat on the plane and nearly overdosed while reading the story of their first meeting, and later they got a chance to embrace in a tender fashion instead of in the chest-bumping, back-slapping Bro Hug fashion that was implied by the word “manly” in the script

Please recognize that if this is the real version of the script submitted to the Emmys, it means they made the episode textually gay without putting any of the romantic stuff down in writing, and this comes on the heels of my pointing out just yesterday that Mark and Steven have admitted to not writing certain things down while describing my belief that Mark has quietly been doing “directing” throughout the entire show