Evolution- Deductions vs Mind Palace: A Comprehensive Look
“Sometimes a deception is so audacious, so outrageous that you can’t see it even when it’s staring you in the face.”
Disclaimer #1: This is where you get off if you are not on the EMP train. Sorry, but the entire reason for all of these posts boils down to EMP theory and what it means for the show as we’ve seen it.
Disclaimer #2: I know. There are loads of amazing meta out there, pointing to different origins for Sherlock’s continued mind palace wanderings. The pool. The fall. There’s amazing proof that could back it up all the way to the gay pilot. There is difference of opinion on when it began even within the diehard group of us that have been crying EMP since TAB. And, I’m not trying to disprove any of those theories or ideas. Like I said, there’s loads of proof for all of them. This is my interpretation and what I believe is happening and why. If it turns out that the beginning point ends up somewhere else in the timeline, I will not be hurt at all. Because, for me, if EMP ends up being what is truly happening within the show, I will take any starting point they want to give us. It’s all about Sherlock in the end. His journey and what he reveals and understands of himself.
Disclaimer #3: EMP, as a theory, was never meant to ‘excuse’ what we didn’t like about the show, and especially S4. It was never meant to be a bandaid over plotholes or an eyepatch to hide what we didn’t like seeing. It’s not to excuse Mofftiss’ heinous comments or to prop them up as infallible and almighty. It was truly only ever an idea we saw clear evidence in support of. We didn’t go looking for a way to shape this theory, as some other theories in the past have done. We aren’t- and will never- claim that anyone that doesn’t believe or support this theory are wrong. Or that this is the only theory for what could possibly be happening within the show.
I have no illusions that I am in any way, trying to reveal something new about this episode. It’s been talked to death, examined, meta’d to within an inch of its life. None of these mind palace posts are meant to highlight new information. I am merely trying to illustrate the continued expansion and use of the mind palace device in a linear fashion. There is a method to my madness, I promise. 😉
So, all of that being said, this meta series (X)(X)(X)(X)(X) is based on EMP starting with Mary shooting Sherlock.
tl;dr- In case you don’t want to read K’s of words of no new info- HLV is mind palace heaven. The amount of mind palace in this ep is astronomical, and thus, this theory (that I’m trying to prove) remains in place: With each consecutive episode of the show, the mind palace moments we see, increase in length and intensity.
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