During my last therapy session, I told my therapist I wanted to go to Sherlocked but I couldn’t afford it, so he suggested I put together a gofundme campaign. 1) Because he thinks it will help me meet new people like he wants and 2) He thinks the chance of going will help motivate me because I really want to go.
So, I put together a Gofundme (HERE)for the amount of money it should take to get me and a friend to Sherlocked USA in May.
The funds will go towards Gas, Food, Tickets, and the Hotel room for the 3 day weekend the convention is in Los Angeles.
I would mean so much to go, Sherlock means so much to me, I have met some wonderful people and made some great friends and it has gotten me through some hard times and I would be forever grateful if I could go and meet the actors that made the show what it is.
I would be forever grateful for the help and the chance to go and it would honestly mean so much.
If I don’t get the goal amount by the end of February, I will refund any donations I received.
If you do donate, I will be more than happy to make a doll for you, all you need to do is submit a screenshot of the donation conformation.
If you can’t donate, I would really appreciate it if you could share it.
Actors/writers Ian Hallard and Mark Gatiss by Felix Clay
‘We met online – back when that was odd’ … Mark Gatiss and his husband, Ian Hallard, star in a play about a gay party that turns toxic. They spoke about new threats to equal rights, the Sherlock backlash – and their dog-sitting issues.
“He believes a Sherlock backlash was inevitable – a “familiar pattern” with anything so successful. “We toyed with calling one of the episodes Backlash, because it’s time.” He points out that the third series of The League of Gentlemen, “though now regarded as a classic, was very controversial. A lot of people hated it.”
There hadn’t been any intention to go off piste with Sherlock, he insists. “It goes for any artistic endeavour – all you can do is your best. Sometimes you have to have an unpleasant amount of attention. But I’m stopped in the street two or three times a day by people saying how much they’ve enjoyed it. What more could you want?””
***coughcough-bullshit-cough***
me trying to plug in my phone blind and missing the jack like 500 times: you know i really should have known that bbc sherlock was bad way sooner
I can’t remember ever being more frustrated by a TV show episode than I have been after watching The Lying Detective. (The Final Problem left me so numb that I reacted in a totally apathetic way.) What I personally got from this episode is that Steven Moffat decided to kill Johnlock off, not in the mortuary scene, but in the hug scene. I know it’s an unusual viewpoint but I would like to explain why I have this opinion. This hug seems to me like the seal on the ending of their romantic potential. Despite being mad at Steven Moffat for this, I admit one thing: this is an ingenious way to handle a tough issue if you are not sure whether you’ll have the chance to address it later.If.
This is truly a moment of proper, relatively deeper communication between Sherlock and John but I disagree with most fans that this step brings them closer to the notorious “romantic entaglement”. It doesn’t. The only positive attribute is that it heavily implies John was / has been in love with Sherlock and vice versa. This scene works as a subtle confirmation, which is relatively important but it does not work as a promise from the writers. This is clever because a confirmation is needed in case they return for a (better) series 5 but a promise should be avoided in case they don’t and their official ending is the one in The Final Problem.
In short, what happens in this scene is that we get implications that these two are in love but we are also told that both of them have completely given up hoping or expecting things. This for me is the greatest disappointment and the main reason I can’t like an episode that is otherwise mostly good. Sherlock and John are worn out by everything they ‘ve been through and the desire or excitement seems to have faded.
The most alarming sign of John’s fatigue is his controlled absence of jealousy when Sherlock gets a text from Irene, which confuses even Sherlock himself.
Sherlock looks bewildered by John’s uncharacteristic reaction. Sherlock tried to downplay the importance of Irene’s text because he was prepared for the usual jealous outburst, yet what he got was John pushing him to Irene, even being able to almost laugh at Sherlock’s firm abstinence. He frankly looks worried by this change in John’s attitude and I can only agree – all of John’s changes in attitude have been at least worrisome in series 4.
John is visibly tired. He has been for a long while but now he really lets it show. Does this mean he’s not in love with Sherlock anymore? No, I don’t think so. He wants more, doesn’t he? But he has clearly accepted the fact that he stands no chance with Sherlock and decided to sink in this bleak awareness. What’s worse (though justified), he feels he deserves it. He feels he should not have Sherlock after all and he makes it surprisingly clear when, after talking about Irene, this follows:
This is very sad but it makes sense. I think John and Sherlock would stop hoping for something to happen if they realized their relationship would be unhealthy. For both their sake.
In fact, I could believe this to be true, (I wouldn’t forgive the horrible s4 though) and it would make me understand the writers’ intentions, but then I couldn’t understand the whole groundbreaking thing. I mean, the BBC hinted at “making history” and Steven Moffat said once that it’s something never done before, that the other adaptations got wrong but with this show, they got it right.
Adapting into 21st century is not groundbreaking and making history to me. I’m not saying that what you said doesn’t make sense, but if it’s true, then they advertised it wrong.
But thank you for writing this 😊 I think it’s really well explained and it made me understand more what their intentions could be.
It’s New Year’s Eve + The Giant Chat of Sumatra’s 5th birthday, so let’s have a round of our favorite chat room game to celebrate!
Chat Room Rizla (aka Who Am I?)
When: Sunday, December 31, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm US Eastern time / 10:30 pm to Midnight London time / convert to your local date & time. (Wander in anytime, but chances to take a turn in the game will be first-come-first-served if we run short on time.)
Who: YOU. You don’t need to be a Giant Chat regular to join the party. If you’re seeing this post in the tags or as a reblog, consider yourself invited!
How it works: I’ll stick a (virtual) piece of paper to your (virtual) forehead to assign you the identity of a Sherlock character, and you’ll have to figure out which character you are by asking questions with “yes” or “no” answers. You can choose how easy or difficult you want your turn to be. Participants who only want to watch and give clues but not take a turn guessing are also very, very welcome.
Then at the end of the game, we’ll ring in 2018 in London together!
[Note: The chat room is also open for your hanging out use all day if you want to celebrate the new year in a different time zone with your Sherlockian friends from around the world.]
I adore going to this every year as otherwise I’d just be alone as the chimes go – i hope you can all join me – anyone reading this can come along, you don’t need to have ever gone to a chat before.
If you start watching A Scandal in Belgravia at exactly 10:58:21 on December 31, 2017, you’ll hear the first ding of the New Year’s Bell followed by Sherlock saying “Happy New Year, John” right as the time turns to 12:00 signifying the new year.
The thing is, after john’s little speech on taking chances with the people you love sherlock wasn’t like oh shit u right I gotta text irene no he stood up and rubbed at john’s back whilst john snot-wept into his dolce and gabbana shirt
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