yorkiepug:

asherlockstudy:

johnlockiseternal:

johnlockiseternal:

The fact that Martin has a photo of ACD on his fridge and a John Watson funko pop on display in his living room makes me feel… I wanted to say proud but that is probably not the word I am looking for? I am very emotional rn

Also, can we please appreciate the fact that Martin placed that pop funko right next to all the special Beatles stuff, I mean, do you… do you even realise how much Martin loves John Watson

I think what you feel (or at least what I feel) is some sort of relief and vindication… It proves to me that these actors had really invested in what we also invested so much. It’s even more meaningful right now because s4 had made us doubt so many things , including how much they cared for the show they were creating.

Martin is the best John Watson and this character is a huge part of his identity ♡ – I am glad he feels this way as well

Yes to this! It’s a shame his character was treated so poorly in S4

Soooo what is the significance of the number 57 in the Sherlock fandom? Definitely missed something over here.

going-to-my-mind–palace:

going-to-my-mind–palace:

going-to-my-mind–palace:

It’s gonna be hard to answer this on mobile because I can’t link: followers feel free to jump in!

I’m also assuming you are referring to the 57 reference in the (possibly not real) rough draft script?

But wait! There’s more!

The long of it: Mofftiss (maybe just Steven I think?) like to use the number 57 in all of their works. The most obvious is the number 57 used in the Shakespeare episode of doctor who. 10 exclaims “oh, 57 academics just punched the air!” when Shakespeare said something that could reference his bisexuality.

And of course in BBC Sherlock, ASiB (I think) Sherlock’s phone pings 57 times (as counted by john) when Irene texts him. In T6T Mary called John 57 times when she was ready to have the baby but John was with Sherlock (doing something with a jellyfish?? who knows).

I know there was a list/meta that people have made surrounding this, so I’m gonna direct you to my tags:#57, #57 texts, #the number 57. That should bring up anything I have archived surrounding that.

TL:DR; 57 is heavily suggested to be a queer coded number in at least Steven Moffat’s works (possibly also Mark’s…Idr the fandom consensus on that). The fact that it comes up in the rough draft script and made it to the final episode (albeit in a different way) is telling and supports this theory.

Hope this helps and makes sense!

HEY I DONE GOOFED! This is what happens when you try summarize something from memory!

Moffat had nothing to do with the 57 in Doctor Who! He wasn’t with the show yet, Gareth Roberts actually wrote the episode.

For what’s it’s worth: I don’t follow doctor who at all and have literally only seen 9’s entire season and a few random episodes including the Shakespeare one.

And I’m dumb again….mary called john 59 times not 57….forget I said anything lmao

This is making rounds again! Please don’t reblog the original there are mistakes!!!