Sorry in advance to be a bit of a downer, but I promise there’s a silver lining on my musings.
Regardless of what one thinks about S4, those of us still in the Sherlock fandom can agree that this is a wonderful fandom to be in. The main reason is the baffling amount of talented people in it, whether they’re creating art, writing fanfiction or conjecturing metas. One may ship this or that couple, arguments do arise but all in all? Pretty cool place to hang out.
But a not small reason at all is also the richness within the show itself. Begrudgingly, I will let Mofftiss take some of the credit for weaving the show; gladly, I will let Ben and Martin take most of the credit due to their marvelous on-screen chemistry and talent.
Every series has shaken the fandom in different ways. If S3 was a bit of an earthquake, S4 was damn near apocalyptic. What can we expect from S5?
I will not re-hash meta and theories for S5, but as a johnlocker and ex-tjlcer I can’t help but wonder how the cleaved relationship between Sherlock and John will mend. And although I don’t believe TPTB to make johnlock endgame, even if they do, my question will be…
So what?
If Mofftiss write a S5 where Sherlock and John become a romantic couple, this may very well complete a story arc, their long-term plan, and scratch more than one itch. But it will be so out of time. The time to have done this is so past. We are in 2018, when cinema and television is finally turning LGTBQIA+ stories mainstream and, more importantly, normalised. It’s not a finished process, but it’s well on its way, thankfully. Sherlock’s timing to do this will be off, because it will be one more in the current instead of the shockwave it could have created.
And if S5 sees johnlock happening… how can it topple the worlds already created by the fandom, the theories, the art, the love? How will any johnlock on S5 feel fresh and groundbreaking? How will it heal the fandom after S4?
Personally, I would be happy to see johnlock happening (even if I don’t think it will). Salty as I may be, I will not deny that it would make me happy. But the more time slips away from past series, the less relevant the outcome becomes, whatever that may be. It’s been eight years!!!
Thankfully, we’re still here, and you can pry my love for this show from my cold, dead hands.
PS: the silver lining is what we as a fandom create out of this mess. Do not ever forget that.
Anything they do now is going to be too little too late for a lot of people. Including myself.
S4 at face value to me is bad. S4 as some kind of coma/dream to me is bad. I don’t know what their plan is, but a smarter plan would have been to just make S4 good 🤷🏻♀️
People are actually saying on twitter that John has a beard only because “Martin was too lazy to shave” 🙄🙄🙄
Also saw that you can see Martin’s mic clipped to his blue shirt. I don’t think Martin is the lazy one here
I think he didn’t shave simply because that particular bit was filmed shortly before he’s started filming The Operative, surely not because he’s lazy lmao… (like I’ve already seen people writing meta about the beard, but I honestly doubt there is a super deep meaning to it)
Yeah, from the timeline it sounds like he might have filmed with Gatiss right before he left to film for The Opretive, in which he has that beard.
At least they didn’t CGI it out and give him a fake jaw and badly CGi’d lips XD XD XD
The fact that he had the beard because he was filming something else, not because they wanted him to was my first thought as well.
Well, right after the thought OMG OMG OMG OMG Moriarty.
It’s totally because he was filming something else.
And I can’t tell is that a sarcastic OMG? Because I’m so tired of them dragging out Moriarty every time they release something new.
I was away all day and just saw the trailer. Maybe others have mentioned what appears to be another lazy thing : doesn’t that first shot of 221B have lighting equipment in the foreground? I don’t know the tech term, but a board that reflects light?
I don’t see it on the pic I have, so I’m not sure? But like how did all that shit survive the fire form that stupid explosion? John’s pillow is still on his chair and all the files in the corner?
But if you have a pic please share friend!
I just screenshot on my tablet, so not great…..
That thing at the bottom of the shot? Yeah dunno what that is
it’s funny how for most of us, the only takeaway from that trailer is john’s beard.
John looked hot, the rest is just nonsense. I don’t think it’s a coincidence they added a little John to this trailer though after all the complaining about how he was treated in the last one.
Hi everyone! This is the first time ever that I’m attempting to make an artbook, I call this one Redbeard. Why Redbeard, because everything inside is about bbc sherlock and johnlock xD
anyway in its content, I will include almost all of my sherlock artworks, plus photoshop tutorials on how I created those artworks, commentaries and more.
Printing a book is expensive which is why I’m using Kickstarter to get the funds!
It’s always been my dream to make an artbook but I never do because I’m always critical of my art and no one will want it and then I succumb to my own fears. But not this time, I’m just gonna go all in and there’s no harm in trying
I hope you support my project! Please help me to signal boost this by reblogging and sharing this project on other social media. Every reblog helps! 😀
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