afishlearningpoetry:

The Unfinished Act of Sherlock Series 4, The History of Adaptations It’s Working to Fix, the Larger Narrative of What’s Been Driving the Show, and the Real Final Problem.

Including the BBC’s 2009/2010 LGBT study, Gatiss’s “softly, softly”, Ben Stephenson commissioning the series, Moffat and Gatiss’s goals and plans with the show they lie about, their mutual love of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Abominable Bride taking place in 1895, ACD and Oscar Wilde In the Victorian Era of Literature, “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs” and its adaptations in relation to the show, The Lost Special, the horror homages and spoofs of series 4, these transitions shots, the TD-12 drug effect transition used in The Six Thatchers, the Five-Act Structure and how they’re using it, Mary and Moriarty being Emelia Ricoletti and the same person, Mary’s Post-T6T message and Moriarty’s Post-TFP message, John being shot, and how the real final problem is staying alive.

See also: Within the Narrative and the Hoax of Series 4, How Our Understanding of TJLC Has Evolved, Thoughts On this Transition Shot, How The Abominable Bride Foreshadowed Series 4, 2 Months Post-TFP Moodboard and Everybody Else.

Is ‘bisexual lighting’ a new cinematic phenomenon?

waitedforgarridebs:

ebaeschnbliah:

mrskolesouniverse:

cupidford:

“What is ‘bisexual lighting’?

An early use of the term comes from a 2014 post on the blogging site Trumblr, which discusses a pink-and-blue-washed scene in the BBC’s Sherlock and speculates about the hidden desires of Dr John Watson.”

…when I just casually read what’s on the front page of BBC news…

I have no words, just WOW

:)))))

Tag yourself, I’m “Trumblr”

Is ‘bisexual lighting’ a new cinematic phenomenon?


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mrskolesouniverse:

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rominatrix:

Martin talks about Sherlock, “the interview” and its repercusions and Benedict. Extract from the full 53 minute podcast

Ok, so he doesn’t hate Sherlock, and he’s read some cool fanfic, but Martin still denies that he and Ben ever played it as a gay relationship. 

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He’s a very very good liar (unlike Ben) so it’s always bizarre to hear him, he sounds so sincere. But, yeah, no. You’re way too good an actor to have that all be unintentional, even if you were wildly in love yourself. And too smart not to be aware of basic tropes in fiction as well. Yes, men can be close, but honestly you’re out of your mind if you’re claiming friends would ever grieve like that, be that sad at the others wedding, be that jealous, come back to life, etc, etc.

And his claimed blindness isn’t just about their performances, its also not being aware of historical context (queer readings since the stories were published), and claiming only supposedly deluded mega fans “imagined” the romance. Knowing it’s been a topic of discussion since the start could actually support the argument he was making, so maybe he’s actually ignorant—he could say that we’re projecting based on long held beliefs, and say that people project on every adaptation, it’s not just theirs. And it’s just not believable to say that casual fans didn’t see it as well—reviews said it from the start, and things like just kiss him already at that awards show. Yes some of it could be taken as a response to their “joke” but anyone seeing how strong that was, from the start, could have (would have) toned it down a bit if it wasn’t intended. Instead they ramped it up. So, yeah, you’re a liar. I don’t know why, but you’re a liar.

Is he aware of the fact how ridiculous he sounds? I don’t believe that Martin is such a shitty actor who can’t tell a difference between two best friends and two men who are pining for each other for years. He isn’t an idiot, he knows what he was doing in the pilot episode, in the Angelo’s scene, in “staff that you wanted to say” scene, in TSOT, and the tarmac scene, and the scene with Janine, and TAB, for God’s sake.

I believe what I see on the screen and I can’t care less about his words, especially such bullshit.

I do understand that he can’t (doesn’t want) tell the interviewer something like “yeah, I totally aware that we played something more than friends”, but why this blatant refusal? Martin, even Mark himself told us about using of homoerotic subtext and gay jokes that went too far. Where is the truth?