I had a nice little private chat with Arwel….. (my favorite moments at the con!!!)
I asked him about the end of TFP:
ME: I wondered about John’s chair at the end of TFP. I understood that his usual chair was burned and must be replaced. But why does he seem to look like the one from TAB???”
ARWEL: Probably because it’s the same??? *evil grin*
ME: Ooookaaayyyy….. but …. the chair in TAB was a product of Sherlock’s mind, isn’t it??? How could he probably appear in Sherlock’s real life???? *big question-y eyes*
ARWEL: Yeeaahhh…that’s the great question isn’t it???
ME: Indeed!! It is!!!
ARWEL: Oh… I guess Sherlock just remembered him in TAB….probably he saw it in a charity shop or something and after 221b burned down he just went there and bought it for John….. don’t you think?? *wink*
ME: Welllllll….dunno….
*he laughing*
(please be aware, that I recount all this from my memory and therefore bring it into my own words. I have no records, so this is not word for word what the people in question actually said!! I try to word the main essence of the sometimes rather ridicilous long monologues *eyeroll* :-)))