yorkiepug:

shiplocks-of-love:

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 🤷🏻‍♀️