Not only that, but Redbeard was in fact the ONLY real character in the entire show.
Every other character in Sherlock existed purely in a dog’s imagination. After his owner spent yet another evening sitting inside reading detective stories, Redbeard dreamed of having a different life where his owner was much more adventurous.
Yes, it all seemed to take a tragic turn at the end, but that was because it was the kind of dream where you wake up and learn a lesson about feeling grateful for what you have. Instead of ceasing to exist in a sudden collision of angst and plot twists, Redbeard actually woke up, got a treat, and then was taken to the dog park where he could play with his friend Eurus the Greek Shepherd while their owners sat on a bench reading. (Eurus’ owner only reads about airplanes. You should see that dog’s dreams.)
This theory, of course, explains why the only other dog we saw Sherlock interact with was pretty pathetic at his job. Sorry, Toby, but Redbeard wasn’t going to invent a true rival in his own dream.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling pretty okay with the revelation that we’ve all spent half a decade obsessing about the imaginings of a very creative pup. Good dog, Redbeard.
How it works: A random guest from the
audience pulls a topic from a hat and I have 2 minutes (reading time) or less to
explain *audience shouting* THAT THING THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!
Why did they promote the leak?
This makes perfect sense if you think
about it. And use a bit of math.
Only the Sherlock Facebook page AND Sue
Vertue said to NOT seek it out. Those are two negatives. Which, if you take
simple properties of math, equals a positive. Meaning, they DID want die-hard
fans to find the Russian dub before it aired on BBC.
TPTB knew that the episode was wacko
regardless, and they wanted to use the subtext of a Russian Dub to really hit
home. Sort of like: “We know that this episode makes no sense. It’s not
supposed to. Here’s a dub in a language that has nothing do to with the global political
climate at all. Just to make sure you really understand that there’s nothing to
understand here.”
*disclaimer* This post was created for
#reichencrack. A day in the Sherlock fandom where anything goes, as long as it
doesn’t make sense.
Bring the silliest Sherlock theories and parody metas you can think of. Theories about any episode or topic are welcome, as long as they don’t make sense.
It’s a fandom tradition in its 6th year, and everyone’s invited to take part.
Me and Jen are going to be compiling the Guidebook for the con as soon as the schedule gets released. If anyone wants to add any events to be added to the calendar, please message me or @allthethingsjensays. The parties will be actual events this year that you can be reminded about.
ALSO if anyone else has anything else (a meet up or other event) to be added also send it our way.
mycroft: i’m going to Taco Bell, you want anything?
mummy: i want my daughter back
mycroft: yeah, i got like twelve dollars
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No, seriously, did we imagine all those interviews where almost all the cast and writers talked about how; “It’s not a detective show, it’s a show about a detective?” When Martin said; “It’s a love story between these two men who need each other.”? When Amanda defended the plot of TAB by saying; “In the end it will always be about those two men and their relationship.”?
What was that? Why did we get all of that when their relationship was ripped to pieces and very poorly put together only to be pushed to the background in these last two series? This isn’t even about Johnlock. I keep reading Jeremy Brett’s post about why they didn’t have Watson marry Mary because Holmes is the true love of Watson’s life. Series 4 showed that wasn’t the case with this version. John was prepared to let Sherlock die because he was so cut up over Mary’s death and treated him like shit. I can see Brett watching S4 and shaking his head along with us.
The show was no longer about this great relationship, platonic or otherwise. Or at least it wasn’t about showing why this is apparently “the greatest friendship in literature”. Wasn’t that always supposed to be the point? What happened? Did Mofftiss just develop ACD syndrome and grew to hate these characters and didn’t care enough to give them and their relationship a decent resolution?
This will haunt me. I just want to know why.
They would have been free to stop with the series.They could have simply said it was too difficult to schedule… I know it’s a big cash cow but seriously, if they hated it so much, they could have stopped. They didn’t invent the characters like ACD did. Doyle was much more closely tied to Holmes and Watson than Mofftiss. And Mofftiss say they are fan boys. They are fans of Sherlock Holmes and still did S4 to him.
I have no idea why they thought Sherlock Holmes / John Watson relationship in the stories needed the addition of a central female character. I have no idea why they thought it a good idea to make Mary Morstan that upgraded female character. Why not Irene, who traditionally, if not canon compliant, takes this role? Or Molly, their own invention? They could have made Lestarde female ffs! Or made Mycroft a sister. Or even made Sherlock and John female, if they wanted a feminist version!
And even when they decided on making Mary Morstan a / the central character on the show from S3 onwards – why like this, with this nonsensical character arc? What was Mary’s arc actually? Mary was a different person in every episode she was in, and that is bad story telling!
Why not make her the baddie? A great, evil, female baddie! She could still have had input on John’s and Sherlock’s lives, John could still have grieved for her, could even have raised her child with Sherlock. Her betrayel could have shaken Sherlock to the core, could have made him question some of his choices, could have changed him if that was what Mofftiss went for. But Sherlock and John could have defeated her TOGETHER! Because these stories are always about Sherlock Holmes and John Watson! There’s the heart and soul of the stories, that’s why every story starts or ends with Holmes and Watson together, talking about a case or life in general (apart from maybe 2 or 3 stories, in which Holmes nevertheless bemoans Watson’s absence).
And speeking of nonsensically employed female characters out of nowhere: There was no need for Eurus, no need for this kind of crazy, farcical back story. What they wanted to tell us with that (that Sherlock has feelings but that he suppresses them, why he does so and that it has to end, for him to become a whole person, that he has to accept himself the way he is to love and be loved etc) could have better been achieved by employing characters and arcs already set up during S1-3 and TAB. Why, prey tell, was the insane wishfulfilment Mofftiss wanted to realise in S4, especially in TFP, to give us Eurus Holmes?
I will never neither accept nor understand this! The most important person in the life of Sherlock Holmes isn’t a murderous, omnipotent sister or John’s (dead) wife, it is and always has been John Watson! Mycroft features in three original stories. There are no parents in canon. And no other siblings. There is no Molly. Irene Adler is a clever, happily married opera singer who meets Holmes once. Mary Morstan features by name in one story and vanishes during hiatus. Even Moriarty is only in three or four stories! Go read the books, Mofftiss!
Mary Morstan embracing Mary Watson as the life that was worth living is akin to Amy Pond becoming Amy Williams, for all intents and purposes, in Doctor Who. Also Mrs. Holmes herself, the genius scientist who gave it all up for her children.Moffat has a serious boner for strong, independent women (?) who end up giving up their lives and identities to become wives and mothers.
Eurus’ role, if someone was going to be Jim’s puppeteer, would have been much better if Mary had filled it, because we actually cared about Mary: some people hated her, some loved her, but we knew her? She had some weight as a character, she had a mysterious past. If you want an effective plot twist, for god’s sake don’t use a NEW CHARACTER WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT BECAUSE WE’VE ONLY JUST MET HER.
Bravo @isitandwonder this is exactly my feelings. Unless series four is the entire rug pull (for which I would still have mixed feelings about) this will go down as one of the worst debacles ever. So sad because what they had was beautiful. Flawed yes, but the chemistry between John and Sherlock – you just cannot find that anywhere. What a wasted opportunity.
I just had a polite discussion with someone about Mary and we disagreed as expected.
Mary Morstan embracing Mary Watson as the life that was worth living is akin to Amy Pond becoming Amy Williams, for all intents and purposes, in Doctor Who…..if someone was going to be Jim’s puppeteer, would have been much better if Mary had filled it, because we actually cared about Mary: some people hated her, some loved her, but we knew her? She had some weight as a character, she had a mysterious past.”
My point is they did a great job at butchering the heroes, the villains…leaving some confusing characterisation which made no sense. Thank you again @isitandwonder for writing down my thoughts exactly.
I will forever mourn this.
I saw a post the other day (that was unfortunately tl;dr at the time) that suggested that BBC Sherlock is original fiction. And right now I feel like there’s a point to it? It’s just a tragedy and a travesty that they used these names and characters as groundwork and then created whatever THIS IS. Guess no one would have cared had they named it Detective #57 and his “I can barely type” Blogger, no, we gotta call it Sherlock Holmes and then butcher the characters and the original references to pieces.
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