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I figured it was time to make a handy reference guide to the metas I’ve written in this fandom.  I’ll keep this updated and post the link in my blog description.

Chosen Families and Natural Families
BBC Sherlock and the Queer Reclamation of Biological Kin, plus further discussion.

Pulp Fiction: Fantasy vs. Reality in BBC Sherlock
Another attempt to understand TFP in the context of previous episodes.

Revisiting TAB through the Lens of TFP
Repressed memories and the woman problem.

The Eternal Problem
A Meditation on Mortality in Sherlock S4

Is Caring an Advantage?
An inquiry into the role of empathy and love on BBC Sherlock

The Interpretation of Dreams
A Freudian reading of The Abominable Bride (part 1)

The Pleasure Principle and the Death Drive
Part 2 of a
A Freudian reading of The Abominable Bride

The (Annotated) Abominable Bride
My attempt to catch every ACD reference/Holmesian easter egg in the Sherlock Special.

Nothing Made Me. I Made Me.
Paradoxes of identity in the ShSpesh trailer.

On Sociopaths and Psychopaths
What is the difference, really?  I do some research.

Live and Let Live
How to Read Sherlock’s “Gay Jokes”

A Nation of Herbivores
Hospitality, Cosmopolitanism, and Nationalism in Sherlock.

Sherlock and Paradise Lost – part i, part ii, part iii
A collage of verse and images illustrating the parallels between the texts.

The Missing Reichenbach Solution
Will we ever find out what “really” happened?  First in a series of
three metas approaching S3 from a deconstructionist perspective.

Deerstalkers and Doppelgangers
Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand up?  Second in a series of
three metas approaching S3 from a deconstructionist perspective.

The Reconstruction of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock critiques performativity. Third in a series of three metas approaching S3 from a deconstructionist perspective.

Molly Hooper and The Science of Attraction
Molly
Hooper is conducting a series of scientific experiments on Sherlock
Holmes.  I imagine what her lab notebook might look like.

The Work vs The Game
Perceptions of Labor and Leisure in BBC Sherlock

Sherlock Gives Excellent Head: A Trash Meta
What really happened with Janine behind closed doors?

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Season 3
When television reflects our own worst selves back at us.

Sherlock Is Actually a Girl’s Name
A bit of a rant on mortality, remembrance, and the tarmac scene. Also, further comments on Mary’s role.

A Book That Everyone Would Own
Why does Sherlock have an out-of-date textbook on syphilis?

Sherlock and Mother Courage
A booklock meta on sentiment and radical politics in Sherlock.

Sherlock’s Bookshelves
A collection of mini-metas on visible books in 221b.

The Sign of OT3
An examination of the complex relationship between John, Sherlock, and Mary, and what it says about modern marriage.

The Temptation of Sherlock Holmes
Moriarty, John, and Sherlock’s moral choices.

Sherlock, Cinematography, Sex, and Gender
On the way BBC Sherlock sexualizes Sherlock and challenges traditional gender conventions.

Feminism and Film Studies
A response to a very interesting ask about how to read 70s feminism in a
contemporary context.  Only tangentially Sherlockian, though.

Reichenplot: The Videotaped Solution
My attempt to make sense of Sherlock’s Reichenbach explanation in TEH.

Christmas in July
An examination of every time Sherlock and Mycroft mention Christmas.  Plus a follow up: Further Thoughts on Holmesian Christmas 

Would You Still Want to Help Me?
A brief meditation on Molly Hooper and why she matters.

Sherlock and Motherhood
Some brief thoughts on the role motherhood does (and doesn’t) play on Sherlock.

(see below the cut for links to mini-metas and comments on other people’s metas)

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