Not only was Sherlock’s the only vow we’ve seen on the show, but it seems like Sherlock was the only one to do everything in his power to keep the vow he made the day of the wedding.
Mary lied and manipulated John from day one, so she’s right out. And then John had his little text fling, so there he goes.
Sherlock on the other hand, put his life on the line, and was willing to sacrifice everything to keep the vow he made
(to John).Sherlock really IS the best man
Sherlock honestly deserves everything, more so than anyone else, even John.
Like, Sherlock is single handedly the only one trying to do literally everything to make everyone else happy. Consider: everything he did for John even when it was at the expense of himself, everything he did for Mary despite her shooting him (and then not hesitate that she’ll do it again) and then also drug him when he was trying to help her, Sherlock still trying to help eurus despite her killing his childhood best friend and then again trying to kill him and his current best friend or his brother. Everything he’d done was for very selfless reasons, he did it for the sake of the people he cared about no matter how difficult or unfair the situation was against him.
This is why I honestly just wish to see Sherlock be happy, be loved and appreciated and cherished. And having John come back to baker street and assume that role isn’t enough for me. After everything Sherlock has done for John, I honestly think Sherlock deserves much more than just “having John back”. John must apologize to him, take care of him, be protective of him without being selfishly possessive, be loyal and trustworthy to him. Coz Sherlock deserves it all
I fully agree with all of this! Literally all of series 3 was about nothing but Sherlock doing everything in his power to make John happy, literally without limit, up to and including throwing his own life away so that John could be happy with a woman who hadn’t even been honest enough with him to tell him her real name. Sherlock has spent all of his time since the return trying to apologize to John, even though he was literally saving John’s life then, too, and all he gets in return is unfair blame, John going back to Mary, he’s constantly assumed the worst of, gets beaten nearly to death while already near death – AGAIN for the sake of saving John- and an acknowledgement – not even an apology – that Mary’s death was in no way his fault. He deserves so much better.
Don’t get me wrong; I still ship them absolutely. But there are reparations that need making here.
Tag: s4 analysis
Is John living with Sherlock after TFP? We all concluded that he is back to Baker Street, but I read that Moffat denied it “John is not living with Sherlock anymore”… What do you think? :(
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I think it’s meant to be left open to interpretation by the individual viewer. For me ambiguity of is-he-or-not means their intent was NOT (especially with the Moffat denial, so…). John does return back to the flat with a briefcase, which means he goes there after work at least, perhaps having Sherlock babysit the baby, given the change of the furniture in the flat AND Sherlock’s comfortableness with her in the montage. I personally think, if taken at face value, John’s not living there (they’re watching the creepy mary dvd at John’s flat, and it still looks pretty furnished), but working his way up to it.
Tinhat me, though, believes that TFP is John’s TAB, and the ending montage is John’s “this is as good as it will get” imagining of their situation, to the minimum of what John desires for a relationship with Sherlock – solving cases, having friends, and raising a child together. John just wants a life with Sherlock, but he fears he’s never going to be allowed to have it ever again.
k-s-morgan said: Just to add – in the later interview Moffat said they do live together. So never pay attention to his words.
Oh absolutely. I’ve stopped listening to what Mofftiss have said about the show ever since they denied Johnlock LOL.
IMO the text itself implies that they live together– they’re rebuilding their home together, and raising Rosie together, whereas their friends are shown as guests. I know that Moffat and Gatiss will probably always deny this, but I just don’t care… They wrote it this way, and that’s what matters to me.
Also, the speech “now that I’m not here, I know what you can become, because I know who you really are” (followed by “but that doesn’t matter, what matters is the adventures etc etc” so it’s made clear that Mary is referring to a more private aspect of their relationship and not the “detective and blogger” public personae) is blatantly pointing to their romantic attachment.
Only the text matters, and they know what they wrote, no matter what they say now (maybe to keep the Conan Doyle Estate happy, maybe for other commercial reasons). It’s a shitty and cowardly way of doing it because they’ve validated the homophobic readings of their show, but it’s there, right there, and it’s canon.
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