in which I am v late freaking out about likes from gr8 people that are either following me or more of a how did my post even reach you sorta thing
This sequence is funny and sweet, but demonstrates a few things so clearly and painfully.
John plays incredibly close to the chest about his feelings. He apparently never explicitly told Sherlock what his role in his life is, or how important he is, preferring to let actions speak louder than words and assuming his meaning is clear. To everyone else, it is clear.
John severely overestimates Sherlock’s ability to understand how anyone feels about him. John makes a lot of assumptions about Sherlock’s emotional maturity and abilities, all of which are apparently wrong.
Sherlock has stupidly low expectations of how people he loves feel about him. It’s a bit hard not to launch into a consideration about Sherlock’s sense of self-esteem at this point. It seems fairly clear that Sherlock’s sense of self-worth must be based entirely on his intellectual abilities, to the point of sticking his fingers in his ears and humming to drown out anything else.
This conversation may be the core motivation for Sherlock’s actions for rest of the series. All the emotion, all the sacrifice, all the wrestling inside Sherlock’s heart, the beating down the doors of his own life and then throwing it away again, is all because of this conversation. The impact of which John continues to radically underestimate.
These two are so far from being on the same page, I’m not sure they’re in the same library.
if johnlock doesn’t become canon at least i get to be righteously angry about something for the rest of my life
Think about how many nights Sherlock spent alone at Baker Street until he decided to do drugs again. Imagine how many sleepless nights he spent sitting in John’s armchair. He has such a perfect memory and I’m sure he was reminiscing the first night they met over and over again. Just think about it, think how much he suffered before he decided to go back to his old habit.
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but please also consider mornings when John gets up to go to work and starts putting on clothes and he glances back at the bed and Sherlock’s tangled up in the sheets and his hair is mussed and he looks so innocent and beautiful and John can’t physically make himself move and he just hears Sherlock mumble “john” in his sleep and he’s throwing his clothes off and waking Sherlock up with sleepy morning kisses and blowjobs
amaNDA YOU CANT THINK ITS FUNNY BECAUSE THAT GIVES US HOPE
Sherlock straddling John’s lap and speaking French between broken gasps while John pulls his hair to tip his head back so he can kiss Sherlock’s throat
Another lazy doodle.
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If I ever don’t reblog this, I’m dead.
MEGAPOST: JOHNLOCK EVIDENCE (IN GIFS, PICTURES, VIDEO CLIPS AND QUOTES)
1. THE STARES AND PHYSICAL CONTACT
(John looks at Sherlock’s lips)
(Sherlock looks at John’s…?)
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2. EVERYONE SEES IT
- 2.1 Irene Adler
John: You flirted with Sherlock Holmes?
Irene: Are you jealous?
John: We’re not a couple
Irene: Yes, you are.
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
- 2.2 John’s girlfriends
Janette: You’re a great boyfriend.
John: I always thought I was great.
Janette: Sherlock Holmes is a very lucky man. No, I mean it. It’s heart-warming. You’ll do anything for him.
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
- 2.3 Kitty Reilly
Kitty: You and John Watson, just platonic? Can I put you down for a “no” there as well?
- The Reichenbach Fall (1x03)
- 2.4 Mycroft
"(To John) Since yesterday you’ve moved with him and now you’re solving crimes together. May we expect a happy announcement by the end of the week?"
- A Study In Pink (1x01)
- 2.5 Mrs. Hudson
John: I’ve… I’ve met someone.
Mrs Hudson: Oh, lovely!
John: We’re getting married… Well, I’m gonna ask, anyway.
Mrs Hudson: So soon after Sherlock…
John: Hmm… Well, yes.
Mrs Hudson: What’s his name?
John: (Sight) It’s a woman.
Mrs Hudson: (Surprised) A woman?
John: Of course it’s a woman.
Mrs Hudson: (Smiles) You really have moved on, don’t you?
John: Mrs Hudson, how many times…? Sherlock was not my boyfriend.
Mrs Hudson: … Live and let live, that’s my motto.
John: Listen to me… I AM NOT GAY!
- The Empty Hearse (3x01)
Mrs Hudson: There’s another bedroom upstairs, if you’ll be needing two bedrooms.
John: Of course we’ll be needing two…
- A Study In Pink (1x01)
Mrs Hudson: You two had a little domestic?
- The Great Game (1x03)
- 2.6 Molly
Molly: (To Sherlock) You look sad when you think he can’t see you.
- The Reichenbach Fall (2x03)
- 2.7 Basically anyone else
Angelo: On the house, for you and for your date.
John: I’m not his date.
- A Study In Pink (1x01)
Sorry we couldn’t do a double room for you boys.
John: That’s fine, we’re not…
- The Hounds Of Baskerville (2x02)
Sherlock: This is my friend, John Watson.
Friend?
- The Blind Banker (1x02)
John: “Bachelor John Watson”. “Bachelor”. What the hell are they implying?
- The Reichenbach Fall (2x03)
Angelo: I’ll get a candle for the table. It’s more romantic.
John: I’m not his date!
- A Study In Pink (1x01)
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3. THE JEALOUSY
- 3.1 Sherlock jealous
Sherlock: If I wanted to look at naked women I’d borrow John’s laptop.
(He’s implying he doesn’t want to look at naked women, and he isn’t happy about John having pictures of naked women).
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
Mary: He (John) mentions him (Sholto) to me all the time. Never shuts up about him.
Sherlock: About him? Yes, but it’s definitely him that he talks about?
Mary: John says he’s the most unsociable man he’s ever met.
Sherlock: He is? He’s the most unsociable? Ah. That’s why he’s bouncing around him like a puppy.
Mary: Oh, Sherlock. Neither of us were the first, you know.
- The Sign Of Three (3x02)
Mycroft: This is what people do, Sherlock. They get married. I warned you - don’t get involved.
Sherlock: Involved? I’m not involved.
- The Sign Of Three
(Sherlock, looking at John & Mary)
- The Sign Of Three (3x02)
- 3.2 John jealous
John: You flirted with Sherlock Holmes?
Irene: You’re jealous?
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
John: (To Irene) You’ve texted him a lot.
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
John: (To Irene and Sherlock) I had a tea too, at the Palace, if anyone’s interested.
John: (To Irene, who is naked in front of Sherlock) Hahaha, could you put something on?
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
(Irene is flirting with Sherlock)
John: Hamish. Hamish is my middle name. If you’re searching for baby names.
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
John: Why would he (Sherlock) care (about Irene)? He despised her at the end.
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
(John is jealous of Janine. -PS. Look at his face in the minute 0:25 of the first video-)
- His Last Vow (3x03)
(John’s face when Sherlock is proposing to Janine)
- His Last Vow (3x03)
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4. LOUD SUBTEXT
John: Who the hell knows about Sherlock Holmes but, for the record, if anyone out there still cares, I’m not actually gay. (Actually… Hum).
Irene: Well, I am. Look at us both.
(Irene just admited she is flirting with Sherlock, so she is saying “I like women, but I’m attracted to Sherlock. You like women, but you’re attracted to Sherlock. Look at us both”).
- A Scandal In Belgravia (2x01)
John: I’m glad no one saw that.
Sherlock: Hm?
John: You ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool… People might talk.
- The Great Game (1x03)
John: (Drunk, touching Sherlock’s knee) I don’t mind.
- The Sign Of Three (3x02)
No comments.
John: (Shaving) I don’t shave for Sherlock Holmes.
- His Last Vow (3x03)
Janine: I wish you weren’t… Whatever it is you are.
- The Sign Of Three (3x02)
Janine: (To Sherlock) I’m the only one who really knows what you’re like, remember?
- His Last Vow (3x03)
John: (Holding Sherlock) Back to bed. You’ll be fine in the morning. Just sleep.
Sherlock: Of course I’ll be fine. I’m fine. I’m absolutely fine.
John: Yes, you’re alright. Now I’ll be next door if you need me.
Sherlock: Why would I need you?
John: No reason at all.
- A Scandal In Belgravia
Sherlock: Take my hand.
John: Now people will definitely talk.
- The Reichenbach Fall (2x03)
Sherlock: You. It’s always you, John Watson. You keep me right.
- The Sign Of Three (3x02)
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"omfg guyz srsly it’s just platonic k"
The only reason I can think of for someone to actually believe there’s nothing going on between them, is heteronormativity. It’s not so subtle anymore.
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sherlock changing his wikipedia page to add ‘married to john watson’
sherlock updating his website for the first time in years to announce his ‘sex holidays with john watson’
sherlock hacking john’s blog to post a picture of them and write as caption ‘sherlock holmes and his husband john watson’
So much more to say, suspended in the air between Before you slip away, before you slip away from me Please slow down.