Codename  ‘AMO’ …  I love

A car rushes ahead - the ‘spirit of ecstasy’ on its bonnet - while ‘I love’ views herself in a mirror. And when the fragrance of Claire de la Lune fills the interior of the car, ‘I love’ decides that now the service of the greatest detecive is direly needed. 

Lady Smallwood and Mary prefer the same perfume … ‘Claire de la Lune’ (moonlight). Mary’s real name is Rosamund Mary and the same name has been given to her daugther … Rosamund Mary. The one and the other one. And Ajay thinks that Mary is the English woman with the codename AMO. 

AMO or AMMOnition - does it make much difference? Because both have the potential to become highly explosive.

March, 2022

ooh, nice series of images and thoughts. is there any chance that the perfume bottle in 221b might have been left by lady smallwood? or be a sort of metaphorical "footprint"? (as opposed to the nonsensical idea that sherlock purchased it in a hospital gown between climbing out the window and setting up the scene at the empty houses) it does suggest a connection or parallel between lady smallwood and "mary".

I found this in the depth of my archive. It’s a screenshot I’ve taken from “inside 221b” back in January 2017. These little figures are sitting on a shelf in Sherlock’s curiosity cabinet.

And I think it’s pretty interesting even if my brain isn’t much in meta mood right now.

It is again a pairing of two items, one tall one small. And the left one seems to be a dog and that sparked my interest. The right one could be a bear of sorts? But the quality of the pic is pa pretty bad (sorry for that) so outs difficult to be sure…

Furthermore I don’t know anything about art or sculptures or any culture they could belong to (they seem some sort of Asian to me?).

So… I’d love to hear your thoughts about it @ebaeschnbliah @gosherlocked @sagestreet @possiblyimbiassed @raggedyblue @sarahthecoat

Horse and bear have multiple meanings, different depending on the culture or the area to which they are applied. Being this statues a clear oriental works this could be a clue to the key to be applied. In Chinese culture the bear represents strength, courage, virility and authority and if this is not John Watson I eat the statuette. The horse It represents the image of courage, integrity, diligence and power. Between Cine and Tibet there is a route still called the way of tea and horses, since they were entrusted with the transport of this precious product, and if at this point you are not moved, you are surely heartless. Finally, it should not be forgotten that in ancient times horses in China were associated with dragons, and well, Sherlock may even chase them, but we all know what he does in his spare time.

But even the dreamlike psychological explanation fits well. In explaining the theory of the three brains (already highlighted by @ebaeschnbliah) Paul Mc Lean uses the metaphors of the horse and the rider. The horse would represent the limbic system, the amygdala, the emotional side, while the rider the rational part. It is a game of control, power and the pursuit of harmony. In optimal conditions the rider and the horse collaborate harmoniously, but the horse in particular situations of stress or danger can get rid of his rider and here we see a horse standing on its hind legs. It seems that the fight for control that Sherlock must continually do is not playing much in favor of his rationality. The bear, on the other hand, is linked to the theory of the ironic process by which deliberate attempts to suppress certain thoughts make them more easily visible (the white bear problem: if you are told not to think of a white bear your thoughts will turn constantly on the idea of ​​the white bear). This is a theme related to the suppression and the remotion so it would seem more relevant to Sherlock. But we know that John also has a certain problem with the management of persistent thoughts (Sherlock). 

The bear is also linked to introspection and John needs to work on himself in order to get out of the cave (closet) in which he hibernated. But above all, and this has nothing to do with psychology, it is an animal that can inspire tenderness (teddy bear), but that is also very capable of killing you.

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@loveismyrevolution @raggedyblue  Horse and bear, that’s what I see as well. I made a negative of the pic, that’s sometimes good for recognizing more details. Below the cut …

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@raggedyblue i like your interpretations! @ebaeschnbliah that's interesting! And reinforces the bear=john, horse (or dog, that works too)=sherlock.

The Sculpture in the office of John’s therapist – Another EMP tell?

I’ve only recently discovered that there’s a sculpture in Ella’s office in ASiP. 

I only spotted it when I was reading this great meta by @ebaeschnbliah. (I didn’t want to hijack and derail her post with my long ramblings, so here goes…)

The sculpture I’m talking about is sitting on Ella’s desk:

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It’s a famous and oft-copied sculpture by the 18th-century sculptor Jacques Saly: a bust of a young girl, also known as ‘La Boudeuse’ (the pouting/sulking one):

(For a high-res., enlargeable image, see here.)

You can make it out very clearly behind Ella here:

Since we have already had one important bust in Magnussen’s mind palace in s3, a sculpture of a dancing woman that clearly represents Sherlock (I’ve written about it here), I thought we should take a closer look at this bust in ASiP, too.

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Reblogging because auf all the therapists today. :))))

@gosherlocked @raggedyblue @possiblyimbiassed @sarahthecoat @sherlockshadow

well worth re reading.

The Sculpture Code Parallel (‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Sherlock’)

Many metas have been written about Madame Vastra and Jenny on ‘Doctor Who’ and about how these two ladies were created by Moffat as intentional foreshadowing for the eventual outcome on BBC ‘Sherlock’.

Well, that parallel is even more in-your-face-kinda obvious than a lot of people realise.

Remember all those sculptures in the episode ‘The Blind Banker’ (TBB) on BBC ‘Sherlock’?

I had previously written a long-ish meta (x) about what sculptures exactly were picked by ‘Sherlock’s’ set designers for that episode (TBB) and how they represent ‘Sherlock’s’ gay subtext.

So, seeing as these sculptures play such an important role for the gay subtext of the show ‘Sherlock’, do we really think it’s a coincidence that the exact same sculptural types were chosen for ‘Doctor Who’? And not just for any episode of ‘Doctor Who’, but specifically for the Vastra/Jenny episodes AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOME THESE TWO LADIES SHARE in Victorian London!

I mean, they have literally taken the sculptures from the most subtext-laden episode of ‘Sherlock’ (TBB), an episode that is all about codes and ciphers, and put them in Jenny and Vastra’s love nest, a re-imagined 221b Baker Street if ever I’ve seen one.

Look here: 

This screencap is from TBB (‘Sherlock’). In the aforementioned ‘Sherlock’ sculpture meta (x), I had elaborated on this Venus sculpture: It represents the half-hidden, yet also in-plain-sight kinda subtext of the show BBC ‘Sherlock’. (That’s why it’s literally covered in code.)

To make sure we get that joke about it being half-hidden, yet also in-plain-sight, the set designers specifically chose the ‘Aphrodite of Knidos’ by Praxiteles (x) – a sculpture of the ‘Venus pudica’ type. (Sculptures of the ‘Venus pudica’ type are, by definition, half hidden and yet also naked and bare, for everyone to see.)

Now look what Madame Vastra and Jenny have got in their home (in a veritable 221b Baker Street copy!):

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@sagestreet  I loved your little excursion into the world of art! This is a truly brilliant meta! And I do agree, now that I’ve watched it; this DW episode is extremely ‘Sherlocky’, so I’m all on board with the idea that there are hints and mirrors woven into DW that are applicable to BBC Sherlock - especially on the meta level. The similarities between the statue symbolism in both shows seem almost ridiculously obvious once you start to really see them, but I’m still not sure I’d have noticed it by myself. :) 

Nothing much to add, except for a couple of minor observations:

1. The floor at ‘Mancini’s’ is a chess board, and the robots with human flesh move a bit like chess pieces. Which I think fits into the overall Chess-against-Death theme in Sherlock that I wrote a meta about some time ago.

2. They’re talking about explosions and instant self-combustion in this episode, and they’re comparing it to ‘love at first sight’. Hmm…

3. Considering your idea that the monster-like, patched-together version of Sherlock will have to be destroyed and replaced with the real one, I do find the final conversation between the Doctor and the Half-Faced Man particularly interesting: 

Half-Faced Man: “Self destruction is against my basic programming”

The Doctor: “And murder is against mine!”

Which makes me think that no, of course Sherlock Holmes is not a murderer. One more piece of evidence that Sherlock blowing CAM’s brains out in HLV is actually not meant to be ‘real’. But yes; if our Sherlock is truly dying in S4, it’s because he needs to be ‘re-generated’ and get to know his true self. ;)

@possiblyimbiassed  You mention the chess board floor in DW. This reminds me of TEH and the Landmark Restaurant where Sherlock’s and John’s reunion takes place. This scene was filmed in The Daffodil and the floor is also like a chess board … red and black.

Explosions and self-combustions …. well, explosions are a main theme right from the beginning of the story. And self-combustion is something that happens to a phoenix on a regular basis before he rises again from the ashes. I wrote about that magical bird and it’s role in this post.

Sherlock ‘I know ash’ Holmes rises from the ashes as well ….. :)))

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