In both worlds John is the the spinner of the tale. He does admire Mary- she is the female version of himself after all. When Mary comes to Sherlock as a client he says that her new husband has abandoned her for “an unsavory companion of dubious morals”, in other words himself. Mary works for Mycroft behind John’s back in his mind palace. In Sherlock’s mind Mary and John’s relationship is strained. Let’s talk about how John is portrayed instead. I’m not going to get into the fact that Mycroft is obese and they’re taking bets on when he’ll die (Sherlock’s fear) or that Molly is in drag and totally fierce (how he really sees her) or that Moriarty is the bride(I’m not even going to try and unpack that one). IMO the most interesting part about Sherlock’s alternate reality mind palace is how each of the characters is portrayed differently than in the present. And to top it all off it’s a creepy gothic ghost story. And they gave us a show to match: fabulous tweed, terrific capes and great coats, hats, textured wallpaper, pipes, gaslight, hansom cabs, oh and John’s handlebar mustache (blargh). The second brilliant part is that his mind palace is set in Victorian London, in the nineteenth century, in the book Sherlock’s time period. This has already been picked apart on Tumblr and in the press so I won’t try and rehash it all, but the brilliance of this episode is that it takes place inside Sherlock’s mind palace. This connection was never more apparent than in this episode. *sobs thinking about John’s face at the end of The Reichenbach Fall* These are the moments when you see the cracks in Sherlock’s steely façade, when you finally see his vulnerability, and you see that for John, Sherlock is it. However, the moments where the show delivers the biggest punch is when either Sherlock or John is in danger. I will concede that it is also a show about solving crime. The one thing that drew me to this show from the very beginning, is that at the very heart of the show it is about two people who have found their soul mate. It’s time to pour yourself a glass of mulled wine and get back in the Christmas spirit. Please reference this Tumblr post if you would also like to get punch drunk on the sweet, sweet goodness.
Johnlock Christmas first kiss fluff to be specific (happy new year to me).
*Disclaimer: I may have watched the special right after consuming an unsafe amount of fanfic. It will also layout a case that my most shippiest of ships, Johnlock, is alive dammit, and that, well, it is the entire point of the show.* It will completely ignore the disaster that was the feminist storyline, because *shudder*.
#Can i watch sherlock the abominable bride online full#
Just a quick warning before we begin: this post will be chock full of spoilers for The Abominable Bride. I have to admit that it’s nice to be a part of a fandom where you have no stake in what happens, where you are just along for the ride, and where you are surprised by each and every episode. It is an outlandish spectacle and I have fallen in love with it. In fact, I think that because of these two things I enjoy the show that much more. It’s been just over a year since I watched my first episode. Ok back to business, so I’m a new Sherlock fan.
If you follow me on Twitter you probably already know this, but I have a very swoony middle-school crush on Martin Freeman. Who watched the Sherlock special, The Abominable Bride, on New Year’s Day?
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