sherlock s3:Billy Kincaid, the Camden Garroter, best man I ever know. Vast contributions to charity, never disclosed. Personally managed to save three hospitals from closure and ran the best and safest children’s homes in north England. Yes, every now and again there’d be some garrotings, but stacking up the lives saved against the garrotings, on balance I’d say--
sherlock s4:that creature, that rotting thing is a living, breathing coagulation of human evil and if the only thing i ever do in this world is drive him out of it then my life will not have been wasted
remember that one time john started to talk about mary’s importance in his life so sherlock ran off real quick to watch soldiers in tight shirts play ping pong
YOU GUYS. WHAT THE FUCK. Did you all know this?? That the whole point of the stag night was for John to properly, after all this time, come out to his best friend as bisexual?? Has everyone realized this except for me?! It’s not only about making a “hail mary” pass for Sherlock’s affection (which he absolutely wants) – it was an actual attempt to have an open, honest, tough conversation about John’s sexual orientation. Sober John had this planned – planned and rehearsed. That’s why he was so anxious at the beginning of the event. Why would he be nervous hanging out with his best friend for the night?
Maybe because he had something on his mind? Something he was absolutely going to talk about with Sherlock? Something he wanted to bring up at this very last opportunity?
HE HAD THIS PLANNED. THAT’S WHY HE’S DRINKING. HE’S AFRAID.
The bisexual color scheme behind John isn’t because his sexuality is coming out when he drinks, it’s because he’s drinking as a way to cope with the huge bomb he’s about to drop on Sherlock. Remember, John doesn’t know how Sherlock feels about him – John is going out of his mind with anxiety and is drinking more than he wants Sherlock to ever know because he has to get something off his chest. He has to be open, honest. He has planned for ages that this is how and when he’s going to do it. He’s going to open up about his past.
But then they both get too drunk. John, still planning on dropping two bombs but unsure of how, goes for physical contact.
Now a lot of people see this as John coming on to Sherlock. I really don’t think it is. He loves touching Sherlock, of course he does, but he takes this slip as an opportunity to bring up his “I don’t mind touching men, I’m bisexual, didn’t you know” agenda that’s been burning all night. That doesn’t go exactly as he thought, but they’re both drunk, soooo he tries another way.
He directs the questions. He asks “Am I a woman” and “am I pretty” hoping that Sherlock will get a hang of the game and ask those exact same questions. He even gives Sherlock many more opportunities to ask than is normally allowed in the game. Sherlock, who has his own name on his forehead because John purposefully wanted to be asked questions about how he feels for this man, would’ve heard the answers “no” and “yes” if Sherlock had asked “am I a woman” and then “am I handsome”. That was how the game was supposed to go.
Obviously, things weren’t progressing as they should have, John didn’t get to talk openly and honestly about his feelings for Sherlock and for men in general. This whole wedding season (episode) is about John’s bisexuality, and John fucking knows it. The knee-grope and cozy affection while drunk at Baker Street wasn’t an accident. John had been planning for at least days, if not weeks, that he was going to absolutely bring up his sexuality and feelings for Sherlock. He was going to talk about Sholto. He was going to suck it up, fall flat on his face, and be rejected once again by the man who’s married to his work. The man who doesn’t feel things that way. The stag night was John’s plan. This was absolutely, 100% premeditated and I can’t believe I missed the signs until now.
We watch as John finds out at his wedding Sherlock loves him and is haunted by the fact that if he had just stuck to the plan, he could’ve spared himself loads of heartache.
So that’s the TWO images they decided to include, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, in the video of the wedding photos on John’s blog.
Not that Molly is John’s foil, that Tom is Mary’s foil and that Lestrade is Sherlock’s one, but Tom is Mary’s foil and Lestrade is Sherlock’s one and Molly sure didn’t stay engaged to Tom.
If I may add another comparison:
Greg is literally leaning into Molly. Tom has his hand around her (or at least it appears to be), but they’re not even really touching. Couples should touch, especially engaged ones at a friend’s wedding.
Looking at this set up reminded me of another instance where two people, supposedly in-love enough to get married, weren’t nearly as close together as one of it’s participants was to an “un-involved” third party.
Look familiar now?
This scene has been analyzed before, but I think it adds even more to the evidence in the photos on John’s blog and the foils listed above. You could literally stick another person between Mary and John, whereas Sherlock is practically holding his hand. They may not actually be that far or close in reality, but the camera angle, which speaks for itself, is intentional.
