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tardis_stowaway) wrote2014-01-06 03:17 am
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The Sign of Three
So I haven't managed to post my thoughts on The Empty Hearse yet (they are complex, being mostly squee but with some caveats), and I need to go to sleep rather than writing a full post on The Sign of Three, but I have some preliminary things I must say about it.
1. I REALLY LOVED THIS EPISODE.
1b. Like, A LOT.
1c. Seriously, my face hurts from smiling.
2. Sherlock, John, and Mary, you can so all three dance together! Just ask Captain Jack Harkness!
2b. Sherlock made a vow to John and Mary. John referred to Mary and Sherlock as the "two people that I love and care about most in the world." Sherlock appears to have been as involved in the wedding planning as John, maybe more so. In the few months since Sherlock's return, Mary appears to have attained a level of closeness with him that most non-John people can't reach in years. They are all three so very married, for all that the legal vows only cover two of them.
2c. I need all the John/Mary/Sherlock OT3 fic, preferably right now before whatever happens next week josses it.
2d. I would also gladly accept John/Mary/Sherlock/Molly OT4, because really, do any of us care about Tom "Meat Knife" the Fiance? (Even if he is giving Molly a lot of good sex.) And did you see that Sherlock/Molly kiss in the first few minutes of TEH? Hot damn.
3. Oh god, why are they doing a pregnancy plotline? Did they have to default to giving the excellent new female character a storyline centered around her womb? I blame Moffat. (OK, that was my only bit of non-squee.) (I hope you all appreciate that I made this item #3.)
4. Ballet!lock is pretty much canon, WTF, this is beautiful.
5. Mycroft hates leg work, but here we see him literally working his legs. And they're good legs too!
5b. I was hoping Mycroft would make it to the wedding, it would have been amazing. I bet a lot of Mystrade shippers were hoping so too, because that would have put their pairing in an actual scene together. Tough luck, Mystrade shippers.
6. I don't know whether to be annoyed at not seeing Harry Watson or pleased that headcanons remain undisturbed.
7. Sherlock was trying so hard to be a good friend to John, even when he doesn't like the social tradition of weddings and is terrified of losing John. His best man speech was GLORIOUS. It was utterly Sherlock yet also deeply sweet. He might have chosen a fucking awful way to announce his return last episode, but he has clearly gained a ton of emotional maturity.
8. There were some cases and stuff too, I guess. I am happy that the palace guard survived the attempted murder. He seemed nice, and he was definitely hot.
9. Oh god, Sherlock's attempt to deduce while very, very drunk. Over the top, but I don't give a fuck. It was fantastic.
10. I think I may have gotten a new tooth cavity from the child glomping onto Sherlock. My headcanon is that the sample of kids we've seen react to Sherlock is pretty representative: 50% are utterly terrified, and 50% think he is the coolest thing ever and adore him.
11. Yay, Sally Donovan was in this episode! Also, there was a tiny speechless (and topless) cameo by Irene!
12. Mrs. Hudson backstory, huzzah!
13. Everybody is together and happy and life is beautiful. Even if Mr. Drama Queen felt that a two minute period during which nobody was talking to him meant that he was unwanted and ought to sneak off, overall this was super happy. I don't know what's happening next week, but it's going to be shattering, isn't it? Well, fuck.
That was way more post than I intended to write. Oh well. Sleep can happen any time. New Sherlock episodes are rare and important.
1. I REALLY LOVED THIS EPISODE.
1b. Like, A LOT.
1c. Seriously, my face hurts from smiling.
2. Sherlock, John, and Mary, you can so all three dance together! Just ask Captain Jack Harkness!
2b. Sherlock made a vow to John and Mary. John referred to Mary and Sherlock as the "two people that I love and care about most in the world." Sherlock appears to have been as involved in the wedding planning as John, maybe more so. In the few months since Sherlock's return, Mary appears to have attained a level of closeness with him that most non-John people can't reach in years. They are all three so very married, for all that the legal vows only cover two of them.
2c. I need all the John/Mary/Sherlock OT3 fic, preferably right now before whatever happens next week josses it.
2d. I would also gladly accept John/Mary/Sherlock/Molly OT4, because really, do any of us care about Tom "Meat Knife" the Fiance? (Even if he is giving Molly a lot of good sex.) And did you see that Sherlock/Molly kiss in the first few minutes of TEH? Hot damn.
3. Oh god, why are they doing a pregnancy plotline? Did they have to default to giving the excellent new female character a storyline centered around her womb? I blame Moffat. (OK, that was my only bit of non-squee.) (I hope you all appreciate that I made this item #3.)
4. Ballet!lock is pretty much canon, WTF, this is beautiful.
5. Mycroft hates leg work, but here we see him literally working his legs. And they're good legs too!
5b. I was hoping Mycroft would make it to the wedding, it would have been amazing. I bet a lot of Mystrade shippers were hoping so too, because that would have put their pairing in an actual scene together. Tough luck, Mystrade shippers.
6. I don't know whether to be annoyed at not seeing Harry Watson or pleased that headcanons remain undisturbed.
7. Sherlock was trying so hard to be a good friend to John, even when he doesn't like the social tradition of weddings and is terrified of losing John. His best man speech was GLORIOUS. It was utterly Sherlock yet also deeply sweet. He might have chosen a fucking awful way to announce his return last episode, but he has clearly gained a ton of emotional maturity.
8. There were some cases and stuff too, I guess. I am happy that the palace guard survived the attempted murder. He seemed nice, and he was definitely hot.
9. Oh god, Sherlock's attempt to deduce while very, very drunk. Over the top, but I don't give a fuck. It was fantastic.
10. I think I may have gotten a new tooth cavity from the child glomping onto Sherlock. My headcanon is that the sample of kids we've seen react to Sherlock is pretty representative: 50% are utterly terrified, and 50% think he is the coolest thing ever and adore him.
11. Yay, Sally Donovan was in this episode! Also, there was a tiny speechless (and topless) cameo by Irene!
12. Mrs. Hudson backstory, huzzah!
13. Everybody is together and happy and life is beautiful. Even if Mr. Drama Queen felt that a two minute period during which nobody was talking to him meant that he was unwanted and ought to sneak off, overall this was super happy. I don't know what's happening next week, but it's going to be shattering, isn't it? Well, fuck.
That was way more post than I intended to write. Oh well. Sleep can happen any time. New Sherlock episodes are rare and important.
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Sherlock babysitting a mini Watson would be funny, but I feel like it would be really predictable humor. Personally, I think it's really better left to fanfic. Also, considering the canon, I feel that this is far more likely to end in tears than humor.