crimson-winter: ewebie: amygloriouspond: ∞ Scenes of Sherlock You need to run him, okay? Show

crimson-winter:ewebie:amygloriouspond:∞ Scenes of SherlockYou need to run him, okay? Show him it’s still the good old days.Is this the first time that Sherlock actually weirds John out?he looks like a little scared child sitting there and he’s trying to occupy himself because he just feels so much pain and john tries to make it funny by pulling that face but he’s concerned god damnYeah, you know? I think that’s what they were going for, I just realized. The motif, picked up at the end, that Sherlock is basically their ‘child’ (and now that they’re going to actually have a child Sherlock will be displaced). I totally get that this works for lots of people. Sherlock is distressed about the wedding, about losing John, the love of his life, and he regresses, or buries himself in inane wedding minutia to distract himself, or make it come faster, as Mary says. Now I just want to vent (pure venting ahead, not an evidence-based argument) that this is so far off from my Sherlock Holmes headcanon that I look at this scene the way Sherlock looked at John after the “best friend” moment. I know I’ve said this before, so if you don’t want to hear it again, keep scrolling. But:1) There is no basis in canon for Sherlock acting like a scared little child around John and Mary. If anything, he continues to protect them by insisting that he leave the house and spend the night alone while Moriarty is actively trying to kill him. To me, Holmes’ canonical attitude toward John and Mary in Game of Shadows was SO much more in line with canon than this. There he is jealous, a bit spiteful, but ultimately protective and loving. This regression to childlike dysfunction is entirely baffling to me. 2) The Sherlock Holmes of my headcanon can not be manipulated, full stop. Can. Not. He is three steps ahead of everyone else on a regular day, 8 steps ahead on a good day, maybe only 1 step on a bad day. My OWN son can tell when we’re whispering about him in the kitchen, and often he knows exactly what we’ve said even when we thought he wasn’t listening. He’s 6. And he’s never been labeled a genius. 3) I know what some of you might say: Sherlock does know exactly what’s going on, but he’s not letting on. Why not? Either because (a) that will be revealed in series 4 or (b) he has no reason to atm. I answer (a) with: well, that’s not good enough for me, because of all those “trust the text” posts I and others have been making. I don’t want to find out that what seemed to be true at the time was totally untrue, 2 years later. As to (b), to me that feels OOC for Sherlock Holmes, who would eyeroll and take control of this situation in his usual way. Part of the essence of the character of Sherlock Holmes, for me, is his mastery over people and situations. He doesn’t get manipulated, he manipulates. And it is a rare moment indeed when his feelings overcome his meticulous control, and that’s what makes these moments so powerful: 3 GAR, DEVI–these moments of emotional irruption into his usual calm control are epic because they are so rare. This Sherlock, sitting on the floor here, is just a mess. So, in sum, I don’t like that they tried to turn Sherlock into the mischievous, sad little child that John and Mary never knew they wanted. I hate this theme and motif; I hate it because I hate the “manchild” trope in general, but especially for Holmes who simply values control and mastery of his environment above all. Maybe it’s massive OOC regression because of his two-year torture holiday, I dunno, sure. But it doesn’t mean I have to like it or feel like it accurately represents the Holmes I know… -- source link

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