#sherlock s3

[buckingham-ashtray]

Can we sometimes just take a step back and remember that John never learned what happened on the roof of Bart‘s and why exactly did Sherlock jump and who he jumped for and the snipers and Sherlock‘s tears and the two years of impossible work and the Johnlessness and Serbia and the scars and Sherlock.

John never learned about any of these things. He thought Sherlock left him for a little bit of adventure after stepping off a roof right in front of his eyes, he thought Sherlock enjoyed his little joke of playing dead, he thought Sherlock never trusted him, he thought he has never been important to Sherlock after all.

Even though he has no right to land those blows and kicks on Sherlock, he still has the right to be angry and remain angry.

Remember, unlike us, John has never learned about these things.

[thatswhyhestays]

DOCTOR WHO (2005 - present)

S02, E13: DOOMSDAY — dir. Graeme Harper

SHERLOCK (2010 - 2017)

S03, E03: HIS LAST VOW — dir. Nick Hurran

[oppiexnheimer]

"His Last Vow" S3E3 - Sherlock (2010 - 2017)

[demontobee]

John, there's something I should say, I've meant to say always and I never have. Since it's unlikely we'll ever meet again, I might as well say it now

Sherlock S3 | Loki S2

[all-heartsarebroken]

Remembering that time Moffat said the words of "December, 1963" foreshadowing the fact that John didn't know Mary's real name was just coincidence... because admitting it was on purpose (and it was, because he knows the basics of bloody filmmaking) would've meant admitting this was too

[anncanta]

***

I remember well the first time I watched season 3 of Sherlock. Like many fans, I had a lot of ideas about what would happen next. I remember analyzing the season and thinking about what is the main thing in it. The best or the worst. I didn't like season 3 and didn't watch it for several years. And then I watched it again and fell in love.

There are a lot of beautiful things there. Bright. Warm. The real things, which, due to high expectations and some obsession with a certain form of storytelling, none of us fans saw then. This season has many references and layers – philosophical, alchemical, and religious. But perhaps the most beautiful thing in it is this woman.

Mary Morstan. I remember how, after the first viewing of the season, I was angry with the writers and thought, how could they make a killer so similar to a housewife? The plot twist with Mary the Killer didn't bother me. And now I understand.

To a large extent, this story is about her. About this woman who lived a terrible life and did terrible things. Made choices that even special agents don't like to make. She fought there and with those means that many representatives of the very criminal world that Sherlock is fighting against would openly disdain. She knew all this about herself. She never deceived herself for a single moment. She never considered herself not only right but even normal.

She hated herself. But at some point in time, she decided to try to live differently. Seize the chance that came to her. Live another life, no matter how long this other life lasts. Because she knew for sure that Mary Morstan's life could not last long.

When I rewatched season 3, I realized that I saw everything correctly. I just didn't look there. Mary does look strange, inharmonious, and ‘wrong’. But not because she is the ‘wrong’ killer, but because she is the ‘wrong’ housewife.

In episode 2, you can see how unusual, inorganic, and uncomfortable she is in an ordinary, normal life. She doesn't seem to fit into the role. You have to understand that being a super agent, Mary played dozens, hundreds of roles.

But you see, that's the point. She played them. And now she needs to live like this. She needs to become Mary Watson, to be in this ordinary world, in an ordinary house, with this seemingly completely ordinary person. And Mary shakes, she shudders. It can be seen, it is ‘felt’ in her words, mannerisms, and gestures, in the way she rushes between John and Sherlock, trying to save each of them either from boredom or from fear of being abandoned. In fact, she is trying to save herself.

At the end of episode 2, however, we will understand – or Mary will – that she is unlikely to be able to save herself. I think that's when she made that video that Sherlock and John watch the entire season 4. It wasn't Magnussen and his blackmail that made her do it. Her own reflection in the mirror was. As another Moffat character says, ‘mirrors have their own magic, special and dangerous’. Mirrors tell the truth, that's the trouble. The story with Magnussen became just a trigger that ‘pushed’ those processes that had been going on for a long time without him. Mary looked at herself and realized – or decided – that she could not live like this. They won't let her. She is cursed and there is no turning back.

The most amazing thing is that Moffat who as we know at that time was working on two large projects at the same time and literally running from one set to another intuitively chose the right actress for the role of Mary. Amanda Abbington never looks like a killer, her type is more like a housewife, while she is smart and charming. And she has this: when suddenly, for no reason at all, on this charming woman's face in her cheerful eyes such anguish and pain open up that you want to scream.

Somehow, the entire season 3 – also thanks to her – becomes the story of this woman. The story of how she desperately fights for another day. Meet John, meet Sherlock, have a baby. And then go on the run.

The conclusion of Mary's story in season 4 is natural and logical for her in her own eyes. Although Sherlock – maybe one of them all – understands that this is not so. That is why his grief is so deafening. That's why, so petrified, he stands over the body of the deceased Mary. Because he knew – if she had come to him earlier and if she had more faith in herself – and in him, he could help her. The problem was that Mary was sure that she could not be forgiven and there was no turning back. Her sacrifice along with a perfectly sincere desire to protect Sherlock was a last request, a desperate plea – to let her hope that she, having made the right choice, has a chance to save her soul.

And of course, Sherlock's dumb nod is yes. Of course, she's forgiven, that's obvious. Forgiven, understood, and loved. That's why she stays with John for so long, tormenting and comforting him. That's why she ends the story, smiling from her other world. And she reminds us that faith is primarily about faith in oneself.

And about love, without which nothing is possible.

[fuckcannibals]

why s3 hit like that

[mrs-sherlock-holmes]

Molly gets joked at a lot but let’s be fr, if the beautiful specimen that is Sherlock came up to me and told me I gained 3 pounds, that lipstick was an improvement or continually mistook my asking him out for offering favors, I (we) would be sobbing in the bathroom over it

[beardedbarba]

john, to mary: the problems of your past are your business. the problems of your future are my privilege.

me, even though i've seen this episode hundreds of times: *sobs happily*

[buckingham-ashtray]

Hello just a friendly reminder that Eurus used a bomb to make Sherlock say “I love you” to a John mirror and Sherlock also using a bomb to make John “say something nice”.

have a wonderful day xx

[feelsforsterek]

[crowleychild]

I just realize, by watching sherlock for the 6th time, that when The Woman "dies", Mycroft remembers Sherlock that "caring is not an advantage", because he doesn't want his little brother to get hurt, but he also knows that is a night in which Sherlock is more likely to have a relapse.

So, when John and Mary are gonna get married, he also tells Sherlock not to get involved, remembering him that sentiments will hurt him, trying his best to help Sherlock not to miss John and get over him.

So we can deduce two things about this:

One: the same way we know Mycroft thinks Sherlock loves the Woman, we know that he thinks he loves John the same way (or even more, because he has known John for years). So if you think Sherlock fall in love with Irene YOU MUST ADMIT HE LOVES JOHN TOO.

And two: the night Sherlocks leaves the wedding early, he probably tried taking drugs again. Whether if Mycroft was waiting for him and stopped him or not, it's up to your imagination.

[a-freemaniac]

@a-victorian-girl

Since we talked about S3 and emotional context I made you a moodboard.

I hope you like it.🤗

[gregorovitch-adler]

Chair

This is it. It is John's wedding day. After tonight, things would change for good. Not that they ever were the same as soon as I came back after my fake death, but society says a wedding makes everything official.

I would never see him wake up and come down from the bedroom upstairs as I play my violin by the window. Never hear his voice around me in this house, never get to laugh at his whimsical typing habit. Never get to find an excuse to invade his personal space.

How would I? He no longer lives here, and he would never visit as often as he was able to when I was planning his wedding.

The thought is unbearable. I exhale and shake my head as I try to think of something else - though Mrs Hudson being here, sitting on John's chair out of all places, and rambling about her married life when no one even asked doesn't help.

"My best friend, Margaret – she was my chief bridesmaid."

I roll my eyes and put my cup and saucer on the side table.

"We were going to be best friends forever, we always said that; but I hardly saw her after that."

For God's sake, stop rubbing it in! "Aren’t there usually biscuits?" I ask instead.

"I’ve run out."

"Have the shops?" I stand up and glance at the door pointedly. Anything to be away from human contact in any way, shape, or form for a few minutes.

But she continues her sob story anyway. "She cried the whole day, saying, 'Ooh, it’s the end of an era.'"

"I’m sure the shop on the corner is open," I say with a tight smile.

"She was probably right, really."

I close my eyes and wish I could be invisible.

"I remember she left early. I mean, who leaves a wedding early?" She shakes her head. "So sad."

Probably she was in love with you like I am with John. Ever considered that? I obviously don't say it out loud.

Though I've always thought marrying the head of an incredibly famous cartel in America was a rather stupid thing to do on Mrs Hudson's part.

Not that it matters now.

"Anyway, you’ve got things to do." So much filtering I have to do for every damn human interaction. Would rather be alone.

No, that's not quite true: would rather be alone with John, but he doesn't want the same thing. Certainly not. Gotta distract my mind again.

"No, not really. I’ve got plenty of time to -"

"Biscuits," I cut her off. She finally gets up from that chair and walks to the door of the flat.

"I really am going to have a word with your mother."

"You can if you like. She understands very little." Positively nothing about my sentiments.

I close the door on her - John would've given me an earful if he were here (not again!) - and turn around. I let out a sigh and turn to look at the chair Mrs Hudson just emptied.

John's armchair. My John - at least in my mind.

Once upon a time, I'd had a feeling that there was a slight probability that he felt the same way. Clearly, I was proven wrong when I saw him with Mary that night.

Even more so when he continued to be engaged to her, after having forgiven me for faking my death - at least on the surface.

Perhaps it was a miscalculation on my part. He never felt the same and never will. He's in love with Mary.

I can do nothing but be civil with her and respect John's choice.

However, as I stare at John's chair in this flat, I feel as if a piece of John himself is still here with me.

I have to be at the wedding hall in an hour, being the best man of the wedding, so I force myself to not become one with that chair.

I turn around to make my way to my bedroom to get dressed.

Into Battle.

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Prompt Chair by @onesmallfamily

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[all-heartsarebroken]

So I was thinking about the train car scene in TEH...

John thought he was going to die and Sherlock literally reminded him that he wouldn’t have a future with Mary anymore. The only thing John had to say about that was “Yeah, I know”, looking far from devastated. 

Sherlock doesn’t mention not there being signal down there, so John could’ve called Mary to say goodbye but no.

His “last” words were for Sherlock.

I HATE THEM

[astriiformes]

Been having a resurgence of Owl House feelings that's making me want to pick up some of the WIPs stowed in my drafts, so you all need to be nice and reassure me that I don't need to entirely re-write an already half-finished oneshot I started between S3E1 and S3E2 to somehow be canon-compliant