thecutteralicia:

enigmaticpenguinofdeath:

Part one of two (part two)

This right here is why Sherlock the series is different from other “tortured hero” works, particularly American ones (looking at you, Elementary and House, though I did love a good chunk of the latter’s run). Sherlock is not going to be “fixed.” The show doesn’t believe Sherlock needs to be fixed. 

Does he need to be more aware of others’ feelings? Sure. 

Does he need loved ones in his life to care about, and to care about him? Yes. 

Does he need to show appreciation to said loved ones? Absolutely. 

But he does he need to change who he is? No.

Other characters think he’s weird, and the show says, “Yeah, he is. And?” 

No one, not even his best friend, knows his sexual orientation. The show says, “So what?”

He’s a virgin. The show says, “He doesn’t want to have sex. Who cares?”

The whole point of this scene between Sherlock and Mycroft is that being different isn’t bad, but isolating yourself is. Both Sherlock and Mycroft are strange ducks, but whereas Mycroft is lonely because he wants to put himself above it all, Sherlock is not. Sherlock realizes that being lonely doesn’t make you special, the beauty of life is in finding those people who will love and appreciate you as that strange duck you are. Sherlock is needling Mycroft in this scene because he wants that for his brother. 

“He’s different – so what. Why would he mind. Why would anyone mind?”

madlori:

hughhgrant:

sarcastic sherlock is my sexuality

Here, this is why this scene worked for me. Look at John. He is not actually angry. He is almost laughing. I can almost HEAR his internal monologue: “oh thank God we’re not going to die that is awesome and also I don’t have to sit here and think about all the emotion I just horked all over Sherlock or even look him in the eye and acknowledge it because he fucking tricked me and now I can call him a cock, which he is, and he can be sarcastic at me and whew that was a close one but we can go back to our normal relationship but I got to say that thing and he got to say that thing and it was real but we get to pretend it didn’t happen because we’re emotionally constipated so we can laugh it off but we know that we love each other in that way that makes us punch each other and thank God for that and he is still a cock, but he is MY cock and oh my that sounded iffy, didn’t it?”