We missed seeing Mary walk down the aisle, and the look on John’s face as his future spouse approached, in TSoT. Iconic scenes from most wedding ceremonies on film. That look of hope, joy, love, delight, awe, possession. Oh wait…we did get that scene. But it was in TEH after Sherlock and John reunite. If this isn’t two people in love and recently committed to one another, I don’t know what is.
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Yes! This was my exact thought upon my first viewing of TEH. Not only that, but in TSoT, Sherlock is equated with the bride a lot. Just off the top of my head – we have a proposal of sorts that we actually see (as opposed to the one in TEH which was interrupted and never finished) between Sherlock and John. We see John placed lower than Sherlock, similar to when one person is proposing, as they are traditionally kneeling in front of the other. John asks (as he himself calls it) “the big question”, gives declaration of love (where he makes it a point to equate his love for Sherlock to his love for the person he’s marrying), and we have a completely stunned and speechless Sherlock in return.
Then, after the waltz, Sherlock tosses his boutonniere to Janine, whereas in a wedding, a bride will toss her bouquet to a group of single women for one of them to catch. Afterward, Sherlock makes a direct comparison to John and Mary’s wedding vows when he makes his own vow that night in front of everyone in attendance. His vow says, “Whatever it takes, whatever happens, from now on I swear I will always be there. Always.” which is completely paralleled to the wedding vows of “… from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.”
Contrary to popular belief, we actually did witness a full proposal and wedding in S3… It just wasn’t John and Mary’s that we saw.
