#no but seriously #can you imagine how many times sherlock has had to explain to people that he isn’t interested in anything other than the work #let’s face it #sherlock is drop-dead gorgeous and he knows it #can you imagine how many times he gets hit on by both men and women #they probably approach him with sex in mind but claim that they want to be friends #and when he explains to them that he’s not interested #his friends drop him so fast #that’s why he gives john this speech #expecting him to drop him like so many others #but then john #fantastic amazing wonderful john #says it’s all fine #he’s only interested in being friends and the flat #and that’s so new to sherlock #because that’s never happened before #that’s why I believe he is so sincere when he says thank you to john #because john did something no one else did #just accepted him #without question #didn’t expect anything else out of him #he didn’t want sex with him or to exploit him #just his friendship #I’m sorry I have a lot of emotions about this scene #because it’s a really damn good scene
#do you realize #do you realize what this means to faramir #all his life he’s been outshadowed by boromir #put down by his father #called a wizard’s pupil and a fanciful fool #told that his qualities were weaknesses #told that his mercy #his understanding #his patience #were flaws #and I’m sure boromir told him that he was good #but this is probably one of the first times #that someone other than boromir has told him he’s strong #and that he should be praised for his gifts #and of course #he thinks of sam #you have shown your qualities faramir of gondor. The very highest #and he falls in love with hobbits because for once #someone understands