Fyi “I prefer my doctors clean shaven” is my Johnlock obsession of the day
All the past incarnations of Watson have mustaches and ours is marked by his clean-shavenness as something new and modern. John only has one when he’s ready to marry Mary, which he thinks is “moving on” but the mustache is actually a visual step backwards (Mrs. Hudson tells him twice that ”It ages you”). It’s a symbol of stepping into the traditional Watson role pre-BBC Sherlock
Then Sherlock comes back and it’s gone again, because it was “Just something I’m trying out.” The traditional Watson role doesn’t suit our John, and Sherlock agrees: he prefers his doctor’s clean-shaven
Phones symbolising hearts
iwantthatbelstaffanditsoccupant:
There is a discussion regarding the characters’ mobiles as symbolic of their hearts which I can’t locate, but saw recently. It has been focusing mostly on Sherlock, but I got to thinking about John.
John’s “heart” is damaged by alcoholism, and is battered. It also is the one he uses, but it does not *truly* belong to him. Someone else has treated it carelessly. And, perhaps most importantly, what we see him use daily is not the phone he would chose for himself if he could purchase one— it is a loaner— someone else’s phone that he has been trying to make work for him.
(I’d love to see Sherlock buy John a phone for Christmas)
