Okay, so I’ve been thinking a lot lately about canon moments that would be awesome to see adapted. And like everyone else I would absolutely die to see a Three Garridebs moment, to hear any version of “it was worth a wound…” but, while wanting John to explicitly recognize Sherlock’s heart, I also think that’s wrapped up in another revelation about how Sherlock interacts with cases in general and so comes my deep deep desire to see some adaption of “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange.”
This story kills me because there is a common trope in both Holmes and in Poirot, especially in ”Murder on the Orient Express” (which Mark Gatiss has mentioned on his twitter a few times and which has been adapted on John’s blog) for the great detectives to subordinate the pride they take in “solving the problem” to their sympathy with the culprit. And I’m so so sure we will have a version of that common detective morality moment on the show and that it will be a huge moment for John and Sherlock’s relationship and I think it is a very important moment on the road to their full emotional openness and realization. Because John absolutely has to recognize that there are things that come before The Work for Sherlock and right now (going by all the evidence in the show, as discussed below) he’s only at the place where he thinks that there are things that come a close second to the cases and he’s accepted that because he loves Sherlock. I don’t think this revelation would replace the Garridebs moment but it would sure be a nice moment of John realizing once and for all that despite all the evidence to the contrary, it isn’t The Work that comes first for Sherlock any more.
Okay. Back up a second. Papa Lestrade lays out the thesis of the entire show for us in episode one:
“Sherlock Holmes is a great man – and I think one day – if we’re very, very lucky, he might even be a good one.” (source)
What the hell are they implying?
I do wonder if ultimately the day will be saved by the return of John Watson in his full glory – a John who finally understands himself and Sherlock and the meaning of their partnership. I don’t believe we get them back together in 221B without John going through his own kind of heroic arc of destiny. I think it will take an emotional reckoning to get to that understanding. The power of this duo has always been the emotional response readers have to them. That together they fit. Perfectly. If this adaptation is about how they got there & imagining a different long term game that has them together rather than canonically apart…then I think that journey will be a painful one. I think they are going to make them not being together seem like an injustice that has to be righted. For balance to return to this universe we need John back. I think Moffat and Gatiss have planned this disruptive, unsettling s3 that us left us shut out of so much of John’s arc *precisely because it can then be righted*. I’m expecting the pendulum to swing back to us seeing the world through John’s eyes with gut wrenching force.
I took the liberty of cutting and quoting this from gloriascott’s wonderful headcanon because man, it gives me so much hope. Even though I don’t like speculating on showrunners’ intentions, reading s3 through this lens really saves it for me.
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God yes, this is what I am hoping for.
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yesyesyes! This is exactly what I have been saying!
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punklock where everyone usually expects john to date people who are punk also, but when he meets sherlock who is a hard working ballet dancer, john sneaks into sherlock’s ballet recital and sees that none of sherlock’s parents or brother is there because they are busy, but john goes over there with his ripped punk self and sits through the whole thing, watching sherlock dance with awe. later after the recital, john goes backstage to compliment him and then from there, they fall in love.
i want thiiiiis
Johnlock; “Please stay”
“Please stay.” Sherlock blinked and looked back at John. He looked small, there in the hospital bed.
“I’m sure Mary will be along shortly.”
John shook his head. “I want you to stay.”
Sherlock looked at him, weighing his options. Finally he crossed the room and took a seat. John reached out and fingered the familiar coat. “After you jumped…I kept your coat. I…used to sleep in it sometimes.”
There was nothing Sherlock could say to that. Instead he reached out and touched John’s hand, tracing the knuckles. The hands that healed, or killed. But could he heal this?
John placed his other hand over Sherlock’s, stilling him. Looking up, Sherlock met his eyes, heart skipping. John said nothing, just gave him a smile. And that was all he needed for the world to be right.