One of the biggest differences between Canon Watson, and BBC John, is that upon hearing that anything they want to eat would be free for Holmes and his ‘date’, Watson would have hefted Holmes into his lap and asked what the soup of the day was and if Angelo could recommend a good wine.
It is not complete without Tiger’s tags.
#john watson#johnlock#holmes and watson#daily reminder that Watson was about three days away from whoring himself out for tobacco and dog food#watson is a horny bisexual that would go down on you for a sandwich#it doesn’t even need to be a GOOD sandwich…..
If this scene in particular doesn’t make it into either Kronos or Tiger’s modernization I will be disappoint.
He Likes Boys – JohnLock
Okay. I found my new favorite song. Bye-Bye,
Bitch by Meredith Brooksthis is my new love: He Likes Boys by Simone Battle.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Melancholy – Sherlock is one of his black moods. John is there to offer comfort.
teaser below the cut
John woke slowly. His addled mind took a few moments to process what had awakened him. Music. Violin. Something soft and slow and unspeakably sad. Sherlock. John lay in the darkness, just listening, staring at the ceiling of his attic room. It had been a few weeks since a good case, and while John had secured all the firearms, it hadn’t stopped Sherlock from sinking into more and more of a sulk. It had even got to the point of John getting Sherlock out for an afternoon just so Mycroft could sweep for drugs. And now this, for the fourth night in a row.
With a sigh and a shake of his head, John got out of bed and wrapped his robe around himself. He padded down the stairs. Sherlock was facing the window, lost in his music. He hadn’t changed out of his pyjamas and robe in almost a week. Quiet as a churchmouse, John slipped into the kitchen and got the kettle going. Outside, the city was quiet, given the hour, only the haunting music echoing down his bones.
When the tea was done, John carried it out to the front room. He set one mug on the coffee table for Sherlock and curled up on the couch, leaning against the arm while he sipped his own, just watching the slender figure before him. Sherlock swayed slightly as he played, eyes closed, but John knew that he was aware of his presence.
Finally, Sherlock brought the piece to a close. He carefully set the instrument down in his chair and picked up his mug, stepping over the coffee table and settling on the other end of the couch, mirroring John in the way he tucked his legs up. The city quiet settled around them, distant traffic and the occasional barking dog. John reached his foot out and rested it against Sherlock’s.
John finished his tea first, setting his army mug on the coffee table before sliding down to put his head on the arm rest, stretching out to put his bare feet in Sherlock’s lap. Sherlock looked down at the feet in his lap, set his striped mug aside, then rolled to the side and shifted up until he could lay his head on John’s stomach. The soldier played idly with the dark curls, watching him. It felt like the detective belonged here. Sherlock took a deep breath and released a sigh, seeming to go boneless as he relaxed.
here’s a thing: I had literally no idea of johnlock/the concept of shipping/fandom communities/anything related to slash pairings before I watched sherlock, and after the first episode I went searching to see if they were/were going to be romantically involved in this version, or if that was even a thing. again: I went looking after ONE SINGLE EPISODE. I know I’m not the only one with that experience.
The meta is intelligent and well thought out, tjlc is amazing (and hilarious and brilliant and I adore it so, so much), but before the meta, before tjlc, there’s simply the show. And the show, on its merits alone, is what led me to the idea of sherlock/john. To me, the show stands by itself, and acting like tjlc is a delusion built by fangirls nitpicking at details is completely untrue.
The text of the show gives you a john who, 2 years later, still can’t visit baker street, it shows you drunk idiots straight up flirting on the stag night, it shows you a heartbroken sherlock after John’s wedding, it shows you that one month into a supposedly happy marriage john is cycling to work due to a bit of chafing, and it shows you sherlock building up to and deciding against a final declaration of love (seriously, what else was he going to say?) Those events textually happen IN THE SHOW, and while meta does wonders to expound on said events, to argue that tjlc and the idea of johnlock endgame are based solely on subtext, solely on tiny details, is simply false.
To me, the meta is the icing on top of the multi-layered and very dense cake of the narrative – and sure, you can have one or the other, but if your cake is awful, all the icing in the world isn’t going to be able to hide that. Essentially: meta and tjlc largely aren’t based on subtextual or tenuous connections, they’re based on the narrative structure itself, which I firmly believe supports johnlock endgame. Someone get me some damn cake.
Immortalis
Sherlock learns that John Watson is not what he thinks he is.This is so cool!
Thank you! This is one of my favorites too