His Last Vow squee: the top 10
I was thinking about favorites and, of course, Series 3 (because everything ends up being about Series 3) and realized that my many of favorite bits of the series are in HLV. In many ways, that’s my favorite episode of the three. TEH was fresh and exciting and TSoT was funny, melancholy and touching, but HLV was unforgettable, intense, full of reversals, villainy and question marks— and passionate, epic love. This doesn’t mean it’s easy— or that I’m in a hurry to rewatch it— but nevertheless, I think it’s my favorite, the episode that was the most up my alley in terms of themes, angst-level, romanticism, and mood.
Of course, it’s also got some of the scenes I hated most in all of BBC Sherlock. My feelings about HLV were very intense in both directions, but my issues were all due to the misdirections and the emotional wallop is quite intentional, I think. It fades with time, though, but the fondness remains, at least for me. And so, I thought that given that this episode won more than one Emmy (woo-hoo!), it deserved some celebration.
So, why not: I thought I’d try to see what my favorite 10 scenes are. Or maybe just indulge in some gratuitous screen-capping, ‘cause that’s always fun, too.
1.
Sherlock looks so ridiculously, epically attractive in John’s dreams, doesn’t he? And I find it so cute that he’s dreaming about this: their beginning, Sherlock looking fabulous and untouchable as he literally hovers over John’s pillow, telling John he needed him, and he was going to show him the world. Ella would have a field day. And John’s breathing ‘oh god yes’, as if Sherlock had just propositioned him. I suppose he had.
2.
Well, John’s not going to wait around for Sherlock to come and show him a good time. BAMF!John can take care of his own needs, quite literally. One of my favorite John scenes ever. He’s the BAMFiest, and the rampant dry sarcasm makes me giggle. I also think it’s quite important that this is clearly a side of John that’s dying to come out, and logically, he’s had to have consciously repressed it recently (and that can’t last). This is the man who misses the war, and who didn’t want his wife here to see this— he wanted Sherlock. But nothing really goes John’s way in HLV, does it.
AU – John has an important question to ask Sherlock.
I had a random Johnlock dream this morning. John and Sherlock were on a boat investigating a murder or something and this was supposed to be s4 I think and we knew something had changed because Sherlock was sitting on the arm of John’s chair and John had his arms looped around waist and we were like ‘guys don’t just sit like that’
john: i’m gonna move into a flat with you even though we just met and i’m gonna eye fuck you and lick my lips eagerly when you tell me you’re not taken and give you puppy eyes when you say you’re *cough cough* “married to your work” and i’m gonna count all the times irene texts you and confront you about it and break any sexual tension between you and her by yelling my middle name and i’m going to go ahead and hesitate for a whole fucking minute when you ask me if you’re my best friend because you’re more than that, and did i mention that when we’re drunk i’m going to giggle and laugh and smile at everything you say and touch your knee because i really want to fuck you? also don’t forget that i’m also going to be incredibly insanely fucking jealous when i see janine kissing you and i’m going to be heartbroken when i see you propose to her and i’m going to do everything i can to hold back my tears and clench my fists in anger when you say goodbye forever without even saying “i love you” and give some bullshit line about sherlock being a girls name.
sherlock:
john:
sherlock:
john:
sherlock:
john: but no homo
sherlock: right of course
sherlock:
sherlock: no homo
friendly reminder that they hadn’t seen each other for one month and sherlock was doing drugs and john had started having war nightmares again
Sherlock straddling John’s lap and speaking French between broken gasps while John pulls his hair to tip his head back so he can kiss Sherlock’s throat
Vastra talks about how she wears a veil to be able to judge the quality of people’s hearts. Whether or not they see her “difference” or not. About seeing peoples real hearts behind the veil.
Vastra, who is Sherlock.
Vastra, who is gay and in love with Jenny.
Sherlock talks about hating Magnussen because he preys on and exposes people who are different.
Sherlock, who is currently veiled.
Sherlock, who is gay and in love with John.