{"id":139996,"date":"2015-08-22T13:56:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/22\/does-john-know-sherlocks-there-at-battersea\/"},"modified":"2015-08-22T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:56:20","slug":"does-john-know-sherlocks-there-at-battersea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/22\/does-john-know-sherlocks-there-at-battersea\/","title":{"rendered":"Does John know Sherlock\u2019s there at Battersea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

cakepopsforeveryone<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So a few weeks ago, watching ASIP, I had a thought<\/a> that John\u2019s weird attempt to hit on Anthea again at the end is done to show Sherlock that he likes women, to save face after Sherlock\u2019s rejection of him. Tonight I\u2019m wondering if the same is true of the Battersea scene.<\/p>\n

The reading we usually give this scene is that John doesn\u2019t know Sherlock is there and wouldn\u2019t say \u201cI\u2019m not gay\u201d if he did. But.<\/p>\n

hudders-and-hiddles<\/a> pointed out tonight that when he says \u201canyone out there\u201d he looks right at the wall behind which Sherlock is hiding, and that got me thinking.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a possibility to consider: John knows that Sherlock\u2019s there, and he\u2019s trying to save face again.<\/p>\n

John says to Irene\u2019s minion: \u201cCouldn\u2019t we just go to a cafe? Sherlock doesn\u2019t follow me everywhere.\u201d This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean, though, that John doesn\u2019t know Sherlock is following. This could be a classic John Watson lie by omission.<\/p>\n

During the confrontation, John gets more and more angry and jealous. At this point, he believes that Sherlock is in love with Irene, so if she\u2019s alive, he thinks Sherlock is going to go shag her forever and gaze adoringly into her eyes. If John knows Sherlock\u2019s there, he\u2019s aware that Sherlock also knows she\u2019s alive. He\u2019s eaten up by jealousy.<\/p>\n

At the end of their conversation, John says \u201cWe\u2019re not a couple,\u201d followed by Irene\u2019s\u00a0\u201cyes you are\u201d and her sending of the text message. If John does know Sherlock\u2019s there, he now knows the jig is up. Very soon, Sherlock will get the message and they\u2019ll all have to acknowledge he\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

So in the last seconds he has the chance, John goes for the face-saving move. \u201cWho \u2026 who the hell knows about Sherlock Holmes, but \u2013 for the record \u2013 if anyone out there still cares, I\u2019m not actually gay.\u201d And as he says \u201canyone out there,\u201d he looks toward the wall where Sherlock is hiding. <\/p>\n

In this interpretation of the scene, the \u201cI\u2019m not actually gay\u201d is intended FOR Sherlock. It\u2019s John\u2019s last chance to say something while pretending he doesn\u2019t know Sherlock is there. From the perspective of \u201cpeople are more likely to believe things they overhear than bad lies you tell them,\u201d that\u2019s a smart move. And again, it\u2019s obfuscation and lying by omission, because he\u2019s not gay, he\u2019s bi, but he doesn\u2019t want Sherlock to know that NOW, now that the good ship Adlock is apparently sailing happily into the sunset.<\/p>\n

And if at this point John thinks \u201cSherlock was married to his work but now he\u2019s actually in love with Irene and she\u2019s alive so what I hoped we had isn\u2019t what I thought it was and now he might suspect I\u2019m into him OH GOD I can\u2019t be exposed,\u201d well, he takes this opportunity to demonstrate that totally wasn\u2019t true and I Was Never Into You. (Isn\u2019t that a very human tendency that many of us have shown at one time or another?)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s painful, but possible, I think. <\/p>\n

p.s. quotes taken from Ariane Devere\u2019s amazing transcript!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

cakepopsforeveryone: So a few weeks ago, watching ASIP, I had a thought that John\u2019s weird attempt to hit on Anthea again at the end is done to show Sherlock that he likes women, to save face after Sherlock\u2019s rejection of him. Tonight I\u2019m wondering if the same is true of the Battersea scene. The reading … <\/p>\n

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