{"id":193787,"date":"2014-08-29T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/29\/his-last-vow-squee-the-top-10\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T15:31:35","slug":"his-last-vow-squee-the-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/29\/his-last-vow-squee-the-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"His Last Vow squee: the top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

mild-lunacy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s 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\u2014 and passionate, epic love. This doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s easy\u2014 or that I\u2019m in a hurry to rewatch it\u2014 but nevertheless, I think it\u2019s my favorite, the episode that was the most up my alley in terms of themes, angst-level, romanticism, and mood.<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s also got some of the scenes I hated most<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

So, why not: I thought I\u2019d try to see what my favorite 10 scenes are. Or maybe just indulge in some gratuitous screen-capping, \u2018cause that\u2019s always fun, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

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Sherlock looks so ridiculously, epically attractive in John\u2019s dreams, doesn\u2019t he? And I find it so cute that he\u2019s dreaming about this: their beginning, Sherlock looking fabulous and untouchable as he literally hovers over John\u2019s pillow<\/em>, telling John he needed him, and he was going to show him the world. Ella would have a field day. And John\u2019s breathing \u2018oh god yes\u2019, as if Sherlock had just propositioned him. I suppose he had.<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

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Well, John\u2019s 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\u2019s the BAMFiest, and the rampant dry sarcasm makes me giggle. I also think it\u2019s quite important that this is clearly a side of John that\u2019s dying<\/em> to come out, and logically, he\u2019s had to have consciously repressed it recently (and that can\u2019t last). This is the man who misses the war, and who didn\u2019t want his wife here to see this\u2014 he wanted Sherlock. But nothing really goes John\u2019s way in HLV, does it.<\/p>\n

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mild-lunacy: 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\u2019s my favorite episode of the three. TEH was fresh and exciting and TSoT was funny, melancholy and touching, … <\/p>\n

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