{"id":197262,"date":"2014-08-07T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/"},"modified":"2018-09-16T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T13:27:53","slug":"221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-197262 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/attachment\/197263\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_n94lktnRH41th7lrvo1_250-150x141.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/attachment\/197264\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_n94lktnRH41th7lrvo2_250-150x139.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/attachment\/197265\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_n94lktnRH41th7lrvo3_250-150x142.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/attachment\/197266\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_n94lktnRH41th7lrvo4_250-150x142.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/221blueberries.tumblr.com\/post\/92550705781\/when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was-surprised-that\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">221blueberries<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When I first saw this scene I was surprised that Mind Palace Moriarty listed Irene as one of the people who would cry over Sherlock\u2019s death (I figured it would make more sense to include Molly in that slot).\u00a0 However, after mulling it over, I concluded that there\u2019s a deeper meaning to it.\u00a0 When you consider who these people are to Sherlock or what they symbolically represent, this list has a pattern.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">First, Jim mentions Mrs. Hudson.\u00a0 Mrs. Hudson has always been like a surrogate mother to Sherlock and, up until S3, she was the only mother figure in Sherlock\u2019s life that we knew about.\u00a0 So you could say that Mrs. Hudson is symbolic of parental love and affection.\u00a0 Next on Jim\u2019s list are Sherlock\u2019s actual parents; they are the literal representation of parental love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Then, the camera angle changes\u2014this change further emphasizes how everyone is paired off (Mrs. Hudson\/Sherlock\u2019s parents, Irene\/John)\u2014and Jim lists Irene who, as many others have pointed out, is often the symbolic representation of romantic love and sex.\u00a0 So, if we continue the pattern of symbolic love followed by literal love, what does John represent?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>221blueberries: When I first saw this scene I was surprised that Mind Palace Moriarty listed Irene as one of the people who would cry over Sherlock\u2019s death (I figured it would make more sense to include Molly in that slot).\u00a0 However, after mulling it over, I concluded that there\u2019s a deeper meaning to it.\u00a0 When &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/07\/221blueberries-when-i-first-saw-this-scene-i-was\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1604,21150,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197267,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197262\/revisions\/197267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}