{"id":232059,"date":"2014-01-17T23:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T23:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/17\/what-are-the-chances-of-the-cassablanc-esque-plane\/"},"modified":"2014-01-17T23:39:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T23:39:51","slug":"what-are-the-chances-of-the-cassablanc-esque-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/17\/what-are-the-chances-of-the-cassablanc-esque-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the chances of the Cassablanc-esque plane scene was actually John and sherlock saying goodbye to those deeper feelings? Because if they choose to keep Mary\/baby around in Series 4, they can’t riddle that with johnlock subtext nearly as much. Is it possible that the plane was the acknowledgement that those feelings were there, and now its time to say goodbye to them? Thats the feeling I’m getting."},"content":{"rendered":"

the-hedgehogs-have-the-tardis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

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

\n

loudest-subtext-in-television-d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Standard disclaimer of \u201cthis is just my reading\u201d here\u2026<\/p>\n

If the series ended there, then maybe. \u00a0But it\u2019s got two more series. \u00a0The Casablanca<\/em> parallel is set up to nod to the audience that the romantic feelings are 1) present, and 2) mutual. \u00a0Sherlock\u2019s plane turning around signifies that\u00a0isn\u2019t<\/em> where the romantic story ends, that the writers intend to do something\u00a0different<\/em>. \u00a0I said this earlier:\u00a0 They always do what they\u2019ve seen done before, then add a twist or subvert it, and then take it a step further. \u00a0They didn\u2019t parallel\u00a0Casablanca<\/em> just to copy\u00a0Casablanca<\/em>, that\u2019s not their style.<\/p>\n

Past that, it would be incredibly bizarre to build up to romantic feelings for the entire duration of the show thus far, and then quietly bury them. \u00a0I mean, there are no rules in storytelling, but balance of probability is that\u2019s not what they\u2019re going for: \u00a0it wouldn\u2019t satisfy hardly anyone<\/em>, it would be a very unusual story to tell, and since practically the only thing we can be assured of is that John and Sherlock are going to spend their lives together, it\u2019d be an odd decision that two guys who used to have feelings for each other just sexlessly live together later in life. \u00a0It would be even weirder to set up things like Mary being as selfish as she is, and the Holmes<\/a> parents<\/a> as the only healthy relationship on the show as a mirror for Johnlock, if we\u2019re going to be left with John and Mary.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m kind of surprised so many people think writing a baby \u2014 or anything \u2014 into the show means whelp, that\u2019s it! \u00a0It doesn\u2019t mean anything for any<\/em> story, much less Sherlock. \u00a0<\/em>Guys, Moriarty blew his brains out. \u00a0That\u2019s what storytelling is: \u00a0you set up seemingly insurmountable obstacles so your characters can\u00a0overcome them<\/em>. \u00a0You don\u2019t<\/em> set up obstacles to just shackle your narrative onto a narrow path.<\/p>\n

I know we\u2019re all used to really mediocre shows outside of\u00a0Sherlock<\/em>, but these writers know what they\u2019re doing when it comes to character development and planning. \u00a0Everything we saw in series 3 was prepped for<\/a> in series 2, which was prepped for in series 1. \u00a0Moftiss care a lot about their adaptation and thought about it for years, they\u2019re not just flailing around trying to keep a show on the air indefinitely without a goal in sight. \u00a0When someone is good at crafting stories, they will absolutely tear your heart out in the middle and make you wonder how anything will ever be okay again. \u00a0If it didn\u2019t<\/em> look like John was going to end up with Mary right now, if things didn\u2019t<\/em> look hopeless, it would be a considerably shittier show.<\/p>\n

Refer back to the signposts<\/a> and you\u2019ll see this is absolutely consistent with a narrative arc for a romance, and not consistent with much else<\/em>. \u00a0It\u2019s taking this long because we\u2019re not building up to a slapdash relationship, but a moving one. \u00a0It hurts because it\u2019s being done well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Very nicely put.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loudest-Subtext, if my hopes are dashed in the end I\u2019m blaming you. JK. Well sort of.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the-hedgehogs-have-the-tardis: xistentialangst: loudest-subtext-in-television-d: Standard disclaimer of \u201cthis is just my reading\u201d here\u2026 If the series ended there, then maybe. \u00a0But it\u2019s got two more series. \u00a0The Casablanca parallel is set up to nod to the audience that the romantic feelings are 1) present, and 2) mutual. \u00a0Sherlock\u2019s plane turning around signifies that\u00a0isn\u2019t where the romantic … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “What are the chances of the Cassablanc-esque plane scene was actually John and sherlock saying goodbye to those deeper feelings? Because if they choose to keep Mary\/baby around in Series 4, they can’t riddle that with johnlock subtext nearly as much. Is it possible that the plane was the acknowledgement that those feelings were there, and now its time to say goodbye to them? Thats the feeling I’m getting.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5326,23514,15,931,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232059"}],"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=232059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}