maybe CAM got the info from Moriarty who in turn got it from Mycroft. would it be too much of a stretch to connect Moriarty and CAM somehow? their businesses do overlap somewhat.

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We’ve got absolutely zero support for it from the series, but it’s not an illogical speculation. The stuff of which fanfic is made. ^_^

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thescienceofobsession: amygloriouspond: ∞ Scenes of Sherlock John can’t never know that I lied to him. It would break him and I would lose him forever and, Sherlock, I will never…

may i have your take on ‘Redbeard’ ? so now we all know that Redbeard refers to Sherlock’s dog. Why did Mycroft bring it up in TSOT. Is there a back story or another anecdote? If so what does it mean for Sherlock? What was CAM implying when he said Redbeard in HLV? Also have you noticed that in HLV the first person CAM ‘read’ the red ‘pressure point’ line blinking like it’s searching but when CAM ‘read’ Sherlock there’s an unending list before CAM says Redbeard then Sherlock’s face. What’s up?

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thanangst: prettyarbitrary: Spoilers! Read More HOW, in any way humanly possible, did CAM get the Redbeard reference in Sherlock’s pressure points?  ????? A beloved dog from Sherlock’s childhood, not a…

His Last Vow General Reactions (Meta Roundup #4, as of 1/15/14)

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knackorcraft: Whew! The meta continues to gallop forward at an astonishing pace. (And a number of people—like emmagrant, valeria, destinationtoast, and reticentobsessive—have made lovely observations about the special role it…

did u think hlv had a boring case?

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I thought it had a great setup, but CAM had so much promise as an absolute grotesque bastard that I was sad to see him go so quickly. He could’ve…

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I keep getting asks about the post about gaslighting from stardust-dream and thursdayplaid: http://thursdayplaid.tumblr.com/post/72318361419/queerical-duckktective-stardust-rain Short answer is: oh my GOD I have so many thoughts. I have so many thoughts…

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mystradedoodles: I want a fic in which John and Sherlock were together to some degree before the fall, which adds an element of distrustful ‘were you trying to get away…

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laurashapiro-noreally: zombres: #the casual burning hotness of their space domesticity scenes #i tell ya #farscape #watch it for this if nothing else #show of my heart #i have sarah in…

I’m sorry if this has already been answered before but one thing that has been bothering me in this series (from the many) is Sherlock’s immediate acceptance of Mary in the TEH itself. The Sherlock Im familiar with would not warm up to a person so quickly especially after deducing she’s a liar. Moffat explained this as him being blind to it because he wanted to like her. But why? Because John likes her? Instead I would’ve expected him to be wary of her because she’s so close to John.

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Another good question! I think it’s beyond doubt that Sherlock wanted to like and be liked by Mary for John’s sake. And this wasn’t necessarily an honest personal like as…

do you think John “choose” Mary bec he has a tendency to attract &be attracted by dangerous ppl or he unconsciously chose Mary bec, like her, he wanted (try) to have a normal life? Mary would kill before she’d let John know things,her wish for normality so intense &maybe John saw that. Also there’s a theory (sylviatietjens. co. vu/ post/ 73460662599/ another-three-episodes-another-series-finished> &that John’s ‘fault isn’t blame but a flaw-danger tendency PTSD. do you agree?

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Hmmm, this is an interesting question, but I think you’ve got a couple of things tangled together. ] Normalcy is definitely important for both John and Mary. I don’t necessarily…