the inflection is exactly the same. I have been thinking about this for an hour. was this on purpose or is this just how people are naturally compelled to say these words in this order (via @biderverse on X/Twitter)

Shane and Ryan kind of have a bit of Sherlock and John energy I think

fantasy characters: “Geez”

me: who the fuck spread Christianity there

this two-years-old shitpost just gained a hundred notes who the snickerdoodles dug it up

W H A T

@rogha

In moments like this I always fall back on the fact that they also aren’t speaking English because they don’t have England or the many languages and conquering peoples that contributed to the creation of the English language and therefore the work musr be a translation into recognizable terms in our world’s terms. Call that Tolkien Brainrot.

Definitely funnier if you make fantasy explanations though,

Champagne is a wizard who sells bubbly alcohol.

It’s called English because of the original Lish people, all languages start with En here.

French fries are not potatoes they’re roots of the french plant.

Goodbye is now short for ‘good be your eye’ wishing you luck seeing the path ahead.

Jesus Christ is a long dead lich who used to cause everyone problems and we haven’t stopped saying her name when things go wrong.

And that’s the Pratchett approach

Zoozve, my beloved

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European Politics :

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Misc. XIXth century Johnlock Illustrations - (2023)

Sherlock wearing a kimono, amongst other works. I explained this precise head canon of mine in this video HERE. (Note: Drawing n°2 was the first version of Drawing n°1, that's why I used the same reference picture for the head)

This photo shoot is 95% Sherlock staring at John.

Poor baby just wants love John, LOOK AT HIM

That time Sherlock threatened to replace John with Jim

The scene that was so subtle it escaped all? most? of us but it is true!!!

Do you all remember the scene in which Moriarty is introduced as Jim from IT, Sherlock deduces he’s gay and interested in him, Molly leaves furious and embarassed and John scolds Sherlock because he’s inconsiderate? Yes, I thought you do.

There is something I found very weird in this whole scene. Sherlock truly handled the issue abruptly, without the appropriate tact, but he did right to inform Molly. John thought it was an ideal moment for a Tact Lesson. But what I found weird is that after basically John accused Sherlock of being inconsiderate, Sherlock smugly asked him to examine the trainers and make deductions. Whatever Sherlock said, John knew that he did it to have a bit of fun with him (”humiliate” in his own words) and yeah, basically, that was Sherlock’s point. Yet… John, who was already pissed, obeyed. 

Sherlock had just embarassed Molly, he told her that her boyfriend actually only approached her to get in touch with him, Molly was hurt, John got angry, Sherlock didn’t apologize, Sherlock then even asked John a favour that had as a purpose to make fun of him, angry John realised that, yet John. finally. obeyed. Why? 

No I don’t think it was just Sherlock’s puppy eyes. Besides, they’re not exactly puppy eyes. There is smugness lurking and it is clearer in the moving frames. But more on that in a second.

So, I just now realised that this is probably another evidence that not only Sherlock is not sexually oblivious, but he’s actually an expert at the field and knows exactly what happens in John’s soul and mind. I also realised that this whole scene is a subtextual treasure, something I hadn’t noticed before:

John was not that angry about Sherlock’s abrupt way of handling the issue. This was just his excuse. John was mostly angry because he got alarmed by the appearance of an antagonist and he needed to vent. What was worse, John considered Jim a strong antagonist. In short, he was jealous. 

First of all, John realised Jim was coming to hit on Sherlock the moment the latter was entering the room. He was alarmed.

When Jim started talking directly to Sherlock, John became plainly annoyed.

He was relieved when Jim threw the Petri dish on the floor. It’s very interesting that when this happened, John experienced secondhand embarrassment. It seems he knows how it feels to make a fool of yourself in front of Sherlock, whom you try to impress.

His reaction is way too strong for his supposedly “tactful” standards (in fact John is not very tactful). He has trouble containing himself because apparently he’s invested in the situation. He feels for Jim yet he’s relieved Jim is supposedly failing so miserably, and he needs to show his comparative superiority. 

But John’s relief didn’t last for long. John starts getting more and more irritated as he realises that Sherlock, whom John likes to consider oblivious, has picked up on everything - hair, eyes, skin, UNDERWEAR - which means that he’s not blind to people’s advances and attractive / suggestive features. 

In addition to all this, we should add his sexual frustration; when Sherlock mentions that Jim puts product in his hair, John feels the need to emerge out of nowhere and compare Jim to himself. This is not a genuine doubt that Jim is gay. He realized he was feeling jealous and this frustrated him. Thus he felt the need to argue that Sherlock’s deduction is wrong because John uses product for his hair too, who of course IS NOT GAY like he always likes to say. His frustration adds to his anger. 

The critical hit comes when Sherlock reveals something that John probably failed to notice. That Jim was playing a game, fooled both John and Molly and managed to sneak his phone number in under their nose. This chain of events is nasty for John because it shows the following:

And Sherlock, devilish pretty Sherlock, understood everything John felt and thought. So he became a little naughty. Basically, I doubt he would do anything if John didn’t vent. But John did, so Sherlock decided to take a small revenge. After John scolded Sherlock, Sherlock was surprised because he thought he did the right thing. This time, I agree with him. In my opinion, it was wise to speak directly and immediately to Molly because this would make her break up with Jim before she got emotionally invested. It was the best timing because Sherlock had the evidence literally in his hands. Yes, he was abrupt but overall he did the right thing. 

Sherlock considered John was not fair and he perceived the source of his problem. He then asked him to examine the trainers and make deductions. In other words, he asked John to prove his intelligence and impress him! In more other words, he asked John to prove he’s better than Jim!!!!!!!!

After a moment of surprise and bewilderness, John gets defensive and more annoyed than ever because he understands Sherlock is playing games although he doesn’t initially understand what Sherlock has in mind. Soon, he will. Sherlock entertains himself by “threatening” John he will call Jim and replace him. John takes this seriously. Let’s better see it in pictures and dialogues.

John turns with a faint smile on his face, in disbelief, but the smile drops as soon as he looks at Sherlock and fear creeps in. He realizes what Sherlock means. 

Just because Sherlock is pretty, it doesn’t mean those are puppy eyes. 

Sherlock does look expectantly at John but there is an aura of almost finality about him. I rest my case… you’ve been warned. Now is your chance.

In short, Sherlock asks to be claimed and won over. 

And John, who is pretty-damn-smart…

…eventually complies. 

But of course this was something trivial for Sherlock to actually seriously threaten to choose Jim over John. He probably didn’t mean it but he was just having some fun with John’s frustration and anger. 

And he took his little revenge for John getting angry even though Sherlock rejected the catch like a good boy…

(But this is also more evidence that Sherlock actually did consider Jim a catch… he just was already way too invested in John. More on Sherlock’s attraction to Moriarty here. )

55/100 Sherlock in black and white