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Thank you to all the people who posted this so I ended up seeing it. I really needed this right now. Thank you!

“Chess palls”= The game is dying/over

(*An altered reupload including some reblogs/comments*)

“What do you think? Mate in two?”  “Don’t antagonise them, darling.”  “Oh, what else is there to do? Chess palls after three months.”  “Everything palls.” ~Featuring The Ambassador in Tbilisi 

“A pall was originally a coffin’s cloak. Now pall usually means that an event or situation is — literally or figuratively — covered in gloom, like disappointing news that casts a pall on your day.” (x)

This is not a game anymore.” 

Also a thought: mate in two= “checkmate” in two episodes time? The long game finally ends…

😱 she keeps on sabotaging the game!! Ooh @heimishtheidealhusband you’ve made me look at the picture from a different angle: folk have already said that the chess pieces on John look like bullet wounds (in the shoulder again too, ouch)- what if the camera PoV is Mary, aiming the gun at John, Sherlock is throwing the chess pieces at her, ending the game? “It is a game, Lestrade. And not one I’m willing to play.” 

Re blogging to remind people that at the very beginning, the cabbie told us all, “it’s not chance Mr. Holmes, it’s chess.”

Long game, indeed.

Mate in two, lol.

All their pieces are still in the chessboard and have barely moved, most haven’t even moved in fact.  Well, you could mate in two moves without any side losing any piece. But that’s the fool’s mate.

The game is only starting.

She is outright lying. This won’t end in two moves but she wants to anatagonise them. She wants to make them angry.

If we think in episodes time, the game won’t end in two episodes, which would mean after The Final Problem.

The Final Problem isn’t the end, but they want those keeping them hostage to think that.

It’s just, it’s been three months and they have done nothing since then but playing chess.

And if chess palls after three months, I suppose that’s the reason why everyone always gives up after three. By the way,  we’re entering the fourth month since season 4.

And also, something fun to notice:

This transition hides the chessboard, even though it is and remains at the center of the frame. AGRA is here to hide the game.

JFC @impossibleleaf !!

Poems written by elementary school students to greet fliers at Miami International Airport

            !!!!!!!!PLEASE HELP TO SPREAD THIS!!!!!!

Gay men in Russia are being rounded up and put into concentration camps.  I’m so beyond upset and I’m asking you to help spread this information in hopes that it will bring this disgustingly horrible situation more media attention and put additional pressure on Russia to investigate these camps and shut them down.

There is a petition to stop the persecution here and the Russian LGBT Network has a donation page here (it looks pretty legit to me and is associated with a Facebook page with 12,000+ followers, but if anyone can find more information confirming the validity of it that would be beyond appreciated.)

These men are all the way across the world but they’re part of my community and they need our help. They don’t have the same luxuries (basic human rights) that we do and they are in desperate need for us to help speak up for them. 

You can read the full article here or google the topic for more information. Please.

This doesn’t have nearly enough notes, PLEASE SPREAD AWARENESS OF THIS

I’m tired of girls trying to invalidate their own feelings during times of pain, especially to their friends. Your break up meant something. That friendship you lost was a hard blow. I understand why you feel tired this semester. Sometimes this “modern woman” stereotype is patriarchy’s last attempt; patriarchy disguised as feminism. You don’t have to be “wise beyond your years”; your pain and crying does not mean you are not intelligent. If you feel your friends demand justification for your pain and ordeals, they’re not friends. You’re strong but human. Remind yourself emotional space is part of liberation.

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We’ll be continuing our weekly Granada Holmes watchalong this week!

Join us Sunday, April 2 for the next two episodes of the series, The Musgrave Ritual and The Abbey Grange.

3pm EDT  //  8pm UK

We’ll meet in the Giant Chat of Sumatra (no password needed and all are welcome!). And in case something funky happens with Sumatra, here’s a  tinychat backup.

The Musgrave Ritual

The Abbey Grange

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MOUTH  LIKE  A  CRIMSON  WOUND

FOLLOWING THE TRACE OF LIPSTICK FROM BACK TO START

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Oct 12th, 2016

THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE

Jim and Emelia Ricoletti wearing lipstick in Sherlock’s victorian dream. On Jim’s lips it looks like a bloody Ypsilon. Meaning YOU?  Emelia’s lipstick is heavily applied and smeared roughly. In some scenes she is a mirror for Jim.

A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA

Irene Adler sending her camera phone to 221b. Nicely wrapped and with a bow. The color of the paper echoes the shade of her blood red lipstick. This is even highlighted by a flashback to the respective szene earlier in the episode.

But Irene’s parcel isn’t the only one that arrives at 221b this Christmas evening. Molly brings a little gift for Sherlock. Perfectly wrapped with a bow. And the shade of red echoes her lipstick as well as that from Irene.

Several months earlier: Irene Adler dressing for battle. Color-coordinating lipstick and shoes?

A STUDY IN PINK

Jennifer Wilson is the fourth victim of serial killer Jefferson Hope. Who has a sponsor. Sherlock is finally called in on the case by NSY. Working together with John for the very first time.

Molly Hooper ‘refreshing’ her lipstick to look good for Sherlock? This is mentioned two times on this episode.

Lipstick smeared all over the show it seams. And turning from pink to crimson. Even the lipstick gets darker with time.

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BONUS:

Looks like all paths - back and forth - are leading towards ‘A scandal in Belgravia’ . Meeting there. Coincidence?  I leave you to your own deductions.

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@gosherlocked @isitandwonder @monikakrasnorada @sherlock-little-weed @mollydobby @tjlcisthenewsexy @longsnowsmoon5 @the-seventh-stranger @the-7-percent-solution @xistentialangst @constancecream @queerjawn@welovethebeekeeper

Reblogging because of the bloody red mouth of the clown. ‘IT’ by Stephen KIng. Seems to fit with the pattern of the red lipstik.

@longsnowsmoon5 @gosherlocked @isitandwonder @loveismyrevolution @monikakrasnorada @shadow3214 @sianbrooke @sarahthecoat @impatient14

Very interesting

Isn’t there a red balloon in the it Trailer? Like John in tst?

I have no idea what any of this means, but floating red balloons are one of the illusions It creates to attract children in all formats.

Toppled Teacups Overflow with Dried Leaves and Delicate Flowers

What We Do In The Shadows (dir. Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement, 2014)

Reblog the happy chubby cat for a nice weekend and good nights of sleep

Ben: *spills the beans* Mark: Ben :)))) shut the fuck up :)))))))) Mark: (I’m Mark Gatiss and I will kill again) Mark: … :>

I’m smiling yet crying inside, please help

This gif comes from Benedict’s answer to the question: “What was your first line from series 4?”

Potatoes? Oh well, now listen to the other answers. They don’t make any sense at all when you compare them to their actual lines in the series: 

Mark says his first line was “Oh Sherlock” but his actual line is “What you’re about to see is classified beyond top secret” Benedict says his first line was “Yes” but his actual first line was “No. No!” Amanda tells us she can’t say her first line but instead says “I do *this*”. The gesture she makes might refer to the helping hand she offers to Madam Ambassador in Tblisi. She also hints to Mark and Steven that her actual first line is “Lady Smallwood”, which I think is something we’ve never heard in Series 4 - at least not uttered by Mary.  So yeah. This is strange. Either none of them had any idea what they were and had been doing, or something else was/is going on. 

almost like there’s a version with extra scenes/scenes going in a different order that they’re not sure of or something, don’t know why that could be 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Not suspicious at all.

For those of you who wanted to know what they said @ofmindandmagic @themanandthemachine

Many Happy Returns in universe happens the day of John’s birtday! What if we get our personaL MHR episode the day of John’s birthday? It’s in April according to sherlock.wiki!

Thoughts?

@shawleyleres @may-shepard @221bloodnun @sherlockians-get-bored @antisocial-otaku @themanandthemachine @gosherlocked

@monikakrasnorada I didn’t pay enough attention and so it’s not on his birthday but after ‘cause Greg had the dvd in a box at the Yard and he remembered about it only now. Also in MHR it’s not specified (John’s birthday) in fact I went looking for John’s birthdate and Sherlock wiki said April (maybe I should consult another site?) Another thing I saw of note is that the firs tscene of MHR it’s practically the same scene Charlie Welsborough uses to fake his stay in Tibet (I swear it’s the same temple)

Oooo, I definitely will have to check out the Tibetan similarities asap, @swimmingfeelsinajohnlockianpool. If you’re interested, I wrote a meta on MHR ages ago: https://monikakrasnorada.tumblr.com/post/151861809942/many-happy-returns-only-lies-have-detail As for John’s birthday, I’m not familiar with Sherlock wiki, but most things I’ve come across put ACD canon John’s birthday as July 7, 1852.

@monikakrasnorada Thank you! I’ll check your meta. About the date I don’t know what’s the truth. Is ACD Sherlock’s birthdate the same as BBC’s?

Yes, Sherlock’s birthday for both ACD and BBC is January 6. https://monikakrasnorada.tumblr.com/post/157419989997/devoursjohnlock-sorry-im-on-mobile-and

And thank you in advance if you read my rambling meta post 😚

Love your meta @monikakrasnorada! If I thought that the timeline in s4 was shit this really baffles me! 😵😵😵 About the birthdates, so we can be 98% sure that John’s has the same date as ACD Watson. Good to know. Thank you again! 😊

Why must y’all be bringing MHR up @swimmingfeelsinajohnlockianpool @monikakrasnorada 😭…… so yeah, March 31st / April 1st is another fan theory of Watson’s birth date, while July 7th is the more widely known (read more about it here). The same goes for Holmes’ January 6th birth date, these are all Sherlockian speculations.

Before I go any further, please know that this could be another one of those signs that lead to nowhere. So make of it what you will.

Anyway, I thought John mentioning Sherlock’s birthday sort of came out of nowhere in TLD, even though it did lead to some cakes later (hallelujah). But the dude that argued for January 6th being Holmes’ birthday—Christopher Morley, American writer and founder of the Baker Street Irregulars—based his speculation on the references to Twelfth Night, the only Shakespeare’s works that Holmes quoted twice:

Beautiful, isn’t it? Especially if you put them in the allegorical context of Holmes/Watson relationship within these stories. Anyway, Holmes’ birthday, twelfth night of Christmas, January 6th, epiphany… etc.. Morley’s backup evidence is the opening of The Valley of Fear, which took place on a January 7th – Holmes was unusually salty in his morning conversation with Watson, possibly due to a hangover from previous night’s birthday celebration 👀.

What do all these have to do with Sherlock? Well, remember my lost-forever-nine-by-nineteen theory that died? The twelfth night from March 19th would be on March 31st. Yeah, could be just another coincidence. But Mark Gatiss’ twitter feed has been……curious; not only with The Prisoner profile pic but a series of tweets since the 19th that mentioned “four” and “nine” (an invert of six who’s the protagonist in The Prisoner) and “twelve” multiple times, and a couple of tweets on TAB winning awards at RTS Bristol‏. And thanks to @gatalema for pointing out the episode that came after The General?

Many Happy Returns.

Yes, same title. ARGHHHHHH. I don’t know what all this means. There’s been a flurry of activities on @contact twitters the last few days as if they are building up to something – I kept going back and forth between whether these are fan-run or Sherlock related, they are quite elaborate either way. However, the fact that The Prisoner was used as a clue (if it were meant to be one) doesn’t exactly inspire confidence – the series finale sounded very similar to TFP (I’ve never heard of the series before let alone watching it – just googled). Also, Number Twelve died at the end of The General, plus we have April Fools’ coming up – so it is just as likely that all this is a roundabout way of Gatiss saying Sherlock is indeed over, as is. I’d really really like to believe that they are not this cynical, leaving us with TFP as the series finale — but who the hell knows?

For what it’s worth, I’m rewatching The Prisoner. It’s been a while, so I can’t speak to future relevance, but, in the first episode, characters play chess as a means of distracting themselves from disturbing events, and Number 6 throws an elaborate toy to the floor, smashing it. 

The redditor from whom I grabbed this picture pointed out that Sherlock is looking directly into the camera here. Hello, fourth wall. Nice to see you’re still broken.

I would be ecstatically happy to see them linger in Prisoner land for their penultimate episode, whoever’s head we’re in, and land somewhere much closer to reality once whatever plot device that put us there plays out. 

Thank you, @darlingtonsubstitution, for pointing us to Gatiss’s Twitter. Add to the s4 intertext / to watch list:

The plot of The 12 Days of Christine has me just a tiny bit freaked. SPOILERS but any of us who are looking at EMP / mind bungalow / hallucination theories– we might want to pay special attention to this, since it features a character who, apparently, goes through a whole series of life experiences only for it to be revealed at the end that she is, in fact, dying (car crash…who was speculating about that?):

@221bloodnun since you directed me here, and @longsnowsmoon5 for your intertext interests, and @monikakrasnorada in case your crew finds this useful. @devoursjohnlock because you’ve been deep diving into the occasional intertext too. @swimmingfeelsinajohnlockianpool I bet you never expected your post to go this far sideways, huh? xoxo

Wow, I have no idea what any of this means, @may-shepard, in relation to anything (reading this makes my brain as scrambled as those eggs) but WHY is the first thing to pop into my head the tunnel car scene that WE NEVER SAW? @tjlcisthenewsexy @gosherlocked @isitandwonder @ebaeschnbliah

^^ This!  With regards to John’s birthday: IF we consider the contactSH and contactJHW Twitter accounts to be BBC/Hartswood Films related, then John’s birthday is on the…

Yes. Thank you, John.