queen-mxcroft:

I’ve never seen this addressed before, so I decided to do a little analysis on a scene in A Scandal In Belgravia that caught my attention.

If I’m not the first person to do this, excuse me, but as I said I’ve never seen anything about it and I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed.

So in ASiB, Sherlock hears John and Irene’s conversation…

We see him moments later, but it’s strange. I wish I could have gif’d this, because it’d be much more effective than pictures, but even so you can see the purposefully blurred edges around this frame

Sherlock is walking very slow, the shot is blurry and distorted, and it’s even a little shaky (again, sorry for lack of gifs). His eyes aren’t as clear and focused as they usually are.

And in this shot:

Sherlock is looking down at the door for a long moment, looking confused, and taking a long time to actually reach out and open it. All the while everything is still very obviously blurry.

So, I’m suggesting that at some point before coming home, Sherlock got high, because why else would everything be so blurry? Why would he be moving so slowly? What would be the point?

Which also might explain why he reacted like this:

and this:

and why he looked like this:

and did this:

before doing this:

I know that Sherlock’s love for Mrs. Hudson was a large motivator in his reaction, but even for Sherlock throwing a man out a window several times (“Oh a fractured skull, a few broken ribs…”) was  extreme.

And it would make sense, because in His Last Vow we have this lovely little scene, when we know for certain that Sherlock is using:

“Brother mine, don’t appall me when I’m high.”

“Mycroft, just go. He could snap you in two, and right now I’m slightly worried that he might.”

This scene suggests that Sherlock is prone to reacting irrationally and violently when he uses.

I just don’t see why they would put such an obvious camera affect, and why Benedict would act the way he did in that scene as he walked back to the flat if it wasn’t suggesting something. Sherlock being upset doesn’t explain why they would film the shot as shaky and blurry, and it also doesn’t explain why he didn’t take a cab like he always does. 

This whole episode is filled with suggestions about Sherlock’s drug use, i.e. the “danger night” scene where Mycroft warns John to look after Sherlock, and John searching the house for drugs with Mrs. Hudson. 

All together now, what do we say about coincidences?