My local Hot Topic had the shirt. I bought it and it makes me feel awesome.
In The Sign of Three, both of John’s love interests give him a code word or phrase. His reaction to each of them is very different.
When John realizes that, ‘Beth’, is calling Mary, his reaction is literally the most pissed off he’s ever looked on the show. He is so annoyed, he literally looks at the camera like he’s on the Office and just holds that look. This is how bothered he is. As far as we can tell Mary is being adorable and inventive and he looks positively fed up with her. He then does a deep sigh and seems to have to will himself to get up from his chair. As he enters the kitchen he avoids eye contact and then forces a fake smile; he turns it on like a light, it’s totally synthetic. He’s trying really hard to be nice, there, despite finding this situation really annoying.
When Sherlock says his code phrase, John immediately becomes alert and gets ready to help. He is all in. Whatever Sherlock needs he is doing. He even stands to offer his services. This is so natural to John, to be there when Sherlock needs. This is John in his element.
Now, while in the story we can say that Sherlock’s code is of life or death importance whereas Mary’s is just a trivial, wedding playing related matter, the point is that we have this parallel about codes words. His response to a fairly easy issue with Mary is to be more annoyed than he’s ever looked and his response to Sherlock is that he’s ready to immediately do anything for him.
By the beginning of HLV we can see that John’s marriage is in trouble, for sure. But, even here, before the wedding, I think that we see him being way too annoyed with Mary. At this point in the story she’s done nothing but be cute and supportive, we have no reason to think that John would be this annoyed with her. John is sending us clues as to his unhappiness with Mary even before it becomes really obvious.
hella places to go on street view
canals of venice // metropolitan museum of art // taj mahal // eiffel tower // versailles // burj khalifa // moma // canadian parliament // the white house // diagon alley // national portrait gallery (usa) // national gallery (uk) // christ the redeemer // mount fuji // cern // hashima island // grand canyon // scott’s hut (antarctica) // japanese mineshaft // angkor wat // railway in the swiss alps // cinque terre // musee d’orsay // allure of the seas cruise ship // chateau de fontainebleu // wieliczka salt mine // colusseum // everest base camp // mudslide bridge // tengboche monestary // berg field center // tokyo tower // trafalgar square // central park // royal palace of amsterdam // tardis // acropolis museum // kunsthistorisches museum // frick collection // smithsonian american art museum // tokyo national museum
~1997~ The Ghost of Christmas Past
((Sorry for the dashclogger, Happy Holidays!)
Why is no one talking about the fact that when Sherlock pulls John from the fire
and John opens his eyes
Sherlock is completely in focus, while every time he looks at Mary, she blurs
help none of my friends think rupert graves is attractive
WELL, THEN. YOU NEED TO SIT THEM DOWN SO I CAN EXPLAIN A THING.
RUPERT GRAVES IS A FUCKING ASSHOLE THAT HAS RUINED MY LIFE WITH HIS BEAUTY.
EXHIBIT A: Maurice
HE’S GOT CURLY HAIR AND HE’S GAY AS HELL THE ENTIRE MOVIE AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BREAK THINGS BECAUSE IT’S SO PERFECT.
EXHIBIT B: A room with a View
HE HAD THE FUCKING NERVE TO GET NAKED AND SPLASH AROUND LIKE IT WOULDN’T KILL US ALL.
EXHIBIT C: Different for girls
I’VE USED THIS GIF A MILLION TIMES BEFORE BECAUSE IT’S SELF EXPLANATORY. ALSO HE RIDES A FUCKING MOTORCYCLE IN THIS MOVIE AND I HAD A HEART ATTACK.
EXHIBIT D: A SPAM OF RUPERT BEING A SILVER GODDAMNED FOX
YOUR FRIENDS
ARE WRONG
FIND NEW ONES
TAYLOR OUT *drops mic*
