The Abominable Bride is about how writing saved Sherlock Holmes, among other things.
Sherlock does better when he sees himself through John’s eyes. He knows how he appears because he reads John’s writing about him. Some parts of himself aren’t even real to him until he sees them mirrored back to him from John. He doesn’t even know how he talks until people tell him John has transcribed him correctly. Hold yourself to a higher standard because of John’s stories, Sherlock.
In other words: Thank you, Moffat and Gatiss, for writing Sherlock Holmes and keeping him alive.
Whichever of you wrote “You will hold yourself to a higher standard,” thank you for what were, for me, the deepest, most stirring notes in this episode.
Yes. All of this! Very much all of this! This is all I could think about while giffing this yesterday:
