benjamincumbersnatch:

oh get your hate away from the tags, you harpies

some people choose to adore Sherlock and Elementary

let me reblog Joan/Holmes snark and John/Sherlock eyesex in peace

thank you

whoever is saying the show is bad is determined to not like it due to some ridiculous theory that america is ‘afraid of the gays’

ok well so is moffat, because they’re certainly not shown as gay characters in canon. And so far elementary has more minority characters in the first EPISODE than sherlock has in its entirety, so for me thats a big plus

uozumi:

I’m not going to go into story spoilers for those who haven’t read them beyond how they could link back to the clues we were given.

Our clues are: rat, wedding, and bow.

So let’s start with bow. Why bow? Because it’s in the title of the short story “His Last Bow” (1917). It also is the name of the collected short stories in The Strand from 1908 - 1913 plus the aforementioned short story. How do we know it’s the short story and not the collection? Well, we don’t, but we’ve already had elements of “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” (1912) in “The Great Game” from series one (it’s what’s on the flash drive) and that’s one of the collected stories in His Last Bow.

So, let’s try for wedding next. One of the first stories that comes to my mind is “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” (1892). Fans of Granada’s adaptations will know this story as “The Eligible Bachelor” (1992). I know I was saying that it could be The Sign of [the] Four (1890), but while that novel introduces Mary Morstan, there is no wedding. Not to say they couldn’t combine and compress some things together, but I think “Noble Bachelor” is more likely.

Now, finally, rat. This is the hardest of the clues. Is it someone who is rat-like? Is it an actual rodent? Is it a reference to The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and they’re trying to tell us that Moriarty (aka Ratigan) somehow also survived? Since Gatiss is writing it, my best guess is “The Sussex Vampyre” (1924). I know, I know vampires say what? Well, in this particular story there is mention of a case about a “giant rat of Sumatra,” which Holmes thinks will be too much for the public so Watson never writes about it. Now, of course it’s possible that Gatiss will write us his own “The Case of the Giant Rats of Sumatra.” I don’t really know, but that’s the most iconic rat I can think of in the Holmes’ canon.

hawkeye-nest:

If they make Molly into Mary I’m literally going to cry. In a not good way.

Check this quote from Radio Times,

“Everyone’s favourite lab geek Molly Hooper currently has a major crush on Sherlock, but some have suggested she might transfer her affections to John in the future. The argument goes…

yeah as much as i love molly, she deserves more than Sherlock’s ‘replacement’

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