Bizarre Love Triangle, or
The New Order at 221b, or
Every time I See You Falling I Get Down On My Knees and Pray
Ok. After a bunch of thinky time I’ve come to the conclusion that this here is the scene for Johnlockers to watch most carefully in its entirety— dialog, score, facial expressions, coloring, etc. It will be the subject of my first intense post-broadcast Johnlock meta. Why?
Could it be less subtle? Um. NO! I’d wager multiple dollars that it’s Sherlock’s point-of-view here and that he’s looking at the one person who matters most to him. From Sherlock’s POV, John is literally at the center of a triangle in 221b. But the triangle isn’t foreclosed, is it? Whoever gazes at John is waiting to see if he draws the line. Will there be room in John’s new geometry for Sherlock? Will Mary— no that’s not right. It’s not up to her. Will John allow Sherlock to join him and his new love, to reshape their emotional attachments to include him?
Does Sherlock need John so much that he will accept Mary as a friend, as the third to “the two of us against the rest of the world”?
In this case it is Sherlock gazing at John as the center of this potential new frame work, yes. But we, the viewers, wait too with bated breath. What will this bizarre love triangle entail? Will the characters resolve it for us? Will we accept Mary? Or do we accept the three lines of the plot as they are here, suggestive of a bonded trio but ultimately incomplete?
The green lines outlining the light indicate that this triangular frame can only join off screen, that canon does everything to draw our attention to it without going so far as to realize its form. It’s up to our eyes to bridge the gap.
Is this love triangle only complete in our mind’s eye?
I have a song stuck in my head.
"Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order
Every time I think of you
I feel a shot right through with a bolt of blue
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It’s no problem of mine
But it’s a problem I find
Living a life that I can’t leave behind
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But there’s no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won’t set you free
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But that’s the way that it goes
And it’s what nobody knows
Well every day my confusion grows
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Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
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I’m waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can’t say
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I feel fine and I feel good
I’m feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way
I just don’t know what to say
Why can’t we be ourselves like we were yesterday
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I’m not sure what this could mean
I don’t think you’re what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then I’ll never see just what we’re meant to be
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For drwatsonsjournal and agnesanutter who asked for Metaaaaaaa
I can’t believe I’ve heard that song a thousand times and never listened to the lyrics (which are devastatingly beautiful). The blocking we’ve seen in this shot alone is phenomenal *bites fist* God I can’t wait to see what they did with the rest with that triangle. Fuck me it’s going to be gorgeous to see.
SQUEEEEE. This is beautiful. Love you! Love it! YESSSS!
