a study in pink, and the mirror moment;
This was intended as a form of introduction for the S2 meta, but after several rewrites of it it simply didn't seem to fit, so I'm putting it up now, perhaps as a prologue. See, ASiP remains my favourite episode pretty much on par with TRF, and I find the echoes between both of these episodes to be fascinating, but upon closer reflection ASiP
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The books ♥ ngl I adore the canon!fandom - there's been some gorgeous fic written, and I may throw recs at you if you want some, because, like, there's so much stuff. It's an amazing fandom and it deserves alllll the greatest writers.
But yes! John is generally infatuated with Sherlock from the moment he sees him, whichever 'verse they're in, and I think that's the greatest thing about Sherlock, is how they show that this, this adoration they have for each other, this instant trust and regard for each other, is mutual and very much intensely shared by both partners in the equation, because I doubt they can ever do anything without each other, after this, they've pretty much dug their way inside each other's chests and will refuse to be dug out again (except they are, and they will, because TRF and wow hello that episode made me very emotional, what gives). But canon!Watson is this shattered man, really, made half-slow and half-angry by the way, jolted aside, his nerves all thrown to hell, and Holmes takes him up and puts him back together, which - it's heartbreaking, and Sherlock is I think one of the few adaptations - if not the only one, that I know - that have actually tackled John Watson's trauma and military background (which, it doesn't matter if he was a soldier, what matters is that he was at war, that war got under his skin and made him into something else), which is great! It emphasizes his need for companionship as much as Sherlock's, I think. I like how they worked that out, though I'm pretty certain John didn't understand quite how deeply he needs Sherlock until ASiB.
Ahh, they are just. OTP to end all OTPs, man.
's okayyyy hi i write a lot of meta
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