I was just storming over to your blog to poke you until you'd written a reaction post, and look you've done it already! That's the kind of efficiency, ma'am, that we prize in the service
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That's the kind of efficiency, ma'am, that we prize in the service.
*salutes*
basically what we saw in that scene was torture until John admitted to seeing something that wasn't there. Sherlock got the confirmation he wanted and then pulled the plug. I don't know what to do with this.
Me either, man. Both of your theories make sense to me - Sherlock wasn't in his best mind, and I think part of him did want John to see the hound just to compare their experiences, and maybe to get a bit of his own back after John's "let's be rational, let's look at the facts, you of all people" attitude the night before. Maybe a drug in the sugar wouldn't have been evidence enough for him, emotionally - he needed to see the drug do to someone else what it did to him, so he would truly know the hound hadn't been real.
I'm sure he would have rationalized it by saying that John was in no real danger, but that's still a thousand miles of NOT OKAY. Much, much worse than throwing a hissy fit in a restaurant and saying you don't have any friends.
I think part of him did want John to see the hound just to compare their experiences, and maybe to get a bit of his own back after John's "let's be rational, let's look at the facts, you of all people" attitude the night before. Maybe a drug in the sugar wouldn't have been evidence enough for him, emotionally - he needed to see the drug do to someone else what it did to him, so he would truly know the hound hadn't been real. I think this makes a lot of sense. You're exactly right - he's an asshole with feelings. He - wait for it - he s/cares. :D
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The way they played the 'Footsteps of a gigantic hound' line was brilliant. :D
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*salutes*
basically what we saw in that scene was torture until John admitted to seeing something that wasn't there. Sherlock got the confirmation he wanted and then pulled the plug. I don't know what to do with this.
Me either, man. Both of your theories make sense to me - Sherlock wasn't in his best mind, and I think part of him did want John to see the hound just to compare their experiences, and maybe to get a bit of his own back after John's "let's be rational, let's look at the facts, you of all people" attitude the night before. Maybe a drug in the sugar wouldn't have been evidence enough for him, emotionally - he needed to see the drug do to someone else what it did to him, so he would truly know the hound hadn't been real.
I'm sure he would have rationalized it by saying that John was in no real danger, but that's still a thousand miles of NOT OKAY. Much, much worse than throwing a hissy fit in a restaurant and saying you don't have any friends.
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I think this makes a lot of sense. You're exactly right - he's an asshole with feelings. He - wait for it - he s/cares. :D
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