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I love how sherlock called john his best friend but what I dont love is how he was on TOP OF A NEARLY DEAD BODY while doing so . And baby what was the karaoke sesh ðŸ˜
No baby will come back after hearing all that
Gay people (sherlock and john) dont say I love you
They just offer up to die or kill for each other *wink* *wink* the dancing men *wink wink* the three garridebs *wink wink* a study in pink
so uhhh the demons got to me again
i am now writing a jonklock post-reichenbach fic with DANC codes
>:)
In which Watson gets carried away by his own code-breaking abilities.
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Thinking about how important The Dancing Men was. This was one of the first times Holmes fails his client. It reminds me a lot of A Scandal In Bohemia in the way that Holmes fails his client in each. In A Scandal, Holmes' own bias against women is what causes him to lose. He learns from his loss and overall no harm is done. The King is in no real danger, as Adler even says herself that she has no intention of using the photos as blackmail. Despite Holmes being bested, nobody is harmed. His failure is not detrimental in any way.
In The Dancing Men, Holmes is shown to be very excited about desiphering the messages. He spends two hours just working on the codes. Everything is completly in his control until he gets the final telegram with the final message in it. It literally reads as "Elsie prepare to meet thy God." Holmes desiphers the telegram and "suddenly sprange to his feet with an exclamation of suprise and dismay." He realizes the dangers and is unable to do anything about it as the last train had already departed. He was not fast enough and is forced to stand by and wait. This was mostly out of Holmes' control, as he tried to save Elsie but was unable to.
The fact that she shot herself is also worth noting. Knowing of the danger and being unable to save her from making an attempt on her own life leaves Holmes shattered. Watson writes about his sulking in fair detail. It is so clear that Holmes is absolutely distraught about the turn of events but is unable to properly mope because the case still needs to be solved. He continues solving the case despite his client's horrible medical state.
"This sudden realization of his worst fears left him in a blank melancholy." -Watson
The contrast beween both of these fails are very interesting. The way control of the situation gets ripped from under his feet so quickly is wonderful. He has no time to grieve in his mistake because the case is still going on around him. He is forced to get back to helping his client. In a way, his dedication to solving this case for his client even when she has given up is admirable. Holmes gave her his word that he would solve the case and he does not faulter in that goal even when Elsie gives up.
Edit: Guys i forgot Elsie wasnt the client oopsðŸ˜
Yk the autism hits hard when you start learning the dancing men cypher
was no one going to tell me canon Holmes wears his hair long and in a man bun or was I supposed to find that out myself while reading the dancing men
The raw emotion in sherlocks voice "You killed an innocent man. You tried to kill my best friend." "I meant what I said, I am going to kill him." God, a masterpiece. I can't get this episode out of my head. It was majestic.