sarahthecoat:

vintage–lilacs:

sarahthecoat:

dhae-knight:

pastelcolorsandrain:

A Study in Pink sets the stage for all of our future expectations. Nothing in this show is done by accident, and the way it is all handled is masterful. Seeds are sewn in this first episode that will never cease to matter throughout the duration of the show.

Take the first meal Sherlock and John share together at Angelo’s, where Angelo insists that the pair must have a candle for their table:

It seems like sort of a “joke” in a way–something that could easily be brushed off if we didn’t all know that TJLC is real. And the candle thing continues to be a theme. Illumination itself is a subtle theme throughout the show, with all the color-coded lights and the fact that Sherlock dubs John his “conductor of light” in “The Hounds of Baskerville.”

I noticed something recently when watching what is surely one of the favorite scenes of all Johnlockers: the reunion of Sherlock and John at The Landmark in the episode “The Empty Hearse.” This is the night Sherlock returns, supposedly from the dead, and interrupts John’s (rather lackluster) attempt to propose to his girlfriend Mary in a rather half-hearted effort to, in his own words, “move on” from Sherlock.

Notice anything missing from John and Mary’s table?

There’s a lamp, sure, but no candle. Maybe that isn’t terribly unusual. But look at the other tables in the restaurant:

Most have candles.

It doesn’t stop there. When Sherlock catches his first (heart-stopping; you can clearly see that in his face, just as it has been pointed out that if you isolate certain audio tracks in this part here you can hear Sherlock’s thudding pulse) glimpse of John after two years away…

how does he see him?

There is a candle placed strategically between them, clearly visible from Sherlock’s vantage point.

This isn’t the only throwback to Angelo’s on this night. If more is needed, I’m including this little bonus below. The writers have done this *so many times,* where certain words and phrases come back again. It isn’t an accident and it isn’t lazy writing. We’re talking about the combined efforts of two very good writers here, and though John’s nerves on this night aren’t exactly hard to pick up on, we get this cherry strategically placed on top:

I SUGGEST YOU DON’T MARRY MARY. 

How could you do that? Hmm? 😉

Now I invite you to scroll back up and take note of the fact that the table so strategically placed between John and Sherlock is graced by not one, but two candles. A fat candle on a candlestick, and a tealight in a glass. 

And they couldn’t place even one candle on John’s table? 

…and now I’m wondering if John asked them to remove the candles, because they reminded him of that first night with Sherlock, and that was really not the mindset he needed to propose to Mary…

candle=real fire=real love. Lamp=artificial light=fake romance

I think it’s also worth noting that during John’s wedding there were candles placed in front of Sherlock while he stared at John

yes!

justasociopath:

I went to 221B today – both the actual place (Sherlock Holmes Museum) and where they filmed (187 North Gower Street)! It was pretty surreal; I never actually thought I’d get to see it in person.

Sadly, the 221B sign was removed off the door in North Gower Street BUTTTTT THERE WAS A PRIDE FLAG HANGING ON THE UPSTAIRS WINDOW.

tbh I freaked internally – like I know they’re fictional characters but this screams Johnlock.