schybs:

jawdust:

Can we just. Can we just take a moment, to look at this.

Because everything I’ve seen so far has been sympathising with John, or Mrs Hudson, or Molly, or Moriarty, even Mycroft, but can we take a moment to think about how Sherlock felt here? This wasn’t a performance. This wasn’t ‘trying to make it look good’ for John, or the snipers. This was Sherlock breaking down. He had a plan, and he knew his friends would be safe, and he knew he’d live, but he wasn’t calm, or controlled. This isn’t Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and Oscar Winning Actor. This is a single tear dripping from his chin because he’s saying goodbye to the only friend he ever knew. Sherlock doesn’t give a fuck about what the general public think about him - the only time he panicked in this episode was when he thought John doubted him. This isn’t about his career, or a game, or his reputation - this is about Sherlock having to break John’s heart. Because he was so alone too, and he has to say goodbye. He has to lose him. And he doesn’t have the closure of ‘death’, he doesn’t have a grave stone to visit, nor an excuse to mourn, or move on. He just has loss. An open wound constantly irritated by the knowledge that they’re both in the world, alone and hurt and broken, but some hideous trick of fate is keeping them apart. The injustice of it is gut wrenching.

Yeah, I get where you’re coming from but did nobody see that Sherlock’s still alive? Or is that something that Tumblr’s choosing to ignore right now. Because right at the very end, there is a clear shot of Sherlock watching John at his gravesite. Also, even John doesn’t really believe that Sherlock’s dead. I mean, the proof’s all there and everybody thinks that he’s dead, but can we not forget that everybody thinks that Irene Adler’s dead too and we all know that she is not dead. Thus, we can see that Sherlock has previously faked somebody’s death realistically enough that everybody can believe that they’re dead, even Mycroft. I mean, Sherlock must have known that he was going up there to die so he must have had a back-up plan. I mean, what else was he doing when he was “thinking”? Twiddling his thumbs? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. Also, if we can flash back to the first episode, A Study in Pink I think it was (or maybe it wasn’t), that Sherlock feigned crying to get something from a witness. So we also know that he can cry on cue. His tears don’t necessarily have to be real. So if John cries, we know it’s real because John isn’t a “highly performing sociopath” or whatever. But if Sherlock cries? Yeah, no. It’s probably not real. Besides, he states very clearly “This is my note”. You know, like, a suicide note. So everybody will think he’s dead because he tells John because he knows that everybody will believe John because he’s Sherlock’s best friend and John doesn’t lie when he says “Sherlock’s dead.” 
Okay, lastly. Sherlock Holmes. Contrary to Popular Belief, Sherlock Holmes didn’t originate from the imaginations of Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss. It’s actually been around for quite a while, and as somebody who has read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories and watched the Grenada television series with Jeremy Brett (<3) I can say that “The Final Problem” which is actually the last chapter in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” which this episode is based on also features Sherlock and Moriarty falling down a waterfall and then Sherlock disappears for a few years. WHY? BECAUSE HE HAD TO BECAUSE IF HE HAD LIVED, IF ANYBODY EVEN BELIEVED HE WAS ALIVE, ALL HIS FRIENDS WOULD DIE. OKAY? He was doing this because he knew that Moriarty has a vast criminal network which would stop at nothing to track him down if they even had the inkling of a notion that he was still alive. 
Also, he chose the location. You think he would have just chosen some randomass tall building to jump off of? You think he didn’t have a plan? He’s Sherlock Fucking Holmes. Oh, ye of little faith.
So everybody

CALM THE FUCK DOWN ALREADY OKAY? HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. 

(Source: thatreference, via sulu)