…. or why the women who try to seduce John and Sherlock consistently fail or succeed.
Picking up on my conversation with @mostlyanything19 – there have been several instances of women providing mirrors for John and Sherlock, effectively cosplaying them within the series. This has provided varying degrees of success with seducing the other, on a subconscious level. However, many of them have also been wrong. My thesis statement is, in essence, that women who present as “Sherlock” tend to magnetize John, who can’t fail to see their charms, but tend to repel Sherlock. Women who present as John tend to be people John can’t wholly get into, but who Sherlock adores. For the record, both John and Sherlock have not met every woman who masquerades as them, but here’s a quick non-spoilery instance before I get into Season 4 examples:
Jeanette
Tall (taller than John in heels), dark haired, wears a coat. John was clearly superficially attracted to her, as they did date, but she was no match for the real thing and he abandoned her for Sherlock as soon as it came up. Sherlock disliked her instantly and wanted her out.
(Goes a bit into spoiler territory next + gets a bit long and image heavy so putting under a cut)
Wow @avelera , this is amazing!! This is a so wonderful and very clear analysis of the female love interests… it cleared my view!!! I love how you pointed out that both, John and Sherlock aren’t comfortable with their own mirrors and that in the opposite the other one can’t understand how you could not love them!! This is amazing! And your way of interpretation of Eurus is really clever! She knew how to play the boys! Show them and seduce them with just mirror the other one! Genius! Break their walls down! I’m impressed how actually “simple” but so clever and convincing this is! Thank you!
“I will end this Drift once Newt’s mind is whole again,” said Hermann, “and not a moment before.”
“Very well. Have it your way, Doctor!”
And one of the Precursors that had stood silent sentry over Alice winked into existence a few feet from Hermann, directly in his and Newt’s path out of the vast room. In the benthic lighting its black eyes gleamed, and it tipped its bone-crested head to the side. It had shed most of the flora that had overtaken it, though a slender vine curled still about one of its legs. Eye contact was at once stomach-turning and hypnotic: Hermann, neck craned to meet that cruel gaze, could not seem to look away.
But then Newt gave a shout of surprise, and slipped suddenly out of Hermann’s peripheral vision. In alarm Hermann turned: the second Precursor had materialized behind them and hauled Newt away into its grasp, imprisoning him in its four long arms. Valiantly Newt kicked his legs in protest, but he could not writhe himself free. The rain grew colder, though it did not intensify beyond a soft patter.
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Chapter ten — a good many familiar things, a downfall, and a showdown. Alternatively titled: Maybe The Real Monsters Were The Love Of Your Life’s Abandonment Issues And Self-Doubt All Along (Though The Precursors Are Pretty Gross, Too).
As dear as chapters six through nine are to me, I think this one wins out for my favorite overall. Everything comes to a head at last in this chapter, and I’m very excited for you guys to read it!
the actual reason they wouldn’t let me be an astronaut is, i don’t know how to use twitter
whats it like to be able to write tens of thousands of lines of the most advanced dynamic programming in the world, but not 140 characters on a platform designed to be totally idiot proof
Mine (in Washington state) is about people who weren’t allowed to vote, and had their rights snatched away from them. My great grandparents wanted so badly to have the right to vote, and were not given it until the a decade after they were forced into camps.
Non-citizens, people with past felony convictions (which includes drug offences), and children are not allowed to vote for their interests, for their safety or security. So if you’re able, please think of them and do it. We live in dangerous times. This is the least you can do.
Avelera 