For The Love Of Fandom

how to say “I love you” in x-files [14/?] ⤷ 1.01 — “Pilot”

I was trying to figure out which one it was or if we ever actually witnessed this exact moment or if their love was something that happened gradually. In one of the very first metas I wrote when I created this blog, I expressed my opinion that John wasn’t consciously flirting at Sherlock during this dinner at Angelo’s. Of course, I believe both of them were attracted to each other from the very first moment but what I was wondering was when each of them realized that something more was going on. 

So, one of the things I have written there is that at least John hadn’t realized he had romantic interest in Sherlock till they returned at home after Angelo’s. (For more on this topic, you can read “Why Sherlock isn’t really sexually oblivious”. Consider this post partly a continuation of that meta.)

After a little romantic moment in Baker Street, Lestrade watching, Johnlock gives its place to the crime plot until the end. In which, John Watson kills a man for Sherlock Holmes. And this time, he looks pretty consciously in love - and probably a little worried because of it. See this post for some sort of visual proof. So, is this the great moment after which John’s ENORMOUS heteronormativity makes its appearance? Because he is heteronormative as fuck in TBB. Probably. Therefore the realization must have happened after they returned home from Angelo’s and before John shot the cabbie.

TRUE! TRUE!

I just noticed.

Their realization is one of the most famous Johnlock scenes!

“Blossom smiling for the camera.”

amor vincit omnia.

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