#thob meta

Hey Nonny!

Ah, I do have a collection of THOB Meta, but I can't guarantee all of them are short :P I totally understand! I'll check each link on this masterlist I'm about to make and will put a ⭐️ next to them if they seem shorter to me LOL. You can check out the other links if you'd like, they're all under 2000 words it seems.

THoB META

[THOB META BLOG TAG]

MY META / COMMENTARY

Why Comment on the Cheekbones if Not Gay ⭐️

Henry’s Assumption at “Mates”

The Aluminium Crutch ⭐️

See A Man About a Dog ⭐️

UMQRA: UMQRA and the Vignère Cipher

UMQRA: Was There A Secret Meaning to that Scene? ⭐️

UMQRA: Why Was that scene even in there ⭐️

Was Sherlock Actually Scared? ⭐️

“Look at me John, I’m Afraid”: Is it a Metaphor? ⭐️

Conductor of Light ⭐️

Sherlock’s Timing About Drugging John

John’s Face Journey re: the Coffee (My Additions) ⭐️

H.O.U.N.D. and the Unknown Drug

Melioidosis

What’s a Double Room

Double Room: Was Really Just a Setup for the Only One Bed Trope ⭐️

The Tea Scene in THoB

If the Hound Isn’t Real, why was Henry Knight Still Scared? ⭐️

They Both Looked good in THoB ⭐️

Sherlock “I Don’t Beg” Holmes begged John for Cigarettes ⭐️

The Nighthawks Meta by SageStreet ⭐️

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It just felt someone from writing team shitposting.

Hey Nonny!

Hey Nonny!

It's all good, you're allowed to have personal feelings about certain scenes in the series! I mean, I say how much I dislike S4, but there are SOME scenes in it I do enjoy despite them being either a result of shitty things (the hug) or just are kind of sweet in a weird way ("He is family!").

That said, yeah, I've personally never seen that as a "soft Sherlock" moment, though I did laugh on my first watch-through before I was hardcore into fandom and analyzed the series, haha. I've always sided with John on being upset with Sherlock for being manipulative just to test the sugar, especially when Sherlock KNOWS John is a former soldier with possible PTSD. It's kind of shitty of him, and why I do like rewrite fics of that scene that do explore John having hallucinations and flashbacks or panic attacks.

I agree; there are other scenes in the series that Sherlock shows he cares about John, though Sherlock is one of those "actions" people... like the whole of TBB is essentially Sherlock taking a case because John complained about being broke, and made John take the cheque from Seb, while outwardly Sherlock was acting aloof. ASiP Sherlock takes John with him to make John feel useful, but not directly saying it. AND even in THoB, Sherlock actively goes looking for John, and essentially tells him sorry without saying sorry. Sherlock literally plays "the long game" in his appreciation for John.

OR even that one scene in... shoot I think it was TGG? where Sherlock makes tea for John and they're just talking. Sherlock is a very kind person to the people he cares about a lot. Right from day one, Sherlock imprinted on his hot soldier roommate LOL.

Hey Nonny!

Ah, my understanding about this scene is that Frankland was involved in all that, since he didn't want Henry's memories to recall that it was Frankland who killed his father.

BUT

I think we're supposed to suspend our disbelief to an extent... I think the more likely situation is that Henry was being drugged from being out on the moors (possibly lives very near them so the "leak" is going into his property, I suppose a traumatic past – like John's in the lab where Sherlock was simply flickering lights and making weird noises – doesn't require much to induce a PTSD response... like bad weather (the day following is rather gloomy, so perhaps it was actually a freak storm) or a dog who got out of the care of its owners scrounging around for scraps and food, which would create the noise.

But yeah, I think it's mostly just "suspend your disbelief, this is supposed to be spooky-scary-skeletons."

Hi Nonny! 

No apology necessary, it’s not stupid! I don’t mind trying to help you out!

So as far as I understand, a “double room” is a hotel room with one bed for a couple, so the assumption is that they instead got one room with two single beds. We can then assume that John… probably… tried to book them a room with one bed, is what I’m taking away from this, but did it without Sherlock knowing he tried to do it and is embarrassed because the innkeeper brought it up while Sherlock was within earshot.

The OTHER way to take it, is that they showed up without a booking (which is more likely, given their sudden departure), and the innkeepers were like “oh look at this handsome couple, we’re going to assume they want a single room” and then felt TERRIBLE because they couldn’t get them a room with one bed, because let’s be real: EVERYONE assumes they’re a couple without asking LOL. BECAUSE THEY’RE PERFECT!!

LOL HAHAHA OMG is it really?

Hah, it is, according to Urban Dictionary!

And the clicking on the “see also”, I found this gem:

Hi Nonny!

I think you might be looking for this post here by @tjlcisthenewsexy, though for everything else after the post-S4 stuff, and the Nighthawks painting, I’m not 100% certain. I have quite a few posts in my ‘thob meta’ tag you can scroll through, too! I know @just-sort-of-happened wrote a couple meta as well, though not about those exact topics. 

I’ve also written a few of my own THoB meta, though mine are mostly about the drugs and Henry Knight, LOL.