John and Sherlock's love is not a game

I know we’re already discussed a ton of times how S4 doesn’t make sense (specially TFP) but I wanted to make it even more clear, and explain with this why to me S4 (and again, specially TFP) is fake and why there must be something more to explain all of these inconsistences. I understand there could be continuity errors or some things that they could have not noticed, with such big projects there’s always this kind of things, it can happen, but please look at this:

1) We’re told in ASIB what happens when a person falls from Baker Street window

And then in TFP is just like:

??? Ok Mark, sure!

2) In HLV we clearly saw how a gunshot looks like

But then in TST is like:

What was that? seriously! Why is the blood coming out like that?? Why is Mary flying? 

3) In TGG we’re shown how how a flat explosion looks like 

But then in TFP we get this:

(sorry for the shitty quality but this gif was long af D:) But the wall, them and Mrs. Hudson are perfectly ok. 

4) In TGG we saw how Sherlock reacts when John is in danger and has to save him

But then in TFP we get….this?

WTF Sherlock, mate??? He’s gonna drown! *SIGH*

5) In TRF we painfully see how John reacts when he knows he’s about to see a beloved person die

And yeah, in TST he’s like:

He looks like he was waiting for her to die fgs!!

If you come up with more examples please tell me and I’ll gladly gif them.

I’ll tag some people under the cut, if you want me to untag you please tell me

we were shown images like this:

And like this:

Making Sherlock himself appear as a stand-in for the busts,

Alluding to the idea that he (as a person) or he (as a historical figure) has a secret inside somewhere and through the breaking down of layers will we finally find what’s been hiding there all along,

BUT THEN you remember there are six busts that are owned by only five people, the fourth victim owned TWO,

And the fourth victim is the only one who was murdered

And now we’re shown that the person hiding the information in the busts was desperate, so desperate they would kill the holder of the busts to keep their secret from escaping, they would kill the fourth owner who had two busts

So here we are noticing this doesn’t follow The Nix Napoleons, Harker didn’t own two busts in that one but this Harker does, and she is the fourth

It makes no sense for Ajay who’s looking for the busts to wait until the second-to-last person to attempt to smash two busts at once. Harker should have been his very first stop, since there was a higher probability that she had the flashdrive. She was the fourth stop. Changing the order doesn’t affect the show at all, Harker could have been first, Welsborough second, Hassan third, and so on to make the episode still make sense. But why include a character that owned two busts at all? Why add that detail? For time, perhaps, but they didn’t need to do that, they could have had six people own six busts and follow the trail the same way. 

No.

They gave the fourth owner two busts, then killed her. 

You don’t build a beach if you want to hide a pebble; you just find a beach!  And if you wanna hide a murder, or wanna hide lots and lots of murders, just find a hospital!

So, I rewatched Amy’s Choice and Rory’s ‘death’ scene is literally TST.

The framing, pacing, and narrative beats are all the same. Even the “promise me you’ll look after the baby” and “you’re supposed to be a hero, otherwise what’s the point of you” moments are the same.

After TFP’s more overt film references in comparison to TST and TLD’s subtler Bond etc., I wouldn’t be surprised if the fourth wall is being broken in the fact that Sherlock and John have actually watched Doctor Who together and this scene within TST is literally a recreation of Amy’s Choice, EMP or otherwise.

Culverton Smith in TLD would then actually be based on Toby Jones playing The Dream Lord, meaning that technically Sherlock and John “exist” in our own reality / a very near parallel universe.

(Original Spanish version)

Note: For best results, read with thick Spanish accent.

NARRATOR: Previously on Sherloco de Amor…

Cut to SHERLOCK, sitting in front of his microscope. He has on the famed purple shirt, but at least three sizes too small. Three buttons have been nobly sacrificed to hold it closed, but they are failing miserably. SHERLOCK passes a hand through his dark locks and looks into the camera in a mournful (but cute) way.

DRAMATIC MUSIC.

Enter MOLLY. She looks exactly the same as in the show, but with three-inch heels.

MOLLY: Sherlock, I was wondering…maybe later…if you’d like to have coffee?

Close-up: SHERLOCK’s face. SHERLOCK’s profile. SHERLOCK’s eyes. SHERLOCK’s nose. SHERLOCK’s left ear.

DRAMATIC MUSIC.

SHERLOCK: Oh, Molly. I know you have always loved me, but I will never be able to return your feelings. I cannot love anyone…and no one can love me as I truly am.

He whips his head around and stares tragically out the window. Close-up of his profile as DRAMATIC MUSIC plays.

Enter JUAN “DON JUAN” GUATSON. He’s super hot! He wears a shiny leather jacket that nobody on an army pension could possibly afford. There is at least one liter of product in his swept-back hair.

JUAN and SHERLOCK’s eyes meet. It is amor a primera vista. JUAN gasps and drops his cane. It’s a miracle—he is cured!

DRAMATIC MUSIC.

JUAN and SHERLOCK hold hands next to the cabbie’s body.

JUAN: Oh, Sherlock! From the moment I saw you, I knew we were meant to be. I love you! Who cares that we’ve only know each other for eight hours?

DRAMATIC MUSIC.

SHERLOCK: Juan, mi amor!

They kiss passionately.

NARRATOR: And now…back to Sherloco de amor.

Four years have passed, but JUAN looks the same (with more Botox and at least two liters of product in his hair). MARIA saunters down the staircase. She is dressed entirely in black, including the 5-inch heels. For some reason, JUAN is completely oblivious to the fact that she is cackling evilly.

JUAN: Maria, I know we haven’t known each other long. I swore after Sherlock’s death that I would never love again. But—

He takes out a ring. MARIA smiles triumphantly and cackles loudly. JUAN is possibly deaf.

DRAMATIC MUSIC.

Suddenly, SHERLOCK bursts into the restaurant. His shirt has only two buttons done up and appears to have shrunk a size. Also, he is soaking wet.

JUAN: Sherlock!

SHERLOCK: Juan!

MARIA: Sherlock?

JUAN: Maria!

SHERLOCK: Maria?

MARIA: Juan!

Close-up: MARIA’s face. SHERLOCK’s face. JUAN’s face. SHERLOCK’s eyes. MARIA’s nose. JUAN’s mouth. MARIA’s left eyebrow. SHERLOCK’s thumb. JUAN’s right arm.

MORE DRAMATIC MUSIC.

JUAN: But you…you died!

SHERLOCK: I came back for you, my love!

MARIA: But…how?

SHERLOCK: It wasn’t me who fell off the roof of the hospital. It was my twin brother!

MARIA gasps.

SHERLOCK: The twin brother who was secretly engaged to Moriarty!

JUAN gasps.

MARIA: But Moriarty was never dead. Moriarty is alive. Moriarty…is me!

She cackles.

Close-up: SHERLOCK’s face. JUAN’s face. MARIA’s face. A waiter’s face. A stray cat’s face.

MARIA: I will have my revenge!

She sashays out of the restaurant.

EVEN MORE DRAMATIC MUSIC.

JUAN and SHERLOCK kiss passionately.

Roll credits. THE END.

And here we are, the final part of my AU. Just the way it should be… I am not crying. I am really not crying.

This is my epq survey, its on the variations of Sherlock Holmes.

It shouldent take that long to take but there are several questions that require you to write your answer, but im not perfect at English so dont worry if the answers arent either.

(see this post here)

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It wasn’t a virus, it was an issue with how some old computers at the time were programmed to deal with dates. Basically some computers with older operating systems didn’t have anything in place to deal with the year reaching 99 and looping around to 00. It was believed that this inability to sync with the correct date would cause issues, and even crash entire systems the moment the date changed.

People flipped out about it, convinced that the date discrepancy between netwoked systems would bring down computers everywhere and shut down the internet and so all systems relying on computers, including plane navigation etc. would go down causing worldwide chaos. It was genuinely believed that people should all switch off computers to avoid this. One or two smart people spoke up and said “um hey, this actually will only effect a few very outdated computers and they’ll just display the wrong date, so it probably won’t be harmful” but were largely ignored because people selling books about the end of the world were talking louder.

I’ve been a programmer working for various government agencies since the early 1990s and I can say with some confidence:

NOTHING HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WORKED VERY HARD FIXING SHIT THAT MOST DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BROKEN ON 1-JAN-2000.

One example I personally worked on: vaccination databases.

My contract was with the CDC to coordinate immunization registries — you know, kids’ vaccine histories. What they got, when they got it, and (most importantly) which vaccines they were due to get next and when. These were state-wide registries, containing millions of records each.

Most of these systems were designed in the 1970s and 1980s, and stored the child’s DOB year as only two digits. This means that — had we not fixed it — just about every child in all the databases I worked on would have SUDDENLY AGED OUT OF THE PROGRAM 1-JAN-2000.

In other words: these kids would suddenly be “too old” to receive critical vaccines.

Okay, so that’s not a nuke plant exploding or airplanes dropping from the sky. In fact, nothing obvious would have occurred come Jan 1st.

BUT

Without the software advising doctors when to give vaccinations, an entire generation’s immunity to things like measles, mumps, smallpox (etc) would have been compromised. And nobody would even know there was a problem for months — possibly years — after.

You think the fun & games caused by a few anti-vaxers is bad?

Imagine whole populations going unvaccinated by accident… one case of measles and the death toll might be measured in millions.

This is one example I KNOW to be true, because I was there.

I also know that in the years leading up to 2000 there were ad-hoc discussion groups (particularly alt.risk) of amazed programmers and project managers that uncovered year-2000 traps… and fixed them.

Quietly, without fanfare. 

In many cases because admitting there was a problem would have resulted in a lawsuit by angry customers. But mostly because it was our job to fix those design flaws before anyone was inconvenienced or hurt.

When the FATEFUL HOUR came along, it wasn’t just one hour.  For a global company with offices in dozens of countries, it was 24 hours of being alert and on-call.  I imagine that other large organizations had similar setups with entire IT departments working in shifts to monitor everything.  Everyone was on a hair trigger, too, so the slightest problem caused ALL HANDS ON DECK pages to go out.

Yes, we had pagers.

For hard numbers IDC’s 2006 calculation put the total US cost of remediation, before and after, at $147 billion - that’s in 1999 dollars.  That paid for an army of programmers, including calling up retired grandparents from the senior center because COBOL and FORTRAN apps from the ‘60s needed fixing.

Also note that there were some problems, including $13 billion in remediation included in the figure above.  Some of these involved nuclear power plants, medical equipment, and “a customer at a New York State video rental store had a bill for $91,250, the cost of renting the movie ‘The General’s Daughter’ for 100 years.”

salute our COBOL cowpokes and other Y2K wranglers, they saved all our asses

another important lesson we learned: a shitload of stuff in the ‘90s was still running programs from the ‘60s and ‘70s. it’s hard to justify the expense and trouble of a massive upgrade when things are working “fine” – easier to say “well, I suppose we’ll need to change at some point, but not now”

and if things really are working “fine” you can let them go on for a while but every so often you run into something like Y2K where the software simply wasn’t designed to handle certain eventualities. can’t really blame the programmers, either. if you were writing shit in the ‘60s, would you expect people to still be using it in the science-fiction year of 2000? that’s not a real year! you might be dead by then!

On New Year even while others were out drinking and being merry, my colleague and I sat in a dark room together until 5am keeping one eye on our computer screens, and the other on a large TV I’d brought in for movies.

Rest of the world: Nothing went wrong! hahah