So I kinda got my mom into Granada Holmes. I am not a native speaker and neither is she, in fact she can't really understand it. But I don't mind translating and she has read the original stories and she's rereading them now, might mention it is at least partially because of my recently sparked Sherlock Holmes obsession. Today, I deciced to watch The Final Problem and The Empty House with her. And out of the blue she says to me. "What if Watson had jumped into the falls because of the grief? It would have been like Romeo and Juliet." Now it was a joke, but my mom never seemed to ship Johnlock, so this caught me a little off guard. My mind is racing right now and my question is,
Have I just turned my mom into a Johnlock shipper?😅
Fun Fact: in one month (1/1/23), all Sherlock Holmes stories hit the public domain and the Conan Doyle Estate can't do shit! I say this for absolutely no reason but also congrats in advance to the happy couple.
Friendly reminder that Doctor John Watson had no one. He returned from the war ill and newly disabled. He had nowhere to turn at his most vunerable moments and drifted without purpose within his new, alien life.
Friendly reminder that Sherlock Holmes had no one. He was different, no one understood him. He had been battling addiction alone for years. His only chance at survival in a world he was ill-suited for was to carve out his own niche.
Friendly reminder that they met each other when each of them desperatly needed someone. Friendly reminder that Holmes was instantly open with Watson, and Watson was instantly smitten. Friendly reminder that Holmes provided Watson with a mystery, a distraction that Watson desperatly needed. Friendly reminder that Watson showered Holmes in praise when he was so unused to it. Friendly reminder that Holmes let Watson write about his life, and Watson helped him through crippling drug addiction.
They're both broken men who begin to heal in the presence of each other. They built their lives around each other, encouraged each other, comforted each other. If they hadn't met, their lives would have been worse for it.