I actually think he's a hero to a lot of people...just not to himself. But really, who would be, when you've been called a freak and hated your whole life? When your own brother thinks so poorly of you? When you've had a miserable youth? When you emotionally manipulate people to get what you want? When you've taught yourself to repress everything that humanizes you?
Fits the Winchesters, too, doesn't it? I know, I know... not everything should be compared to Supernatural - but it's so much FUN! :-D
Sherlock really can order him to do things that John is wildly uncomfortable with, but he'll still do it if he believes that he's helping. It's an easy thing to abuse - the fact that John's basically Sherlock's foot-soldier - but despite the silliness of not answering his own phone, I don't think Sherlock ever abuses John, which, again, just proves to me how much Sherlock cares for him.
Which is really surprising if Watson actually has trust-issues. I wonder how the psychologist came to that conclusion, because John Watson trusted Sherlock right from the beginning. Either John never met someone who COULD be trusted after his retirement, or the psychologist was not very good, or his issues are that he trusts too much :-D
"I mean it. It's alright for them. It's over in a split second. Strawberry jam all over the lines. What about the drivers, eh? They've got to live with it, haven't they." -Death is only tragic to those left behind. But I love this exchange now, because it's well...foreshadowing, I guess.
I loved this because it's absolutely true! Yes, it's tragic for the ones who are left behind, but it's shattering and PTSD-inducing for the train-drivers. There's just recently been a big article about that, and how train-drivers get serious problems (often not being able to do their jobs any more) from having actually killed someone. There is NO WAY for a train to stop in time, and while killing yourself might be the way out for many people, it's incredibly cruel and selfish to not care about who you damage while doing it.
Course, the foreshadowing might be intended as well, but I think that it's a very real sentiment from the train-workers.
-Have you? Are you talking about Mycroft's people? Or is there a whole backstory on John that is delicious that we aren't getting? Probably the former, sadly.
Uh, I actually think he's not talking about Mycroft's people. My guess would be on "backstory" - it might even fit nicely with the "begging for your life"- comment in the first episode.
I really loved Martin's sagging knees at the pool. Very awesome.
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Date: 2014-02-20 05:20 pm (UTC)I actually think he's a hero to a lot of people...just not to himself. But really, who would be, when you've been called a freak and hated your whole life? When your own brother thinks so poorly of you? When you've had a miserable youth? When you emotionally manipulate people to get what you want? When you've taught yourself to repress everything that humanizes you?
Fits the Winchesters, too, doesn't it? I know, I know... not everything should be compared to Supernatural - but it's so much FUN! :-D
Sherlock really can order him to do things that John is wildly uncomfortable with, but he'll still do it if he believes that he's helping. It's an easy thing to abuse - the fact that John's basically Sherlock's foot-soldier - but despite the silliness of not answering his own phone, I don't think Sherlock ever abuses John, which, again, just proves to me how much Sherlock cares for him.
Which is really surprising if Watson actually has trust-issues. I wonder how the psychologist came to that conclusion, because John Watson trusted Sherlock right from the beginning.
Either John never met someone who COULD be trusted after his retirement, or the psychologist was not very good, or his issues are that he trusts too much :-D
"I mean it. It's alright for them. It's over in a split second. Strawberry jam all over the lines. What about the drivers, eh? They've got to live with it, haven't they."
-Death is only tragic to those left behind. But I love this exchange now, because it's well...foreshadowing, I guess.
I loved this because it's absolutely true! Yes, it's tragic for the ones who are left behind, but it's shattering and PTSD-inducing for the train-drivers. There's just recently been a big article about that, and how train-drivers get serious problems (often not being able to do their jobs any more) from having actually killed someone. There is NO WAY for a train to stop in time, and while killing yourself might be the way out for many people, it's incredibly cruel and selfish to not care about who you damage while doing it.
Course, the foreshadowing might be intended as well, but I think that it's a very real sentiment from the train-workers.
-Have you? Are you talking about Mycroft's people? Or is there a whole backstory on John that is delicious that we aren't getting? Probably the former, sadly.
Uh, I actually think he's not talking about Mycroft's people. My guess would be on "backstory" - it might even fit nicely with the "begging for your life"- comment in the first episode.
I really loved Martin's sagging knees at the pool. Very awesome.