theworldsonlyconsultingpenis:
I’m going into battle
#Let’s talk about parallels and mirroring #A mirror or parallel is used as a commonly visual aid to draw attention to an existing theme #Usually in the form of a similarly if not identically composed single shot #But that narrows it down A LOT and in this case we’ll extend the theory to include this entire sequence #The obvious parallel is Sherlock and Irene and both approach the same conclusions in obviously similar ways #Howver excuse my shipper heart to say there’s another in there too #Between Sherlock and John and Kate and Irene #Two slightly varied but obviously similar relationships designed to draw attention to a common theme #You have Kate and Irene who are a seamless team #Kate and Irene who clearly have enough sexual tensions to sink a heterosexual ship #Kate and Irene who are clearly together #So the parallel would be Sherlock and John who… #And so concludes our very basic lesson in parallel comparisons #and buttloads of subtextual gay in the BBC #For further reading see: #The shot of the heterosexual couple in Angelo’s during the pilot #with the identical table arrangement (and candle) to John and Sherlock
i am so convinced the point of this episode was to prove john and sherlock are slightly canon
because of how irene professes her sexuality then compares herself to john’s infatuation with sherlock
basically saying that sexuality only goes so far and sometimes we have to ignore the confines of whatever definition we ascribe to if someone comes along that we’re attracted to regardless, intellectually, romantically, sexually, or otherwise
