It does rather feel like he is struggling to put himself together, doesn't it? Going overboard in his emotions like he did in denying them? Is that a step in development? I feel like little children do that too, struggling to please people they care about before they get comfortable with how they feel and understand that people will like them or not, and jumping through hoops isn't required.
Do you think there will be a balance next season? It feels like the first couple seasons was John giving everything to Sherlock, only to get the iceman and then season three was Sherlock throwing himself into it for a John who just couldn't risk it anymore. (Though I think at the very end of HLV, John gets it. When Sherlock kills for him, then is ready to go off to die for him, I think he understands how far Sherlock has come.) (Do you think John knew Sherlock was going off to die? Some part of me thinks Mycroft would have made sure he knew. After all, John was the reason his brother was in this mess.)
Anyhow, I rather hope next season gives us a more equal relationship with them.
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Date: 2014-03-21 10:06 am (UTC)Do you think there will be a balance next season? It feels like the first couple seasons was John giving everything to Sherlock, only to get the iceman and then season three was Sherlock throwing himself into it for a John who just couldn't risk it anymore. (Though I think at the very end of HLV, John gets it. When Sherlock kills for him, then is ready to go off to die for him, I think he understands how far Sherlock has come.) (Do you think John knew Sherlock was going off to die? Some part of me thinks Mycroft would have made sure he knew. After all, John was the reason his brother was in this mess.)
Anyhow, I rather hope next season gives us a more equal relationship with them.