That Old Black Magic#sherlock #mycroft holmes #john watson #martin freeman#mark gatiss #mine #can i please direct everyone who treats john watson like a ‘precious fine thing’ to this conversation. #because guess what people MYCROFT IS NOT WRONG.#john watson does not need you to feel sorry for him and protect him from big bad sherlock holmes and his bag of evil tricks. #john watson did not fall into this. #john watson was not tricked into this lifestyle. #when john watson walks with sherlock holmes he sees the battlefield #AND THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS. #when we first met john #in his first meeting with his therapist #he says ‘nothing ever happens to me’ #and he DOESN’T WANT HIS LIFE TO BE LIKE THAT #HE DOESN’T WANT TEA PARTIES AND HARRODS AND A PSYCHOSOMATIC LIMP #he likes the craziness that comes with sherlock #the heart-pounding gut-wrenching curveballs that he constantly gets thrown #this is exactly what he wants. #he is not precious. #he is not a child. #he was a soldier! HE HAD BAD DAYS. #john watson: better than you #john watson: not a teddy bear #john watson: bad ass mother fucker#john watson: more than jam and jumpers
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