Scribble's Random Ramblings

The episode that broke the internet.

The fandom.

And our souls.

If, you know, they weren't broken enough already.

So.

If you haven't watched the episode, don't read this post.

(duh.)

All right, before we begin, I want to remind you that this is the Sherlock fandom we're talking about.

The ones who got bored and added pancakes to a bunch of random quotes.

The fandom that makes pictures like these

memes like these

gifs like these

and theories like these.

http://eva-christine.tumblr.com/post/27733467733/iou-explanation-53-8-92-grimms-fairy-tales-cipher

And find it perfectly okay.

The fandom who waited.

The pain started before the actual episode.

Because there were those eight hours of

Knowing that after this there is another two years of waiting.

Another two years of increasingly desperate theories.

Another two years of crap such as this.

And obviously, Tumblr was just

So when it finally begins, we're already pretty much

The theme song alone had us in convulsions.

AND THEN SHERLOCK'S A JUNKIE AND MOLLY HOOPER AND I CAN'T EVEN I JUST CAN'T AND WE'RE TWO MINUTES IN AND I'M ALREADY DEAD INSIDE AND -

okay.

I'm fine.

I'm totally, totally fine.

So.

This.

And Magnussen.

AND THEN THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Okay. Okay, it was fake. IT WAS FAKE, TUMBLR. CALM DOWN.

Oh, and there were, like, murders and things, but.

And Mary and John. Just...Mary and John. And we were all just sitting there like

And then Magnussen again.

Which is like watching a small child pretend to be a monster.

And the mildly uncomfortable realization that you miss a psychopathic serial killer.

AND THEN.

AND THEN

And all of us just sat there

staring at the screen in vague horror and listening to Moffat's laughter in the distance.

Just several minutes of blank

Because no.

AND THEN THE MIND PALACE AND MOLLY AND MYCROFT AND LITTLE KID SHERLOCK AND MORIARTY AND NO NO NO NO NO -

Allright.

I'm okay.

ALLRIGHT.

So then John finds out about Mary's past (kind of) and

Flash-forward to Christmas.

And adorable stuff happens and Sherlock drugs his entire family.

And then...Magnussen.

Again.

And he's scary 'cuz he has a...photographic memory?

AND HE FLICKED JAWN.

NO ONE FLICKS JAWN.

I know he is a manipulative, psychopathic murderer, designed to make us hate him, but this.

This is one step too far.

Oh wait, now he's dead.

(Except probably not. Because no one on this show stays dead.)

(Actually, come to think of it, no one in any fandom ever stays dead.)

Allright. So Magnussen's dead. And Sherlock is about to get exiled. AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE TEN MINUTES LEFT.

AND THE MUSIC IS SWELLING AND HE'S FLYING AWAY AND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO -

WAIT.

WAT.

THERES.

MORE.

Almost looks as though some tiny portion of Moffat's twisted soul has somehow survived all the moral damage!

Because then.

...

And it's over, and you're just sitting there, and the theme song swells, and you're just sitting there, and the credits roll by, and you're just sitting there, and part of you accepts the fact that it's over, time to move on with your life, but the rest of you is just