With filming of season 3 episode 1 done and episode 2 underway, we eagerly await the projected September air date of The Empty Hearse; the first episode of the season.
During the show's hiatus the fans have grown desperate and have, according to the fine people who live in the internet, begun to lose their sanity. And really, we all know it's true. We are Sherlockians. We are The Fandom That Waited. We are the Holmesless Network. We are all slightly insane. How else do you explain fan images like Sherlock and the Eggplant?
In fact, it has been widely circulated that "The Sherlock fandom is like this crazy drunk that wakes up for a while, raises hell, screaming the entire time, and then collapses into a coma and mumbles nonsense in its sleep for months". We are clearly the nuts of the internet fandoms. If this offends any members of the fandom, you must be new. Let me provide you with a bit more insight into the fandom you have chosen to join.
Obviously we are a bit crazy. We turn our characters into mammals, puppets, small girls, fluffy unicorns, gay cowboys, and late 90's boy bands. We hijack tumblr posts and make them about Sherlock on a more-than-regular basis, and we tend to vandalize public property.
But hey, it's not our fault. Idle hands and what not. If we had more to focus on than the mind bending questions that we were left with at the end of season 2, and a measly (yet wonderful) total of 6 episodes to watch and re-watch again and again, then perhaps things would not have gone this way. For too long we have been left to fend for ourselves with nothing but theories and questions and various image editing programs.
With all the different theories that are out there explaining the ending of season 2 (can you tell I'm trying to avoid spoilers?) I have begun not to care. Yes I want to hear Sherlock's explanation, but I mostly want to see John's reaction to his homecoming. Will he faint? Will he shout? Will he cuss? Will he hit him? Or will he cry? Will he be angry or relieved? I have to believe he will be very angry with Sherlock, but after the heart-wrenching words said at the end of The Reichenbach Fall there is no way he could stay mad for too long.
Aside from Sherlock's homecoming, I want to see Irene Adler again in season 3. I know it probably won't happen but I loved her and Sherlock's....whatever it was. I also want to see Moriarty again. We all know that he can't just not come back. He is far too clever and maniacal for that. Molly Hooper is also a face I wish to see more of. We know she is incredibly essential to the twists and turns that have boggled our minds for the past year, but she is also apparently important to Sherlock. I love her and want to see more of her and Sherlock's awkward conversations.
Either way, don't worry Sherlockians, we do not have too much longer to wait. Our favorite (and only) Consulting Detective and his faithful blogger will be back soon. Although I'm not sure how much that will do to mend our emotional wounds, seeing as the show's creators, Moffat and Gatiss, have promised that season 3 will leave us just as wounded as season 2. And with both of the shows stars appearing in The Hobbit franchise, among other things, who knows how long we will have to wait next time. Still, even knowing the eventual heartbreak we will feel at its end, it is good to know that we won't have to wait too much longer to get our fix.
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