Hmm, you're making very good points. On the other side even though Sherlock had enough time to plan his faked suicide I'm not sure he anticipated the turn of events. I assume that he might have thought that he can get out of it without having to fake being dead. So he might not have any contingency plans of how to tell John that he's not actually dead while so obviously trying to off himself in a sec by jumping of a roof. What kills this a bit though is Sherlock watching John at the grave. That is really an unacceptable risk to take if John is really watched.
I think b.) weighs in much more heavily here. It's Sherlock idea of keeping John safe. The strange thing is that I'm pretty sure that if John had been in the position Sherlock was, he'd done the same (but probably without the contingency plan of actually surviving). He already offered to kill himself (and Moriarty) once to give Sherlock a chance to live.
Of course Sherlock adds to this by not telling John afterwards that he's still alive. I'm pretty sure John would be able to play-act well enough with the shock from thinking Sherlock's dead still fresh in his mind. So why does Sherlock not contact him in some way? Molly could certainly do the deed.
I don't think John would go after Sherlock if he knew that Lestrade's and Mrs. Hudson's life depends on him staying and playing the part. Being worried sick about Sherlock would only help his act :)
There's so many possibilities how this can play out, which is probably why the fandom exploded and seems to be expanding still :) Makes the wait a bit more bearable, I'd say.
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Date: 2012-03-24 12:39 pm (UTC)I think b.) weighs in much more heavily here. It's Sherlock idea of keeping John safe. The strange thing is that I'm pretty sure that if John had been in the position Sherlock was, he'd done the same (but probably without the contingency plan of actually surviving). He already offered to kill himself (and Moriarty) once to give Sherlock a chance to live.
Of course Sherlock adds to this by not telling John afterwards that he's still alive. I'm pretty sure John would be able to play-act well enough with the shock from thinking Sherlock's dead still fresh in his mind. So why does Sherlock not contact him in some way? Molly could certainly do the deed.
I don't think John would go after Sherlock if he knew that Lestrade's and Mrs. Hudson's life depends on him staying and playing the part. Being worried sick about Sherlock would only help his act :)
There's so many possibilities how this can play out, which is probably why the fandom exploded and seems to be expanding still :) Makes the wait a bit more bearable, I'd say.