On the confession scene

 (Sherlock meta by berlynn-wohl, cumbercougars, marykk1990 and isabeau221b)

berlynn-wohl:

JOHN: Every time Mary left the room to take care of our baby, I was texting with another woman. SHERLOCK: Don’t sweat it, bro, that’s not really cheating...

cumbercougars:

Oh you who live such pure lives…

Both men know it is cheating. John is being consumed alive by the guilt of it, we just watched him beat Sherlock to a pulp because of it, while Sherlock was consumed by the guilt of Mary’s death. Sherlock is attempting to comfort John, to assuage his guilt a little as a good friend would. What would be the point of grinding him down even more at that point. John needs to move beyond his guilt into healthy grief so that he can then get better and be the father Rosie needs and deserves. A man eaten up by guilt who sees his dead wife’s phantom dissaprovibg everywhere he goes does not make a good dad.

marykk1990:

Thank you @cumbercougars, I’m sick of people raking John over the coals. He’s obviously devastated by what he did and he knows it was wrong. He’s sobbing in pure grief over cheating on Mary and over losing Mary. And what else is Sherlock supposed to do? He’s going to comfort and support his friend. (And no, that is not a Johnlock hug to all the Pushy Jlockers out there.) They both loved Mary. This is a scene where John admits his guilt and begins to redeem himself.

isabeau221b:

Oh, thank God, some sanity at last! Sorry, it’s just that I started to get offended that so many people could not even fathom a man comforting another man without throwing them in bed. This was such an important scene for the character development of both Sherlock and John, that has multiple valid interpretations. The problem isn’t those who ship them, but those who insisted there was only one meaning behind the hug.