TJLC Explained: [Episode 30] Romantic Tropes and Narratives

In Today's episode of TJLC Explained I talk about some of the common romantic devices that have made their way onto Sherlock. Spoilers: there are A Lot of them. Maybe I should try a different approach...

TJLC stands for The Johnlock Conspiracy and is the idea that the writers of BBC Sherlock have intended for John and Sherlock to end up in a relationship together since the start.


SOURCES:

1. TV Tropes Romantic Tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveTropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RomanceArc

2. Ifyouhaveenoughnerve's 157 Romantic Tropes on BBC Sherlock
http://ifyouhaveenoughnerve.tumblr.com/post/76422437022/the-unabridged-dictionary-of-johnlock-tropes-157

3. Artfulkindoforder's LSIT Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-R0-ikRKha4Si1rUnF6WHBmRG8?resourcekey=0-urEfSmS2q7WwgAgCk3D4OA&usp=sharing

4. Steven Moffat on Writing (2013)
http://purdiewriting.blogspot.com/2013/11/steven-moffat-on-writing.html

5. A Study in Scarlet
http://literature.org/authors/doyle-arthur-conan/study-in-scarlet/

6. Teapotsubtext's Series of Edits on Romantic Arc Tropes
http://teapotsubtext.tumblr.com/tagged/trope+project

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