Sherlockians: An Explanation and a History

Where to begin? I believe I have mentioned on more than one occasion that this fandom is INSANE! I'm not exaggerating! This post will prove it (it doesn't take very much before you're convinced of the general lunacy in the fandom).

There's always a few cuckoo videos or pictures or jokes or whatever in every fandom that someone will come up with when they're bored, tired, or both. These creations most often appear when the show is on a hiatus and the fandom only has the current footage to obsess over. Most TV shows are fortunate enough to have between 13-25 episodes per season and only a few months in between seasons so their fandoms have managed to stay sane.

Sherlock on the other hand...

There are up to two year gaps in between seasons. There are only two seasons so far with only three 90 minute episodes in each. That's only six episodes and nine hours of footage. We are still waiting for season 3 to even start filming.

So, we need to occupy ourselves in some way in between seasons with limited footage. As I said above, in between time is when the crazy stuff starts popping up, and the Sherlockians have LONG in between periods (almost two years). Most of our inside jokes came from the in between time of 1-2. So that was only three episodes of footage. (I joined the fandom in the middle of this. There was A LOT to catch up on). I believe that the Sherlockians are also one of the most observant fandoms as well, because we analyze every single frame of our limited footage and notice every little detail and read into it.

Anyways, I'm going to attempt to convince you of this fandom's insanity (and I'm going to succeed)...

First I will start with a couple of the jokes:
1) Anderson loves dinosaurs- this one started with a fanfiction where Anderson was in love with/obsessed with dinosaurs. There have been MANY fanfics (and other such things) since then.
2) Martin Freeman is a hedgehog- someone just decided to put a bunch of pictures of Martin next to pictures of hedgehogs making the same face and it stuck. (Also, Benedict Cumberbatch is an otter and Andrew Scott is a rabbit).
3) Watson loves jam- this began with a comic someone made about Watson in general (not just BBC's Watson) and how he gets replaced with a "new" Watson because he doesn't add enough humor add to the SH stories. New!Watson becomes fixated on a jar of jam while investigating.
4) Emergency comb- there is a theory that Sherlock carries an emergency comb because his hair will get a little messed up, but then suddenly in the next frame it will be perfect. This happens a lot.
5) Mycroft loves cake- this stems from Sherlock's line "how's the diet?" and it just eventually led into Mycroft's obsession with cake.
6) Mermaids are a serious issue- this comes from a fanfiction where John scoffs at a newspaper headline about mermaids, but Sherlock reprimands him for it because he takes them very seriously.
7) Mycroft's obsession with umbrellas- this is because he always seems to be carrying one around in the show so the fandom just rolled with it.

Those are just a couple of an endless list.


Now for some pictures (PREPARE YOURSELF):

This quote's from A Very Potter Musical just FYI 

If you're not convinced yet, here's a couple of videos:

Now, this is just scratching the surface of the fandom's inner workings. Once you plunge into the depths of the pool, it's like Wonderland. Nothing makes sense from an outsider's perspective, but once you're involved, you start to understand and gradually begin to go mad yourself.

They're coming to take us away ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!