Sherlock musings

[guanin]

I keep wondering about why Sherlock got a flatmate. Supposedly, it was to share the rent, but John was frequently unemployed when they lived together, so it’s hardly possible for him to be keeping up his side of the bargain. Same goes for the rest of the flat expenses. Did John return Sherlock’s card after the incidents of The Blind Banker, or did they continue sharing it? They probably shared it, didn’t they? I don’t recall John having a job in season 2, either.

So Sherlock was paying all the rent. He must have. And I don’t see Mrs. Hudson kicking him out for being low one month. She loves him too much (their surrogate mother/son relationship is too precious). I think Sherlock wanted a companion. He may claim not to do friends plural, but the way that he latched onto John really quickly and fully integrated him into his life immediately indicates that he wanted one. And not just a friend, but someone living with him. Someone to share his life with. The living space, the cases, the odd head in the fridge. And he got incredibly lucky to find precisely the person that he needed and wanted in John. Who was also looking for exactly that. Well, not the head in the fridge.

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[003_5]

this!

[tei]

In terms of John's income, I don't know how this works in the modern british forces, but in canon he has a pension for the first little while. It would be reasonable to expect BBC John to both have some small savings-- not a lot to spend money on while you're deployed, I imagine-- and maybe some sort of pension to do with the injury?

[guanin]

I can't believe I didn't remember his pension. Although he still ran out of funds at the shop so he can't be getting that much. London is also so expensive.

[sarahthecoat]

wellingtogoose, currently over on LJ, has a couple of essays about what each of their finances might be like, based on what we saw in s1-2, and real knowledge of what doctors make, who are still near the beginning of their careers, and what it costs to live in london, and the possibility that sherlock might have some old family money (investments) underpinning his finances. John probably needed the flatshare more than sherlock.
I agree with you, that mrs hudson is probably pretty flexible about the rent, and is more interested in sherlock having a stable friendship (yeah, she wants it to be a real partnership). If the house is paid off (how much of her late husband's ill gotten gains did she keep?), she can afford to be paid rent when sherlock gets a big payday like in TBB, or wait for it when he doesn't.

[guanin]

Fascinating. I'll check it out. I love that kind of info, although looking at the cost of living in London might make me cry since I'd love to move back.

She's happy that Sherlock found a good man that makes him happy. I get the impression that she kept a lot of the money.

[quantumcupcakes]

The one thing that always baffled me was if they were so broke, why were they taking taxi's everywhere. Not a cheap way of travel!

[guanin]

No kidding. I only take a cab when I absolutely have to because of the cost.