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Always thought that John's worry over Sherlock's name being smeared by the media in TRF was due to basic empathy, but just realized there's more to it-- He's seen it done before, with another good friend who was destroyed by the media, who became a complete recluse, whose only interaction with people now are getting death threats from them. He knows someone who has never recovered from being publicly torn to shreds the way like that, and doesn't want to see it happen again.

OH. MY. GOD.

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havetardiswilltimetravel:

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why did you

Oh DUDE he HAS.

I only just realized. In the end, he DOES think Sherlock was torn apart by the media…he’s left alone, thinking that the media drove his best friend to suicide by convincing everyone Sherlock was a fake. And blaming himself all the more because he believes he had the opportunity to stop it this time, should have been able to stop it, and failed.

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