#while bbc sherlock is at the stage where sherlock and john are finally discovering their love for each other #the movies have flown straight past flirting and into husband land

That was so beautifully and accurately put. I really am wholeheartedly impressed with that way of explaining who he is.
In fact, I think that’s the answer to Mycroft’s question in A Scandal in Belgravia: “My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?”