Can we talk about goldfish? Yenta!Sherlock has learned a thing or two about loneliness while he was away, and intercedes on his brother's behalf to convince him to get a friend. How lovely is it to see them alone, and witnessing their culture of two? Adorable and touching. So Mycroft took his advice to heart and is getting in shape to go after someone. I'm going to generalize and say no straight man in such reasonable shape as Mycroft was already in would care that much about his body. Therefore, I postulate that he is gay and going after Lestrade, the only other main character not paired off or off-limits. Of course, now that Molly's engagement is broken, perhaps we could see a nice, angsty love triangle form, as Greg has obviously looked at Molly before. God, I'd love to see what Mycroft courting an oblivious Greg would look like. I don't mind Molly finding an ersatz Sherlock. I think I would have minded more if she'd gone through with it, since Tom was obviously only attractive on the surface, and Molly is made of more complex stuff. Hell, I actually wrote that fanfic already for Holmestice, in which she falls for Martin Crieff for all the same reasons, but she stays because Martin is a substantial person worth her love.
Mary - I still like her. I don't like the baby. Too soon, and too much danger. I keep wondering at what point they will kill off John's wife - and now his child - to allow him to move back to Baker street. Now it would be horribly cruel to kill a child, so it looks like we'll have kidlock coming. Funny how they are diluting the character of Moran and doing The Empty house in stages. Lord Moran, Mary as a skilled shooter, the facade houses with the 'dummy', but also blowing up the house across from 221B back in S1. I thought for sure that's how there was going to be an empty house in central London when they needed it. Fascinating how they are morphing the old plots. They jumped into Sherlock's relationship with Janine so fast I was utterly shocked, wondering for a bit if he was doing this to shock John and get his attention back, or possibly as an experiment to see what all the fuss is about. Those kisses at the door were so fucking hot because of the awkwardness and coolness on Sherlock's part, and a bit because John could barely contain himself. So, even though I was expecting that very development, I was as addled as John until I realized who Janine was. Good job, writers! Also, bonus points for John's apparent inconvenient reaction to seeing a sexual Sherlock. Not gay? Hmm.
Yeah, drug use. Hmm. There were other ways to go about showing Magnussen a pressure point, so it was definitely Sherlock having a pity party and using for himself. He came up dirty, otherwise I'd say that maybe he was faking it, but no. Sad. But he did go through detox in hospital for months, so maybe that's how he got through it and how he'll stay clean now.
God, so many thoughts.
Oh! The Mustache of Misery. You know, it was really a very interesting character device. Mrs Hudson, Mary and Sherlock all had strong opinions about it, and it was used as a way for these people to exert and reveal the depth of their relationships with John. Mary suffered with it, but she wasn't as established with John as the other two. Mrs H told him right off about it, mother-style, and John respected her opinion. And Sherlock? Wow. That line, "Well, we'll have to get rid of that." That was so intimate a thing to say, such a powerful glimpse of the possessiveness Sherlock feels for John, it made me gasp and shiver a bit to hear it. The mustache is such a personal thing, to have people fighting over it, fighting over John himself, exerting control over him and watching him yield to their desires... I'll be in my bunk.
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Date: 22 Jan 2014 08:21 am (UTC)Can we talk about goldfish?
Yenta!Sherlock has learned a thing or two about loneliness while he was away, and intercedes on his brother's behalf to convince him to get a friend. How lovely is it to see them alone, and witnessing their culture of two? Adorable and touching.
So Mycroft took his advice to heart and is getting in shape to go after someone. I'm going to generalize and say no straight man in such reasonable shape as Mycroft was already in would care that much about his body. Therefore, I postulate that he is gay and going after Lestrade, the only other main character not paired off or off-limits. Of course, now that Molly's engagement is broken, perhaps we could see a nice, angsty love triangle form, as Greg has obviously looked at Molly before. God, I'd love to see what Mycroft courting an oblivious Greg would look like.
I don't mind Molly finding an ersatz Sherlock. I think I would have minded more if she'd gone through with it, since Tom was obviously only attractive on the surface, and Molly is made of more complex stuff. Hell, I actually wrote that fanfic already for Holmestice, in which she falls for Martin Crieff for all the same reasons, but she stays because Martin is a substantial person worth her love.
Mary - I still like her. I don't like the baby. Too soon, and too much danger. I keep wondering at what point they will kill off John's wife - and now his child - to allow him to move back to Baker street. Now it would be horribly cruel to kill a child, so it looks like we'll have kidlock coming.
Funny how they are diluting the character of Moran and doing The Empty house in stages. Lord Moran, Mary as a skilled shooter, the facade houses with the 'dummy', but also blowing up the house across from 221B back in S1. I thought for sure that's how there was going to be an empty house in central London when they needed it. Fascinating how they are morphing the old plots.
They jumped into Sherlock's relationship with Janine so fast I was utterly shocked, wondering for a bit if he was doing this to shock John and get his attention back, or possibly as an experiment to see what all the fuss is about. Those kisses at the door were so fucking hot because of the awkwardness and coolness on Sherlock's part, and a bit because John could barely contain himself. So, even though I was expecting that very development, I was as addled as John until I realized who Janine was. Good job, writers! Also, bonus points for John's apparent inconvenient reaction to seeing a sexual Sherlock. Not gay? Hmm.
Yeah, drug use. Hmm. There were other ways to go about showing Magnussen a pressure point, so it was definitely Sherlock having a pity party and using for himself. He came up dirty, otherwise I'd say that maybe he was faking it, but no. Sad. But he did go through detox in hospital for months, so maybe that's how he got through it and how he'll stay clean now.
God, so many thoughts.
Oh! The Mustache of Misery. You know, it was really a very interesting character device. Mrs Hudson, Mary and Sherlock all had strong opinions about it, and it was used as a way for these people to exert and reveal the depth of their relationships with John. Mary suffered with it, but she wasn't as established with John as the other two. Mrs H told him right off about it, mother-style, and John respected her opinion. And Sherlock? Wow. That line, "Well, we'll have to get rid of that." That was so intimate a thing to say, such a powerful glimpse of the possessiveness Sherlock feels for John, it made me gasp and shiver a bit to hear it. The mustache is such a personal thing, to have people fighting over it, fighting over John himself, exerting control over him and watching him yield to their desires... I'll be in my bunk.