Hisboswell1895 - Pretending To Understand BBC Sherlock

I like in tld when mrs Hudson (MH) and Mycroft (MH) talk about how Sherlock’s actually emotional and not all thinky like he pretends to be and mrs Hudsons wearing a blazer and she throws out the idea of thinky Sherlock right in front of that blurry mirror (foil) and then in the next episode we find out sherlocks thinky self has been keeping this emotion creature locked up but she escapes and tells him to either kill his thinky side or kill his John but it’s all ok bc he hugs his emotion creature and everything goes back to normal except they have a baby now

But oh wait Mary’s still here in a prerecorded message like johns own personal moriarty!

I want to break free since 1893

Does anyone else ever think about just how QUIET Watson is? He talks much more in later canon, but he’s mostly very silent, soaking everything in.

Maybe it’s just that he doesn’t write his own reactions very often, because he thinks that he’s less interesting to the reader than Holmes.

But Holmes mentions that Watson has a “grand gift of silence” so I think he’s just a quiet guy.

It does add to the idea that I’ve built up in my head of him, that he’s this strong silent man, very stoic and very steady.

Which is a really interesting contrast to Holmes, who is constantly MOVING and TALKING. In fact, I think that it creates a conflict within both characters’ personalities. Holmes’ mannerisms are loud and hyperactive; but he’s the one who notices things, and is the thinker. Meanwhile, Watson is a quiet listener, but he’s also the man of action. He is stubborn and passionately emotional, as opposed to Holmes who is more calm and calculating.

I literally have no clue where this whole essay came from lol

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thoughts on mycroft holmes? 💗 wait have you heard of him or

omg mycroft holmes? who cares about his little brother so much but is so bad at adequately conveying that? who had a man carted off to an empty warehouse for the most intimidating "break his heart and i'll do worse than kill you" speech anyone's ever seen and then asked if marriage was on the table when the man so much as looked at moving into a flat with his brother? who absolutely royally fucked up and got himself into a situation he can't get out of with a criminal mastermind and forced his brother into having to fake his own death and even after all that he can't bring himself to actually discuss any of this with him, let alone ask forgiveness, because he can't handle a broken heart? mycroft holmes as portrayed by co-writer and -producer mark gatiss in the award-winning show which has aired from 2010 to 2017? who may or may not have put jim's face on every tv screen in the country to save his brother from actually being sent to his certain death? who has an office that's all concrete and mirrors and global domination under whitehall and who is definitely the smart one but can he help it if he loathes legwork (but he'll still suffer it for the sake of saving his brother, if needed)? who sat at his desk with his feet propped up and twirled a pen in his hand and said "i love a good acronym, all the best secret societies have one"? you know i'm not sure i have heard of him could you maybe elabor—

Alex: the stars are beautiful tonight

Magnus: you know who else is beautiful?

Magnus: bLITZ AND HEARTH THEY'RE MEANT TO BE, ALEX, I WANT TO BE IN LOVE LIKE THEM SOMEDAY.

Alex:

Alex: I KNOW RIGHT

mark gatiss as robert louis stevenson in jekyll (2007) // episode five