Meta Rec: M-Theory: Mycroft, Moriarty, and Magnussen's Shared Motifs

[swissmarg]

Title: M-theory: Mycroft, Moriarty, and Magnussen’s shared motifs, James Bond’s “M,” Mary and Janine, and the big gay long game
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Author: Loudest_Subtext_in_Television
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: 85,989 words
Rating: Unrated
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock BBC
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[lijahlover]

It took me some time to read every word but I enjoyed myself :)

[bk7brokemybrain]

I'm holding off starting right away. I have a feeling it's going to rock my world a lot, and I'm almost sure this is going to mess with my head for a while. Just the summary is astounding enough.
Also, I want Moriarty to be dead. Too many people came back from irreversible death on that show, so if Moriarty comes back, it'll feel cheap. I'm still thinking he's a twin or a triplet, so if the crazy one died and left a more stable brother, I could accept that. Too many cheats would make me irritated.

[swissmarg]

Well, remember this is just a fan's ideas. It's not necessarily what's really going on, or what's really going to happen. But it sure is an interesting way to look at things!

[bk7brokemybrain]

But they are very exciting theories, lol! And backed up with so much evidence that they are hard to discount, even temporarily until we get actual canon to confirm or refute.
It's gotten to the point with JKR and all her new canon data that I don't even want to read it. The Snupin shipper in me does not want to know that Lupin never fell in love before Tonks, that kind of thing. Ugh. This is kind of the same thing. I'm afraid of learning something that will set new fixed points in the world that might upset me. Fanfic is one thing, we can ignore fans versions of things. but canon I want to adore. Fortunately, many of the theories in the summary are things I'd heard of/thought of already, so I'm not terribly wary. Also, I'd be so happy if Mycroft really has been matchmaking since the get-go. He's a good brother. :)

[swissmarg]

I agree with you on Rowling and 'new canon' info. I don't count that as canon at all. In my opinion, if it's not in the text, it's not canon. Anything beyond that is just interpretation. Honestly, I don't think we'll ever really know what the creators of Sherlock had in mind. And it's better that way.

[lijahlover]

It will be awesome, yet so many strong brilliant ideas most I hope are right.