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[fannishliss]

OMG FLAIL THE NEW DOCTOR WHO MINI EP BEST THING EVER FLAIL FLAIL.
Moffat has surpassed himself by SO MUCH in this mini-ep. I tear up just thinking about it!!!!!
I have tickets for the anniversary show in just over one week.  WOW.  Am looking forward to it!!!!

also have you seen this mouse try to get a big cracker over the ledgeI passed 25,000

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[fannishliss]

Last summer I read through the entire ACD canon just because I could put it on my kindle and carry it around with me. (I still do have print versions, for the illustrations.) Mycroft in the books is a very different figure-- very indolent and enormous. He is part of the inspiration for Nero Wolfe, who was supposedly the offspring of Sherlock and Irene. :P So whenever Sherlock wanted to interact with Mycroft he had to go to the Diogenes Club, because Mycroft was only ever at the Club, work, home-- all of which were in a one-block radius. The antagonistic atmosphere between them I think is all new. There's a very good precis of canon!Mycroft at wikipedia, including a Paget illustration! All Sherlock's digs about Mycroft being fat come from the canon.

I am not sure what to think about Joan/Mycroft. I'm kind of with Sherlock on that one! What was she thinking? shudder!!! ... and now we know that his motives are not pure. I think he works for Moriarty but it would be nice if it was something more interesting. :) I mean, schemes within schemes, what if Irene was only pretending to be Moriarty at Mycroft's behest -- or, what if Mycroft really still IS the British Government, and this is all some sort of elaborate stress test to help "prove" Sherlock??? I like Elementary because it is a deceptively simple, well-crafted show. It eventually pulls things together without TOO much drama. :)

[desertport]

One day I should read the ACD canon, if only I can tear myself away from its slashy counterparts on AO3.... Thanks for the rundown on Mycroft, and I liked the profile on Wikipedia too. It's fun to see what details get included in new adaptations and what gets added, isn't it? I'm pretty sure there's a lot going over my head in Sherlock and Elementary.

Joan/Mycroft would be kind of a train wreck, I'm sure, but Sherlock's response was too funny, so I'm glad they went that way if only for that. Kind of hoping it's not Moriarty he's working for, if only because I'd like to see the list of Sherlock and Joan's enemies expanded a bit. Though Sherlock did get that letter from Moriarty, so it seems she's still in play!