I mean, it's an intelligent theory, and I hadn't considered it. BUT NO. I can't accept that! Christ, I'd rather Mary go if it came down to that. Not Mycroft!
The only thing I can think of to refute that is that it seems like Mark Gatiss really likes playing him and won't write himself out of the show. I'm just going to be over here in the corner, crying and clinging desperately to that belief.
I can't believe I'm getting slightly teary just reading your post BUT it's not your fault - I've actually spent the day with a sense of growing trepidation worrying about exactly the same thing, caused by:
- the trailer warning that if Sherlock goes against CAM, he'll be going against Mycroft - the sudden bump in Mycroft/Sherlock interaction which is suddenly taking on horribly ominous overtones - a half-remembered interview where BC says something like Mycroft clearly cares about Sherlock, but does Sherlock care about Mycroft? Maybe we'll see this season.
I've already said to a friend that if anything happens to Mycroft I WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I can't even swear I'll stop watching, but it will never be the same.
I'm also a fan of both Mycroft and Mary, and I honestly don't think they'll kill either of them off next week. Crossing my fingers that I haven't jinxed us! :)
In the original Charles Augustus Milverton story, after all, it is the villain himself who is murdered by one of his victims, who is determined to stop him before he ruins anyone else's life. If we do get a cliffhanger, I think it might be more about how far one or all of our heroes might go to take this guy down, and what the moral/legal consequences might be for them. In other words, I think it might wind up being more about killing than about being killed. But that's just a guess based on the basic structure of the original story.
I don't think they will do anything that resembles Reichenbach too much. I saw this interesting interview with Moffat about cliffhangers, in which he seems to say that variety is more important to him than constantly trying to top the previous ones:
This past season posed many questions following the events of "The Reichenbach Fall." As a
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I'm hung up on the implication (if any) of Sholto's line about when it's time to die, embracing it like a soldier. Going along with your train of thought for the moment... what if John was aware of Sherlock's impossible choice, and took himself out of the equation to save Sherlock from having to choose?
(yes, wallowing in wildly speculative angst here) (of course I don't think John will actually die.. but it could be cliffy...)
Wandering in from the Holmesian News link. Your worries worry me! And yet I do think there are ways to deal dramatically with Mary and Mycroft (each of whom need to be eliminated from the story for at least a while) without killing them
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YES, yes, that works. Treason I particularly like. I really don’t think Mary is evil or has bad intentions, but there is definitely something shady in her past that Magnussen has latched onto-as you said, her family, or perhaps the identity of her (possible) baby, though I’d like to think it’s John’s, or maybe something else suspicious. That “Liar” Sherlock deduced from her wasn’t a great sign.
But can you imagine the secrets Mycroft might be holding, as well. Murder doesn’t even begin to cover it. I mean, just the public acknowledgment of him as someone more than a “minor government official” could be devastating for his career. So yes yes yes, I’ll cling to this idea that Sherlock might have to pick between salvaging the reputations of Mary vs. Mycroft. That’s an excellent idea. Thanks so much for sharing it. I’m afraid my brain always jumps to the absolute worst case scenarios all the time, so my fears won’t be put to rest until I have confirmation that nobody will die, but I like this idea.
I stopped worrying about LIAR as a sign of Mary's betraying John because I think Sherlock would have found a way to expose her if she weren't the loving partner she appears to be. So: lying about something, but not about her loyalties.
Her look of distress and terror at the telegram from CAM was ... distressing and terrifying.
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I mean, it's an intelligent theory, and I hadn't considered it. BUT NO. I can't accept that! Christ, I'd rather Mary go if it came down to that. Not Mycroft!
The only thing I can think of to refute that is that it seems like Mark Gatiss really likes playing him and won't write himself out of the show. I'm just going to be over here in the corner, crying and clinging desperately to that belief.
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Yes. Yes, a most excellent point. Very convincing. Please be good enough to shove over a bit and let me cling to it too *g*
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I can't believe I'm getting slightly teary just reading your post BUT it's not your fault - I've actually spent the day with a sense of growing trepidation worrying about exactly the same thing, caused by:
- the trailer warning that if Sherlock goes against CAM, he'll be going against Mycroft
- the sudden bump in Mycroft/Sherlock interaction which is suddenly taking on horribly ominous overtones
- a half-remembered interview where BC says something like Mycroft clearly cares about Sherlock, but does Sherlock care about Mycroft? Maybe we'll see this season.
I've already said to a friend that if anything happens to Mycroft I WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I can't even swear I'll stop watching, but it will never be the same.
Just... DON'T EVEN FUCKING GO THERE, SHOW.
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In the original Charles Augustus Milverton story, after all, it is the villain himself who is murdered by one of his victims, who is determined to stop him before he ruins anyone else's life. If we do get a cliffhanger, I think it might be more about how far one or all of our heroes might go to take this guy down, and what the moral/legal consequences might be for them. In other words, I think it might wind up being more about killing than about being killed. But that's just a guess based on the basic structure of the original story.
I don't think they will do anything that resembles Reichenbach too much. I saw this interesting interview with Moffat about cliffhangers, in which he seems to say that variety is more important to him than constantly trying to top the previous ones:
This past season posed many questions following the events of "The Reichenbach Fall." As a ( ... )
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(yes, wallowing in wildly speculative angst here) (of course I don't think John will actually die.. but it could be cliffy...)
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But can you imagine the secrets Mycroft might be holding, as well. Murder doesn’t even begin to cover it. I mean, just the public acknowledgment of him as someone more than a “minor government official” could be devastating for his career. So yes yes yes, I’ll cling to this idea that Sherlock might have to pick between salvaging the reputations of Mary vs. Mycroft. That’s an excellent idea. Thanks so much for sharing it. I’m afraid my brain always jumps to the absolute worst case scenarios all the time, so my fears won’t be put to rest until I have confirmation that nobody will die, but I like this idea.
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Her look of distress and terror at the telegram from CAM was ... distressing and terrifying.
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