Mycroft Musings

[pargoletta]

Watched a mediocre show yesterday that gave me An Idea. I now have . . . a Mycroft headcanon, I guess.

Comments

[impulsereader]

The series sounds interesting and your theory is, as usual, perfectly sound. I just read an article earlier today which was reporting on the Queen's reorganizing of who has to curtsy to whom when his or her spouse isn't also in the room. So, yeah, neurotic a little, guys? But it's their thing, they cling to tradition. It very neatly circles around upon itself resulting in nothing changing any time soon.

[pargoletta]

That's one of the things that just makes me boggle. That, in a family that tries to hold itself up as the Model Of Family Values For A Nation, different family members have to curtsy to each other depending on to whom they were born. There's so much cognitive dissonance there. The mind boggles.

[valmora]

I like this headcanon and will exploit it ruthlessly should it ever become necessary. :D

[pargoletta]

I hope deeply, with the depth of hoping, that it will become necessary for you to exploit this headcanon. :P

Episodes Two and Three were also pretty good. Episode Two was a bit scattered, dealing with elections and finances and Princess Anne. I enjoyed Abby Ford as Princess Anne far more than I expected to, and there was of course the big laugh of seeing how dated her wedding gown looks now. The episode also showed one of the more badass moments of Princess Anne's life, when she argued down an armed kidnapper who had just shot her bodyguard. Episode Three was pretty much Queen Elizabeth vs. Margaret Thatcher: The Epic Smackdown. Next up: Andrew and Sarah get divorced, Charles and Diana melt down, Windsor Castle burns, the Queen pays income tax. Over in the United States, sixteen-year-old Pargoletta realizes just what a soap opera these people really are.