👑 - Hard to pick... Queen? Bee Gees? Brittany Spears? Hmmm Queen for right now. I'll probably change my mind next week. Bad habit, but if I'm honest, it's one of my only bad habits.
Turns out if you apologize to your adoptive uncle for shooting/destroying the mindscape of/exposing his toxic boyfriend, you may get merch relating to the incident.
(This is John's:)
The only question now is what would Sherlock's be...
So first off, John once says "I don't understand." To Magnussen, who says "You should put that on a t shirt" John says "I still don't understand." and Magnussen says "There's the back of the shirt." So someone edited the above shirt on Martin Freeman. Which got my AU gears turning.
Okay so. Em's favourite colours are green and red. He mentions this twice on the blog: Here 💚 and Here ♥️ (Though this blog isn't really "canon" in the AU because Em keeps a very low profile and definitely doesn't have an AskBlog on Tumblr lol)
He wears the colours often!
But! When feeding Charles Magnussen false information via the reporter the aforementioned blackmailer sent, "Miriam Foster" -Em's alias- Doesn't answer the questions asked, and instead just says her favourite colour is blue.
They reference this again when confronting him, laughing at him. Magnussen's response reveals that not only did he get Em's message, but he believed the false info he gave him.
And who can really blame him? The Napoleon of blackmail has met his match. Em, like he says, is a ghost. With not even a fingerprint on file or a birth certificate. There is nothing to use against him because Mags has nothing Em doesn't already know about.
And ohhhh I have things to say about this. Because Em couldn't be more of a narrative foil if he tried.
Here's what I mean:
Em's philosophy: You can plan for every card you know is in the deck. I am the wildcard up the sleeve. The trick only works once. But if one knows when to play it, it's a winning move.
Em's talents:
- Black Hole of data. Em has no records. No birth certificate, no fingerprint on file, and multiple aliases. Even fabricating a few reputation-shattering lies will take time Magnussen doesn't have, and Em isn't afraid to correct anything unsavoury that comes out of the media. Pressure point? Never heard of her. Learn my name first, Maggie.
- Tolerance. The uh "torture training" Em received as a child from Moriarty and Sebastian Moran make him far less susceptible to the flicking tactics Magnussen uses. (He'll take that prize for Most Fucked Up Childhood now.) The bigger point here is that they're not easily put off by physical discomfort or mind games.
- Patience. Having been warned by Irene Adler about Magnussen as early as A Scandal In Belgravia, Em and Sherlock chip away at Magnussen's network for months before meeting him in person. They even learn Appledoor is not a physical vault. Thus begins the Mind Palace Infiltration. A tricky process, but one that gives them possibly the best and only leverage they can get.
- Hacker. Em is good with technology. Really good. He finds cracks, gaps in security big enough to squeeze through and then taps into the networks behind the firewalls like a little vampire. Emails, phone calls, even government paperwork if he's lucky. He copies them into his mind palace for later reviewing. Not unlike a certain someone else we know of.
Point in case, as much as Em is the child of Jim Moriarty. His talents, his philosophy, and his position make him a decent candidate for blackmailer. After all, Mycroft will be appalled that they went and shot a government asset he relied on for so much intel. That is, unless they can offer a replacement. Another source of intel, and one that would never pee in your fireplace or set John on fire.
Oh, and speaking of AU!Mycroft. He himself is a victim of all the blackmail. For years, Magnussen and Mycroft have had a very unhealthy relationship. Functioning like a protection racket; In return for a loose leash and an element of protection, Magnussen will refrain from publishing the dirt he has on Sherlock. Our dear Sherlock, once young and bit too trusting with who he sends provocative photographs. And Mycroft, the Iceman, the "caring is not an advantage" man, simply nods and agrees to the terms, because he cannot let this hurt his little brother. Even when he later learns the fine print did nothing to keep Magnussen from John.
But as Em says, Napoleon (And "Maggie") is dead. He was just a man. And our Em would never be something as boring as a man.
wow. I didn't know I could love em more. Great au. Having so much fun here. Also love your writing style wth?? Very engaging lol. Uhm chews on this. Okay thank you for feeding me.
Turns out if you apologize to your adoptive uncle for shooting/destroying the mindscape of/exposing his toxic boyfriend, you may get merch relating to the incident.
(This is John's:)
The only question now is what would Sherlock's be...
So first off, John once says "I don't understand." To Magnussen, who says "You should put that on a t shirt" John says "I still don't understand." and Magnussen says "There's the back of the shirt." So someone edited the above shirt on Martin Freeman. Which got my AU gears turning.
Okay so. Em's favourite colours are green and red. He mentions this twice on the blog: Here 💚 and Here ♥️ (Though this blog isn't really "canon" in the AU because Em keeps a very low profile and definitely doesn't have an AskBlog on Tumblr lol)
He wears the colours often!
But! When feeding Charles Magnussen false information via the reporter the aforementioned blackmailer sent, "Miriam Foster" -Em's alias- Doesn't answer the questions asked, and instead just says her favourite colour is blue.
They reference this again when confronting him, laughing at him. Magnussen's response reveals that not only did he get Em's message, but he believed the false info he gave him.
And who can really blame him? The Napoleon of blackmail has met his match. Em, like he says, is a ghost. With not even a fingerprint on file or a birth certificate. There is nothing to use against him because Mags has nothing Em doesn't already know about.
And ohhhh I have things to say about this. Because Em couldn't be more of a narrative foil if he tried.
Here's what I mean:
Em's philosophy: You can plan for every card you know is in the deck. I am the wildcard up the sleeve. The trick only works once. But if one knows when to play it, it's a winning move.
Em's talents:
- Black Hole of data. Em has no records. No birth certificate, no fingerprint on file, and multiple aliases. Even fabricating a few reputation-shattering lies will take time Magnussen doesn't have, and Em isn't afraid to correct anything unsavoury that comes out of the media. Pressure point? Never heard of her. Learn my name first, Maggie.
- Tolerance. The uh "torture training" Em received as a child from Moriarty and Sebastian Moran make him far less susceptible to the flicking tactics Magnussen uses. (He'll take that prize for Most Fucked Up Childhood now.) The bigger point here is that they're not easily put off by physical discomfort or mind games.
- Patience. Having been warned by Irene Adler about Magnussen as early as A Scandal In Belgravia, Em and Sherlock chip away at Magnussen's network for months before meeting him in person. They even learn Appledoor is not a physical vault. Thus begins the Mind Palace Infiltration. A tricky process, but one that gives them possibly the best and only leverage they can get.
- Hacker. Em is good with technology. Really good. He finds cracks, gaps in security big enough to squeeze through and then taps into the networks behind the firewalls like a little vampire. Emails, phone calls, even government paperwork if he's lucky. He copies them into his mind palace for later reviewing. Not unlike a certain someone else we know of.
Point in case, as much as Em is the child of Jim Moriarty. His talents, his philosophy, and his position make him a decent candidate for blackmailer. After all, Mycroft will be appalled that they went and shot a government asset he relied on for so much intel. That is, unless they can offer a replacement. Another source of intel, and one that would never pee in your fireplace or set John on fire.
Oh, and speaking of AU!Mycroft. He himself is a victim of all the blackmail. For years, Magnussen and Mycroft have had a very unhealthy relationship. Functioning like a protection racket; In return for a loose leash and an element of protection, Magnussen will refrain from publishing the dirt he has on Sherlock. Our dear Sherlock, once young and bit too trusting with who he sends provocative photographs. And Mycroft, the Iceman, the "caring is not an advantage" man, simply nods and agrees to the terms, because he cannot let this hurt his little brother. Even when he later learns the fine print did nothing to keep Magnussen from John.
But as Em says, Napoleon (And "Maggie") is dead. He was just a man. And our Em would never be something as boring as a man.
Turns out if you apologize to your adoptive uncle for shooting/destroying the mindscape of/exposing his toxic boyfriend, you may get merch relating to the incident.
(This is John's:)
The only question now is what would Sherlock's be...
I also did a biiiit of writing but I haven't even technically SEEN season 4 yet so. Being brave sharing it lol. I was simply sized by an intense and immediate loathing for Magnussen upon seeing a gif-set and had to get it out of my system.
Enjoy the AU shenanigans. :3
The Interview. In which Em has already researched the interviewer and knows exactly who's newspaper she works for. In which Charles realizes he didn't have to wear the stupid glasses.
One mind palace infiltration later, back in the physical realm: The Confrontation. In which the hunter has inexplicably become the hunted.
Yeah sorry I can't come into work today. I accidentally heard Primadonna by Marina formerly of and the Diamonds. So I need the day to be a primadonna girl. Yeah it's going to be the whole day.
Can I have everyone's opinions on online trends? Especially the older ones.
🎻 - I despise internet trends, anyone unintelligent enough to cause danger to themselves and others for internet views repels me. This aside, Planking was amusing.
⚕️ - All I'm asking is why would you pour a whole bucket of ice water on yourself just to post online? Some kind of humiliation ritual? It doesn't sound pleasant, what if you get hypothermia?
🔍 - Bring back Myspace. Immediately. But kill the rage comics with fire. If I have to see one more troll face or "le Me" story I will stab something.
👑 - Selfie sticks need a comeback. All those little people whacking each other off buildings for a good picture, it was so funny! I look great in a wider lense.
🌂- I am not partial to any trends. However, I am disappointed Enola's behalf that rainbow looms are out of fashion. She quite enjoyed them.
➗ - Dabbing was fun. Oh, and Vine. For gods sake, someone bring back Vine.
💋 - That dress was white and gold, and no one will convince me otherwise.
