I talk a lot about Mycroft Holmes

Correction: I talk TOO MUCH about Mycroft Holmes. That's why I made this side blog. And also because I see a lot of people appreciating him, but all of us feel like we're alone because there are way more popular characters in the Sherlock Holmes universe. Well, not on my watch! Mycroft Holmes has a fandom, it's right here and I believe we should call ourselves goldfish 🐠

[kadabbs]

The British Government Wears Prada

[lokijiro]

Perfection.

[captainsaladbar]

I saw halflock doing a 30 day AU challenge with Mycroft, and decided to join in the fun!

It’s Count Dracula, if you couldn’t tell.

Day 1: Monster AU

[stillhelpless]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Mycroft Holmes.

That is all.

[avelovich]

Why am I so damn touched by the fact that Mycroft is not capable of killing a human? He's so sweet and gentle.

[cute-overload]

[brago-deactivated20180214]

a safe bird

[thisremindsmeofjohnandsherlock]

#this reminds me of mycroft and sherlock

[shakilyluminousvoid]

Time has taken nothing from them, it has added to their charm.

[pennywisetherizzfulclown]

the way i am down bad for these men

[queerholmcs]

love her or hate her, she's the series finale of all time: choose from my favourite tfp moments 🥰

the film noir that they made special for mycroft to watch in his home cinema 📽️

the campiest homage to everyone's favourite horror classics 🤡

'who was it said, the truth is rarely pure and never simple?' ✒️

jim's entrance from the helicopter cutting off at 'i've fallen in—[love]' 💔

[sherlock starts playing the violin] 'oh, have you had sex?' 🎻

[actively standing in a saw trap] 'is this supposed to be a Game?' ♟️

throwaway garridebs room. (say it. condemn him. etc.) 🌊

'i love you' coffin room. (say it like you mean it. etc.) ⚰️

'emotional context. it destroys you every time' <- theme of the episode! ✨

'mycroft or john watson' room. (i thought you liked my lady bracknell. etc.) 🔫

'colloquially it is known as the patience grenade' (boop! & they're fine.) 💣

rathbone place freeze frame closing shot 🫶💖🤭

Voting ended onSep 27, 2025

i know some of these are broad but that's because narrowing it down was absolute hell. (and guess which one of these will feature in monday's chapter of my s4 fic...)

i absolutely cannot start elaborating on any of these because it will turn into a twenty-page paper. she's the episode of all time. she's camp. she's fun. she's flirty. she's got subtext for days (except sometimes it's not even subtext and they just say it for you to make sure you don't miss it). it's about context. it's about saving john watson. it's about what they could become! 🥰

[pennywisetherizzfulclown]

mycroft's sacrifice my beloved

[imjustagoldfish]

"Not in the face, though, please" gets me every time 🥲🥲🥲

[gravesdiggers]

Fantastic news! Rupert Graves will be one of the (many) guest stars in Series 2 of Mark Gatiss's Bookish!

[imjustagoldfish]

I feel like the fandom just collectively lost it

[divinity-in-chaos]

More Holmes Family funnies (bar John this time)

[bridgeoverstrawberryfields]

@mrs-sh3rlock-holmes

[bbcsherlockmultishipficprompts]

Mycroft Holmes & or / Mary Morstan

“Call me now. It’s urgent.”; Set pre-series (can change Sherlock canon if you want). Mary and Mycroft meet while he's still new to government service and she's still building her impressive skill set.

[imjustagoldfish]

Would like to see that

[gabe-dasha]

Unwise, brother mine

Brother mine, don't appal me when I'm high

[imjustagoldfish]

:)

[acidtheater]

I think my deep irritation with the combative way Sherlock and Mycroft's relationship is often portrayed DOESN'T come from being the older of two neurodivergent brothers. I think that's probably a funny coincidence.

[lokijiro]

Which brother is a bigger Agatha Christie fan?

Mycroft

Sherlock

Voting ended onAug 13, 2025

[woodelf68]

I don't think Sherlock would enjoy reading mystery books, he'd be too judgmental about everything from the plot to the detective's methods, etc. -- they just annoy him because he thinks he could do so much better.

[imjustagoldfish]

Yes, and Mycroft would just be like oh classic literature yes omnomnomnom

[ohwatson]

i loved when mark gatiss looked directly at us in six thatchers and told us that all the best secret societies have acronyms. hello tjlc fan #1 mark gatiss how are you.

[meetingyourmaker]

Escape

This takes place after Mycroft’s rescue of Sherlock. They’re hiding in one of the old trains on the way to the extraction point . 

Mycroft is eating a celebratory cake after the tedious legwork and Sherlock is re-evaluating his life choices :P

[lokijiro]

The first episode of season 3 should have consisted almost entirely of Mycroft’s rescue of Sherlock. This would include flashbacks of how the Fall was executed (and how the Holmes boys destroyed Moriarty’s network), emotional moments between the brothers, flashbacks of Sherlock hanging out at Mycroft’s place or Sherlock solving some cases during his exile.

The episode would end with Sherlock being reunited with John.

[imjustagoldfish]

shoutout to @a-leg-ree for going thru my blog and liking half my posts all at once. Hope you had fun mate

[imjustagoldfish]

Mark Gatiss: I had to dye my hair to match Benedict's

Everyone: *still drawing fanarts where Mycroft is a red head anyway*