Hello yes, I have been assaulted by thoughts. May I present you all with this Sherlock x The Magnus Archives au that just kind of *vaguely gestures* writes itself???
Main character knows shit he absolutely shouldn't by normal human standards, mystery genre with suspense, it's even set in London for God's sake. Enter the headcanons.
The Holmes Siblings
• Family serves The Eye and keeps relations with other avatars.
• Not blood related, like the Fairchilds. Holmes is just a name, but they were raised together.
• The Holmes kidnapped them when they were very young because they had an interest in gifted children, similar to the institute in tmagp.
• Mycroft was brought in last to keep an eye on the other two, he is still the oldest.
• Timelinewise the family attempts a ritual that goes wrong. "Uncle" Ruddy, head of the family, dies in the attempt and Eurus is weakened to a debilitating state. Also goes a little insane due to the Eye's influence.
• The Holmes run what is basically The Institute.
• The Diogenes Institute has close ties with the Yard, the government and royal family. One could even say they run most of them.
• Sherlock is basically the Archivist. Barely acts the part. Obsessed with closing open cases.
• Basically works alone untill he meets Lestrade and later on John, with the rare exception of Molly being included.
• The archives are in utter disarray. This is not on purpose, it is just his way.
• Out of the three, Sherlock is by far the one that abuses the Eye's power the most. He does feed it but he uses it to exhaustion.
• This is the reason Mycroft is still a motherhen.
• Mycroft is head of the institute.
• Has the most control over the Eye's powers. He does feed it a lot. Having access to the entirety of London's cctv feed does help.
Yes, I am writing Sherlock BBC aus in the year of our lord 2025. No, I am not finished.
Askbox is open in case anybody is curious.