But does sherlock remember Victor was redbeard? Is it a code word just so other people don't find out he has a heart? Or is it because it's so painful too him he literally can't say the name and replaces it instead, or, has he replaced him completely in his mind palace as a dog he lost in childhood cause he couldn't cope. Imagine mycrofts face falling as sherlock talks about a dog he once owned when he was younger, while he knows the truth...
Ok. First of all, how dare you. Secondly I chose the last option because it’s the most painful and this fandom is masochistic as fuck Consider further:Victor pulls a sherlock Holmes and turns out to not be dead at all, but by the time he comes back sherlocks already deleted him from his memory/ replaced him as a coping mechanism and doesn’t know who he is.Maybe mycroft knew all along he was alive and that’s the real reason he looks so afraid every time sherlock mentions redbeard instead of Victor! Consider these awful possibilities!!
