An "Always the Grown-Up" Rant
I know that a lot of fans are angry at Moffat and Gatiss for a lot of things, and most of all for Season Four.
I personally am mad at them for a few things. Mostly things that I can easily let slide given the immense enjoyment I've had and continue to have from their BBC Sherlock series.
But THIS FUCKING LINE!!!
A woman's wedding ring is dirty even though the rest of her appearance is carefully curated? I'll handwave it and maybe google when we started using soap.
Man wears same large thick coat outdoors in all seasons? Fine. It's England. And I have an old (autistic) friend who actually does this.
John's eyebrow says that he hasn't rung his sister, and Mary's a bread baking disillusioned Guardian reader with a secret tattoo? Hahaha why not?
Sherlock has to use his incredible mind over matter to restart his heart but also "it was surgery"? Bit much, but I'll overlook it. For you.
Evil genius simultaneously hacks every screen in the country? Eh, ok.
Secret island prison? Sure. Let Sherlock live his pirate fantasy. Let John point his gun at someone. Let Moriarty play Queen while dramatically disembarking from a helicopter.
Predicting multiple terror attacks at lightspeed from Twitter? Well, we've come this far.
I do not watch Sherlock for 'slice of life' realism and dear lord I hope no one else does. I do not WANT realism. I want to forget that I am vast majority bedbound and that people are out there having coffee and going for a pint and working at normal jobs with payslips and lanyards and spreadsheets. And generally speaking, BBC Sherlock has helped a lot with that!
But WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK were they THINKING WITH THIS LINE???
SERIOUSLY?!?!?!
Sherlock is barely a fucking grown-up on his own, but I'd allow it. Especially after the "baby" jokes John, Lestrade and he himself have previously made at his expense.
But COMPARED TO MYCROFT?!?!
WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK. LADS?????
WERE YOU HIGH? WERE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MINDS? WHAT THE FUCK???!!!
See, after I first heard this, I quickly recon headcanon-(is this a thing? Is there a name for this soecific thing?) -ed it into Mrs Holmes the mad genius being completely out of touch with the social reality of her children- especially as she's been so harsh to Mycroft in this scene and not massively had to look after adult Sherlock herself. Because, y'know, Mycroft was doing it!
Then I complained about it on Reddit.
To my HORROR, another user told me that Steven Moffat had said in an interview that it was meant to be taken as true. But y'know, we're all just randoms on the internet and people get things wrong.
Then another user told me they theorised that Eurus had reprogrammed her parents to favour Sherlock, which is an interesting theory.
But clearly in the script, everyone... including Sherlock and Mycroft... just quietly agrees.
What....
What is the reasoning for this?
I know some will say "mate, welcome to all of season four" or even "three and four" or all of it.
I know some people consider Mycroft a bully, but I really don't. Certainly not after the scene on the plane and the 'Redbeard' reveal.
I'm open to persuasion though. If anyone has any thoughts on this, feel free to share! I might well not agree, but I won't attack you either.
Or the writers. But again, if I ever end up trapped with them in a lift or some such... I WILL have questions!
/rant.
