young sherlock rant - mycroft holmes p1
watching this particular portrayal of mycroft made so much SENSE for the character dynamics.
sherlock vs the law vs mycroft x migraine.
i could go into mycroft literally being the parentified older sibling etc etc but right now i am SO KEEN on thinking about silas vs mycroft.
mycroft is dangerous in his own way. his father is afraid of him, a little.
silas avoids inviting mycroft into appleton at all chances, e.g. avoiding sending him a telegram.
silas, however, doesn't mind sherlock sniffing around and figuring shit out. so who is actually the dangerous sibling here?
sherlock for his deduction skills? or all the unsaid things about mycroft? most of this show is in sherlock's POV anyway. and when it isn't, it's omniscient - we as the viewers are like omg lestrade DOES have a brain in there! or my gosh mycroft is the cattiest man alive.
we know that silas is a master at gaslighting. silas dubs mycroft his 'errand boy' but offers to make sherlock the heir to his empire of yuck. he's essentially convinced everybody (and sadly i think this low key includes mycroft in this) that mycroft isn't as brilliant as his siblings.
that's threat no.1 somewhat subdued. still afraid though, he keeps 'forgetting' to contact mycroft.
the only difference between him and his siblings is that mycroft is afraid. he's less willing to take risks, and over-complicate matters because he knows it will hurt his family. the scene with the key (mycroft asking sherlock to put it back) is indicative of that.
i also found the following curious; you have mycroft asking sherlock if he's lost his marbles when sherlock says they should send a message to their father to help sort everything out.
why wouldn't you want your father around? there was also no indication that mycroft knew his father was an evil dudebro at that point!! they're also still on 'friendly' terms - conversations about mycroft and his govt work etc etc. why would mycroft say no?
exactly. i feel like this man was fully like, yes i made sure you and bea had wildly different childhoods to my own and i don't resent either of you for it. mycroft survived all of that and is the closest to knowing his father's true colours. but to what extent???
i hope they answer that in season 2.
