Thank you so much, lovely author, for this delightful gift! The characters of Mycroft and Watson make one of my very favorite combinations, and I'm so glad to have this charming vignette of the two of them. I particularly love the care you took in creating Mycroft's physical presence and his carriage-home; what a perfect idea! A creative kind of indolence, very worthy of a Holmes. And it ties into The Final Problem, too, in which Mycroft serves as Watson's coachman in that last flight to Europe. What a marvelous backstory.
It was also a great decision to set this as a prequel to The Reigate Squires. Without having to spell out everything, you raise the suggestion here that Sherlock may be in a state of faltering mental health (that line of Mycroft's about his imaginary nemesis Moriarty reminded me of The Seven Percent Solution and the idea that cocaine may be behind the spectre of The Napoleon of Crime), and of course we know that at the beginning of Reigate Sherlock is suffering from a full-blown physical breakdown combined with black depression. This piece fills in the blanks in a very intriguing way.
Also, I simply love watching Mycroft be recalcitrant and curmudgeonly. It is always, always a hoot.
Thank you so much for this wonderful gift, it has put a huge smile on my face!
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Date: 2015-05-12 05:39 pm (UTC)It was also a great decision to set this as a prequel to The Reigate Squires. Without having to spell out everything, you raise the suggestion here that Sherlock may be in a state of faltering mental health (that line of Mycroft's about his imaginary nemesis Moriarty reminded me of The Seven Percent Solution and the idea that cocaine may be behind the spectre of The Napoleon of Crime), and of course we know that at the beginning of Reigate Sherlock is suffering from a full-blown physical breakdown combined with black depression. This piece fills in the blanks in a very intriguing way.
Also, I simply love watching Mycroft be recalcitrant and curmudgeonly. It is always, always a hoot.
Thank you so much for this wonderful gift, it has put a huge smile on my face!