It's really weird, the Holmes' being normal. Fandom at large really assumed they wouldn't be, didn't we? Every fic or discussion I've read involving them has assumed they're rich and eccentric and probably geniuses too. Only the "eccentric" part has been disproven, but that was pretty much the defining trait. Like Sherlock and Mycroft couldn't be who they are without unusual parents. But it's just as weird trying to work out how they could BOTH have turned out this way - one brilliant and strange child, yeah, but two? In almost the same way? If it's not upbringing, then they did they have some miraculous genetics? Thinky thoughts! :D
Getting inside Sherlock's head is so hard, but I think you nailed it. He suffers but acts like it's impossible. I really don't know if all his talking to John while working with Mary was a result of that - I mean, I can buy that he acts like John is there until he notices it's Molly, but here he was almost actually unaware, which to me says some kind of trauma reaction? Hiding in the memory world he's comfortable in and being totally in denial? IDK, but it's SUCH fun to think about.
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Date: 2014-01-03 04:27 am (UTC)It's really weird, the Holmes' being normal. Fandom at large really assumed they wouldn't be, didn't we? Every fic or discussion I've read involving them has assumed they're rich and eccentric and probably geniuses too. Only the "eccentric" part has been disproven, but that was pretty much the defining trait. Like Sherlock and Mycroft couldn't be who they are without unusual parents. But it's just as weird trying to work out how they could BOTH have turned out this way - one brilliant and strange child, yeah, but two? In almost the same way? If it's not upbringing, then they did they have some miraculous genetics? Thinky thoughts! :D
Getting inside Sherlock's head is so hard, but I think you nailed it. He suffers but acts like it's impossible. I really don't know if all his talking to John while working with Mary was a result of that - I mean, I can buy that he acts like John is there until he notices it's Molly, but here he was almost actually unaware, which to me says some kind of trauma reaction? Hiding in the memory world he's comfortable in and being totally in denial? IDK, but it's SUCH fun to think about.
REWATCH! :D