Magnussen = creeptastic

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Ooooommmmmggggg, the deleted scene from Sherlock: His Last Vow has been posted online, and it's great. Cut for the spoiler-phobic:

It has Magnussen being extra special creepy and sexually assaulting Sherlock while he's semi-conscious in the hospital:

See the brilliant ariandevere's transcript and marta_bee's entry on this for a great analysis.

It's such a fantastic scene, I'm devastated that it wasn't included, though I can see why, if it's giving the game away that Mary could be a villain, or just superfluous after Mary does the same thing by visiting a semi-conscious Sherlock in the hospital, getting up close to him, and threatening him while he's powerless to resist. Or perhaps they didn't want to imply that Mycroft allowed the hospital's security to be lax enough to allow Magnussen inside Sherlock's room unimpeded.

Also, this line might be a bit too on the nose (from ariandevere's transcript): "Having shot you, the woman you know as Mary Watson left without killing me...which is odd, because that was the reason she came." That is odd, isn't it?

But daaaaaamn, so creepy. He doesn't kiss Sherlock's hand, he actually licks/sucks on it, omg omg. I like it because I think up until then, Magnussen has really only sexually intimidated Lady Smallwood (by licking her face). With Sherlock and John, he pees in their fireplace and flicks John's face, but neither of those are necessarily sexual; this, however, really, really was, showing that Magnussen has nothing against using sexual intimidation on men as well (although it's unfortunate that he compared his hands to a woman's--that said, Sherlock's hands really are beautiful).

And Magnussen saying that Sherlock would get used to Magnussen's wet touch...wow. "The invasion of your personal space isn't just a one-time thing but will be continuing." How often do we get to see a man threatened with this and have the implications include sexual assault?

And was there an implication that Magnussen could have Sherlock's hands cut off or something?!?! Horrifying.

There are also some great touches in the reminders that people care about Sherlock enough to send him flowers while he's in the hospital: Scotland Yard giving him carnations, awwwwww (though...the fact that they're "struggling" is...possibly not good), and Irene giving him a rose, and C Block, Pentonville giving him a black wreath, lololol, that is precious and actually quite funny.

I very much hope that people will write fic of this moment!

EDIT: Yesss, splix has written a fantastic story that will make you shudder: Wet to My Touch (3,017 words)