And seeing no contradiction bc his whole character is being cut off from reality and the concept that actions have consequences
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Mycroft's blithe obliviousness to human consequences was a nasty satire of Victorian bureaucracy and would be 100x more relevant today
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I'm imagining 21st-century Mycroft working from home on a secured laptop ordering drone strikes between WoW raids
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Mycroft as established as not giving a shit in The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter is a great general framing device
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"Hey Sherlock I figured out my neighbor is in deep with some kind of international conspiracy, can you deal with this for me please"
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"I already figured out who probably did the crime but I can't be arsed to go gather evidence or confront the guy or anything so meh"
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I gotta say BBC Sherlock's take on Moriarty was amazing and strongly justified the char's existence but its take on other Holmesiana was ugh
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They utterly missed the point of Mycroft and changed his character to the point he's now a plot hole
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(If Mycroft is a patriot who strongly cares abt national security he should be way more involved than he seems to be)
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And the BBC version of Irene Adler is, I'm sorry, bad fanfic
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Doyle's original concept of Irene Adler from over 100 years ago somehow manages to be more feminist
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