did sherlock take enough to od, was it his plan to die on the plane, reading about when he and john met
The fastidious ick of Charles Augustus Magnussen
Well now aren’t these two are a pair. No, really, I’ve been thinking a lot about identification and desire in this third series, and Magnussen’s like a slightly grotesque reflection of Sherlock. He’s in a strange opposition to Moriarty, almost like superego and id. (I’m not fond of Freud’s id/ego/superego theory, too schematic for me, but it does interesting work here. To review: id is base animal instinct, driven by the pleasure principle without restraint; ego is primary self, operating through the reality principle to make sense of the self-in-the-world; superego is civilization, the strictures of morals and manners.) In appearance Magnussen could hardly be farther from Moriarty:
In psychological function, too, they’re starkly differentiated: Moriarty raving in that padded oubliette is pure id, real bloody bottom-of-the-brain stuff, unfiltered by reason. (“Padded oubliette” is sublim8’s term, and it’s perfect for this grimy cell of the unconscious.) He’s fixed on the primal forces—fear, pain, death; mother, father, sex (the Woman)…and John. Love. The force that opposes Moriarty at the core of Sherlock’s being. When Jim tells him that heartbreak, loss, and death are “all good,” John in reality touches his face and calls to him. Reaching in through the purest animal need to live, John will always call Sherlock back to his life and his best self.
But what about the baby (speculation)
Baby Watson. What do we do with Baby Watson.
Here are the options for S4 as I see them. Let me know if I miss any.
1) Mary has the baby. Mary and John stay home and raise the baby. Result = SHOW OVER
2) Mary has the baby. Mary runs away with the baby. Result = John back with Sherlock but TRAGEDY because JOHN NEVER SEES HIS BABY AGAIN
3) Mary has a stillborn baby. Result = TRAGEDY TOO SAD EVEN IF MARY LEAVES AND CASES RESUME
4) Mary dies in childbirth. Result = SEE ABOVE
5) Mary has the baby. Baby turns out not to be John’s. John cannot forgive Mary and they divorce. Result = SAD BUT OKAY AND CASES RESUME
6) Mary has baby. Mary dies in childbirth but baby survives. Sherlock and John raise baby Archie together. Result = INCREDIBLY CUTE SCENES OF SHERLOCK FOLDING DIAPERS LIKE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE BUT CASES BECOME A PROBLEM
7) Mary and baby die somewhere between seasons. Result = TERRIBLE WRITING BUT CASES RESUME
8) Mary is faking her pregnancy. How? Science. Result = SURPRISE TWIST BUT DIVORCE HAPPENS AND CASES RESUME
Am I missing anything?
Man, this is fantastic.
Since someone else mentioned option 9, I’ll go for
10) The baby is born with ~special powers~ and bad guys are after it to harness its powers to take over the world, so Mary and John have to give the baby up to small-time farmers in Kansas to keep
himher safe.11) Baby is born at time and place that renders him/her likely candidate for fulfilling major prophecy. In order to subvert prophecy, Voldemoriarty (or, you know, whoever) arrives, kills Mary and John, but is unable to kill Baby Watson. Sherlock raises Baby Watson alone, training him/her all the while to combat crime and/or Dark Lords. Result = TRAGEDY BUT ALSO SPECTACLE PLUS POSSIBILITY OF INTERACTION WITH DEADED JOHN WATSON. Showdown with Voldemoriarty slated for s5 finale.
If someone does not fic option 11 I will die.
SO ARE WE JUST NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS OR
DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THAT WHEN LESTRADE SAID, “He’s Sherlock. Why would he care? Who would he bother protecting?” THAT THE ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
WERE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD GUNS POINTED AT THEM IN THE REICHENBACK FALL
STOP THIS NOW
OH
