{"id":119800,"date":"2016-01-05T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/05\/may-shepard-just-sort-of-happened\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T11:45:56","slug":"may-shepard-just-sort-of-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/05\/may-shepard-just-sort-of-happened\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

may-shepard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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just-sort-of-happened<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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hubblegleeflower<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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may-shepard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So part of last night\u2019s chit chat with @just-sort-of-happened<\/a>\u200b and @hubblegleeflower<\/a>\u200b involved talking about the dual nature of MP Mycroft. (Sorry guys I was too full of feels and cocktails to attribute properly; I know this observation about Mycroft wasn\u2019t mine though.) There\u2019s Mycroft the parody, the grotesque joke and manipulator, and soft, caring Mycroft.<\/p>\n

There are twins EVERYWHERE, y\u2019all. Molly Hooper, almost-dude, and lady conspirator. Let\u2019s talk about mutton chop Lestrade (I\u2019m refraining from too much comment here, but I thought they were going out of their way to make him look frumpy) vs. grave digger Lestrade (smoking hot and manly). Sherlock himself is doubled, I mean we\u2019ve all noticed this but<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s sharp as a tack. He\u2019s a zen meditator. He\u2019s masterful and in control and not<\/p>\n

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1895 MP John is doubled too, and what\u2019s more, he knows it. Cheekily so.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not 100% sure where to go with this but twins are all over tab, and the lesson here is that everyone contends with more than one self.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Except Ms. Mary. Sure, she wears modern clothes in the modern scenes and Victorian garb in the Victorian scenes, but she\u2019s the same monolithic Mary Sue in all of them, a virtual superhero with exceptional values and skills. Ridiculously developed skills. She hacks MI5 with a smartphone as deftly as she turns up with the solution to the Bride problem (ha!) at exactly the right moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So where is Mary\u2019s twin?<\/p>\n

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But also<\/p>\n

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Hers is a monstrous doubling, in part because she\u2019s paired with monstrous figures, but also because there\u2019s a plethora of them. Mary is prolific in her mirrors. One breaks, but there are always more ready to hand. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Smarter heads than mine will have other places to go with this but twins are all over tab; twins of numerous kinds, doubles and doppelgangers and subconscious others. John Watson is always right, and maybe we\u2019ll see a literal secret twin in the future, but I for one hope that we\u2019ll continue to work at this metaphorical level, and continue to see some of the uncanny themes developed in tab play out in Series 4 and 5. Mary\u2019s gonna keep \u2018em guessing. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My husband is three people. Sherlock – not only is it sometimes twins, occasionally it\u2019s triplets (or multiples, as in the case of the brides).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This talk of twins also made me think of, \u2018the other one\u2019, possibly being Sherlock\u2019s twin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oh. Oh wow. Ouch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

may-shepard: just-sort-of-happened: hubblegleeflower: may-shepard: So part of last night\u2019s chit chat with @just-sort-of-happened\u200b and @hubblegleeflower\u200b involved talking about the dual nature of MP Mycroft. (Sorry guys I was too full of feels and cocktails to attribute properly; I know this observation about Mycroft wasn\u2019t mine though.) There\u2019s Mycroft the parody, the grotesque joke and manipulator, … <\/p>\n

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