The Ice Man and The Virgin

[Arcadia]

 

One day Mycroft will retire, and he'll retire sooner than Sherlock probably although there are some old geezers at Diogenes.  Mycroft isn't as icy as people think, however, and he definitely is better with social graces.  Just don't invite him to a party.  He won't show.  He is comfortable with his peerage at work, but he prefers a solitary life away from work.

 

He will show up, just make it a party that counts and I mean a genteel event with clear objectives besides just to have fun together. ;)

 

In other words, your average work day! :lol:

[Shadow Dweller]

 

 

One day Mycroft will retire, and he'll retire sooner than Sherlock probably although there are some old geezers at Diogenes.  Mycroft isn't as icy as people think, however, and he definitely is better with social graces.  Just don't invite him to a party.  He won't show.  He is comfortable with his peerage at work, but he prefers a solitary life away from work.

 

He will show up, just make it a party that counts and I mean a genteel event with clear objectives besides just to have fun together. ;)

 

In other words, your average work day! :lol:

 

 

Party or any kind of assembly, when in certain circle, is not just to have fun and or making a fool of yourself, it is also another means for diplomacy and intelligence gathering. It could be one of the ways for Mycroft to keep tab of the pulse of the country even in 'retirement'. Average work day, indeed. ;)

[SherlockedCAMPer]

The party has a small string group playing some classical music.  People are having tea or possibly harder drinks.  All are in fancy dress.  I know, It's his retirement party ordered by the Queen (or King if it happens late enough in life) with a bunch of dignitaries and government officials. So he has to come or face charges of treason (or equivalent) because you never turn down the Queen.

[Shadow Dweller]

The party has a small string group playing some classical music.  People are having tea or possibly harder drinks.  All are in fancy dress.  I know, It's his retirement party ordered by the Queen (or King if it happens late enough in life) with a bunch of dignitaries and government officials. So he has to come or face charges of treason (or equivalent) because you never turn down the Queen.

 

Indeed, one would not simply declining a Royal grace assembly  Be on guard, Mycroft, that is the equal of state dinners. Only those who has nothing to lose can afford to be carefree on such event. :p

[sfmpco]

[sittything]

This excites me.  I <3 Mycroft.

[Shadow Dweller]

Agh! This is torture of the worst kind to a starving fan (me) >.<

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Eat more chocolate! XD

[Shadow Dweller]

I will trade my stash of chocolaty-goodness for a new episode xp

[Godolphin]

Getting back to "the ice man and the virgin": I think one indicator that Sherlock is far from comfortable with sex is the way Moriarty behaves towards him. Moriarty knows his enemy very well and knows what sore spots he can lay his fingers on. He wouldn't "flirt" with Sherlock all the time and make sexual comments if he didn't know perfectly well that Sherlock would be irritated by that.

 

I always get the impression that Sherlock views sex (and bodily things in general) as somehow debasing, in Victorian terms "base and low". He might not be alarmed at it so much as disgusted.

 

Hi T.o.b.y.

 

I lean in the direction you've headed with this, due to the Victorian origins of Sherlock Holmes, but I don't think he views sex as debasing so much as an irrelevant distraction. It's something he filters, like Mrs. Hudson.

 

I think labeling Sherlock "The Virgin" could be a jibe at purity. Moriarty was so corrupt he didn't believe in purity any more. There was nothing sacred left, nothing he couldn't do -- and he was utterly disillusioned and bored. He came across as the jaded, debauched misanthrope who couldn't stand the idea of someone as intelligent as Sherlock still having a purity of purpose about him. Almost like he envied Sherlock's refusal to compromise.

 

Cheers! 

[Arcadia]

That's the best explanation I've heard so far; stealing! :D

[sfmpco]

Nevertheless, I'll still bet the man occasionally has to deal with his urges, even if it's in the shower... because, well, he's a man and not actually a machine.

[BlackButterfly]

Yes.I think it's also a reference to innocence.

Moriarty wants to shake hands in hell with Sherlock , the iou on the apple is a reference to temptation , thats why he wants Sherlock to fall , the fall being a reference to the fall of man , and suicide being a sin , meaning Sherlock will go to hell like Moriarty.

Faking it , messed this Sherlock as godlike walking with angels theme up , but shooting Magnussen and Sherlocks miraculous resurrection in HLV has fixed it.

 

Oh god!

SH -Not quite.

[Godolphin]

That's the best explanation I've heard so far; stealing! :D

 

Thank you! Steal away...

[sfmpco]

Mycroft isn't all ice, though.  "Your loss would break my heart."  Somewhere inside him is a pulse.

[Godolphin]

Mycroft isn't all ice, though.  "Your loss would break my heart."  Somewhere inside him is a pulse.

 

Very true, although Sherlock choked on his cigarette when Mycroft dropped that one. He was clearly wary of taking that particular confession at face value.

 

Iceman doesn't necessarily have to mean that Mycroft is all ice, if Moriarty was using it in the Eugene O'Neill sense of the name...

[Arcadia]

Mycroft actually delivers the ice? :p

[Godolphin]

Mycroft actually delivers the ice? :P

 

He puts it in a shaker and makes a mean martini....or margarita....

[Shadow Dweller]

 

 

Mycroft actually delivers the ice? :P

He puts it in a shaker and makes a mean martini....or margarita....

Bet under the glass there's a note, "Your mission should you choose to accept....," and ended with, "This paper will burn itself in ten seconds. One, two..."

[Godolphin]

mmmmm....Lalo Schifrin...

[sfmpco]

Mycroft is the true "M" for James Bond.  

[Shadow Dweller]

Mycroft is the true "M" for James Bond.

Hey, there's a fic crossover with Skyfall that fit your desc :D

 

Edit: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9506330/1/221b-Skyfall

[sfmpco]

I believe Moffat is quoted somewhere saying he borrowed a few elements of Skyfall for TEH, and that's quite evident.

[Shadow Dweller]

I believe Moffat is quoted somewhere saying he borrowed a few elements of Skyfall for TEH, and that's quite evident.

:o Really? Let's try to guess which ones :D

1. Sherlock standing on the roof of St. Bart.

2.

[Godolphin]

2. Allegedly being dead and returning when England is in danger... (although Sherlock didn't appear to have been playing drinking games involving a scorpion....)