Which male characters turn you on the most?

[Inge l-w]

Dear ShadowDweller, the incomparable amphibian has worked her magic again! Yes, I did mean the avatar, sorry, I do sometimes think in strange ways!

Hi, Lemon, hope you enjoy the general madness, I know what you mean about Lars Mikkelsen being such a cool character, and he plays the repugnant predator to the hilt!

[Janyss]

Well, very interesting topic...There's a video on you tube called "It's raining men (in Baker street)"...And that's a reason I like this show (the positive side of stating that most of the women in it are...not the strong suit here, to say the least and stop complaining). Men are sexy, attractive,and there are so many...each one in his own way. However, my choice is:

 

Mycroft: mysterious, unreachable, making you dream you'll be the one that brings ice to melt...perfect fictionnal character (moreover, my first attraction in fictional characters has been for John Steed. That may say something about me.  Any therapist here?)

 

Lestrade: the reverse for a part. Open heart, human...and complex in the same way (but, on his level, he has to deal with the reality, make choices, compromises, he has hesitations and doubts about his choices...a little like Mycroft, which brings to both a kind of vulnerability which make them adorable).

 

Sherlock...as the hero, and portrayed in a quite sexy way by BC, even if Moffat has compared his Sherlock to a monk for affective and sex life. 

 

About the others: John has his way of charming, as well. Moriarty and Magnussen...well, the seduction of the devil, certainly. Very well done, too.    

[Arcadia]

Well, very interesting topic...There's a video on you tube called "It's raining men (in Baker street)"...

I'd like to see that video! But I couldn't find it.....

[Janyss]

I made a mistake, sorry, the vidéo is called "Sherlock, Mycroft, John, Greg and Jim, men of Sherlock", with the famous song in its Gerri Hallywell version (I don't know how to copy a link).

[Boton]

I may have answered this question a while back, but I'm going to go through it again because it is more fun than working.   :)

 

Who turns me on?

 

Sherlock:  Sherlock had me at the dark curls.  I'm not so much attracted to BC in normal life, but Sherlock, with those luscious dark curls.....  Anyway.  He's a bit thin to be my "type," but personality wise, he does it for me too.  He reminds me of a friend I used to have.  This friend was rude, arrogant, and often made people cry with his comments, but he and I flirted like our lives depended on it.  Something about engaging in that kind of banter and giving as good as I got is a real turn-on for me.  Ahem.

 

Mycroft:  Now Mycroft is likely to be my best match.  He and I are similar personality-wise, but he wouldn't suffer fools, so he'd also spar with me.  Plus, I find refinement and love of detail and order to be very attractive, and physically, there's also something about Mycroft that turns my crank.

 

Lestrade:  Personality?  Who cares.  I just want to take the silver fox into the Met interview room and interrogate the man for a long, long time....

 

John:  I would have trouble with being taller than John, to be totally shallow.  But I'm taller than him in bare feet, so it would bother me to be that much taller in 3 inch heels.  Personality wise, however, S1 and S2 John particularly would be very appealing to me, so I like to think he would be a good friend that I have a low level attraction to, which is true of all my male friends. 

 

 

[Janyss]

And is this choice the same as the one you did before?

[Boton]

And is this choice the same as the one you did before?

 

 I don't remember, honestly.  (And haven't sorted through back posts to find out.)

 

I will say that, over the course of the seasons as I got to know the characters, my impressions changed a bit.  I was always physically attracted to Sherlock, but I think seeing him over time emphasized how much he does that sort of intellectual game play that I like, so my attraction added the layer of liking his personality.

 

Mycroft definitely benefited from prolonged exposure, so to speak.  I think, in person, he would be difficult to get to know, but making that effort would be worth it.  Lestrade and John both have always been overshadowed by my opinion of them physically, although I think S3 and S4 John also took a hit on the personality front.  I know that is at variance with what I've said other places, because I really love John as a character and as someone to think about.  However, when it comes to him being a "turn on," his increasing surliness sort of consumed what I thought of John the character.  (I will say, however, that I have seen some very physically appealing photos of MF, so this is another case where my attraction to the character differs some from my attraction to the actor.)

[Arcadia]

I made a mistake, sorry, the vidéo is called "Sherlock, Mycroft, John, Greg and Jim, men of Sherlock", with the famous song in its Gerri Hallywell version (I don't know how to copy a link).

Thanks Janyss!

 

I like watching videos like that and pretending I don't know what they're about ... and sort of imagining if I would be drawn to this show if I'd never seen anything but the video before. This one got me when BC jumped over that dang table at the wedding reception ... "oh yeah, I want to watch him!" :d

 

Janyss, when you want to post a link, simply copy the URL and paste it into your post. The forum software does the rest ... usually. Sometimes there's a hitch, depending on the software/hardware on your end. But give it a try!

[Boton]

 

I like watching videos like that and pretending I don't know what they're about ... and sort of imagining if I would be drawn to this show if I'd never seen anything but the video before. This one got me when BC jumped over that dang table at the wedding reception ... "oh yeah, I want to watch him!" :D

 

 

 

And then you hear his voice, and you say, "I want to watch and listen to him read the phone book out loud.  For as many hours as it takes." 

[Hikari]

 

And is this choice the same as the one you did before?

 

 I don't remember, honestly.  (And haven't sorted through back posts to find out.)

 

I will say that, over the course of the seasons as I got to know the characters, my impressions changed a bit.  I was always physically attracted to Sherlock, but I think seeing him over time emphasized how much he does that sort of intellectual game play that I like, so my attraction added the layer of liking his personality.

 

Mycroft definitely benefited from prolonged exposure, so to speak.  I think, in person, he would be difficult to get to know, but making that effort would be worth it.  Lestrade and John both have always been overshadowed by my opinion of them physically, although I think S3 and S4 John also took a hit on the personality front.  I know that is at variance with what I've said other places, because I really love John as a character and as someone to think about.  However, when it comes to him being a "turn on," his increasing surliness sort of consumed what I thought of John the character.  (I will say, however, that I have seen some very physically appealing photos of MF, so this is another case where my attraction to the character differs some from my attraction to the actor.)

 

 

Plus, we know that Mycroft works out.  We have yet to see Sherlock working out, but for a couch potato who occasionally shoots drugs into his veins, that boy is very athletic when he wants to be.

 

I would very much enjoy sitting with Mycroft over a glass of something very expensive and discussing the secret workings of the British government.  (After I sign the Official Secrets Act, of course).  Myc would be a better escort for an evening of High Culture, one feels (and he'd be sure to always have a private box to avoid too much jostling with People.)  Before I die, I would like to attend the opera in a private box and sip champers in luxury while the hoi polloi elbow each other at the lobby bar for glasses of warm, subpar wine.

 

Mycroft and I are both Eldests, so I would probably find his high-handedness grating after a while.  I can give as good as I get in the Elder Sibling Superiority Sweepstakes.  As long as he bore in mind that I am not a little sib to be ordered (and we know how very effective that is with Sherlock . . .!) I think Big M. and I would be companionable together. 

 

For sheer Foxiness & easygoing pub companionship (not to mention other kinds of clothing-optional companionship)  I'd have to go with the Chief Inspector.  Sherlock's got that whole Enigmatic Charisma thing going on, but Lestrade is much more approachable, and earthy.  A woman would know where she was at with Greg.  Sherlock is far too exhausting . . but he is undeniably Magnetic.

 

[Boton]

 

 

 

For sheer Foxiness & easygoing pub companionship (not to mention other kinds of clothing-optional companionship)  I'd have to go with the Chief Inspector.  Sherlock's got that whole Enigmatic Charisma thing going on, but Lestrade is much more approachable, and earthy.  A woman would know where she was at with Greg.  Sherlock is far too exhausting . . but he is undeniably Magnetic.

 

 

 

I think anything that involves clothing-optional earthiness has to start with the Detective Inspector.  You just know that he would know what he was doing.  Sherlock brings the pretty, but I can't imagine him being anything but incredibly high maintenance in that department.  

[Hikari]

 

 

 

 

For sheer Foxiness & easygoing pub companionship (not to mention other kinds of clothing-optional companionship)  I'd have to go with the Chief Inspector.  Sherlock's got that whole Enigmatic Charisma thing going on, but Lestrade is much more approachable, and earthy.  A woman would know where she was at with Greg.  Sherlock is far too exhausting . . but he is undeniably Magnetic.

 

 

 

I think anything that involves clothing-optional earthiness has to start with the Detective Inspector.  You just know that he would know what he was doing.  Sherlock brings the pretty, but I can't imagine him being anything but incredibly high maintenance in that department.  

 

 

Greg is undoubtedly an experienced homme du monde and just needs the right woman to mend his broken heart after the betrayal of his ex-wife running off with a PE teacher.  Goes to show that that cow was daft, because there isn't a PE teacher in the world hotter than Rupert Graves. Undoubtedly, Greg's marriage was a casualty of his job, not his personal attractiveness.  DIs in charge of a murder squad have to work all hours.  PE teachers are generally done with work by what, 3, 4PM?

 

Poor Greg.  HIs wife was a fool.

 

Sherlock's reticence in the physical relationship department (this incarnation anyway) has to do at least in a tiny part, perhaps, to all those uncertain variables which make the whole sex thing an experiment with an unpredictable, perhaps unsatisfactory outcome.  Sherlock doesn't like to undertake activities unless he is confident of not only success, but mastery.  Sex is a minefield of the Unknowable and largely Unpredictable.    We've seen that Sherlock is an adept and shameless flirt, when in the pursuit of a case . . but it never goes any further.  Is he High Maintenance or metaphorically running scared of the Unknown?  The Woman pegged him for a Virgin and I don't think she was wrong.  Sherlock stays far away (mostly) from scenarios in which his triumph is not absolutely assured.  He'll hurl himself off a tall building with panache because he's allowed for every eventuality/possibility known to physics.  He can calculate for physics.  Human emotion/needs are messier and not subject to mathematical calculation.  Anything not knowable from a rational standpoint is Not His Area and to be avoided.

 

He is sexy because of that very aloofness, that air of noli me tangere.  But that makes him poor relationship material.  Or even one night stand material.  Sherlock Holmes will not willingly put himself into a situation where he is potentially at a loss and wouldn't know what to do.  Being good in bed means to some degree being able to turn off the clanging brain and just going with the flow.   Sherlock can't turn off his brain.  A gift and also a curse.

[Boton]

 

 

Being good in bed means to some degree being able to turn off the clanging brain and just going with the flow.   Sherlock can't turn off his brain.  A gift and also a curse.

 

One would be tempted to make him beg for mercy.  Twice.

[Hikari]

 

 

 

Being good in bed means to some degree being able to turn off the clanging brain and just going with the flow.   Sherlock can't turn off his brain.  A gift and also a curse.

 

One would be tempted to make him beg for mercy.  Twice.

 

 

Lord knows I am. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

For sheer Foxiness & easygoing pub companionship (not to mention other kinds of clothing-optional companionship) I'd have to go with the Chief Inspector.

 

I fully agree with what you meant, but definitely not with what you said! (Wasn't the Chief Inspector the guy that John punched in the nose?)

[Hikari]

 

For sheer Foxiness & easygoing pub companionship (not to mention other kinds of clothing-optional companionship) I'd have to go with the Chief Inspector.

I fully agree with what you meant, but definitely not with what you said! (Wasn't the Chief Inspector the guy that John punched in the nose?)

 

 

I meant Lestrade, who certainly should have been promoted to Chief Inspector years ago.  A Detective Inspector is only mid-level on the greasy pole of hierarchy and isn't senior enough in rank to be the boss of a specialized squad.  He would be the lieutenant of the boss, who'd be a DCI at minimum and probably a Superintendent or higher.

 

I believe that Watson punched the DCS or perhaps the Chief Constable in the nose.

[Hikari]

I may have answered this question a while back, but I'm going to go through it again because it is more fun than working.   :)

 

Who turns me on?

 

Sherlock:  Sherlock had me at the dark curls.  I'm not so much attracted to BC in normal life, but Sherlock, with those luscious dark curls.....  Anyway.  He's a bit thin to be my "type," but personality wise, he does it for me too.  He reminds me of a friend I used to have.  This friend was rude, arrogant, and often made people cry with his comments, but he and I flirted like our lives depended on it.  Something about engaging in that kind of banter and giving as good as I got is a real turn-on for me.  Ahem.

 

Mycroft:  Now Mycroft is likely to be my best match.  He and I are similar personality-wise, but he wouldn't suffer fools, so he'd also spar with me.  Plus, I find refinement and love of detail and order to be very attractive, and physically, there's also something about Mycroft that turns my crank.

 

Lestrade:  Personality?  Who cares.  I just want to take the silver fox into the Met interview room and interrogate the man for a long, long time....

 

John:  I would have trouble with being taller than John, to be totally shallow.  But I'm taller than him in bare feet, so it would bother me to be that much taller in 3 inch heels.  Personality wise, however, S1 and S2 John particularly would be very appealing to me, so I like to think he would be a good friend that I have a low level attraction to, which is true of all my male friends. 

 

Boton and I are sharing a brainwave.

 

I remember when I first clapped eyes on a picture of Benedict as himself, not Sherlock.  I couldn't get my brain to accept the evidence of my own eyes--the two were one and the same person.  Ginge Ben is sweet and gonky and adorable.  I saw him give an interview once with his red hair which is also naturally curly, just not in the more stacked, regimented way of Sherlock's curls, which take considerable time and skill in the hairdressing chair to achieve.  This was probably shortly after S1 and Ben looked so young and wholesome--like a choirboy in fact.  It's appealing . . but not lust-inducing.  Sherlock does NOT look like a choirboy and he sure doesn't act like one.  Maybe I would prefer Sherlock's looks married to Ben's manners, because the shower of disdain and abuse that drips off SH would get really old on a daily basis.  Witty badinage with a sharp mind I like.  Snarky commentary in my general direction as a daily diet?  Frankly, my Eldest DNA would not stand for it.  A few too many snarky cracks or cavalier disregard for my feelings or personal property and I'd have to go all Adler on his (luscious) behind.  He'd get spanked with the riding crop until I heard an actual apology.

 

The Sherlock coloring makes Ben's blue eyes (those crystal blue, cat-like orbs inherited from his mother, as we see) literally pop off the screen.  His natural coloring does not show them to that kind of advantage.  Far be it from me to accuse God of messing up there, but . . . Ben should have been a brunet for maximum Tessaract Eyeball Potency Effectiveness.

 

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Mark Gatiss is another adorable redhead, who is much more down-to-earth and approachable and funny than is Mycroft Holmes.  I think he'd be great fun down at the pub and he's obviously a very intelligent and enthusiastic personality.  More winning by far than his writing partner and co-executive producer.  I'm sure any outings with MG in London or elsewhere would be a fun time, and educational.  But for me there is only matey energy there, as there is no secret that he and I do not bat for the same side.  As for Mycroft, regardless of what Little Brother and the Mystrade shippers say, I do not glean any sort of detectable sexuality from the Big M, even if he is impeccably attired always and carries an umbrella.  Mycroft is a force of the Mind that totally steamrolls over any and all physical considerations.  We can't call HAL 2000 gay or straight and the same goes for Mycroft.  If you are a man seeking a tailor or a completely new identity, Mycroft is an invaluable, omniscient resource.  If one is a woman, M. would be a faultless escort to state dinners with Her Majesty the Queen (a close personal friend), any and all High Culture events happening at Covent Garden . . and if one requires a personal protection detail or proposes to book a holiday in a potentially volatile area, a consultation with M. will solve all your concerns.

 

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Rupert Graves manages the feat of being equally appealing and lust-inducing as himself as he is in character as Lestrade.  Unlike his co-stars, he doesn't have to transform himself into something completely different than himself to portray his character.   He also holds the title of being the only person I know of who *actually* ran away from home to join the circus.  The stories he could probably tell!  I will say no more because no more is necessary--Rupert Graves was born to be a Sex God.  The end.

 

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John Hamish 'Three Continents' Watson, the most loyal, devoted perfect second a man could ever have.  It is hard to find a significant flaw with John Watson, apart from a certain lack of verticality which is not his fault.  Unless, perhaps one is a woman seeking a man who is not already in a committed relationship with someone else.

 

Jeannette:  You know, my girlfriends are so wrong about you.  You're a great boyfriend.

JHW:  Well . . that's good.  I always thought I was great.

J (looking at watch--I am so outta this lame party)  Sherlock Holmes is a very lucky man!

 

Three Continents blew it with Jeannette, the lovely Oona Chaplin . . and earlier blew it with Dr. Sarah, who seemed like a really good match.  His devotion has and will, always lay elsewhere, even when he tells himself that he's very happily married. 

 

Martin Freeman, that foul-mouthed bird flipping little Hobbit seems like he could potentially possess a number of significant flaws, but he has the disadvantage of being a real person.  Martin is a live wire, with a very Bohemian taste in clothes.  People who expect him to be anything like the serious, somewhat reserved, self-contained Dr. Watson are in for a big surprise.  Martin is a little guy with a large personality.  He tends to be overshadowed by his co-star, both onscreen and off and his contributions to this partnership tend to be underestimated by many people who get dazzled by the flashier presentations of Sherlock and BC.  But Benedict knows exactly what MF brings to the table, even if Sherlock doesn't always acknowledge John as he should.

 

MF would be another entertaining pub date.  Probably of all the cast of BBC Sherlock he is the one most likely to make beer come out my nose from laughing.   There is a definite charisma going on there.  MF is much more a Bad Boy than a Good Doctor in real life, and that might be a turn-on.  He's certainly unique, and probably is not boring to have around.

Edited February 5, 2018 by Arcadia
removed overly personal remarks

[Janyss]

Well, I'd say Mycroft hides many things...even to himself, may be...I just can't imagine him as asexual, even if it's the way Mark Gatiss has sometimes described it. On the contrary I would see him as a quite open-minded man, focusing on who's interesting or appealing whatever the gender is. Fire Under ice in this field too...

 

Agree for the others.

[Hikari]

Well, very interesting topic...There's a video on you tube called "It's raining men (in Baker street)"...And that's a reason I like this show (the positive side of stating that most of the women in it are...not the strong suit here, to say the least and stop complaining). Men are sexy, attractive,and there are so many...each one in his own way. However, my choice is:

 

Mycroft: mysterious, unreachable, making you dream you'll be the one that brings ice to melt...perfect fictionnal character (moreover, my first attraction in fictional characters has been for John Steed. That may say something about me.  Any therapist here?)

 

Lestrade: the reverse for a part. Open heart, human...and complex in the same way (but, on his level, he has to deal with the reality, make choices, compromises, he has hesitations and doubts about his choices...a little like Mycroft, which brings to both a kind of vulnerability which make them adorable).

 

Sherlock...as the hero, and portrayed in a quite sexy way by BC, even if Moffat has compared his Sherlock to a monk for affective and sex life. 

 

About the others: John has his way of charming, as well. Moriarty and Magnussen...well, the seduction of the devil, certainly. Very well done, too.    

 

Janyss,

 

Thank you for joining into the spirit of our little game.  You have perhaps noticed that the great majority of posters on SherlockForum are women.  That's because no doubt the vast majority of viewers of BBC Sherlock are female.  There's a reason for that.  This show is stuffed with very attractive men, while the longest-running, most significant female character is Sherlock's grandmotherly landlady, Mrs. Hudson played by Una Stubbs.  Incidentally, Una is the longtime best friend of Benedict's mother, Wanda Ventham.  The two were young actresses together and now are both in their 80s.  Una was an honorary auntie to Ben and has known him since he was born.

 

The other females in this show come and go in bit parts and guest roles, all except for Mary and she's dead now, so she's well out.

 

Speaking of our Charles Augustus Magnusson . . .the selection of Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen (elder brother of Mads) as CAM was one of the few things Mofftiss got right in 'His Final Vow', IMO.  CAM was a very interesting villain, and Lars was outstanding, acting with subtlety in English.  He was totally believable as this evil manipulative genius.  If you want to see more from this actor, the show that made him a star in his native Denmark was 'The Killing' (I haven't seen it) . . and he followed up his turn as CAM with a multi-episode appearance (10) as the Russian President on 'House of Cards'.  He is a very attractive man when he is not peeing in fireplaces.  He speaks fluent Swedish, English and German, and says that he and Mads learned English by listening to and memorizing Monty Python records.  Mads' English is fluent, but I feel he has a much heavier accent than does Lars. 

 

[Hikari]

Well, I'd say Mycroft hides many things...even to himself, may be...I just can't imagine him as asexual, even if it's the way Mark Gatiss has sometimes described it. On the contrary I would see him as a quite open-minded man, focusing on who's interesting or appealing whatever the gender is. Fire Under ice in this field too...

 

Agree for the others.

 

So who do you see the Big M with, then?  Do you ship Mystrade, or do you see him and Lady Smallwood as a couple?

 

I might be able to see both.  Mycroft would no doubt find it expedient to be bisexual, that way he can keep a close eye on both sides, as it were.  Mycroft is always working, even when he's not in the office, n'est pas?

[Janyss]

I've always wondered if Lars Mikkelsen had a family link with Mads. Thanks, I learned much about him, and he looks impressive!

 

About Mycroft...well, the thing is both relationships match with the characters...Mycroft and Greg both deal with reality, with heavy decisions to make, with huge amounts of guilt, with disgusting human behaviours..., each one on his own level, diplomacy for Mycroft and criminality for Greg. They could make it, in spite of the difference of social standard. Not to mention how hot the two actors are, each one in his way...Moreover, Greg could support Mycroft in his "not as strong as he believes" moments. So, I'm not really surprised to hear of Mystrade. Do you know if the writers said something about this? I know that the last lines between Sherlock and Greg in 4.03 have been seen as a clue of "mystrade", and even labelled "fan service", owing to the success of the assumption. 

 

A couple with Lady Smallwood would be very nice, too. A very good person to make Mr Iceman melt!  And it is very nice to see a middle aged woman expressing desires like that. The way she is showed in the card scene is just fantastic! I think I've written somewhere on the forum that this one and only character (well, with Mrs Hudson's doing in 4.02, too) brought me to forgive all the disappointing women in the show! But the writers should have given an outcome to Mycroft-Alicia story instead of just suggesting things. We just can assume Mycroft didn't call in the end, as episode 4.02 ends on the friday evening, and 4.03 begins on the very next saturday night with a lonely Mycroft home. I assume the Lady Smallwood thing is just aimed at suggesting us that even a dark-sided character like Mycroft deserves love: Lady Smallwood knows about all the décisions Mycroft had to make, and in spite of this, sees him as a potential partner.

 

 

[Hikari]

I've always wondered if Lars Mikkelsen had a family link with Mads. Thanks, I learned much about him, and he looks impressive!

 

About Mycroft...well, the thing is both relationships match with the characters...Mycroft and Greg both deal with reality, with heavy decisions to make, with huge amounts of guilt, with disgusting human behaviours..., each one on his own level, diplomacy for Mycroft and criminality for Greg. They could make it, in spite of the difference of social standard. Not to mention how hot the two actors are, each one in his way...Moreover, Greg could support Mycroft in his "not as strong as he believes" moments. So, I'm not really surprised to hear of Mystrade. Do you know if the writers said something about this? I know that the last lines between Sherlock and Greg in 4.03 have been seen as a clue of "mystrade", and even labelled "fan service", owing to the success of the assumption. 

 

A couple with Lady Smallwood would be very nice, too. A very good person to make Mr Iceman melt!  And it is very nice to see a middle aged woman expressing desires like that. The way she is showed in the card scene is just fantastic! I think I've written somewhere on the forum that this one and only character (well, with Mrs Hudson's doing in 4.02, too) brought me to forgive all the disappointing women in the show! But the writers should have given an outcome to Mycroft-Alicia story instead of just suggesting things. We just can assume Mycroft didn't call in the end, as episode 4.02 ends on the friday evening, and 4.03 begins on the very next saturday night with a lonely Mycroft home. I assume the Lady Smallwood thing is just aimed at suggesting us that even a dark-sided character like Mycroft deserves love: Lady Smallwood knows about all the décisions Mycroft had to make, and in spite of this, sees him as a potential partner.

 

Thank you for your eloquently expressed thoughts.  Is 'hot' (chaud) used in French to describe sexually desirable people, or is that mostly an American thing?  The Brits tend to say 'fit' where an American would say 'hot' . . though sometimes chubby people can be attractive, too.  If Rupert Graves had a little belly, would I care?  No!

 

The way you describe Mystrade are the exact reasons why the fandom is keen on this pair.  The posh boy - working class boy dynamic (similar to the one over in 221B)--Uptown/Downtown--the fact that Greg is more open and emotional than his more repressed counterpart; their understanding of the darkness of human nature, etc.

 

I think 'Mystrade' is an invention of the fans, to play matchmaker for both Holmes brothers.  If the writers believed in it as strongly, they probably would have given Lestrade and Big M. more scenes together.  Mycroft did not attend Christmas drinkies--that might have been 'the' moment when Mystrade happened, had M. been there.  M. drops by Little Brother's flat often, but always when other people are not there (and after conducting a security sweep of the building first.  :p)

 

I like the idea of M. with Lady Smallwood because of all the characters we have met, she is the *only* one who might be able to put a little bit of fear into Mycroft Holmes.  This man is cosy with the Queen of England and nothing much rattles him, unless you are planning harm to his little brother; Lady S. seems like she could be very passionate, but also very scary if she is mad at you.  M. is used to always being in charge, calling the shots and having events unfold as he wills (except for the Bond Air incident).  Lady S. seems equally imperious and strong-willed, too.  It would be Clash of the Titans time and I think that Mycroft would have to give way.  Yes, even him.  But he might actually like it, though he would never say so.

 

[Arcadia]

... episode 4.02 ends on the friday evening, and 4.03 begins on the very next saturday night with a lonely Mycroft home.

 

It does? I missed that! What makes you think so, Janyss? I'm not saying that's not right, I'm just wondering how you know.

[J.P.]

Assuming that Myc is not an iceberg - why does it have to be someone from the show? There are several millions people in UK, many of them in London ;)

[Arcadia]

Heck, for all we know he already has a wife and four kids, a la Hawkeye in the Avengers.