I can definitely see this. I once read a fanfic in which kid!Sherlock disliked anyone seeing him fail at anything, and so he would practice any skill he wanted to learn in secret until he felt himself to have mastered those skills enough for public presentation. I picture his violin use among these.
Yes! I am total agreement there. I think I put a similar thing into Road Hazards. It's a trait I have myself, so I threw it onto Sherlock. I like to learn everything by myself where no one can see me make mistakes.
And aw, I like Sherlock's vague confusion about the notion of "closeness." I do wonder about his parents, a bit. Is his dad being dead canon or fanon?
There's a bit in one of the commentaries where Benedict starts talking about something that was cut out of the episode and Gatiss cuts him off, before he can fully explain it. It's really vague and there's no discussion of whether his father is alive or not, but I've somehow decided that he's dead from it. Also because we've heard Sherlock speak about 'Mummy' but not 'Father'. It's not official canon, and the only thing we know about Holmes from the original stories is that he has a French grandmother. It's my own personal canon. I have a rather extensive head canon for the Holmes family, because backstory and I are one day going to get married and have little exposition babies. ^_^
I think somebody is secretly eager to see the next Doctor Who episode. Or at least wants to harass Anderson. XD
Both these things are very true. Also, I think at the time I was working on a story where Mycroft was talking to Sherlock about dinosaurs and debating whether that was going to work in light of all the Anderson/Dinosaur crack out there.
But I also need Rupert Graves in safari gear very, very much.
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Date: 2012-09-06 01:09 pm (UTC)Yes! I am total agreement there. I think I put a similar thing into Road Hazards. It's a trait I have myself, so I threw it onto Sherlock. I like to learn everything by myself where no one can see me make mistakes.
And aw, I like Sherlock's vague confusion about the notion of "closeness." I do wonder about his parents, a bit. Is his dad being dead canon or fanon?
There's a bit in one of the commentaries where Benedict starts talking about something that was cut out of the episode and Gatiss cuts him off, before he can fully explain it. It's really vague and there's no discussion of whether his father is alive or not, but I've somehow decided that he's dead from it. Also because we've heard Sherlock speak about 'Mummy' but not 'Father'. It's not official canon, and the only thing we know about Holmes from the original stories is that he has a French grandmother. It's my own personal canon. I have a rather extensive head canon for the Holmes family, because backstory and I are one day going to get married and have little exposition babies. ^_^
I think somebody is secretly eager to see the next Doctor Who episode. Or at least wants to harass Anderson. XD
Both these things are very true. Also, I think at the time I was working on a story where Mycroft was talking to Sherlock about dinosaurs and debating whether that was going to work in light of all the Anderson/Dinosaur crack out there.
But I also need Rupert Graves in safari gear very, very much.