Trevelyan is not quite three and not only reading but solving codes? Oh, I pity their parents indeed.
I debated long and hard over how much he should be able to do, but in the end I went on the genius side of things. I tried to find a very easy phrase for him, and I imagine Father made the cipher extremely simple.
ETA: I'm going to make them a bit older. I usually underestimate milestones, but I think I've overestimated in this case. It won't change anything in the story, and it will seem more realistic, I think.
But yeah. Parenting these boys was exhausting, I imagine.
Mycroft does seem the sort of brother who wants to take care of everyone. I do think he really cares for Sherlock.
My own headcanon is that Mycroft's desire to be responsible and take care of everything is what led him to get on Sherlock's bad side, i.e stepping in to solve things where his help wasn't wanted.
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Date: 2013-08-17 12:58 am (UTC)I debated long and hard over how much he should be able to do, but in the end I went on the genius side of things. I tried to find a very easy phrase for him, and I imagine Father made the cipher extremely simple.
ETA: I'm going to make them a bit older. I usually underestimate milestones, but I think I've overestimated in this case. It won't change anything in the story, and it will seem more realistic, I think.
But yeah. Parenting these boys was exhausting, I imagine.
Mycroft does seem the sort of brother who wants to take care of everyone. I do think he really cares for Sherlock.
My own headcanon is that Mycroft's desire to be responsible and take care of everything is what led him to get on Sherlock's bad side, i.e stepping in to solve things where his help wasn't wanted.