Voices in my head

So BBC's Sherlock.

In the first episode (which is the one I liked best), there is a reference to Sherlock and Mycroft's Mummy. I have been thinking about her, recently. What type of person is she that she raised two such children and that they continue to attend family Christmas dinners with her.

And because I do like a good crossover, most of my ideas for Mummy are characters from other fandoms.

So,

What about Hermione Granger? 
She's extremely smart, powerfully opinionated and ruthless in achieving what she thinks is right. Plus, she's got magic to help her ride herd on her kids. Of course, the time lines don't work out, but what about time travel? If she were stuck in the past, I could imagine her deciding to live out life in the muggle world, at least until she's caught up again to the time she went missing, in order to avoid paradoxes. 

What about Loki?
She can be either gender, of course, but has had kids. Lunik had the brilliant idea that Nick Fury was the Midgard Serpent, because he has his coils everywhere. I think the same could definitely be said about Mycroft Holmes, though. Or, of course, there's the possibility that Sherlock and Mycroft are children who do not appear in the mythology, which would make sense given the time lines involved. But having a god-like trickster as a mother would definitely ensure that Sherlock and Mycroft kept her in wary respect in addition to love of their mother.

What about Mrs. Emma Peel? 
She's a certified genius specializing in chemistry, a martial arts master, and has a history as a top ranked spy. She could definitely have helped spur either Sherlock's interests in chemistry or the martial arts and/or Mycroft's interest in governmental concerns. And apparently her last name changed at some point. Maybe it changed to "Holmes" in order to protect her growing family from her enemies?

Who else could be Sherlock and Mycroft's Mummy?

Any suggestions?

So previews for both The Hobbit and for the next three episodes of Sherlock have just come out. Yay!

And now I kind of desperately need someone to write a fic for me in which John Watson was Bilbo Baggins.

Because, well, how can there not be one?

There is simply a need for such a fic, a hole in the force which can only be filled by such a fic.

So, where is it?



He's always been a bit of an odd one, after his adventures so surely it makes sense that he likes to continue having adventures and writing about those adventures. And does Sherlock know? Is Sherlock purely human? Part something else? In the know? Not in the know? What of Mycroft?

So many, many possibilities.

And here is why I am going to get very little sleep tonight: because my reaction to feeling overwhelmed is to procrastinate further. Sight. On the other hand, five ficlets, each from a different fandom, and I can hardly believe that not even one of them has Methos in it.


Prompt #1:  Numb3rs, Charlie/Ian Edgerton, camping

Ficlet #1: Naturally Intersecting in Nature



Prompt #2: X-Men, Erik, coins

Ficlet #2: Keep the Change



Prompt #3: Sherlock BBC, Moriarty/John, power

Ficlet #3: Anchor


Prompt #4: White Collar, Peter, regret

Ficlet #4: The difference between captured the event and captured the status


Prompt #5: Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood, weapon

Ficlet #5: Defense, offense, and mice

Since I manually post entries to both livejournal and dreamwidth rather than set up a mirroring system, I completely forgot to duplicate this drabble from February. Anyway:

I rarely write drabbles, but this plot-bunny sprung up and demanded a story so I decided to see if it could be appeased with a drabble. Cheers,
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"Anderson hates Sherlock" (in 100 words)

Most people assume Anderson hates Sherlock because Sherlock is bloody irritating. Some people think it's professional jealousy--Sherlock himself seems to be one of these. Very few people think he really has a dark secret, but his extramarital affair appeases those who wonder.

The real reason is that Sherlock has trapped Anderson.

With Sherlock around, Anderson can't wear his sword. With Sherlock around, Anderson can't speak Hindi like a native.  With Sherlock around, Anderson can't leave.

Anderson has been Anderson for twenty years, has a broken marriage, and is ready to die and become someone else. Anderson really hates Sherlock  Holmes.

 
I just went and saw Sherlock Holmes. It was vast amounts of fun, although the relationship between the movie and the original stories is mostly the time period and the names. The character's... well, maybe "inspired by" is accurate enough. Loosely inspired by. Anyway, still oodles of fun. 

One of the gifts that was given over Christmas this year, was The Improbably Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, an anthology with stories written by Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Anne Perry, Laurie R King, and many others. They are definitely fanfic, several of them AU. (Lo, the wonders of an iconic series that is out of copyright.) Definitely fun. 

Anyway, this combination of influences had me thinking about Sherlock Holmes, which (who?) is not one of my standard fandoms. Thus, the idea I have is more a premise than an actual plot. 

Consider the characters: 

Sherlock Holmes is a strung-out junky genius who observes all sorts of details. 

Dr. Watson is a loyal side-kick, doctor and unofficial biographer who helps keep Holmes grounded. 

Doesn't this sound a lot like a Sentinel - Guide pairing, a la Jim Ellison and Blair Sandburg? What about if neither of them (Holmes and Watson) are aware of Sentinels, or possibly just have a lot less information on them even than Sandburg, and yet still have to deal with the issues at hand? 

Could be interesting.