There are different angles you can look at this from, and I've always wondered which applied.
Is it that Mycroft's never quite gotten around to seeing Sherlock as no longer a little boy? Does he see this as a kid's game of pretend, and he's worried Sherlock might get himself hurt because of that?
Is he indeed aware Sherlock IS a big boy now, but worried, in the way of the fussing, fretting heart, that Sherlock's too caught up in the romance of it?
Is he quite rationally aware that Sherlock doesn't have it together as well as he pretends, and is thus worried?
Is this the reaction of a natural curmudgeon to a beloved relative who's decided to be a world-trotting free spirit? Oh beware, Sherlock, there are scary things out there. Things like change and frivolity. Who knows what they could do to you (but probably it will involve drugs).
These are all so close to being the same thing, and yet they have such different potential consequences. But in any case, of course Sherlock resents it. Who likes being judged for taking their own path to happiness and success?
Edit: Hm, I've just noted the date on this post. I'm not sure why it's showing up on my feed, sandwiched between two posts from 2018, but what the heck. I've written it now, so I may as well leave it. Pardon me!
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Is it that Mycroft's never quite gotten around to seeing Sherlock as no longer a little boy? Does he see this as a kid's game of pretend, and he's worried Sherlock might get himself hurt because of that?
Is he indeed aware Sherlock IS a big boy now, but worried, in the way of the fussing, fretting heart, that Sherlock's too caught up in the romance of it?
Is he quite rationally aware that Sherlock doesn't have it together as well as he pretends, and is thus worried?
Is this the reaction of a natural curmudgeon to a beloved relative who's decided to be a world-trotting free spirit? Oh beware, Sherlock, there are scary things out there. Things like change and frivolity. Who knows what they could do to you (but probably it will involve drugs).
These are all so close to being the same thing, and yet they have such different potential consequences. But in any case, of course Sherlock resents it. Who likes being judged for taking their own path to happiness and success?
Edit: Hm, I've just noted the date on this post. I'm not sure why it's showing up on my feed, sandwiched between two posts from 2018, but what the heck. I've written it now, so I may as well leave it. Pardon me!