IC Prospective | Mycroft 7th year

[watchful_big_brother]

Character: Mycroft Holmes (BBC 'Sherlock')
Mun: Gowa
Plot specific: Not really, just trying out Mycroft as year head boy or prefect?

While I understand that as a student one cannot simply ignore the opportunities to cause chaos when presented with such a situation, I strongly encourage everyone to please do as they are told and avoid stealing into the Forbidden Forest. Things could get... messy.


[filtered to Sherlock]

This friendly suggestion goes double for you, brother. We wouldn't want to upset Mummy with an Owl about how you managed to get yourself spirited away by some over-eager Centaurs, now would we?

Comments

[watchful_big_brother]

My apologies, that was most certainly the wrong word to use.

Would you consider yourself a more flexible man in the presence of my brother?

[3houseswatson]

There's nothing wrong with compromise, if that's what you're driving at.

[watchful_big_brother]

None at all, though 'compromise' usually implies that both members are sacrificing certain preferences for the other. Tell me, what has Sherlock conceded to you?

[3houseswatson]

He may be casually bandying around the word "mudblood" less, though that might just be when I'm around. Still.

And out of curiosity, I'd love to hear what you think I'm sacrificing by being friends with him.

[watchful_big_brother]

Other than a healthy blood pressure? Your dignity at being his pet friend? Or perhaps you two are working towards something more intimate, what with how you drop everything to go to him when he beckons?

When should I Owl Mummy the good news?

John gives no shits if he loses all the points

[3houseswatson]

[Oh, it. is. on.]

How about now? Look, I've already gone and written the letter for you:

"Dear Mrs. Holmes,

It is with great pride that I write to inform you that your eldest son, Mycroft Holmes, has won the coveted Prat of the Century Award. There was a lot of competition, but the breadth and depth of his arseholery really set him in a league above his competition. Not only is he a bully who really only cares about getting his own way and damn the opinions of anyone else, but he wraps all that up in a thin, transparent sheet that he laughingly calls brotherly concern and then ties it up with a ribbon of completely fake maturity. How he got to be Head Boy is anyone's guess, but it probably involved a lot of brown-nosing (bonus points for style).

Best,

John H. Watson"

Writing requires so much exertion after all. You might get a cramp from all the activity.

Oh dear

[watchful_big_brother]

Hit a nerve, did I? No need to be so touchy, I was merely curious as to what your intentions with my brother were.

Oh, and I'm afraid that will be 5 points from Hufflepuff for language - this is an unfiltered post after all, some of the younger students might chance upon it.

[3houseswatson]

Well, now you know. Hard to believe some people might not want to treat him like some clay they can press into whatever little mold they like and then pout if he rebels against it. Shocker.

Do as you like; I still feel justified.

[watchful_big_brother]

Given his past relations with certain characters, I can't help but worry.

Thankfully it seems I can trust you to look after him for me.

[3houseswatson]

True, and I know I don't know the extent of it, but you'll just make things worse if you think you can force him to do anything. If you think you can force anyone to do anything.

I know that's about as close as you get to making compliments, so... thanks, I suppose.

[watchful_big_brother]

I rarely force people to do things, John. I've tried being a bully and it is such tiring work. All that threatening and posturing, ugh. I prefer to persuade people. Sometimes they listen, sometimes they don't.

In Sherlock's case, he usually chooses the latter, as you can imagine.

[3houseswatson]

Well, you're certainly not very good at this whole persuasion business, at least as far as Sherlock or I'm concerned. You're the sort to go on in metaphors and doubletalk; surely you know the phrase "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar"?

[watchful_big_brother]

I am hardly here to mollycoddle the students, as you well know, and in turn, neither Sherlock nor I have really ever been the sort to be swayed by someone simply saying please. Tell me, how often does Sherlock concede to one of your requests when you say it politely?

[3houseswatson]

You might want to take note that there's a whole lot of middle ground between wringing your hands and saying "pwetty pwease with a cherry on top" and being an immovable pillock with the trunk of an old growth redwood stuck up his -

well, I don't need to draw you a map for you to figure that last bit out.

[watchful_big_brother]

Are you having any luck removing said bole from my brother's rear then?

[3houseswatson]

You know, for most people, the less they know about anything to do with their siblings' hind ends the better.

And fine. If you're so keen on knowing, I'll tell you why I think Sherlock is changing, even if it's just in small, insignificant ways. It's because he's interested in hanging around me at all.

[watchful_big_brother]

Good, good. I'm glad he made your acquaintance - a little humanity will be good for him.

[3houseswatson]

If you think he only counts as a human being because there's no reason someone truly obsessed with novelty and brilliance would bother hanging around me, then you really are one of the worst siblings I've ever known. And mine's been dead to the world drunk the last 3 times I've seen her.

He's always been human, Mycroft.

[watchful_big_brother]

You're muggleborn, yes? Tell me, have you seen many of those 'movies' about men made out of metal, those 'robots'? I've watched my brother attempt to turn himself into such a thing in terms of ridding himself completely of emotional vulnerability.

He might always have been an organic human being but he was growing a bit too detached with life.

[3houseswatson]

Putting aside the fact that I'm a bit impressed you know what movies and robots are at all, just because he wanted or even tried to be a certain way doesn't mean that he is.

We all try to be things we aren't at one point or another. Some people just try for a hell of a lot longer.

[watchful_big_brother]

You've witnessed first-hand how stubborn he can be, most likely he'd have kept this up well into his thirties if no one stepped in.

[3houseswatson]

I agree with you for once there.

And yes, he's stubborn, but it often seems like people are making it out to be a much grander thing than it actually is. But then I've been called stubborn myself, so perhaps it's like a fish not noticing it's wet.

[watchful_big_brother]

An astute observation.

I believe I've said all there is to be said on the matter - whether you choose to discern my intent from it is up to you of course.

Good day, John.