EnigmaticPenguin (of death)
Things you may or may not wish to know about me:
Folks usually call me Nicola - what with that being my name and all. I'm from the UK (Bristol specifically), am 27 years old and be of the female persuasion. I've been in a variety of interweb fandoms long enough to know better, own two gerbils, two hamsters and one taxidermy squirrel. I go by alocin42 in a few other places such as livejournal and AO3; if you can guess why you get a prize. I can't remember now why I chose this url instead of my usual name... maybe due to my strangely attractive enigmatic smile. Or maybe because I can kill you in any one of 412 different ways.
I'm always happy to respond to queries or random rambling questions; drop me an ask. And oh look, I'm on twitter too.
My Gatiss-wife is the lovely deathbygatiss and our Flower/Gore Girl is the blood-soaked andymillman.
The Gatiss Guild is a loose, primarily carbon-based group of Mark Gatiss admirers on tumblr. If you're interested in Mark for his work, his life or his gorgeous ginger physical form then come on over to the Guild blog or join us by checking out the tag.
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For the Guild:
A selection of the many (most of the time he was all I could see) photos I took today of Gatiss at filming. (I have more but these...
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Mrs. Hudson (not just an housekeeper!)
[Answer to this post]
Yesss… Mrs. Hudson! I so LOVE her!
Well, let’s start by summarizing what...
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Anonymous asked: Why do you think makes Mycroft so appealing?
Tailoring, intellect, poise…
…and that.
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“Mycroft never texts if he can talk.”
The eclectic calling/texting expressions of Mycroft Holmes.
Anthea is Harry’s wife.
Harry’s a widower.
Mycroft introduced her to Harry.
They fell in love.
Mycroft was best man.
Aww, I actually quite like that theory. Though has Mycroft had a “thing” with either party in this version of events?
After devoting serious, studious thought to the issue I have come up with the following list of people that I actively ship with Mycroft Holmes:
- His brother
- His brother’s long-suffering flatmate
- His favourite silver fox of a detective inspector
- His efficient yet snarky nameless personal assistant
- His friendly neighbourhood criminal genius
- His grudgingly respected purveyor of recreational scolding
- His helpful local morgue attendant
- His old friend at the palace
I also have no particular objections to adding in other members of the wider Metropolitan Police detective and forensics teams, landladies, snipers, recalcitrant journalists, passing minor characters that only appeared on screen for thirty seconds and had no lines, characters that exist only in AUs, characters from other fandoms, Frycroft (would that technically be masturbation?) and if that all wasn’t too weird then probably also Mark Gatiss himself.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Sherlock has his violin, but a young Mycroft favoured the cello.
(Or as Sherlock calls it, the fatter, slower violin for those with sausage fingers.)
So I have returned from my quest to read just about every Mycroft-centered fanfiction in existence, and I bear yet another long list of recs as a chronicle of my journey. Get ready for lots of flailing and me struggling to say, “This is wonderful!” in various ways.
My first massive list of Mycroft fic recs is here.
I’ve just opened nine new tabs of ones I haven’t read - I may be gone some time… <3
This may be a stupid question but in my defence I have no idea what the average image-concious middle-aged man does with his hair. (My Dad always considered combing his to be frankly an excessive effort unless he was soundly nagged.)
Anyway - what would Mycroft do to his hair to get it to go like it does? I’m sure Mark is subject to half a can of hairspray for filming makeup purposes, but that surely isn’t right for “real life”. I only have collar length hair myself but I don’t think mine would stay in that sort of arrangement without product of some sort in it, and then combing into place. Any suggestions of what Mycroft’s morning routine would be?
[Borrowed gif kindly illustrates the ‘croftian hairdo.]
Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock.
The Great Game - Mycroft & John
You only see the cameras he wants you to see.
(via fyeahmycroftandjohn)
Anonymous asked:
Do you know the deal with Mycroft’s wedding ring?
Mark Gatiss has addressed the ring a couple of times on his Twitter. (There is some dispute as to whether it’s a wedding band or just a ring.) Namely to clarify that it is not his own wedding band…
Lord of the Rings theory for the win!
What is the noun for a trio of Mycrofts?
(via ibelieveinmycroft)
