MORIARTY ARRIVES AT SHERRINFORD IN A HELICOPTER AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, MYCROFT HOLMES IS DELIVERED AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO AN UNASSAILABLE ARCHITECTURE VIA A FUCKING HELICOPTER

God fucking damn it

John is delivered in a helicopter to Buckingham Palace …. where Sherlock waits, clothed in a sheet …..

I’d forgotten about that part. My immediate thought was being a Christmas present and being delivered by a helicopter, but this adds another dimension!

Wow - great catch @justanotherone16 ! Why have I never thought of this? It’s all so strikingly similar! I don’t know which of the three deliveries that is weirdest, though… And what might they symbolize?

Mycroft (=Sherlock’s brain?) is brought to CAM (= the Media? A Sherlock mirror?) as a Christmas present, according to Sherlock’s plan to protect ’Mary’ (and thereby John), but what CAM gets instead is a bullet to his head.

Moriarty (=Sherlock’s sexuality/internalized homophobia?) is delivered to Euros/Sherrinford (=Sherlock’s emotions?) as a Christmas present, according to Mycroft’s (Sherlock’s brain?) plan to defeat terrorists, but it ends up with Sherlock nearly shooting a bullet to his head.

But the first delivery was the one @ebaeschnbliah mentions: John being brought to the Queen’s Palace, according to Mycroft’s (Sherlock’s brain?) plan to defeat Irene (Sherlock’s libido?). But what happens instead is that John (Sherlock’s heart?) almost gets shot in the head by Mr Archer (Cupido?). Shortly after this, Irene fakes her death, while Sherlock and John celebrate Christmas.

So, what are we to make of this puzzle? :)

hmm!

The Moriarty Project

Or: There never was any network (part 2 / 2)

As explained in the previous part (x), nowadays a network like Moriarty’s doesn’t seem to be “a thing” anymore. Surveillance and crime persecution are far too advanced for this to be possible, which is also why the “obscure, invincible bad” isn’t today’s biggest fear.

Going back to how updating these themes for a modern version of Sherlock Holmes might work, for Moftiss, we could find some clues to solve this question in one of Mark’s other (sfw) writings.

Mon-ami ‘astings, it is him. Hercule Poirot.

Cookies to @mollydobby for 99% of the sources in this bit, I would never have been able to think of this without having all this data - and also a big one to @isitandwonder for giving us the decisive lead ♥

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Ok, I’m so excited right now, I can hardly type. I just finished your Game Theory series and I have been reading around on the rest of your posts. WOW. You’ve hit on so much, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen links (M is Moriarty!!! And Mycroft later act as M after Moriarty is driven out), the Coventry conundrum and Mycroft’s solution, as well as the Guy Fawkes plot to pass anti-terrorism legislation. Reading your metas finally gives me the feeling that I’m not crazy and just reading too deeply into this show. If we can independently notice so many of the same links, there must be something there: “the universe is rarely so lazy” as they say…

Anyway, I wanted to add some quick things that were on my mind as I was reading through your metas.

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ok, i need to read this again, and the rest of the original post, but wow, the mycroft-sholto mirroring! And the appledore/ secret database thing, which reinforces the mycroft-CAM mirroring someone wrote about back in s3 hiatus. I wonder if i can still find that or if it was someone who deleted...

Appledore is Sherrinford

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Oh, good catch @monikakrasnorada . Yes, I have no doubts about Appledore and Sherrinford being the same just different levels.. And ‘Baskerville’ is the third. An ‘island’ in the middle of a swamp guarded by explosives and under the power of the goverment (brain).  A facility where ‘monsters’ are created and a drug which triggers fear. ‘Dewer’s Hollow’ = the entrance to hell? (X)  Sherlock and John leave the elevator at -1 but it goes further down to -4 and even B. Lions tells them they keep the ‘bins’ deep down. I wonder though if 'B’ means 'bottom’ …. and therefore Sherrinford. :))))

Oh - wow - brilliant!! Why did I never make this connection before? Once you point it out, @monikakrasnorada and @ebaeschnbliah , it seems so very obvious!

This is great, @monikakrasnorada, @ebaeschnbliah, @possiblyimbiassed. And another little thought - the only times we see the actual Appledore are at the end of HLV which is quite possibly EMP. And at the beginning in the notorious “hidden MP” scene where we are made to believe that Magnussen is going home to check his vaults while just going into his mind sitting next to Lady Smallwood. 

ohmygosh, yes, baskerville! in the episode about fear, because the first thing you feel when you think about confronting repressed or scary feelings is fear. It can put you off doing the work for years. The personally relatable thing about this is, that once you actually look straight at the big scary glowing monster you’re sure is gonna eat you, it turns out to just be a dog. If i could change one single thing about THOB, it would be to not kill the dog at the end. But they aren’t over being frightened of it yet.

May I add once again one of my favourite pictures @monikakrasnorada @ebaeschnbliah @gosherlocked @possiblyimbiassed @sarahthecoat

As mentioned in earlier posts and comments imo this is the base of all the “going deep” of Sherlock and his mind palace… he’s always going deeper, it’s a pattern and he had to reach the deepest point of his unconsciousness to solve this case which is the case of himself and his deepest pain, anxiety and conflict….

YES, i remember that iceberg image, thank you for bringing it back!

Appledore is Sherrinford

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Oh, good catch @monikakrasnorada . Yes, I have no doubts about Appledore and Sherrinford being the same just different levels.. And ‘Baskerville’ is the third. An ‘island’ in the middle of a swamp guarded by explosives and under the power of the goverment (brain).  A facility where ‘monsters’ are created and a drug which triggers fear. ‘Dewer’s Hollow’ = the entrance to hell? (X)  Sherlock and John leave the elevator at -1 but it goes further down to -4 and even B. Lions tells them they keep the 'bins’ deep down. I wonder though if 'B’ means 'bottom’ …. and therefore Sherrinford. :))))

Oh - wow - brilliant!! Why did I never make this connection before? Once you point it out, @monikakrasnorada and @ebaeschnbliah , it seems so very obvious!

This is great, @monikakrasnorada, @ebaeschnbliah, @possiblyimbiassed. And another little thought - the only times we see the actual Appledore are at the end of HLV which is quite possibly EMP. And at the beginning in the notorious “hidden MP” scene where we are made to believe that Magnussen is going home to check his vaults while just going into his mind sitting next to Lady Smallwood. 

oh yes, they are all containment structures and Sherlock enter in there each time by indirect intercession of Mycroft (stolen id, computer, disguise) who probably has the control (brain)

YES, good catch! Is there going to be a structure sherlock gets into with john's help instead? Not the barracks in TSOT, john got held up and sherlock snuck in on his own (and went upstairs, not down) and not the abandoned tube station in TEH, sherlock brings the crowbar... and not really the crypt in TAB either... (why does "mary" jump out from behind a pillar, anyway?)(not to lead this off topic or anything) Wouldn't it be interesting to see john "i got this" watson, the way he took charge over Bainbridge's body?

Appledore is Sherrinford

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Oh, good catch @monikakrasnorada . Yes, I have no doubts about Appledore and Sherrinford being the same just different levels.. And ‘Baskerville’ is the third. An ‘island’ in the middle of a swamp guarded by explosives and under the power of the goverment (brain).  A facility where ‘monsters’ are created and a drug which triggers fear. 'Dewer’s Hollow’ = the entrance to hell? (X)  Sherlock and John leave the elevator at -1 but it goes further down to -4 and even B. Lions tells them they keep the 'bins’ deep down. I wonder though if 'B’ means 'bottom’ …. and therefore Sherrinford. :))))

Oh - wow - brilliant!! Why did I never make this connection before? Once you point it out, @monikakrasnorada and @ebaeschnbliah , it seems so very obvious!

This is great, @monikakrasnorada, @ebaeschnbliah, @possiblyimbiassed. And another little thought - the only times we see the actual Appledore are at the end of HLV which is quite possibly EMP. And at the beginning in the notorious “hidden MP” scene where we are made to believe that Magnussen is going home to check his vaults while just going into his mind sitting next to Lady Smallwood. 

ohmygosh, yes, baskerville! in the episode about fear, because the first thing you feel when you think about confronting repressed or scary feelings is fear. It can put you off doing the work for years. The personally relatable thing about this is, that once you actually look straight at the big scary glowing monster you're sure is gonna eat you, it turns out to just be a dog. If i could change one single thing about THOB, it would be to not kill the dog at the end. But they aren't over being frightened of it yet.

Appledore is Sherrinford

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I’m behind this theory — appledore “not existing” irl and same for sherrinford. When Mycroft mentions Sherrinford in TLD we hear snippets of music that sounds very much like Magnussen’s stuff and also the same theme from ASIB when Moriarty texts Mycroft about the “jumbo jet”- an “empty” plane full of “people” - as well as a ruse to deal with a tough situation (also this scene with mycroft, the transition, is done in a fucky way). Idk. It could just be Mycroft being upset over shit but It def has to do with both magnussen and Moriarty imo

Yes, i can see this, also i remember a meta from.... maybe before TAB? that pointed out CAM is a kind of dark!mycroft. All that information, but used for harm and control, completely devoid of caring. (Mycroft may be overbearing and wrong headed about things, but he does care, like sherlock he's actually bursting with feelings) So both appledore and sherrinford represent these vast reservoirs of repression, and how difficult it can be to access that deep self. Maybe the "empty vault" at appledore, and then going on to sherrinford, is saying that the repressed memories cant be accessed without first releasing the repressed emotions.

CAM’s mind palace

At the beginning of HLV, we watch as CAM descends into what we later find out is his mind palace.

But, when Sherlock and John confront him and he shows him the ‘Appledore vaults’- which are none other than his mind palace, this is where we watch him descend:

It isn’t the same set of stairs. Which, could be nothing- he might have different stairs leading to different places inside his mind, but it feels like it might me something, because right before Sherlock shoots him, we can actually see those stairs in the house behind them:

@ebaeschnbliah @gosherlocked @loveismyrevolution @221bloodnun @sarahthecoat @sherlockshadow 

Yes! And if you notice, we’re spiraling downward. We’re going deeper, and Sherlock is no longer in control (a literal downward spiral). Also, as far as I know, that house doesn’t actually have a spiral staircase. @monikakrasnorada @gosherlocked @loveismyrevolution @sarahthecoat @sherlockshadow

Yeah, that going-downstairs imagery does suggest mind palace.

CAM’s mind palace

At the beginning of HLV, we watch as CAM descends into what we later find out is his mind palace.

But, when Sherlock and John confront him and he shows him the ‘Appledore vaults’- which are none other than his mind palace, this is where we watch him descend:

It isn’t the same set of stairs. Which, could be nothing- he might have different stairs leading to different places inside his mind, but it feels like it might me something, because right before Sherlock shoots him, we can actually see those stairs in the house behind them:

@ebaeschnbliah @gosherlocked @loveismyrevolution @221bloodnun @sarahthecoat @sherlockshadow 

Oh, interesting! I’ve only watched HLV twice,is the mind palace he descends to the same from each staircase, or different? cos that could be another “not matching” thing like the scenes in TST that don’t quite match.

Blergh. I think this is a nothing burger. I just watched the rest of the scene from the beginning and he eventually goes to the ‘closet’ and goes down the stairs we see when Sherlock and John are there.

It just seems odd to me, because I always assumed the whole bit at the beginning- watching the car drive up to the house, Magnussen going in and going down those stairs- was all mind palace, since he does end up sitting with Lady Smallwood (wherever they are when he licks her face). It almost makes me want to wonder if Appledore exists at all. 

But, again, I think I posted this too soon and should have watched the whole scene before jumping the gun. :/

Ah well. Still, if EMP began when sherlock was shot, and hasn't ended yet, then the entire xmas visit to appledore is also within sherlocks mind palace, so that could explain the discrepancy. And appledore may not exist... i donno, it gets hard for me to make a sound contribution, since i have really only watched it twice, and the second time was right before TAB aired. So its been quite a while, only seeing stills and gifs.

Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Sussex England. Carl Powers went to school in Brighton.

Taj Mahal, AGRA, India. Built in memory of a lost loved one.

Coincidence?

OK, focus on Mary first. (My first experiment in the EMP universe.)

If my family went to Brighton during the holidays, maybe every year for a while… If I was a very small child, the Royal Pavilion would make a VERY big impression on me. It looks like the Taj Mahal! I imagine even Sherlock Holmes would remember that little detail.

It was built for a king, but better than that- it looks like it popped right out of an adventure story. Who knows what’s hiding inside those walls? It’s huge, every room could be overflowing with fantastical treasures.

If I were little Sherlock, starting to build a mind palace, I might decide to recreate Brighton’s Royal Pavilion in my head. So I could wander around in it all year long. ———-

Somewhere along the line, for whatever reason (there are probably a hundred stories out there)- Mycroft gained access to a room in Sherlock’s mind palace. It started small, with best intentions, I’ll bet. It might have even been Sherlock’s idea.

It became useful. And then essential. Maybe dangerous, yes, all right, possibly very dangerous. Sherlock knows it’s there, but doesn’t have access. It’s safer that way. ———-

Then Sherlock finds out (is told? Or only suspects?): Major excavation has been going on for years. Underneath his treasure-filled mind palace are subterranean tunnels and passageways, multiple levels, leading deeper and deeper. Full of deadly, highly explosive secret data.

Problem is, it’s encrypted. Carefully cloaked and anonymous. Untouchable behind a locked door. Sherlock studies the lock, often. He’s missing something. But he made a promise. And it’s probably nothing to do with him anyway. He gets distracted. ———-

Life goes on- hounds, publicity, criminal masterminds, fake suicides. Hiatus. Mary has taken his John, who is she? A peacemaker, a clever confidante, an orphan. An assassin. !!???!

WHO IS SHE? This, along with simply staying alive, become Sherlock’s obsession. Hospital, recovery, don’t tell John, morphine. Who is she…? Her secrets are hiding in the Appledore database. ———-

Later, in 221b (or is it a dream?) this dangerous woman gives Sherlock a clue: her secrets are hiding in a memory stick called Agra. ———-

Mary’s secrets are in Appledore, Mary’s secrets are in Agra.

Appledore/Agra.

Agra is home to the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal inspired the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. The Royal Pavilion inspired Sherlock’s Mind Palace.

Appledore/Agra –> Taj Mahal –> Royal Pavilion –> Sherlock’s MP.

Oh. ———-

To uncover Mary’s identity and keep John safe, Sherlock HAS to unlock that door in his head. Jimmy it open with a crowbar, go deeper than he’s ever been. Sherlock’s ready to do whatever it takes now. Anything, for Mary.

Lord have mercy. This is amazing, @longsnowsmoon5. I can’t even wrap my jead around it, it’s blowing my mind so hard. But off-piste for a mo, this made me realise something. If Watson Domestic didn’t happen, then all of Sherlock’s info about AGRA could be wrong. He was wrong about the league of furies in TAB.

Wow @longsnowsmoon5 I love all of this. And yes, I think Mary plays a major role in unlocking Sherlock. Adding the description of the AGRA Palace by ACD from The Sign of Four.

This description reminded me very much of a Mind Palace too.

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@monikakrasnorada , @ebaeschnbliah , glad you enjoyed! I am not up to speed on my ACD Sherlock Holmes, I will read The Sign of Four again, to catch the Agra reference.

I’m also not up to speed with current theories, EMP, setlock, or… Well hardly anything! I was terrified of EMP, I honestly still haven’t read anything, will soon… But when I realized that parts of HLV might be interpreted in a kind of dream-symbol-way instead of literally… Well. That seemed worth some time. (Thanks to @tjlcisthenewsexy for the brief intro!)

This post only happened because I have a (very possibly irrational) hang-up on Carl Powers and Brighton. I did some Brighton legwork a while ago- loved the pavilion, but didn’t see a connection. This week at work (they really should keep me better occupied) *Agra*Taj*Mahal*Royal*Pavilion*Brighton*Sherlock*MP* showed up at the front of my brain all at the same time. I almost fell out of my chair. 😂

So maybe it’s something, I’d love for this building to be Sherlock’s mind palace model. It would be a great addition to the Sherlock vacation I’m going to take some day…. ✈️

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