I really enjoyed Archie's interaction with Sherlock it was really sweet. Especially when Sherlock replies "maggots", and Archie is like "Coooool!", I love Sherlock's face at this moment!

Interesting thing, that episode... I mean.... :

* Sherlock tells Archie "I don't know, i'll ask one", implying he doesn't consider himself as an adult.

* At the end, Sherlock tells Mary and John that they already are the best parents, "Look at all the practice you've had. Well, you're hardly going to need me around now you've got a real baby on the way", aknowledging he probably often acts like a child/baby around Mary and John.

* On the other hand, he tells Mycroft "I'm not a child anymore!" when Mycroft asks him "Remember Red Beard?" (which could be an allusion to something from Sherlock's childhood) and yet, the way he protests, and the way he insists to know the reason behind Mycroft's moment of silence, remind me very much of a little child.

I find all this very interesting.

Because out of these 4 (Archie, John, Mary, Mycroft), and even I see John as a kind of reference for Sherlock (through the seasons, he has more or less taught him what's good or bad etc), Mycroft is the only one who is very close to a "parent figure" for Sherlock (which isn't surprising at all for a big brother actually): he cares a lot about him, always keeps an eye on him, and often adresses him like he would address a child (i.e the sheet scene in Buckingham: a scene in which Sherlock had been very stubborn and childish, actually;  when he tells him not to deal with Irene anymore "Yes Sherlock, you will".... etc etc) and he's the one to whom Sherlock says "I'm not a child" (and yet keeps acting like one most of the time, and I do think, even if he would never admit it, that he enjoys having a big brother who looks after him and treats him like a child)

Anyway, all this: Archie, which could be the very picture of how we imagine Sherlock as a child, and all those allusions to him being (or not being anymore) a child (well, acting like one at least), Mycroft possible allusion to Sherlock's childhood... well, I really don't think it's all a coincidence...

What if it plays a part in next episode?
 

Last edited by Punch me in the face (January 8, 2014 3:01 pm)

He can change his pitch of voice. Just think of Martin Crieff. 

Swanpride wrote:

So what? You don't need to do the act to get your semen in a woman.

 
Well, that's no fun at all!

Having read too much Parentlock fic my first reaction when I saw little Archie was "HAMISH"!! 

I see you have managed to return to subject. And in such a scientific and serious fashion. 

Sorry, Punch Me, your comments are very good and I actually started this as a serious thread. Got somehow out of hand. 

I loved Archie and think that they did 'bond' over likeness.  However, the one thing that stood out for me was that John thought it would be a good idea to leave a child in Sherlock's care unsupervised, considering the last time Sherlock was talking to children (prior to the RF) was in Scandal and he told them people didn't go to heaven they just died.

Even if John trusts Sherlock in a lot of things, I'm surprised he didn't see potential pit falls and ensure he was close by, but Sherlock seems not only to be in the flat by himself with Archie, but also picked out of everyone to talk 'conformity' into him.  Does Sherlock actually strike you as the person to do this??

I have no idea who decided Sherlock was best for the job, who dropped him off and left him in a flat with dead body parts in it, or who decided Sherlock was better left alone - quite frankly they deserve to have a boy obsessed with body parts - they brought it on themselves by introducing him to Sherlock.  LOL

Mxx

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I think that Sherlock had the contact details for Archie's mom and he called her. She might have been having tea with Mrs. Hudson for all we know. I'm not sure if John would have left a kid alone with Sherlock but since he doesn't live at 221B anymore... 

ahhh yes.  I was forgetting that.  LOL.  Yeah, can see Sherlock overhearing a comment and thinking 'I'll fix that' and calling the mother himself. 

Mxx

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Mirthxx wrote:

ahhh yes.  I was forgetting that.  LOL.  Yeah, can see Sherlock overhearing a comment and thinking 'I'll fix that' and calling the mother himself. 

Mxx

Well, it would among his duties after all 

 
Yes, I think the whole thing was arranged by Sherlock himself.  It fits in with his meeting with Mary's ex as a potential usher.  He seemed to be "vetting" everyone who was going to have anything to do with the wedding.

And it's totally adorable.

I think that's a coincidence. Billy suits Archie's character.....little guy with a big curious and inquisitive mind...

Archie was great.  I was curious as to why the writers chose "Archie" for the name of the character so I looked it up online.  Interestingly, Archie means: Genuine, bold, brave.  I wonder if there's any significance to that, then?  The description certainly fits Sherlock, imo.  I don't know the canon much so if the name was a reference to someone in a story, it totally went by me.