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Children in Sherlock
Today I realised that children do play a very important part in Sherlock. And I am not talking about Baby Watson. So I wrote this meta and would love to hear your ideas:
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(Well, perhaps except for Archie, who isn't traumatized. Quite the opposite, he is the only child who is actually being understood and supported in the show - for being different).
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Re: Children in Sherlock
Sorry, that was a mistake, Vhanja, I wanted to quote your post. Sorry for deleting part of it. 
My comment was to be:
Actually, Sherlock seems to be the only one who can reach him. Archie's mother has stated that he usually does not speak. So his daily life where adults do not understand him is probably quite frustrating. For me Archie has always been a Sherlock mirror, more so than "real" young Sherlock.
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
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Good job susi!
Had never realized that children come up in every episode.
Still more to think about.
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Re: Children in Sherlock
SusiGo wrote:
Sorry, that was a mistake, Vhanja, I wanted to quote your post. Sorry for deleting part of it.
My comment was to be:
Actually, Sherlock seems to be the only one who can reach him. Archie's mother has stated that he usually does not speak. So his daily life where adults do not understand him is probably quite frustrating. For me Archie has always been a Sherlock mirror, more so than "real" young Sherlock.
No worries, it happens. 
Yeah, I think that is why Sherlock bonded with him so easily. I think he could in a way see himself in Archie. The outsider child who no one understood and who was interested in the "wrong" things.
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Re: Children in Sherlock
Good thoughts, Susi. One thing comes to mind about them: Archie is a mirror for Sherlock. So could be the Bruhl boy who laid a clever trail when he was abducted.
The girl at the bonfire looks a lot like Mary with her red coat. And the real Mary Morstan, the stillborn, is apparently connected to Mary too.
Who is John's mirror? Who of the children is connected to him?
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