"It would take Sherlock Holmes to fool me." Mycroft doesn´t know-
 

Last edited by Mrs.Wenceslas (May 7, 2014 8:26 pm)

If Mycroft knew about Irene being alive, I think Mycroft would be convinced that Sherlock tells /almost/ everything to John...At least things he wouldn´t tell Mycroft. So I´m not sure if that would be the point to play with John. erm? not sure if I explained it well either 

I don´t see Mycroft as the cleverest and unmistakable...he made a lot of mistakes. Irene working for Moriarty is definitely one of them.

I don't think Mycroft knew that Irene was alive, so yes, he can be fooled. I'm just suspicious about the way he's supposedly fooled in HLV. The man is supposed to be a genius. He must have smelled a fish with the Christmas trick, Sherlock hates christmas.

Though I admit it's really hard to write about geniuses when you aren't one, I'm trying that now, quite a bit of the little plotty bits disappear in the 'Oh, but he'd know'.

We know, from Magnesson that Mary did work for the CIA before she started feelance "wet jobs" (meanig assasinating people).  I have a suspion that she was hired multiple times to do Moriarty's dirty work.  She could have easily been one of his hired snippers in The Great Game.  If this were her past it would definetly be enough to make John stop loving her,  I bet because of her past Mary (and baby) will leave and change her identidy opossed to dieing.