Preceja wrote:

By the way, Sherlock could not have afforded Baker street alone, too at the beginning and his cases are profitable only sometimes. How is it that now he has no problem with money and rent? Or has he a special price (or more special price then before) from Ms. Hudson? 

Apparently Mrs Hudson is the richest one in the series so yes, the rent is probably cheap for the boys.

As for Sherlock: look at his posh suits, shoes, dressing gowns... Look at the palace of Mycroft's house. They don't come from a poor family. There are several possible explanations as to why he needed a flatmate in the beginning. He says "we'll be able to afford it betwen the two of us", so maybe Mycroft cut his access to his funds after what happened in the Montague Street (when Sherlock's old landlord chucked him out of his old flat).

Last edited by ewige (January 17, 2017 9:43 am)

ewige wrote:

Preceja wrote:

By the way, Sherlock could not have afforded Baker street alone, too at the beginning and his cases are profitable only sometimes. How is it that now he has no problem with money and rent? Or has he a special price (or more special price then before) from Ms. Hudson? 

Apparently Mrs Hudson is the richest one in the series so yes, the rent is probably cheap for the boys.

As for Sherlock: look at his posh suits, shoes, dressing gowns... Look at the palace of Mycroft's house. They don't come from a poor family. There are several possible explanations as to why he needed a flatmate in the beginning. He says "we'll be able to afford it betwen the two of us", so maybe Mycroft cut his access to his funds after what happened in the Montague Street (when Sherlock's old landlord chucked him out of his old flat).

In TBB John wants to pump Sherlock for money, because he is broke.
It´s obvious that only Sherlock pays the rent at that moment, yet he is comfortable enough to refuse any payment from Sebastian Wilkes + he offers John his money.

nakahara wrote:

Naavy wrote:

I think, the documents existed from years - Mary kept them ready, just in case. She knew, she can be made to run some day, and they were prepared.in advance.

The photographs on them matched her contemporary look, that´s why I believe she had them fabricated only after her escape from London.
 

That, and anywhay, they had to be paid from her old stash so it doesn't really matter when she got them. We also have to consider that she probably needed more than one set of fake papers seeing how she travels around the world to throw everybody off her scent. It would be a little pointless with the same passport.

My point is that it's harder to justify John's sudden wealth than Sherlock's rearranging 221b to welcome a child.
AND we were told by Mary no less that they are her 221b boys and this is where they are supposed to be.

ewige wrote:

Preceja wrote:

By the way, Sherlock could not have afforded Baker street alone, too at the beginning and his cases are profitable only sometimes. How is it that now he has no problem with money and rent? Or has he a special price (or more special price then before) from Ms. Hudson? 

Apparently Mrs Hudson is the richest one in the series so yes, the rent is probably cheap for the boys.

As for Sherlock: look at his posh suits, shoes, dressing gowns... Look at the palace of Mycroft's house. They don't come from a poor family. There are several possible explanations as to why he needed a flatmate in the beginning. He says "we'll be able to afford it betwen the two of us", so maybe Mycroft cut his access to his funds after what happened in the Montague Street (when Sherlock's old landlord chucked him out of his old flat).

I like the theory (found in net), that Mrs Hudson simply wanted Sherlock to have some flatmate, for his own good. It was never said, that Sherlock could not afford to rent all the flat, but having a flatmate by Sherlock was mrs Hudson's condition.

Last edited by Naavy (January 17, 2017 10:01 am)

I believe, it was Mary's look, matching the photographs, not in the contrary. She was able to change her look, like every woman.
I would like John to live in Baker Street, but where?

On the Sherrinford: someone get rid of all the guards too. One or two guards, shooting the rest of them?

 

@Naavy,
I'd say Sherlock moves upstairs while John and Rosie share Sherlock's old room for a while. It's more practical with a small baby anyway.
By the time Rosie is old enough to need her own room, John and Sherlock could seize the day and just share Sherlock's old room while leaving the upstairs bedroom for Rosie.
It would be also possible for John or Sherlock to kip on the sofa. Theoretically.

Last edited by ewige (January 17, 2017 10:18 am)

So Magnussen knew about Redbeard ? But instead of just blackmailing Mycroft with - I'll tell Sherlock - he came up with a convoluted plot to get at Mycroft by blackmailing a dangerous assasin to get at John  to get  at  Sherlock to get at Mycroft ! Idiot! Oh wait , did Euros tell him to do all that ? 

So Moriarty knew about Redbeard and didn't use it he just , randomly never used it and shot himself on the roof without mentioning her...Oh wait ! Did Euros tell him to do all that ?

When Sherlock got shot and was dieing , the thing that calmed him was patting his imaginary dog that was actually a drowned dead boy ! 😕 Sherlock said they're putting me down too.. did he imagine his parents put the dog down too. Actually the whole turn the missing murdered boy into a dog with it's own backstory and bowl !

Euros could go anywhere and do anything with the whole talk to anyone and they do as I say skill so why did she just sit about in a empty glass room for decades or need to do favours for Christmas presents. If she missed Sherlock why not just telephone him and say visit me and be my friend or whatever.

Who had tens of millions of pounds to buy a Stradivarius for a mental patient! Did she just find a Strad owner and say Give me your very valuable very famous violin...ta!

Last edited by Mothonthemantel (January 17, 2017 11:58 am)

I had a theory back in Pink , that Sherlock wasn't looking for a flatmate he was looking for an assistant as he later told Lestrade. John did become his live in PA As described in Hound.
And so much more.....

That´s true. Parents must know and participate on the thing by hiding these photographs or videos, birth record and the like or it´s nonsense.

Based on how Eurus is depicted in TFP, it is not feasible for her to have role played the other three characters in TST and TLD (bus lady, therapist and Faith Smith).

In TFP, it is clear that she is someone who has no empathy or emotions. Throughout her locked room puzzles she even asks Sherlock and Mycroft etc. to give her verbal explanation of their emotional state so she can gauge their levels of anxiety. She cannot tell what is beautiful or painful either.

Therefore, how could she possibly dress up as someone beautiful that she knows John would fall for, engage in a text conversation/ affair for a prolonged period (emotions), become a therapist who is talking through someone's emotional problems as well as able to spot and understand non-verbal queues (such as John looking at imaginary Mary), or act as Faith Smith who was, as she pretended, emotionally traumatised and suicidal? Isn't that like... weird?