The super intriguing Holmes family

 (Sherlock meta by strawberrypatty)

I’m really just super intrigued by the Holmes family in general now. During series one and two they were portrayed as super cold minor nobles. But after series three it was like “Okay, cute little elderly couple who are utterly and completely normal”.

But now we’ve been introduced to Musgrave. Also the fact that cross-dressing Uncle Rudy held a position similar to Mycroft in the past. So like… I think the answer is somewhere in the middle of the two portrayals? Like, Mr and Mrs Holmes are incredibly chill and normal folks, but they actually do have some social status they just kind of ignore it?

I’m wondering how the loss of Eurus changed Mr. and Mrs. Holmes too. Like they totally left the grandeur of their old life behind after their daughter died and their youngest son was so traumatized he basically forgot his sister existed.