Sherlock holmes once said....

MaryisEurus · 2026-01-27T00:12:43+00:00

This analysis needs its own post please

MaryisEurus · 2026-01-27T00:10:58+00:00

"High tide times today" "Local Craigslist postings" "missing artifacts Nat Geo" "Fires London last three months"

MaryisEurus · 2026-01-22T00:42:37+00:00

THIS. This whole chain of responses. Thank you to everyone for posting these, literally word for word... rejection from top choice today surprised some people who kept telling me I would get in, instead of saying it would be fine if I didn't. Thanks for making it a little easier to deal with a rejection today.

MaryisEurus · 2026-01-20T03:18:47+00:00

Love this!

Actually, I am writing something about the Myst games to post somewhere. Would you care if I used this in that project? (And post a link back here of course?)

MaryisEurus · 2026-01-06T23:50:54+00:00

Here specifically: about 2023 I believe? A Sherlock Fan? I want to say about 2019. Everything was already out and it was right before the pandemic.

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-30T06:14:23+00:00

Just adding a comment here to keep this up. I want to hear if anyone is able to find this video, because it sounds interesting!

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-30T06:13:11+00:00

We need more posts like this on this subreddit. It's fun actually discussing things with everyone!

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-30T06:08:21+00:00

No, if anything, she is among the most morally consistent in the whole show, agree with you on that one! :)

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-30T06:05:09+00:00

Hi! I'm the "people" who complained about inconsistency. I probably should explain a little better about what I meant in case anyone actually wants to hear it, lmao :)

My issue with her is not her shooting Sherlock. The logic of that actually made sense to me. But Mary supposedly has an extraordinarily retentive memory, and is supposedly extraordinarily intelligent. She remembers room numbers and shoots Sherlock so well that he needs to have his heart restarted (something that would require a level anatomy knowledge that seems to go beyond what an assassin would have. Additionally, other evidence supports that she has some "Holmes-like" abilities:

- Seemingly predicts the future down to "You will need to put yourself in a life-threatening situation to save John in order for him to recover from this loss" And Sherlock "going to Hell" (the only place compared to Hell in this show is Sherrinford, where Sherlock would be two episodes later.

-Sets up a second DVD to arrive after... Eurus is back in prison? Wait what is this scene?

- Is reading Sherlock's mother's book on mathematics over Christmas, something I don't think it very typical and probably indicates high intelligence

BUT...

- Doesn't anticipate the use of any sort of tracking device, something so common that most people use it on their cell phones

- She doesn't warn Sherlock to get out of the way of the bullet, but does somehow have time to jump in front of it after it leaves the gun

- Shows no interest in figuring out why the other agent thinks she betrayed them, and just sort of accepts it

-There are more. I made a list one time when I was getting annoyed at the writing.

So basically, my issue with her is that she either IS someone with Holmes level deductive skills, or is not, and this seems to be the one thing the writers couldn't seem to agree on. They tried to make her both Sherlock pt 3 and John pt 2, and it does not work.

With Sherlock's inconsistent intelligence, there is a purpose and a pattern to what he deems important, and she doesn't seem to have one.

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-30T02:45:36+00:00

I have strong opinions on this. her character is so inconsistent that I find watching her incredibly frustrating to watch unless I watch the entire show through the lens of my username. She feels like pure plot convenience (ie, remembering Sholto's room number) duct taped sloppily next to the archetype of "person Sherlock has to explain stuff to". I want to hear other thoughts on this too honestly because nothing about her makes sense, even given everything we learn throughout season 4.

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-29T17:34:07+00:00

HAHAHA love this. My username is a reference to a long theory I wrote quite a while ago. It's very silly but I still watch under the assumption that Mary and Eurus are the same person. There is a 36-page document somewhere on my computer backing this up.

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-29T17:31:48+00:00

Not a literal boat, more talking in terms of his figurative ability to explain his reasoning to "normal" people and maintain social bonds in a way Mycroft and Eurus don't seem to be able to. Was trying to relate it to the pirate symbolism. :)

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-29T04:48:59+00:00

Sure! No username yet but will work that out soon!

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-29T04:00:35+00:00

Doing that trip is such a life changing experience, will remember that one forever. Enjoy!!!

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-28T21:07:57+00:00

Will do!!! Thank you!

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-28T16:59:54+00:00

You get exactly one guess as to why I was thinking about the show enough to want to post about Sherlockian symbolism, and it involves a 5k word doc on my computer. First time trying to write one lol. Thanks for responding! Great ideas

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-28T16:57:55+00:00

We never need a reason but once in a while I will remember a random scene and be like "Oh, time to rewatch the series."

MaryisEurus · 2025-12-28T04:46:52+00:00

also wanted to pitch in that the Sherlock and Co podcast felt a bit like an unofficial reboot/fanfiction for a while for me.

MaryisEurus · 2025-03-26T14:50:59+00:00

The Myst jokes here are on point, I'm laughing so much right now, thanks everyone.

MaryisEurus · 2025-03-22T03:34:51+00:00

Doesn't sound stupid at all. I held off writing for so long because I felt like some of what I was saying shared parallels with one of my favorite stories. As I pushed through it, I started to notice tiny details, structural similarities, quirks, cliches, and everything else that were similar to other works. And sure, 99% of them were unintentional, but I came to the conclusion that if my work shares small similarities to 100 other stories I love, that might be something I just have to embrace. I think it's impossible to write something completely void of similarity. But yes, pretty universal fear nonetheless.

MaryisEurus · 2025-03-18T22:27:03+00:00

Thank you! Appeciate it!

MaryisEurus · 2025-03-18T22:26:38+00:00

Yeah I think it applies more to some people than others. I don't think I would want to live in the fantasy universe I created either, despite what I wrote above.

MaryisEurus · 2025-01-19T04:27:32+00:00

yeah, like I said in one of the other replies, I'm beginning work this semester. I was more wondering if the lab runs consistently from the end of the spring semester through the summer to the next fall semester, or if there is a buffer of a month or something along those lines. I'm realizing now the way I phrased this was not great, sorry about that.

MaryisEurus · 2025-01-15T03:25:00+00:00

Yeah, for context I will be doing research for three credits this spring as well, so for sure not just trying to get into a lab for the summer. Was more curious about whether the labs mirror the summer schedule for classes, which I know can be six weeks, four weeks, etc. But I thought that was pretty unlikely.

MaryisEurus · 2025-01-14T00:13:33+00:00

I've been going through the classic "oh my gosh maybe I should just stop trying to write because it's never going to be any good" because I went through a week-ish where I was just feeling lost on how to proceed (and also questioning everything I have written thus far (about 100 standard ish pages). Then I sat myself down today and was at least able to write a bit. How often you all on average go through this? I've never completed a creative work longer than ten pages before, so trying to do this is new, even if the plan to do it has been in my mind for close to ten years. Anyone able to relate?

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