I deliberately wanted to keep this one gentle, but I think lurking in the background is a rather more troubled side of the Mycroft/Lestrade relationship that I am starting thinking about exploring. Mycroft's extreme secretiveness, perhaps a tendency to hold a grudge, to back away from conflicts, make him quite hard for Lestrade to deal with, beyond the very different social backgrounds. We've talked about how Mycroft might react to past Lestrade/Sherlock involvement (which is already hinted at in 'The Instigator'), so I think that would be interesting to play with.
As for Mycroft turning to John, I'd used the idea of him calling on John to deal with awkward encounters with distressed people before, in Holding out for a hero (http://marysutherland.livejournal.com/8613.html). But I also had in my mind that it might have been Lestrade suggesting John, that if Mycroft wouldn't let him come along, that he wanted to have someone he could trust giving Mycroft support in the 'emotional legwork'.
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Date: 2011-03-03 09:04 pm (UTC)As for Mycroft turning to John, I'd used the idea of him calling on John to deal with awkward encounters with distressed people before, in Holding out for a hero (http://marysutherland.livejournal.com/8613.html). But I also had in my mind that it might have been Lestrade suggesting John, that if Mycroft wouldn't let him come along, that he wanted to have someone he could trust giving Mycroft support in the 'emotional legwork'.