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#Mycroft STOP! #YOU’RE THE ICEMAN LOOK AT YOU FFS #he’s literally sacrificing himself #to avoid Sherlock from losing another best friend #takes the whole blame #he’s not the iceman #not at all #this scene made me fall in love with him even more #Mycroft may be the ‘fastest’ Holmes #but he’s also the most sentimental one #even tho he tries so hard to hide his emotional self #i’m not crying #there’s the British Government in my eyes

This scene may be my favorite of the whole series. I watched it countless times. Brilliant acting by all of them – you can read Mycroft’s face as soon as Eurus gives Sherlock the ultimatum. He calculates and makes his decision that quickly that there’s no way he’s going to let Sherlock choose this. 

Ugh, then Ben! The way he’s stoic but briefly closes his eyes when Mycroft asks him not to shoot him in the face….his brief, sad smile when Mycroft jokes about how small his heart is…the almost imperceptible shake of his hand on the gun….

A round of applause for Sian, too. If you look in the background at the screens, you can see her roll her eyes at Mycroft’s heart comment. You can also see how eager she is looking at the screen. She’s reacting to the things Eurus is supposedly seeing, not just being a blank face on the screen.