Okay this looks so stupid and sounds stupid but I swear to you this was the scariest freakin crap I have ever seen in my entire life good god.
#the mikkelsen brothers are fucking FRIGHTENING without even trying
I JUST REALIZED LARS IS MADS’S BROTHER, HOLY HELL.
MY EXACT REACTION TO THE ABOVE.
Okay no as stupid and what the fuck as it seems, this shit is fucking terrifying. Because this is the ultimate expression of power and control.
It’s Magnussen saying “I know who you are. I know you’ve survived war and death, I know you’ve killed people, I know you could probably overpower me in seconds. But you can’t.” And John can’t because in these moments, Magnussen owns him. He can destroy his entire life with nothing more than his brain and he’s flaunting that fact. This isn’t just hahaha flick your face.
John is rather powerful physically and Magnussen knows this. He’s also a proud man, a military man. So this, to a man like John Watson is so insanely disrespectful and demeaning I’m not even sure how to convey it. And he just has to stand there and take it knowing that at any moment Magnussen could just decide to ruin his life. On a fucking whim.
This is I could destroy you, your family, your friends, destroy your whole life, smile while I did it and then go on with my day like nothing happened.
If you don’t think that’s the creepiest shit then I don’t know what to tell you.