It all comes from the right place with Mycroft, because he doesn’t want Sherlock to just be a rogue agent, but obviously finds the fact that Sherlock is a private detective quite embarrassing. With a brain like Sherlock’s he should be working for him. That’s where it comes from.
Sherlock & Mycroft’s sibling rivalry – New Mark Gatiss podcast about Sherlock (x)
Yes! What I thought. Mycroft loves his little brother but knows that he’d be safer under direction. His direction.
Not that I’m agreeing with Mycroft but can you see love and logic is what motivates him? Sherlock had Mycroft. Mycroft had no one.
(via centaurlips)