#i don't know why i specify charles dickens the carrier pigeon its just funnier

[starlostlix]

even from the limited amount i've seen of it, i absolutely love the concept of Alcroft communicating via carrier pigeon whilst Albert is in prison, and that said pigeon even has a name and it's Charles Dickens.

so these dudes now have almost no pressing need to keep communicating (since Albert is no longer running MI6) but yet they insist on communicating still, and they're sending letters across london via MYCROFT HOLMES' PET CARRIER PIGEON CALLED CHARLES DICKENS instead of just going via the post or something. Albert sees a pigeon outside his prison cell window in the tower of london and is like 'ah yes mail is here' and is visibly disappointed when it's a random pigeon and not charles. plus the pigeon apparently even grows fond of Albert from visiting him so often so HOW MANY LETTERS DID MYCROFT SEND? how many trips was this pigeon flying per week? was charles dickens getting compensation via extra berries or seeds or something per flight? mycroft you better be treating that pet pigeon of yours well for all his work, i mean he's single-handedly maintaining your relationship with your imprisoned friend (or bf if you're an alcroft shipper, i don't really know if i am yet).

so in short Alcroft basically spend lots of time and letters bonding over the fact that they both thought their brothers were dead, becoming a support network exclusively held up by charles dickens the carrier pigeon.

the writer(s) of Moriarty the Patriot absolutely cooked with that one it's so funny and endearing. and why do i not see more alcroft shippers talk about charles dickens and how like i said he single-handedly maintained alcroft's relationship during that time skip. give charles dickens the carrier pigeon his credit and his praise.