This is the first time Moriarty has been truly fascinating/interesting to me as a character. I had always felt that Moriarty was one of those amazing character in concept (in idea, in my imagination) but never truly realised in text. I found that the ACD's canon never really sold me on Moriarty as a character, but the by the gods, Andrew Scott's Moriarty is amazing, and for the first time ever I can actually fear Moriarty the realised character/person.
A lots of it is due to this idea that he is all alone, the way he thinks Sherlock is like him (did you notice the MIRROR motif that ran throughout all three eps?), here is a genius with no boundaries, life is so boring, and he is all alone. Then comes along Sherlock, another genius, someone exactly like him, the same brilliance, the same loneliness (or he thought), and oh my, they can have such an amazing game, and maybe, finally, he will have somebody like him.
Except Moriarty is also insane, he wants to win, and he will destroy anything to be the winner. That whole roof-top scene, the ways that he kept on hoping Sherlock would be EXTRAORDINARY, yet was horribly disappointed that Sherlock was ordinary (emotions and caring for other, can’t see through his own weakness), and how when he Sherlock seemed to have won, he decides to kill himself, because there is nothing more important than winning the game.
Just - there are so many layers to him, and I love this interpretation of Moriarty than just the Moriarty who is a criminal mastermind. This Moriarty is a million times more scary.
Also, OMFG! That last telephone conversation, the ways that Sherlock was saying goodbye, killing off any opportunity of seeing John again, the most important person in his life. GUH.
Now, what do you think of Mycroft in this? Part of me think he was on the whole plan, that Sherlock allowed him to release all that information to Moriarty, but never told Holmes the elder that he was going to commit suicide. I just can’t imagine Mycroft miscalculated so drastically.
A lots of it is due to this idea that he is all alone, the way he thinks Sherlock is like him (did you notice the MIRROR motif that ran throughout all three eps?), here is a genius with no boundaries, life is so boring, and he is all alone. Then comes along Sherlock, another genius, someone exactly like him, the same brilliance, the same loneliness (or he thought), and oh my, they can have such an amazing game, and maybe, finally, he will have somebody like him.
Except Moriarty is also insane, he wants to win, and he will destroy anything to be the winner. That whole roof-top scene, the ways that he kept on hoping Sherlock would be EXTRAORDINARY, yet was horribly disappointed that Sherlock was ordinary (emotions and caring for other, can’t see through his own weakness), and how when he Sherlock seemed to have won, he decides to kill himself, because there is nothing more important than winning the game.
Just - there are so many layers to him, and I love this interpretation of Moriarty than just the Moriarty who is a criminal mastermind. This Moriarty is a million times more scary.
Also, OMFG! That last telephone conversation, the ways that Sherlock was saying goodbye, killing off any opportunity of seeing John again, the most important person in his life. GUH.
Now, what do you think of Mycroft in this? Part of me think he was on the whole plan, that Sherlock allowed him to release all that information to Moriarty, but never told Holmes the elder that he was going to commit suicide. I just can’t imagine Mycroft miscalculated so drastically.
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