Oop, Sorry My Bad! Now That I Relistened To It, He Didnt Stop Stimming After The Name Drop. Thats On

Oop, sorry my bad! Now that I relistened to it, he didn’t stop stimming after the name drop. That’s on me and my frazzled brain (and the transcripts) but I still stand by my other points! Most likely he’s using a full fake name, but having that professor title could also be a “hidden-in-plain-sight” hint for Sherlock.

Fellow Sherlock and Co fans, I have crazy theory based on what we learned from the latest episode (SPOILERS for Shoscombe Old Place Pt. 2!!)

So three things I loved about the episode:

1. John views Baker Street as home to him more than his actual hometown (just a sweet thing that made my heart gush🥰)

2. Sherlock went on a tangent about how all bodies of water meet their ends, whether it’s a sea, a lake, or a WATERFALL!

3. Professor James Moriarty was canonically mentioned in the show right after the waterfall reference!

BUT, the key thing I’m piecing together is that he is a professor as in someone who would work at a COLLEGE, and I remember that it was mentioned in Gloria Scott that Sherlock exposed a principal at his college for a huge scandal he committed; really important to know that this guy’s life was DESTROYED because of Sherlock’s detective skills.

This may be a huge stretch, but this is what my brain pieced together:

1. The principal’s life was ruined by (mostly himself, but in his mind he would blame) Sherlock. He literally cried in a fetal position in Sherlock’s dorm!

2. Sherlock stops his hand stimming when John mentions Professor James Moriarty in the shoutouts yet says nothing.

3. Why would a random Professor James Moriarty want to mention his full name in the shoutouts, including his job title, and that he’s “listening intently to every word”? Why not just say ‘James’ like every other shoutout name and say that he loves the podcast?

So my crazy theory is this: Professor James Moriarty is actually the PRINCIPAL that Sherlock ruined the life of! Either he’s lying about the professor title or he had to work up to be a professor after he got fired from the college and needed to work up some high title such as being a professor to fix his reputation; it works, considering it’s still in that familiar education field he worked up to. Either way, he’s been listening to the podcast and waited until now to let Sherlock know that he’s there…

What do y’all think? Is this truly crazy brain rot, or do you see the connections?

I agree, but I also have a theory regarding this!

I think Moriarty IS gonna be the principal who’s life, his IDENTITY, was ruined by Sherlock. Doesn’t matter to him if Sherlock was ‘right or wrong’ for what he did, his life was still ruined. Meanwhile imagine being him and hearing that the kid who ruined your life has a popular podcast about his excellent detective skills (same detective skills that made you lose everything)….

Either he changes his name due to the scandal ruining his reputation OR used a fake name so Sherlock wouldn’t recognize his name in the shoutouts OR Sherlock was just pretending not to recognize the name.

Either way, it is rather significant that Moriarty includes the Professor title in his shoutout considering most shoutouts only having people mentioning their first names.

For example: “Shoutout to Bob from-“ and that’s it. Most people wouldn’t think to include their full name, let alone a professional title alongside their name. I think it’s a ‘hidden-in-plain-sight’ hint for Sherlock, since the school they were at was full of professors and he would wanna put himself up to that regard (thinking he ‘deserves it’ after ‘all he’s been through’).

It wouldn’t be the end of the world if it wasn’t true, but this would be a missed opportunity!

This might be an unpopular opinion but that principal guy deserved what was coming for him and Sherlock should not feel an ounce of guilt for exposing him

This is what I’m thinking too!!

Shermie had to be the older brother aka firstborn that moved out and went on his own before the whole drama of Stan getting kicked out of the house. If we take into account the relationship between firstborns and strict parents (especially Filbrick), it would make sense he chose to part ways from the family.

As for the baby their mom was holding, I originally thought that was just another baby she had recently but it makes more sense she would be babysitting for a friend of hers.

my PERSONAL HEADCANON is that Shermie is an older brother of Stan and Ford and that baby in A Tale of Two Stan’s is just a kid that their mom was babysitting for a friend or something

Congrats @paperleef for getting your amazing art to represent the next Sherlock & Co case: The Three Students!

I’ve already read the acd canon story for this case, but I’m excited to see what the podcast does for this one!

I am loving Potion Permit on the switch! I got it as a Christmas gift this year and I’ve been playing it since! Such a cozy game that involves foraging for materials to make potions, fighting foes in the woods, and making friends in the small town your character lives in.

I get what you mean. I wasn’t immediately hooked on the podcast when it first started mainly because I was a bit iffy about this John Watson. I also thought he would be an annoying person to meet irl, but as I’ve continued listening to the episodes I’ve realized that maybe that was the point.

People that come across like John does in the earlier episodes tend to have personal baggage that they aren’t handling well, thus they act out in ways that the rest of us hate. He was NOT in a good place mentally at the beginning. In fact, as the show progresses you understand more and more what led John to being the way that he was in those first few episodes (and to be fair, Sherlock wasn’t making the best first impression as a flatmate). But he grows over time! He’s more sure of himself, 221B starts feeling more like home for him, and eventually he gets moments to remind us that he is a DOCTOR and a smart one at that!

Unfortunately the awkwardness is there to stay, but it almost becomes endearing when it doesn’t come across as him desperately needing people to like him. What I’m saying is that I really like this John Watson because he feels like a full character changing and improving over time instead of just being an observer like in most adaptations. Personally, I say give John Watson a chance.

Listening to Sherlock and Co

It's good, the writing is really solid, the humor is cringe sometimes, but mostly it's John that's cringe

He is such an annoying whiney little bitch sometimes, not a bad written character, just if I knew him in real life I would want to punch him

Anyone else feel this way ??