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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