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real footage of me listening to sherlock talking about how even the torrents that seem most wondrous to us will reach their end in a waterfall (the foreshadowing is crazy)
PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY????? OH NO BUT OH YES
I love the accuracy of the defibrillator usage in Sherlock and co
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 gushš„°)
2. Sherlock went on a tangent about how all bodies of water meet their ends, whether itās 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 Iām 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 guyās life was DESTROYED because of Sherlockās detective skills.
This may be a huge stretch, but this is what my brain pieced together:
1. The principalās life was ruined by (mostly himself, but in his mind he would blame) Sherlock. He literally cried in a fetal position in Sherlockās 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 heās ālistening intently to every wordā? Why not just say āJamesā 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 heās 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 itās still in that familiar education field he worked up to. Either way, heās been listening to the podcast and waited until now to let Sherlock know that heās thereā¦
What do yāall think? Is this truly crazy brain rot, or do you see the connections?
Oop, sorry my bad! Now that I relistened to it, he didnāt stop stimming after the name drop. Thatās on me and my frazzled brain (and the transcripts) but I still stand by my other points! Most likely heās using a full fake name, but having that professor title could also be a āhidden-in-plain-sightā 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 gushš„°)
2. Sherlock went on a tangent about how all bodies of water meet their ends, whether itās 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 Iām 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 guyās life was DESTROYED because of Sherlockās detective skills.
This may be a huge stretch, but this is what my brain pieced together:
1. The principalās life was ruined by (mostly himself, but in his mind he would blame) Sherlock. He literally cried in a fetal position in Sherlockās 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 heās ālistening intently to every wordā? Why not just say āJamesā 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 heās 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 itās still in that familiar education field he worked up to. Either way, heās been listening to the podcast and waited until now to let Sherlock know that heās thereā¦
What do yāall think? Is this truly crazy brain rot, or do you see the connections?
Shoscombe Old Place Pt. 3 (SPOILERS)
Just gonna say based on my notes, I LOVED this case!
1. Johnās less-than jovial intro and the mention of a āmedical emergencyā followed by a sighā¦I was both stressed and wanting to hug him because dude are you okay?? Whatās gonna happen??!
2. GENIUS that this case coincidentally goes alongside Johnās personal issues revolving around Carrie and her leaving Archie with him! Especially with John and Carrieās own argument sneaking into an argument about the case. It was honestly so cathartic hearing John call her out on how shitty she was being about something that SHE did! (And we hear a bit more about the healing process John went through after he got hit with the IED bomb!)
4. God, this podcast is just amazing about monologues!! Monologues are hit-or-miss depending on where you hear them from, but this podcast KNOWS that a good monologue is definitely needed for a Sherlock podcast. The whole time I was just captivated by Robertās monologue: how his sisterās husbandās family was really well off, how Robertās family wasnāt (also a nice connection to his and Johnās personal struggles with classism), and Robert scrambling to do everything Beatrice wished for when she died while also trying to keep up appearances so he wouldnāt have to give everything back to the Falder family and be left withā¦nothing. No cars, no fancy house, not even his sisterā¦
5. John getting excited to drive one of the cars was great! āJOHN HAMISH WATSON!ā āDonāt you āHamishā ME!āšš Great way to balance out the somberness of Robertās dilemma with the comedic nature of the podcast!
6. Love love LOVE when Sherlock adaptations remind us that John is a DOCTOR, and a competent one at that!! Dr. John Watson is honestly my favorite character, and so far THIS John is becoming one of my fave Watsons! I was stressing alongside John during that medical emergency sceneš°
7. The ending was honestly so sweet! John going back to the river that was used as an analogy for him and his new life, Sherlock packing everything up for John (which is a difference compared to pt. 1 starting with Sherlock not even getting his own things packed yet), Sherlock also passing on some words of appreciation from Joe that John definitely needed, and some lighthearted comedy sprinkled in to wrap up the whole episodeš„°š.
What. A. Case!! I love the direction this podcast is going when it comes to telling classic Sherlock cases while still making it interesting and exciting! Iām glad they only made a SMALL mention to Moriarty because some adaptations get too eager to introduce him into the story and immediately mess with Sherlock. This podcast made the right decision when introducing Moriarty: heās there, but only a foreboding threat (as he should be). I already posted about my āwho Moriarty really isā theory (I know thereās one error in it, but Iāve since then clarified it) but Iām not in a hurry to have my theory be proven right or wrong. Iām just happy with Sherlock and John solving their cases for nowāŗļø.
Whew! Sorry for all that. Just needed to get it all out of my system. Welp, now I gotta wait patiently until they reveal what their next case will be for next weekš¬.