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Going crazy over the parallels between Sherlock and Moriarty from this week’s s&c episode rn.

Literally one of the main ways Moriarty is described in the book is through his criminal web, with him as the spider (an image that’s stuck with me and is prominent in many adaptations)

And the fact that they used a pretty similar metaphor for Sherlock??? And it’s used heavily throughout the whole episode?!? SO GOOD AAA

Makes me super excited when they get to The Final Problem and will presumably use Moriarty’s spider motif to then connect it with this one. They’re both spiders in a way— they wait at the center and study how to take down their prey. But they’re also opposite at the same time. Sherlock’s web is for determining suspects and deducing the criminal, and Moriarty’s is for organizing and maintaining his criminal schemes and people.

I just think it’s neat how they’re adding a whole another level to their similarities!!