Going Crazy Over The Parallels Between Sherlock And Moriarty From This Weeks S&c Episode Rn.

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!!

My hot take on queer Sherlock Holmes is that he can be read as both aroace and gay. I think it really just comes down to how do you want to analyze him. Either one works for however you wish to analyze really. If you want to go down the trail of him being aroace and Watson calling him a machine and without feeling, it gets a good analysis on how those that do not feel romantic or sexual attraction are often seen as heartless or disturbed. That isn't to negate that often aroace are told that they "just haven't found the right person". However one can also view Sherlock Holmes through the gay lense and that then brings the question of what crimes are truly sinister, this is explored through the stories often.

I don't know, I just think that analysis is fun and interesting.

The aroace pipeline of being a johnlock shipper to a qpr holmes&watson truther

The Three Students Pt. 2 (Spoilers)

Pt. 2 notes, let’s go!!

Starting off with John being the disaster drunk that he is…I’m not surprised John would be the ‘I lOvE yOu GuYs So MuCh” drunk

I forget John is a snorer (worth noting that Sherlock HATES people making noises in their sleep INCLUDING snorers, but somehow doesn’t have any problem with John’s snoring)

Mariana and Kayleigh bonding over Taylor Swift was sweet (not a Swiftie myself, but still sweet)

At least John isn’t the only one that ‘overdid it’ while at Oxford. Sherlock honey you were up until 5am, GO TO SLEEP!

‘Sleeping Beauty’ - hehe John’s our Sleeping Beauty (as he looks like shit, I imagine)

Poor John is gonna be SUFFERING through that hangover

Oh?? John’s drunken adventures gave them a clue? Good for him, I suppose?

Oh God, I just KNOW the speech is gonna SUCK

John, stop losing your shoes!! 

‘A very particular shoe’…hmm 

Prometheus mention? Must be to make up for them changing from the original Greek exam in the og story! Really good connection between the myth and the current case

Ew shut up Miles, that isn’t ‘speaking your mind’, that’s just being an arrogant prick. Humble this piece of shit, Sherlock!

Sherlock: “Oopsy, there’s a lie”, YES SHERLOCK get his ass!

It’s the moment we’ve all been expected: the big speech! Poor Sherlock, he’s so nervous

Good on him for switching over to something he’s more confident in: the current case!

Yes Sherlock, get in your element! It’s so sweet hearing him get so into the case and explaining his deductions, and I LOVE all Sherlock Holmes deduction scenes where he explains his thinking!

Personally I think Sherlock would also make for a GREAT professor (ironic considering a certain professor becomes a problem later on…)

Sherlock: “Oh deary deary”, stop being so cute, Sherlock!

Hehe yes Sherlock, make that SMALL MAN admit his real height! (He’s not even that short, but he deserves to be bullied)

Nice callback to Sherlock looking for ‘a very particular shoe’ while getting shoes for John! Knew that was gonna come back up later

Kayleigh, You did all this in order to go to a TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT?! I will say, Swifties are committed

“Only through a Doctor from Swindon and an Accountant from Sociedad have my studies in the human condition had become all the more enlightening” d’awwww Sherlock you love them!!

Oh God oh no Sherlock no don’t read that IT’S THE BAD SPEECH AHHHH THE SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT

HA Sherlock still being the snack thief he is!

Aaaaand that’s it for the Three Students case! This was a fun one. Not in my top three for the podcast’s cases, but definitely a fun one. 

I don’t know if alcoholism is thought of differently in the UK (especially when it comes to UK university norms) but even as an American I can tell that alcohol is becoming far more relevant to John than him just ‘partying like a student’. Reminder that he was drinking a beer in the middle of the day during pt. 1, and this was BEFORE they stepped foot at Oxford! Personally…I hope the podcast recognizes this as a real problem; same goes for Sherlock’s drug addiction. I really don’t want these things to just be running jokes. I’m not asking for full episodes of rehab or whatever, I just want them to ACKNOWLEDGE that these are problems. 

Anyway, great case and now it’s just waiting for the next one. Fingers crossed we start getting to the meatier cases soon!

Looooved the spooky halloween vibes of Pince-nez. John was right he did a great job on the editing.

Go listen to Sherlock & Co If you haven’t already!!! what the hell dude!!!

Love that John actually has a personality in this podcast and isnt just the "nice" suffering straight guy to Sherlock.

He hates the rich, gets pissed off when an old man is being neglected by his kids, has an annoying habit of rambling/stammering, possible alcholoholic, and hasn't gotten laid since 2019.

He is just as entertaining as Sherlock. Sometimes maybe even a little more.

Plus when he and Sherlock solved a case he made sure to check up on Mercer the Cat at the shelter and gave a whole update on her. Which honestly gives him 100 extra points in my book.