Steven Moffat: Every supervillain in literature and movies after Moriarty was a copy of Moriarty. Goldfinger talks like Moriarty. So much so that we had to go for a Moriarty that was a bit different. ‘Cause by the time we came along, he was a cliché.
Lars Feilberg (moderator): So, so what did you do, what… What was your thoughts on creating that?
Moffat: Suicide bomber. That’s what we’re scared of now. People who don’t value their own lives.
Mark Gatiss: That’s the big thing with… and I think what people find so alarming about Andrew, Andrew Scott who plays him, who’s such a charming and funny man, but he can turn—he can twist it like that. I mean, not in real life. He’s just very playful and very light and then he just—something happens in his eyes and as Steve says it’s because… It’s what we’re really afraid of is, is there are no—there are no stakes to these people. He, he has a death wish. He’s trying to, trying to push away the commonplaces of existence, which is why he is like Sherlock Holmes. He’s trying to find something that stops him from being bored. And, uh, ultimately even Sherlock Holmes disappoints him. So, um, he doesn’t, he doesn’t care what happens to him. And in the end he blows his head off to prove a point. Which is what, you know, what suicide bombers do.
“Actually, do you know what, ignore me.”
John. John Watson. He just killed a man to save me from myself. Who does that? God.
Look at him: he’s not like an ordinary man. He just shot someone and he’s perfectly fine. Not a hair out of place. He’s just standing there with those nerves of steel, those steady hands, he’s playing innocent, standing on the other side of the tape like he’s uninvolved. He thinks I won’t figure it out, he thinks I won’t know. He’s not ashamed of it or proud of himself; he just did what he thought was right. He didn’t even do it to impress me; he’s not trying to make a point, he’s not demonstrating his usefulness to me. He’s not going to hold it over my head, either. Is he. He found his way here just to protect me. Gratis. As if that’s completely natural.
Natural for him, maybe. Yes. Completely natural for him. My hidden jewel: John Watson. How could I have been so blind?
I would be dead by now without him. I chose the wrong pill. I was wrong twice tonight. A true failure of an evening, by all accounts: two massive failures of observation, more if you count the details. It doesn’t matter: we’re both still here. Second chance: I’m paying attention to you now, John Watson. I see it all in you now.
He came after me, even after I told him I was married to my work. Even after I left him and ran off on my own, twice. I wonder if there’s a way to revisit that conversation, hmm. Not really an area in which I have any real expertise. Is that what he wants? How does one go about doing that?
I thought he was ordinary. I didn’t know what I was dealing with. Unfair! He was hiding in plain sight. He thinks of himself as ordinary, so he appears to be ordinary. To the naked eye, at least. But he’s not. Most definitely not. His hands aren’t even shaking, not even now. Look at that.
Oh I’m keeping him.
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#Look at that #that’s a two year age difference #it looks like a ten year age difference #my poor insane bby
This is one of the things that has always fascinated me about Jim Moriarty - and really it goes down to the root of Andrew Scott’s sheer talent. It’s difficult to make someone look as though they’ve been through hell from the actor’s perspective; sure, the makeup crew can tinker with features, but to look at the difference in his face…
Let’s look at the fall. Of course there’s the obvious difference in hair, but look at the pinch in his brow, the difference in how his eyes are set and eyebrows low. The tightness around his eyes. The set of his scowl and the vehement hate in his chin. It’s just this entire distaste for what the game’s become.
You can see how on the right, he has hope. Excitement. He’s got something to look forward to. I personally don’t believe that in TGG/Pool scene Jim, he knew he was going to die before it was all over with. I honestly don’t. There isn’t a vacancy in his eyes on the right, while on the left there’s just, I don’t know, a desolate gleam? Yeah, he knew he was going to his death on the left. But in the right, he looks like a dog when his master has a squeaky toy, except he has full intent on biting the hand instead of the toy.
I don’t know. I just have so many feels for this character. And Andrew Scott for being able to portray such a difference for one character from one point in time to another. They barely look like the same person.
It makes me wonder if the game getting ‘boring’ because he bested Holmes was all that happened to him…
I always tried to convince people he looked completely different but no one saw it. It’s impossible to miss. He honestly looks so young to the right. Ughhhh Andrew bby how u do it.
I absolutely want to die. Why can no other character give me these pains in my chest?
I am not crying. There is a consulting criminal in my eye. *angsts out*
I’ve seen a lot of Molly/Irene recently, and I totally ship these two.
Femslash is not really a thing that I’m into, but I do rather adore this idea.
I take issue with depictions of Molly as swooning and timid, though. She might feel hesitant about speaking up (at least around Sherlock, we’ve never seen what she’s like without him around), but she doesn’t let that stop her from doing it when she’s got something to say.
I wonder if she’s generally shy, or if it’s specifically Sherlock. And if it’s Sherlock, is it because she wants him to like her, or because she doesn’t especially want an earful of the kind of verbal browbeating he unleashes on the rest of the world whenever it annoys him? (For which I couldn’t blame her, because the man can be pretty vicious.)
But honestly, how many women would feel confident about calling out a man like Sherlock—repeatedly? How many women would feel confident about calling out a man they’re crushing hard on? I love Molly because she’s brave and strong in a very real-world way.
Maybe that’s why I like the idea of these two. They have a very similar dynamic to Sherlock and John, although honestly I think that Irene’s a lot nicer than Sherlock in a social context. Which is a point I could write a thinky essay on sometime… *makes a note*
Seriously, I think one of the things that gets lost in discussions of Molly, that PA points out here, is that we are getting the view of Molly via Sherlock and John, neither of whom has a particularly well-washed window onto her life.
And a great “amen” to her not being timid. She’s quiet, but that’s not the same thing, and she’s certainly more constrained by social niceties than Sherlock, but most people are. But she’s not timid. I mean, remember that one of the very first things we see Molly do is ask Sherlock if he wants to go get coffee with her (in a perfectly graceful way, by the way), and that moment is a fairly direct parallel with John hitting on Anthea in the car, both in terms of tone and in terms of plot.
*hands*
Just saying.
#molly hooper appreciation life
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This Tumblr, is a picture of me with Louise Brealey. She plays Molly Hooper in Sherlock and I have been a fan of hers since 2002 when she was in Casualty.
She is so lovely! A bit surprised at me appearing out of thin air behind her and asking for an autograph and her favourite cheese… But charming and lovely! =)
WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER FOR SHERLOCK SERIES 3
BECAUSE HA HA HA HA HA OMG THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR NEW REICHENBACH INFORMATION.
Except it’s not really new. It’s a year old. But I guess nobody realized what it meant at the time, and nobody’s remembered it since. (I wasn’t here a year ago, so this is the first I’m seeing of this.)
Look at that picture up there. LOOK AT IT.
It’s Louise Brealey in the same clothes she wore as Molly Hooper in The Reichenbach Fall.
The picture was taken in front of the Smithfield Ambulance Station, aka the small building outside St. Bart’s Sherlock made John stand behind during the fall.
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So Molly was at St. Bart’s. So what?
Well, it’s a pretty big deal because they don’t film the interiors of St. Bart’s for the show at the real St. Bart’s. The lab we saw Molly in during Reichenbach was actually in Cardiff.
Unless someone wants to prove that the hallway shot
in Reichenbach was filmed at the real St. Bart’s AND argue that they dragged Louise over there just for that, I think we’ve got a little spoiler on our hands here.
Steven Moffat:
We’ve worked out how Sherlock survives, and actually shot part of what really happened.
They’ve already filmed part of how Sherlock survived
+
A picture of Louise as Molly in Reichenbach costume at St. Bart’s when she had no reason to be there based on her appearance in exclusively interior shots in Reichenbach
=
To me, it looks very, very much like Molly was in the footage that shows how Sherlock survived. And whatever her involvement in that part was, it was something that happened in an exterior shot.
I know this may not seem like a huge deal since most of us assumed Molly was involved. But if you think about it, it may really narrow down the possibilities when it comes to exactly how Molly could’ve been involved and what she would’ve seen or known.
I AM IN LOVE WITH TONIGHT](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpkmbmywSq1qc94sko1_500.jpg)
This Tumblr, is a picture of me with Louise Brealey. She plays Molly Hooper in Sherlock and I have been a fan of hers since 2002 when she was in Casualty.
She is so lovely! A bit surprised at me appearing out of thin air behind her and asking for an autograph and her favourite cheese… But charming and lovely! =)
WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER FOR SHERLOCK SERIES 3
BECAUSE HA HA HA HA HA OMG THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR NEW REICHENBACH INFORMATION.
Except it’s not really new. It’s a year old. But I guess nobody realized what it meant at the time, and nobody’s remembered it since. (I wasn’t here a year ago, so this is the first I’m seeing of this.)
Look at that picture up there. LOOK AT IT.
It’s Louise Brealey in the same clothes she wore as Molly Hooper in The Reichenbach Fall.
The picture was taken in front of the Smithfield Ambulance Station, aka the small building outside St. Bart’s Sherlock made John stand behind during the fall.
So Molly was at St. Bart’s. So what?
Well, it’s a pretty big deal because they don’t film the interiors of St. Bart’s for the show at the real St. Bart’s. The lab we saw Molly in during Reichenbach was actually in Cardiff.
Unless someone wants to prove that the hallway shot
in Reichenbach was filmed at the real St. Bart’s AND argue that they dragged Louise over there just for that, I think we’ve got a little spoiler on our hands here.
We’ve worked out how Sherlock survives, and actually shot part of what really happened.
They’ve already filmed part of how Sherlock survived
+
A picture of Louise as Molly in Reichenbach costume at St. Bart’s when she had no reason to be there based on her appearance in exclusively interior shots in Reichenbach
=
To me, it looks very, very much like Molly was in the footage that shows how Sherlock survived. And whatever her involvement in that part was, it was something that happened in an exterior shot.
I know this may not seem like a huge deal since most of us assumed Molly was involved. But if you think about it, it may really narrow down the possibilities when it comes to exactly how Molly could’ve been involved and what she would’ve seen or known.
I AM IN LOVE WITH TONIGHT
The difference between Sherlock’s face and John’s face: this is not the first time John has seen this happen to a man.
Greg, too. Look at his face. If he’s about 50, then he’s probably been on the force for more than 20 years. 7/7, the 1990s IRA campaign…yeah.
Always thought it was a bit pretentious to say that Sherlock’s London was the battlefield. It’s Lestrade’s London that has the riots and terrorist attacks. Sherlock doesn’t care about those. Not cerebral enough for him.
John and Greg are inured to it. Sherlock, on the other hand, is somewhere between horrified and fascinated, because he’s Sherlock and exploding humans would fascinate him.
Yeah, I love how cold and detached he always acts, but when the fact of a human being rendered into meat presents itself, he wigs out a bit (here, and in TGG when the old woman dies…not to mention John-in-a-bomb-vest).
Reblogging because Lestrade, too.
Don’t forget when Jim eats his gun on top of St. Bart’s.
What’s fascinating about Sherlock is that he’s completely morbid and loves to look at dead people like nothing else, but it’s that second of transition when a person goes from being alive to dead that he still can’t wrap that brilliant mind of his around. He can in theory, but in reality, there’s something about seeing someone cease to exist that remains arcane and frankly horrifying.
And then you see John and Lestrade, and think that if there was a way to put it, Sherlock’s still kind of a child when it comes to this. John’s been in the army, been an army doctor, and is far too used to the sight of people being blown up and dying. Over a quarter of a century in the London police force has made Lestrade the same way. Sherlock’s picked over hundreds of corpses for evidence and has seen hundreds more crime scenes, but he’s completely unaccustomed to being there when the death actually occurs, and it does affect him, as much as he’d have you believe otherwise.
The few times we see him as witness to an actual snuff, he can never manage to hide his complete shock.
And don’t forget his face in ASiP when the cabbie got shot (by john), Sherlock was in shock for a long period of time until he forced the name of Moriarty out of him. I believe, at some point, the Yard or mostly Lestrade, saw through this when they arrived and that’s why they gave him the shock blanket, he could be the science man, the socipath or the consulting detective, but in the end, they still are the professionals and i’m sure people who has experience in this happening all the time, can say with assertivity when someone is shocked enough to receive a shock blanket.
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The difference between Sherlock’s face and John’s face: this is not the first time John has seen this happen to a man.
Greg, too. Look at his face. If he’s about 50, then he’s probably been on the force for more than 20 years. 7/7, the 1990s IRA campaign…yeah.
Always thought it was a bit pretentious to say that Sherlock’s London was the battlefield. It’s Lestrade’s London that has the riots and terrorist attacks. Sherlock doesn’t care about those. Not cerebral enough for him.
John and Greg are inured to it. Sherlock, on the other hand, is somewhere between horrified and fascinated, because he’s Sherlock and exploding humans would fascinate him.
Yeah, I love how cold and detached he always acts, but when the fact of a human being rendered into meat presents itself, he wigs out a bit (here, and in TGG when the old woman dies…not to mention John-in-a-bomb-vest).
I know I reblogged it before but the commentary is just <3
Also: I love those actors so fucking much. The only reason we get to discuss their respective facial expressions and what they might mean for the character is because these incredible actors thought of looking like that.
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Here’s why I love the shit out of this scene. Firstly for the comedy of the collective “BITCH YOU DID NOT.” in the third gif. Also, though, for the way that Sherlock immediately defends Mrs. Hudson despite the fact that he’s not supposed to have those social cues or love anyone enough to use them.
Finally, because of Mycroft’s face in the last gif. He’s obviously shocked; because he KNOWS that it’s out of character for Sherlock to react like that. And then that split second right at the end of the last gif when his face drops. The way he stares at Sherlock before glancing over at John and Mrs. Hudson.
It’s like he realizes that Sherlock is learning these social cues all of the sudden, and he’s learning to love people, like Mrs. Hudson. But in that same split second he realizes that it’s not him that taught him those cues, despite no doubt trying, and it’s not him that Sherlock’s learned to defend (in fact he’s the one Sherlock’s defending from).
In those last split seconds of the gif it’s like you can see his heart break a little bit as he stares at Sherlock and then glances over at the man that managed to do what he wasn’t able to do: giving his little brother a heart. And when he apologizes, you can see the hurt in his eyes after his fake, polite little smile.
And when you watch the scene, he says “apologies” in such a soft voice; a voice a bit unlike his usual confidence.
I’m probably reading WAY to much into this scene but DAMNIT MYCROFT FEELS.
ALSO MARK GATISS FEELS FOR BEING AN AMAZING ACTOR.
#Not to mention the way that by the end of the episode Mycroft is going to John’s side to get advice on how to tell Sherlock about Irene #Because he realizes that John is the authority on Sherlock’s emotions now #And he gets that heartbroken and distant look when he mentions when Sherlock used to want to be a pirate #which was also probably back when Sherlock actually looked to HIM for emotional support. #But then it stopped and he thought Sherlock didn’t want/need anyone for that anymore #Until John came along and showed him that Sherlock just didn’t want/need HIM anymore #I’m overanalyzing the shit out of this #Sherlock #Sherlock Holmes #Mycroft #Mycroft Holmes #John Watson #Mrs. Hudson #Mark Gatiss
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okay guys but seriously
the exact line was
“I researched you. Before we met, I discovered everything that I could to impress you… it’s a trick. It’s just a magic trick.”
he takes this big pause after he says “impress you”
everything he says is in the past tense until it’s a trick. It’s just a magic trick
he was trying to tell him
he was trying
to tell him
