whipsandweepingangels:

I just had a think. A possible Reichenbach theory.

Okay, remember how I pointed out Moriarty was left-handed ages ago? Because of the teacup thing? 

Well, he’s only sometimes left-handed… Like, they make a point of showing that he’s left-handed in that particular scene when he goes to visit 221B, but every other scene w/ him he’s right-handed. 

Particularly— the scene in the pool where he pulls out his phone and both holds in and types on it w/ his right hand. A lefty wouldn’t do this naturally… They’d, of course, automatically use their left hand. Also, the scene when he breaks in & wears the Crown Jewels, etc— what I find particularly interesting there is how he uses his right hand to place the diamond— which is something that requires precision. A lefty, again, wouldn’t do that. 

Also, the fact that Sherlock hands him the teacup as though for a right-handed person means that Sherlock thought he was right-handed— because he’d have watched the footage of the break in. And Sherlock is never wrong. So when Moriarty spins it around and drinks the tea w/ his left hand… It’s odd, and Sherlock would notice. 

And then, in the last scene, Moriarty is playing Stayin’ Alive on his phone, and he’s holding his phone with… you guessed it, his right hand. And then later on Sherlock says “If you want me to shake hands with you in hell, I shall not disappoint.” So Sherlock is actually the one who suggests shaking hands. Why would he do that? And then they actually do shake hands, and you know which hand ‘Moriarty’ gives Sherlock? His right hand. 

So, I looked it up, and Andrew Scott is left-handed… So holding a phone/typing on a phone/placing the diamond/ etc with his right hand would be pretty uncomfortable (I mean, try it yourself. Try doing any of these things w/ your non-dominant hand— it just doesn’t feel right, ever). Which means it’s not natural. Which means it’s a conscious choice. And if he’s choosing to make himself appear clearly right-handed in certain scenes and clearly left-handed in others…

Well, the only explanation I can come up with is that he’s playing two different characters.

So Prisci and I decided that, character-wise, BBC Sherlock (from Molly’s POV) is a modern Jane Eyre

Molly is Jane, Sherlock is Rochester, Lestrade is St. John, Irene is Blanche, Mrs Hudson is Mrs Fairfax, Moriarty is Richard Mason, Donovan and Anderson and St. John’s sisters.

And John is Bertha.

Leave Me Be, Chapter 2

Story: Leave Me Be
Chapter: 2 + prologue/ ?
Characters: Molly Hooper, Sally Donovan, Sherlock Holmes, A Delightful OC 
Many a thanks to the fabulous Prisci, who edits this at 5 in the fucking morning.
Preview:

 For the first time, talking to Sherlock Holmes felt natural, it felt safe.  The stumbling over her words lessened and, for the first time since she had gotten off the phone with Sally, she no longer felt as though the world was ending - at least not in this very moment.  Her eyes flickered around the room as she rattled off her story: to Sherlock’s eyes, to his hand clutching the still full glass, to her own untouched glass, and back to his eyes.  

New Chapter | Beginning

New Chapter - Leave Me Be: Chapter 1

Her face felt stiff.  Her hand rose to meet her cheek.  It was wet.  She was crying.  Why was she crying?  She opened her mouth to call out for someone, anyone, and realised there wasn’t enough air left in her lungs to cry out.  She had been crying for a very long time.  She took a shuddering breath and wiped her eyes and nose on her sleeve.

Read on!

New Fic! (Reposting for timezones)

Title: Leave Me Be
Series: Gravity
Rating: M (although, for now it’s really only T)
Chapter: Prologue / ?
Pairing: Eventual Sherlock/Molly.  Perhaps.

Summary:

He had always trusted her. Since the beginning. But, unlike with John, he had not always been aware. Sherlock Holmes did not trust people easily. And when he realized that he trusted Molly Hooper, the sweet, nervous girl who worked in the morgue, well, that surprised him. And Sherlock Holmes never surprises himself.

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Csárdás: Chapter 1

For those of you who missed it last night:

Authors: Em and Prisci
Chapter: 1/? + Prologue
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Genre: AU, Friendship, Coming of Age, TeenLock, Adventure, Romance
Characters: Molly Hooper, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Irene Adler, Mary Morstan, Jim Moriarty, Sebastian Moran
Rating: T

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I made another observation having to do with Molly Hooper (and James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes).

whipsandweepingangels:

What else is new? But, actually, this is really interesting.

We all know that when Jim is leaving the lab in The Great Game he says to Molly, “See you at The Fox, about six-ish?”. (Or, if you didn’t know, now you do.) I’m quoting from memory, so that might not be quoted verbatim, but he says something like that. Point is, he mentions “The Fox”. Which, if you do a quick google search, what comes up is a nice restaurant in London. 

Well, in The Reichenbach Fall, James Moriarty wears a stick-pin to his trial. Guess what is on the stick-pin? Yes, a fox. Don’t believe me? Here’s the post, so you can see for yourselves. 

I refuse to believe that this is a coincidence. 

My theory is that The Fox belongs to James Moriarty, and is the center of his criminal web— his HQ, per say. 

Now what does this have to do with Molly Hooper? Does this mean that maybe people’s theories that she is actually Moran are true? It’s possible. However, I find it much more likely that she had no idea who Jim actually was when she was dating him. 

So then why are you telling us this, Prisci? What does this have to do with Molly?

Well, think about it. Sherlock is always deducing things about people based on their appearances—what they wear, what they put in their hair, how their nails are done… He  even notices something as minuscule as dog hair on one of the agents that shows up in A Scandal in Belgravia to take him to Buckingham Palace— so we can safely assume that he would notice Jim’s stick-pin. Maybe he wouldn’t make anything of it when he first sees it, because it holds no significance to him at that moment, but he would notice it and he would store it away in his mind palace. 

So, let’s move on. Things happen, and then, in Reichenbach, when Molly is the only one who sees him grieving, it forces Sherlock to finally see her for the first time.

“You can see me.”
“I don’t count.”

 And now that he is aware of Molly, what does he see? Does he see a nervous morgue attendant/pathologist/lab assistant? No. He sees Molly Hooper— the only one who can tell that something’s wrong, the one person who he’s always trusted entirely, the girl who dumped James Moriarty—the greatest criminal mastermind in the world, the girl who dumped him after three dates… Dates. They went on three dates. Where? Sherlock searches his mind palace and what does he find?

“Meet me at The Fox, around six-ish?”

The Fox. The fox stick-pin. 

“I never liked riddles.”
“Learn to.”

Moriarty wore that pin as yet another clue in the riddle: Molly went to The Fox with James Moriarty. Sherlock needs Molly. 

“What do you need?”
“You.”  

He needs Molly because she knows something. She was at the Fox. She is the key. She probably doesn’t even know that she is. 

And now I want to write this fic.

Also, don’t think that this could possibly be? Then explain this:
1.  Why would they very clearly mention the name of the location in which Jim and Molly were going on a date within Sherlock’s earshot? Why would the writers include that? They never include information that won’t be useful later on. 
2. Why would Jim then wear a fox stick-pin? Doesn’t it seem a bit too coincidental?
3. Why would they have that scene in which Sherlock tells Molly that they’re tracking down one of her ex-boyfriends AND have Molly stop, focus the camera on her, and have her say, “Actually, Jim wasn’t even my boyfriend. We went on three dates, I broke it off.” Why would they make such a point of making sure the audience knows that Molly and Jim went on three dates if that information wasn’t important? 

Molly has something or knows something that Sherlock needs, we know that much— Sherlock goes to her and tells her he needs her— and James Moriarty placed it there on purpose. That’s why he went through the trouble of pretending to date her, instead of just meeting Sherlock some other, less troublesome way— because he had a long-term plan. 

Now the question is, why Molly? 

Prisci, I will never get over the fabulousness that is this post

Thanks to fan art and Prisci, I can now safely say that I actually ship Molly with every single Sherlock character except Anderson and Mrs. Hudson.

Like, even Molly/Sally although I don’t think I’d ever admit that. 

I mean, “hello.”

But, seriously, if it exists, I ship it.  Well, kinda.  I don’t actually actively “ship” them all, but I am not really opposed to any of them.  And would be willing to RP/write all of them.  And this is just within the Sherlock Fandom.

I made another observation having to do with Molly Hooper (and James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes).

whipsandweepingangels:

What else is new? But, actually, this is really interesting.

We all know that when Jim is leaving the lab in The Great Game he says to Molly, “See you at The Fox, about six-ish?”. (Or, if you didn’t know, now you do.) I’m quoting from memory, so that might not be quoted verbatim, but he says something like that. Point is, he mentions “The Fox”. Which, if you do a quick google search, what comes up is a nice restaurant in London. 

Well, in The Reichenbach Fall, James Moriarty wears a stick-pin to his trial. Guess what is on the stick-pin? Yes, a fox. Don’t believe me? Here’s the post, so you can see for yourselves. 

I refuse to believe that this is a coincidence. 

My theory is that The Fox belongs to James Moriarty, and is the center of his criminal web— his HQ, per say. 

Now what does this have to do with Molly Hooper? Does this mean that maybe people’s theories that she is actually Moran are true? It’s possible. However, I find it much more likely that she had no idea who Jim actually was when she was dating him. 

So then why are you telling us this, Prisci? What does this have to do with Molly?

Well, think about it. Sherlock is always deducing things about people based on their appearances—what they wear, what they put in their hair, how their nails are done… He  even notices something as minuscule as dog hair on one of the agents that shows up in A Scandal in Belgravia to take him to Buckingham Palace— so we can safely assume that he would notice Jim’s stick-pin. Maybe he wouldn’t make anything of it when he first sees it, because it holds no significance to him at that moment, but he would notice it and he would store it away in his mind palace. 

So, let’s move on. Things happen, and then, in Reichenbach, when Molly is the only one who sees him grieving, it forces Sherlock to finally see her for the first time.

“You can see me.”
“I don’t count.”

 And now that he is aware of Molly, what does he see? Does he see a nervous morgue attendant/pathologist/lab assistant? No. He sees Molly Hooper— the only one who can tell that something’s wrong, the one person who he’s always trusted entirely, the girl who dumped James Moriarty—the greatest criminal mastermind in the world, the girl who dumped him after three dates… Dates. They went on three dates. Where? Sherlock searches his mind palace and what does he find?

“Meet me at The Fox, around six-ish?”

The Fox. The fox stick-pin. 

“I never liked riddles.”
“Learn to.”

Moriarty wore that pin as yet another clue in the riddle: Molly went to The Fox with James Moriarty. Sherlock needs Molly. 

“What do you need?”
“You.”  

He needs Molly because she knows something. She was at the Fox. She is the key. She probably doesn’t even know that she is. 

And now I want to write this fic.

Also, don’t think that this could possibly be? Then explain this:
1.  Why would they very clearly mention the name of the location in which Jim and Molly were going on a date within Sherlock’s earshot? Why would the writers include that? They never include information that won’t be useful later on. 
2. Why would Jim then wear a fox stick-pin? Doesn’t it seem a bit too coincidental?
3. Why would they have that scene in which Sherlock tells Molly that they’re tracking down one of her ex-boyfriends AND have Molly stop, focus the camera on her, and have her say, “Actually, Jim wasn’t even my boyfriend. We went on three dates, I broke it off.” Why would they make such a point of making sure the audience knows that Molly and Jim went on three dates if that information wasn’t important? 

Molly has something or knows something that Sherlock needs, we know that much— Sherlock goes to her and tells her he needs her— and James Moriarty placed it there on purpose. That’s why he went through the trouble of pretending to date her, instead of just meeting Sherlock some other, less troublesome way— because he had a long-term plan. 

Now the question is, why Molly? 

OKAY GUYS THIS IS SERIOUS

benedictsvoice:

HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN ON MOLLY HOOPER’S BLOG? THE OFFICIAL ONE MADE BY BBC?

BECAUSE MORIARTY IS SHAMEFULLY FLIRTING WITH HER IN THE COMMENTS

AND AND AND

MOLLY SHOWED JIM…

WAIT FOR IT…

GLEE.

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING SHE IS?

MOLLY NOT ONLY DATED THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL IN THE WORLD

SHE MADE HIM WATCH GLEE.

*DEAD*

It makes me so happy every time I remember this!