I just felt I had to do something, so I did this
Ah, Molliarty. I have so many feels about this ship, many of them conflicting. I like the idea of it, the good and the bad. I feel like, within the context of the show, Molly represents ultimate goodness. She’s kind to everyone, hopelessly forgiving, and unwaveringly loyal. Moriarty, on the other hand, is the enemy. He is Sherlock’s opposite and his other half. You know how they say it’s all about the choices we make and what we do with the cards that are dealt to us? Sherlock and Moriarty have been dealt many of the same cards, but they use them differently. And thus, because I ship Sherlolly so hard, a part of me loves the idea of Molliarty. But I can’t accept it. Maybe it’s because I relate to Molly so much, but I can’t see her hurting Sherlock. And loving Moriarty would certainly do that. Not because he’s jealous of her love for another, this is Sherlock we’re talking about, but because he’s Moriarty.
That said, I love the idea of Moriarty loving Molly, despite her love for Sherlock and her hatred for the man who tricked her. It’s that classic idea of unrequited love with the monster in love with the damsel (although Molly’s only a damsel by the basic definition of an unmarried woman. She is far from the weak damsel in distress we so often see in these tales) who’s completely besotted with the hero. It’s beautifully tragic.
I also love dark!Molly AUs, but only AUs. If Molly’s dark, she must be so from the start. She cannot love Sherlock as she does only to betray him. It’s either all a trick or it’s not. And, quite frankly, I have trouble believing under any circumstance that she’s not. I know I can’t say things like “Nobody could act so in love with some only to be proven false” because, I mean, look at Louise Brealey. She’s an actress and has made me believe she’s completely in love with Sherlock, that’s her job. But Molly, she’s just so honest, I’d like to believe it’s genuine. I need to believe Molly’s affection for Sherlock is genuine.
So yes, I like the idea of Molliarty, but I have my issues with it. I feel like I’m betraying Molly to think she would love someone who’s hurt Sherlock as horribly as Moriarty has.
And there are my feelings on Moriarty/Molly.
That awkward moment when you listen to “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables and it gives you Molly Hooper feels (particularly Molliarty feels, but also Sherlolly in a verse or two).
If every song you hear doesn’t remind you of your OTPs, then you’re not doing it right.
Seriously guys. I need to write. My writer’s block is mostly gone and Emily & I are almost ready to post Ch 1 of Csardas (probably going up sometime tonight) and also I have like 14 prompts to respond to and about 17 RPs/RP-style fics as well. I really need to concentrate and write. Someone make me get off of Tumblr, please.
Also, send me more prompts if there’s anything you’d like me to write. I’ve really enjoyed a lot of these prompts quite a bit— I’ve got a whole bunch of ideas and they’ve helped get rid of my writer’s block!
Get off tumblr and help me finish this chapter of Csardas.
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
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.
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?
Anyone interested?
