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More thoughts on 'The Diabolical Kind'
Couple of thoughts on the The Diabolical Kind episode of Elementary:
First, apparently I was wrong and the name of Moriarty's daughter is actually Kayden and not Kate.
I'm actually quite fascinated at Moriarty gaining a daughter and in Kayden herself. She has a taste for cutthroat games, and she can be calm in the face of danger.
In everything that Moriarty's done I don't know if her protectiveness over Kayden is love or if her actions were all because of love. It seems more like a possessive kind of anger, and as![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
musesfool mentions:
"whether she's property or some sort of eventual leverage, there's definitely possessiveness there, as there is with Sherlock."
This just adds another interesting layer to Moriarty, and doesn't mean she's turned a new leaf, I'm not trusting that sparing Agent Matu was because of Sherlock's influence.
Moriarty made a point to say that she would become a free woman, and not a fugitive, killing Matu when she plans to return will just make her life in incarceration inconvenient. She just needs to bide her time, be patient and lean on the right people and as promised, in a year's time she would be free.
(Also, it seems like her true identity wasn't released to the public so going back to anonymity wouldn't be difficult.)
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In a whole other topic: In the same post,rembrandtswife made a comment about Moriarty's purple blouse being similar to Sherlock, and you know what? I just watched the scene with Moriarty and Joan going through the Fuller house, Moriarty has an eerie resemblance to BBC Sherlock, from the coat, to the jacket and the hair.
Visually, its the closest thing to the gender bent BBC Sherlock fics I've seen: In a way in that moment Moriarty and Joan were visually genderbent!BBCSherlock and Joan.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this but it just struck me how visually similar Moriarty is to BBC Sherlock.
First, apparently I was wrong and the name of Moriarty's daughter is actually Kayden and not Kate.
I'm actually quite fascinated at Moriarty gaining a daughter and in Kayden herself. She has a taste for cutthroat games, and she can be calm in the face of danger.
In everything that Moriarty's done I don't know if her protectiveness over Kayden is love or if her actions were all because of love. It seems more like a possessive kind of anger, and as
musesfool mentions:"whether she's property or some sort of eventual leverage, there's definitely possessiveness there, as there is with Sherlock."
This just adds another interesting layer to Moriarty, and doesn't mean she's turned a new leaf, I'm not trusting that sparing Agent Matu was because of Sherlock's influence.
Moriarty made a point to say that she would become a free woman, and not a fugitive, killing Matu when she plans to return will just make her life in incarceration inconvenient. She just needs to bide her time, be patient and lean on the right people and as promised, in a year's time she would be free.
(Also, it seems like her true identity wasn't released to the public so going back to anonymity wouldn't be difficult.)
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In a whole other topic: In the same post,
rembrandtswife made a comment about Moriarty's purple blouse being similar to Sherlock, and you know what? I just watched the scene with Moriarty and Joan going through the Fuller house, Moriarty has an eerie resemblance to BBC Sherlock, from the coat, to the jacket and the hair.
Visually, its the closest thing to the gender bent BBC Sherlock fics I've seen: In a way in that moment Moriarty and Joan were visually genderbent!BBCSherlock and Joan.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this but it just struck me how visually similar Moriarty is to BBC Sherlock.
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Also, I wondered at the end with Moriarty talking with Sherlock about her decision to spare Matu (former ST alum and Warehouse 13 alum, am I right?) how you think more about consequences and whether it was his influence... I'm assuming that was all blatant manipulation. Which makes it interesting to compare her to the Marchioness where Sherlock is unambiguous in his distrust.
Errr, I seem to have hijacked your meta. Sorry!
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(Also wooo Warehouse 13 fans!)
I'm with you about Joan because she seemed so very clear eyed about Moriarty and her intentions, I don't think she's fooled for one second but I think something of what Moriarty said will be on her mind, not because she believes Moriarty but something to keep in mind and watch out for.
I'm assuming that was all blatant manipulation. Which makes it interesting to compare her to the Marchioness where Sherlock is unambiguous in his distrust.
Ooh! I haven't thought about the Marchioness but now that you mentioned it this season is beginning to look interesting from the lens of this episode (and I feel like a subtle laying of an arc is happening here). Moriarty is much more an expert in manipulation than the Marchioness could ever dream of, she knows the right amount of emotion to play with Sherlock, and she very well knows the pull she has on him, and its interesting to see how Sherlock kind of play into Moriarty's hand.
I also have to give Natalie Dormer credit because even as I suspect with every fiber of my being that Moriarty is being manipulative, she plays it with enough ambigousness that I can't help but wonder if that's really the case!