#Moriarty brothers

[cupidandcherubs]

spirit photography

[crazydaymycrazyway]

As kids-

William: What are you doing?

Albert: Helping Louis find the box of cup cakes that I ate an hour ago

[rifulofthewest]

Fun (no) observation: Louis, killing for the first time, recreated the first murder committed by Liam

1. blow with a sharp object

2. leave the object there

3. burn alive

[yaoioioay]

[ayanokouji-reik0]

First Meeting with...

— William James Moriarty was something you had never expected in your life. Heck, you didn't even think someone like him actually exist. You bumped into him coicidentally when you're just about to depart from the orphanage, oddly tempting you both to engage in a conversation, and so you did. After chatting for a while, you realize that he immediately got to your good side, finding it impossible for a man this friendly to be evil. if only you knew... Moving on, you two became friends eventually growing even more closer to something else entirely.

— Albert James Moriarty was something you'd overlook, seeing as he's the noble you were originally engaged to. But now that his parents are dead, you both met up to discuss about the engagement, whether to break it off or not. The meeting turned into a dinner date as you both became engrossed with each other, losing track of time and unofficially had your first date. During the whole time of supposed discussion, you've chatted with the Earl, getting to know him better and decided to go through with the engagement, seeing as both of you had no problems against it. Plus, he doesn't necessarily seem to be against it, since he quite possibly and obviously took an interest into you. In his mind, it's rare to meet someone who have the same opinion about him regarding the aristocracy of Britain, successfully making him to feel something for you.

— Louis James Moriarty was peculiar. In fact, it's not exactly considered as the first meeting. It was raining at that time, and you had embarrassingly forgotten your umbrella, despite being told to bring it with you. Here you are, standing under a shop's awning, waiting for the rain to cease. As you did, you saw a glimpse of an overly familiar boy in the corner of your eyes, making you turn to him. Surprised at the sight of your childhood friend, a smile makes it way up to your face as you called out to him. Hearing his name, Louis turned to you in both confusion and nervousness, feeling slightly alerted with how the so called stranger knew of his name. Explaining yourself, his composure returned and he visibly relaxed before smiling at you. "How have you been?" he'd ask, finally remembering the pretty girl he had helplessly fallen in love with.

[lenateliier]

"A family I could truly call my own" what if I ended it all what if chapters 62-65 were my last straw please....

[snail17]

Incorrect quotes about Lewis and Sherlock...hating? each other.

Sherlock: God, I love Liam.

Lewis: Yeah, you fucking better.

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Lewis: Met a dumbass today. Awful.

Sherlock: You looked in a mirror?

Lewis: Someday you will have to answer for your actions and God may not be so merciful.

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Lewis: *talking about Sherlock* My expectations were low, but they can go lower.

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William: Guys, Sherlock is missing.

Lewis: Good.

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Sherlock: What have I done wrong??

Lewis: Everything. For your entire life.

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Lewis: Didn't you die?!

Sherlock: That was years ago, Lewis. Things change.

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Mycroft: In your opinion, what is the height of stupidity?

Lewis, turning to Sherlock: How tall are you?

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Sherlock: Can you pass the salt?

Lewis: Can you pass away?

Sherlock: Too much salt.

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Lewis, to Albert: How do you tell someone politely you want to hit them with a brick?

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William: Oh Lewis, we have a visitor!

Lewis: Don't tell me it's Sherlock.

William: It's Sherlock.

[justpendule]

There was this eternal calendar gift with the 15th french volume of Moriarty the Patriot, and I can't stop laughing at August's illustration.... This is such a silly placement, William's face is so ugly

[seeingteacupsindragons]

Reblog to get more answers.

[liliumofthevalleyy]

I am absolutely baffled and bamboozled at the fact every Moriarty the Patriot Part 2 prediction post has a "There might be a rift between the Moriarthree"

OKAY BUT CAN THEY NOT STILL STAY THE LOVEY DOVEY "IT'S US AGAINST THE WORLD" BROTHERS FOREVER

CAN THEY NOT FIGHT AGAINST A BIGGER THREAT TOGETHER AS ALWAYS

LEAVE MY CHILDREN OUT OF THIS 🤺

[pbjelly90]

I haven’t really gotten into the swing of blogging here and I probably have like 2 followers who aren’t bots 😆 but I’m rewatching BBC Sherlock and feeling an inkling to reread the original stories and it just has me thinking and wanting to ramble about Sherlock media and put it somewhere. What I’ve really grown to appreciate all these 20ish years of being a Sherlock fan is seeing every new adaptation put their own spin on Sherlock and all the characters in the canon. Some I’ve loved, some I’ve been displeased with, but it’s always fun to analyze and revisit and see what parts delight and what disappoints or leaves me wanting more. More thoughts below because apparently I had a lot to ramble about on this topic lol.

BBC Sherlock probably has one of my favorite Watsons, and he gets more focus here then a lot of other adaptations, and feels truer to the character to me than many others. Old adaptations like Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce used to have him be a bumbling fool type and I’m glad that’s in the past now. I also enjoy Lestrade in the BBC version and tend to prefer adaptations that get him along this vein, a trusted person on the force, exasperated with Sherlock and his methods a lot of the time, but also one of the most willing to put faith in him and believe in his abilities (and his integrity when it matters.)

Irene Adler adaptations like the BBC show or Robert Downey Jr movies are usually hit or miss for me, and generally I find they put too much emphasis on making her have romantic feelings for Sherlock for my liking. I applaud how they want to make her a more prominent character than one who only appears on page in one story, but romantic tension/interest feels so limiting as the way they choose to do it. There’s some merit to showing how she has to weaponize her beauty/sexuality in that time period at times, but they rarely dig deeper than that or give her more of her own storyline.

I’ve also found most Moriarty adaptations pretty lacking. BBC Sherlock’s became very popular, and Andrew Scott is a wonderful actor, but he always came off as far too gleefully chaotic and evil for evil’s sake to be that interesting to me as Sherlock’s foil. I feel like they went with a Batman versus Joker sort of dynamic there, emphasizing shock value, and I much preferred the mystery of him throughout the early seasons versus the reality post reveal.

Moriarty in the original canon only gets hinted at very late when Conan Doyle is setting up what he believed to be the end of the stories (before public demand and personal debts changed those plans), and therefore he’s always been more a mystery figure than an actual developed character in the original stories. But the building blocks are there for adaptations to take and mold and I hope we get to see more creativity here. Robert Downey Jr faces off against a version of Moriarty in the movies that I’d call Moriarty classic. Serviceable, but nothing new there really. Math teacher, formidable, crime lord, older, genius, check, more or less straight from the books.

BBC Sherlock was also missing Moran who I’d been highly anticipating, and fans kept speculating some unnamed sniper was him, but we never got confirmation. To me that was such a huge missed opportunity, for an adaptation that really highlighted the bond between Sherlock and Watson, how could you ignore the bond between Moriarty and his own “dark” version of Watson?

So cue Moriarty the Patriot, which felt like a series made just for me to fangirl over. It nails Sherlock and John, even if they’re not as much the main focus here as other series, and that’s just clearing the bar for me, my first criteria for any Sherlock media being “do they get John right?” They introduce a younger version of Miss Hudson, whom I also loved in BBC Sherlock, but this brings a fun new dynamic where she feels more like a loving sister to our boys rather than a favorite aunt like in the classic take. Still long-suffering, still the heart who keeps them in check and cares for them, and until John comes along, the only person really in Sherlock’s confidence. I hope we see more of her backstory in MtP (BBC nails this quickly with the mention of Sherlock helping to put her shitty husband in prison.)

Then there’s the MtP version of Irene, who’s the most creative take on the character I’ve ever seen. Is there some potential romantic tension with Sherlock still? Sure if you’d like to ship it, but thats far from her main storyline, she has so much MORE going on. Her own wants, her own goals, her own mistakes, her own plans, that whole first plot of hers is still one of my favorite arcs in the manga and a time when it truly differentiated itself for me from any other adaptation. And that’s not even getting into the Bond material yet, which as a Bond movie and book fangirl as well, was this series actually custom made for me?!?? Ya’ll really were deep into my brain for this one, combining M with Albert, bringing in Moneypenny, all of it. The manga blew me away with all of this and how it was handled. Moran, you better never betray Bond as agent 006 Alex Trevelyan a la Goldeneye. 😆

Before the meat of this, I want to take an aside to also say I love MtP’s take on Mycroft. BBC gives us our first more active Mycroft on-screen that I can recall, not just lounging in the Diogenes Club per canon, orchestrating everything at a remove, but more involved in looking after his brother and meddling when he feels necessary. He’s a huge drama queen in the first episode and I’m looking forward to rewatching the seasons again and seeing the brothers’ dynamic grow. But MtP takes this and instead of having our first encounter with Mycroft be with John alone, more removed from his brother still, we see the two fighting and squabbling and I just love them, your honor. I would like to see someone handle their parents better than the BBC version did, and idk if we’ll ever see them in MtP, but I do enjoy the tidbits we’ve gotten like Sherlock’s working class accent. They already used the name Sherringford/Sherrinford for their ancestor, so curious where they’d go with this. But Mycroft in general, his parallels with Albert, his guilt over their ancestor and role in the government? His relationship with his brother? Nailed it, more please.

Brief shoutout to Enola Holmes, she’s a bit Mary Sue/wish fulfillmenty, but I enjoyed her and her dynamics with her brothers vastly more than the sibling they shoehorned into the last season of BBC Sherlock. If you’re going to give the boys a sibling, that was a fun way to do it. Henry Cavill looks NOTHING like Sherlock is usually described, but he was fun and quite nice to look at lol.

Now onto the main thing I want to ramble about: MtP has the single best adaptation of James Moriarty that I have ever seen in writing or on screen. It’s no coincidence that this is the first adaptation I’ve seen try to dive into his backstory, figure out what’s the deal with his brother(s), which was a genius move taking that inconsistency with Doyle’s descriptions to make there be three James Moriartys total, and to give us a compelling reason as to WHY he does the whole lord of crime thing. Like fine if it’s just for money, control or power, and I can read/watch that story if well done, but this is the first time I’ve really seen a series take the building blocks Doyle laid out and really turn them into something more, to create something original and compelling. William and his brothers 100% deserve their main focus in the series, and its all the better for that perspective flip, as much as I love Sherlock and John. Sherlock and John are fleshed out already, most modern adaptations can get them right, but the Moriartys? That was brand new.

Not to mention, they gave William James Moriarty his Sebastian Moran, and nailed that dynamic as well. Normally I’d think if we finally got Moran he’d be my main ship for Moriarty, just as John was always my main ship for Sherlock, but somehow MtP gets me shipping them, but also William x Sherlock, Mycroft x Albert, Moneypenny x Moran, Irene x Hudson aaand I could digress for way too long here so I’ll leave it at that. Note to anyone writing future adaptations, GIVE MORIARTY HIS MORAN.

All of these MtP versions of the characters are so good that now they’ve ruined me for other Sherlock related media, I’ve found. I watched Ron Kamanohashi and loved it, but as soon as elements of Sherlock and Moriarty were introduced, I found myself badly wanting MtP to be the original canon they were drawing from and see those storylines reflected in the modern day setting of Ron’s story. That is now 1000000% my headcanon. Can we somehow get future Sherlock media to adapt some of the new ideas MtP introduced moving forward, and keep expanding on those concepts? Be inspired by them to keep exploring more of the characters once you’ve gotten the mains right? Maybe not, but a girl can dream. It’s a fun time to be a fan of Sherlock related media.

With all that rambling said, has anyone got any recommendations for other Sherlock books, shows, manga, etc? I remember The Seven-Per-Cent Solution was a very influential AU book back in the day for Sherlock fans and is supposed to present an alternate telling of the Holmes and Moriarty dynamic, so I may read that. Sometimes I branch off into Lupin media and I’ve read some of Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes as well. 😆 I enjoy silly Herlock in The Great Ace Attorney games although he definitely feels like a goofy AU version.

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TLDR: If anyone has skimmed this giant post and has any other Sherlock media suggestions, let me know! Looking for some more unique takes on the characters and story.

[cupidandcherubs]

GUYS I MADE MYSELF SAD

Well, their mother must have been a sex worker and I suppose they'd have to live with her for at least two to three years or more before they could fend for themselves and live in the library.

A beautiful and kind momma for two beautiful and kind sons

ALSO BABY LOUIS AAAAAA

[emiizartist]

Lord of Crime ✨

[rifulofthewest]

Okay, I've done some research on my previous question and now I'm going to summarise the information

Disclaimer: I'm not British; my country lost its nobility in the 1400s and we had different titles for them; I don't understand all these British nobility titles but I tried to if any person who really understands how it works sees mistakes and wants to correct me, please do (but gently), I will really appreciate it

At the start, let me remove the semantic:

• Count = Earl

The term "count" was used by the English for a short period of time, it originated and belongs to continental Western Europe

• The two terms mean the same thing

• Calling earls "counts" is a modern perception, there was no such thing in 1866 (years when the events in the manga begin), so mtp translation has a stylistic mistake

1) Firstly, I went to look up what Earls owned, did for a living and why the title was given

• Earls owned large areas of land

it could be a fairly large number of neighbouring cities (which formed their earldom - their own small kingdom) or many small territories in different parts of the Empire (county)

• they collected taxes from the people who lived on "their" land and did politics in the House of Lords

• since 1066 (again, in mtp the events begin in 1866), one could obtain the title only by being born into a family that already had owned it or by marrying a title holder

• A woman could be a title holder by herself (by birth right)

2) Now it is easy to combine this with what mtp says

2.1

• Both Albert's mother and father are holders of the Earl titles, individually

This is why his mother feels so confident in constantly questioning her husband's actions (and beating little Liam up) → she is wealthy and does not need to hold on to the money and security that marriage offers to other women in the Empire. She has had it all her life; they are in equal financial positions

• Combination of land owned by two Earl title holders is a very large land area

• It (surprise for me) is really enough for them to collect taxes from the people who live on land they own to be able to live without additional work or worry

• They are far from the first Earls in their families, so their capital accumulations are gigantic

2.2

Just imagine, Albert's work in the army and MI6 was just for the future implementation of the plan, they didn't need this money at all (+ Universal Export, the cover company for MI6 (which had to actually export something, otherwise it would be too easy to reveal them))

+ Will's professor's money

In those years, professors in prestigious schools/ universities earned a lot because the profession was only for the rich

Going back to my original question, Albert's father worked as an Earl. That's it.

[wizardfrog69]

Hello! Can I request Moriarty The Patriot characters including Mycroft as fathers? Like would they be protective, caring, would they spoil them a lot yk just general things basically🤭

Omg that's such I cute idea, I'm always too lazy to include mycroft but I'll include him this time.

'•.¸♡mtp men as fathers♡¸.•'

Mtp x gn!reader (if I make reference to the reader but idk)

Fluff :)

Feat. William, Louis, Albert, Sherlock, John, Mycroft.

Enjoy!

William James Moriarty:

He will be such an excellent father, but won't pay as much attention to the child as he would like.

He is a maths professor so he'll teach his children about maths obviously, but he is occupied by his work at time and cannot spend as much time as he would like.

He will also teach them on like equality and decent human respect and how everyone should be treated equally because at the end of the day we are all homosapiens and shouldn't judge each other due to nasty stereo types and rumours.

Basically his child(ren) are well educated but still go to school cuz like they need to.

Also Louis teaches them basic kitchen skills.

Over all 9/10 father, the whole underground situation isn't the best regarding children yk

Louis James Moriarty:

He is protective as hell, like the house is baby proofed till the child is six or something.

But he will let the child explore its surroundings, especially in nature.

He's they type of guy to baby proof the plastic containers but let them walk to the very edge of a cliff yk.

He wouldn't actually let that happen but you get what I'm trying to say hopefully.

He child grows up around the smell of tea and obviously that's the only thing they drink.

Also he teaches them basic and simple culinary skills!

Louis also would educate his child(ren) about decent human respect and the child's uncle, William will teach them math in his spare time.

9/10 again the very deadly line of work thing isn't the best regarding children yk.

Albert James Moriarty:

He spoils them, need I say more?

Also he encourages them to play with other kids from lower classes.

He would be the most serious about tho and his drinking habits need to be reduced.

The child can't have such influences on its little mind.

Its uncles teach him a lot of things but Albert also contributes.

8/10 after, this time his legal and illegal line of work also his drinking habits, we don't want the child to grow up to be drinking alcohol 24/7.

Sherlock Holmes:

He is the fun dad, like all the kids love him.

But he can be low key scary when serious/angry but other than that he's chill yk.

John is child's favourite uncle, and it thinks Mycroft is low key scary.

Also Ms Hudson gives little Holmes candy cuz she can never resist the little kid.

It's the only reason why Sherlock isn't on the streets.

Also he spoils the kid.

7/10 father, he's like broke, smokes way too much, also his line of work isn't the safest (he got arrested and almost killed someone) but he will try and be careful.

John H. Watson:

He's an amazing father, he's really caring and soft.

He might spoil the child on a rare occasion but nothing too much.

Also if he thinks he'll endanger himself being sherlock's partner or like assistant idk but whatever he is to sherlock during working hours, he'll quit.

He doesn't trust sherlock with his child, like at all, he thinks sherlock will drop it or something.

10/10 father, he makes the child his first priority and shouldn't get shot death regarding his line of work.

Sebastian Moran:

I cannot see him as a father, like at all.

Mycroft Holmes:

He a stubborn father, but he has a soft spot for his child, it's honestly so sweet.

Like he would low key spoil the child but not too much and he'll be a very caring father.

Although when he gets mad or overly irritated the child is told to stop whatever they are doing in a harsher tone and either get told to go to their room or something similar depending on what they are doing.

But he apologise to the child and tells them what they did wrong.

His child will definitely grow up to have manners.

9/10 father, he gets irritated a bit too much.

༺♡༻ 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 ⋆ 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 ༺♡༻

Sorry but bond isn't in here as well :(

I hope the request is to your liking tho!

Take care of yourself as much as you can and have a good day/night!

-love, tired Az :) <3

[cawcawkarasu]

Snowball Fight

Fred watched from afar.

He wanted to join every time he saw the Moriarty brothers playing in the snow. Their cheerful faces were in contrast with his.

But who was he? Just a nobody that the brothers picked up along the way. If only he had someone he could play with...

SMACK!

Fred felt the cold on his back as he gazed upon the sky.

“Gotcha!” He could hear it still, Albert's voice.

William appeared in his vision, hand offered to him. “Can you stand?”

“Fred's okay!” William shouted to the others. “C’mon!”

Somehow, Fred felt left out no more.