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Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me, and he was leading me to a chair.

“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!”

It was worth a wound – it was worth many wounds – to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.

“It’s nothing, Holmes. It’s a mere scratch.”

He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.

“You are right,” he cried with an immense sigh of relief. “It is quite superficial.” His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. “By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.”

Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me, and he was leading me to a chair.

“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!”

It was worth a wound – it was worth many wounds – to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.

“It’s nothing, Holmes. It’s a mere scratch.”

He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.

“You are right,” he cried with an immense sigh of relief. “It is quite superficial.” His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. “By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.”

I think everyone missed something HUGE from the very first season, from the first time we meet Moriarty, that explains how he’s coming ‘back’ and how he’s avoided getting caught for this long. THEORY: Andrew Scott is not the real Moriarty. The guy we’ve been calling Moriarty is just another puppet. Think about it- the entire episode where we meet Moriarty is all about him talking through other people, and using them to talk instead of appearing himself. Then during the pool scene when he supposedly shows himself, here’s the actual dialogue:

M: no one ever gets to me. And no one ever will.

S: I did.

M: You’ve come the closest… and now you’re in my way.

“You’ve come the closest”… meaning, Sherlock didn’t get to Moriarty yet. He got farther than anyone else though- Andrew Scott must have been high up. I definitely don’t think he had an earpiece like the other people Moriarty used in the episode- I think he was Moriarty’s right-hand man. He shows up to do the monologuing so the real Moriarty doesn’t ever get caught. This would explain why Andrew Scott says thank you to Sherlock before he kills himself, almost like he’s relieved to finally be done doing the real Moriarty’s dirty work. And- the icing on the cake comes in the season 3 finale, when we see the “did you miss me” gif, and the bottom section of Moriarty’s chin is the only part that moves, exactly like a VENTRILOQUIST PUPPET. Like the real Moriarty is saying, ‘oh you killed my Andrew Scott, well I didn’t need him anyway, I might as well use a picture. He was just my puppet and you fell for it.’

I think everyone missed something HUGE from the very first season, from the first time we meet Moriarty, that explains how he’s coming ‘back’ and how he’s avoided getting caught for this long. THEORY: Andrew Scott is not the real Moriarty. The guy we’ve been calling Moriarty is just another puppet. Think about it- the entire episode where we meet Moriarty is all about him talking through other people, and using them to talk instead of appearing himself. Then during the pool scene when he supposedly shows himself, here’s the actual dialogue:

M: no one ever gets to me. And no one ever will.

S: I did.

M: You’ve come the closest… and now you’re in my way.

“You’ve come the closest”… meaning, Sherlock didn’t get to Moriarty yet. He got farther than anyone else though- Andrew Scott must have been high up. I definitely don’t think he had an earpiece like the other people Moriarty used in the episode- I think he was Moriarty’s right-hand man. He shows up to do the monologuing so the real Moriarty doesn’t ever get caught. This would explain why Andrew Scott says thank you to Sherlock before he kills himself, almost like he’s relieved to finally be done doing the real Moriarty’s dirty work. And- the icing on the cake comes in the season 3 finale, when we see the “did you miss me” gif, and the bottom section of Moriarty’s chin is the only part that moves, exactly like a VENTRILOQUIST PUPPET. Like the real Moriarty is saying, ‘oh you killed my Andrew Scott, well I didn’t need him anyway, I might as well use a picture. He was just my puppet and you fell for it.’