I don't think I said but you've already convinced me he's bi, haha, the "playing gay" line does it for me.
My conclusion about Moriarty and sex is that he can turn it on or off in himself, manipulate it, but it doesn't reach his true core -- in extreme contrast to his response to Sherlock (obsession) or Eurus (wordless intellectual mating dance and true meeting of minds). I'd put Moriarty's categories of response as "genius vs ordinary people" rather than categories of gender and sexual attraction.
Yeah, that works for me. Although I think power comes into it as well, both with geniuses and ordinary people - I think he wants power over Sherlock, and his sexualised comments usually are about power, including over ordinary people. Like you said with the bodyguards, or "I'm Mr Sex" to explain that he's got the criminal world under this thumb.
Don't worry :) I'm enjoying it! And don't worry, you don't come off as either of those things - meta discussion isn't argumentative!!!
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Date: 2017-02-05 04:43 pm (UTC)My conclusion about Moriarty and sex is that he can turn it on or off in himself, manipulate it, but it doesn't reach his true core -- in extreme contrast to his response to Sherlock (obsession) or Eurus (wordless intellectual mating dance and true meeting of minds). I'd put Moriarty's categories of response as "genius vs ordinary people" rather than categories of gender and sexual attraction.
Yeah, that works for me. Although I think power comes into it as well, both with geniuses and ordinary people - I think he wants power over Sherlock, and his sexualised comments usually are about power, including over ordinary people. Like you said with the bodyguards, or "I'm Mr Sex" to explain that he's got the criminal world under this thumb.
Don't worry :) I'm enjoying it! And don't worry, you don't come off as either of those things - meta discussion isn't argumentative!!!