Also the reference to being a children's story-teller. Especially when you bear in mind the references throughout the episode to fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel being very obvious, but also the Gingerbread Man who is burnt to a crisp. In that story the Gingerbread Man declares ' run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man. The witches house in Hansel & Gretel was also made of Gingerbread, she also gets burnt to death in the story. He also says that every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain. ( you can interpret that as him referring to himself  but perhaps that is also a reference to Sherlock. Recall the final roof-top confrontation when Moriarty refers to how he loves newspapers because they sell fairy tales. Certainly the newspapers have cast Sherlock, by then, in the role of 'a good old-fashioned villain'.

Recall also, in the cab, when Moriarty is driving Sherlock the story that comes on screen is also given a fairy tale working and is done very much in the way that a children's fairy tale would be on television.

Of course we also have the apple scene when Moriarty meets Sherlock in the flat- an allusion perhaps to Snow White?

Some food for thought here everyone.

Andrew Scott was amazing in that scene -- really like he was a different person. Completely believable as RB, except when we saw him give Sherlock that sly look.

Anyway, yes, the whole fairy tale thing probably deserves more attention. Someone else just came up with quite a bit about it in another thread, but I don't remember where.

Sam wrote:

This is the best theory I've read about Moriarty/Richard Brook. It's long but SO worth it. It makes complete sense to me.

What do you guys think??

Wow!  The way the writer spells it out does make complete sense.  She must be right about her boring day job (I read her profile) to have the time to a) think that through so well and b) have the time to write it up.

Occam is weeping, but the name bit does make sense. Nicely put analysis of Moriarty's death wish and his identification with Sherlock. 

I think some on here will, one day!

I think Moriarty provided the documents and why would anybody be looking to make a connection with Richard Brook?
It all happens very quickly in the end.
I know The Kiss and Tell has already been published, but that's not a criminal offence in itself! Possibly there was no pic of him in the story.
Maybe Richard Brook is being investigated now!
But remember, only Sherlock, John, and Kitty were in the room during' Brook's' exposure...
I think that would be the last of John's concerns.

But there are theories of Mycroft providing/trading the information for some reason...

I would not see the necessity for Kitty to also be a fake. As implied in the post above tabloid journalists are usually falling over themselves at the thought of a 'sexy' story such as this. She would however have been lax if she had not checked her sources, which she clearly has done. Moriarty knows how 'ordinary people' including journalists think so he just has to use her.

But that's Sherlock's whole point.  He tells her in no uncertain terms that she is not an investigative journalist.

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Harriet wrote:

veecee wrote:

Well, she's not a good one, anyway.

LOL, cabbies, journalists, who next?