Lelli wrote:

When Moriarty threatens to kill all of Sherlocks friends: why doesn't he mention Molly?

Sherlock does like Molly as well. Of course he uses her sometimes but they are friends. After all she is on the christmas party and he actually apologizes to her.

My own guess is that Moriarty is not aware of Sherlock's feelings of friendship for Molly because up until ths point Sherlock is not consciously aware of them. Certainly Moriarty is aware of her feelings for Sherlock. I can imagine his dates with Molly contained quite a bit of her unloading to him how badly Sherlock treats her

I have speculated in other posts that I think we will see a new Molly/Sherlock relationship going forward. I expect she will no longer act as his doormat and he will show her more civility and respect.

I agree with most theories here, and I believe Sherlock doesn't think Molly counts because he doesn't see her the same way that she sees him. She is just there, in his life, and appart from her awkwardness around him, and the fact Sherlock doesn't notice her effort with her appearance at the Christmas Party, suggests he doesn't care about her enough to notice her. This doesn't mean that he wont care about her more in the future. But it does mean that he wouldn't think of her as potential targets. 

Moriarty, thanks to Mycroft, knows Sherlock very well and knows that he doesn't have a lot of friends. And  I believe that even if Sherlock maybe linked some friendship with Molly at the end, it is logical to say that  Moriarty couldn't know she was a friends of him...

I dont ship them, but lets not forget before he jumped Sherlock said "I need you" to Molly and, i think, not just to stage his death (in a friendshippy way)...
He cares about her and thats why he didnt mention her name.

Every name Sherlock said, Moriarty agrees to- as if he is deciding afterwards, Molly and Mycroft are probably involved in staging Sherlock's death so it would be too risky to mention their names...

Moriarty has no reason to assume that Mycroft is important to Sherlock. That being said, I also think that Mycroft is a harder target since he doesn't simply walk around London. Of course he could also get to Mycroft - but again, there's no obvious reason for it. 

You probably mean Irene Adler. 
I've also thought about all the people who owe him favours. I mean somebody like Angelo or Henry Knight could easily confirm that Sherlock is not a fraud. Let's not forget about the homeless network either. He really has more friends than he thinks he has.

"Moriarty has no reason to assume that Mycroft is important to Sherlock."

Doesn't he? They're brothers... it's well known that they don't get along, but they have enough shared history that Mycroft's death would have an impact on Sherlock. And despite the idea that they don't get along, you can tell from the dynamic that it's sibling rivalry and reasonably superficial. Mycroft cares enough about Sherlock to keep tabs on him, and always Sherlock (begrudingly) helps Mycroft out when asked. I think that's a bond that runs very deep - for all their sniping at each other, they're family and they do care. The opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy, and they're certainly not apathetic toward each other.

I think Moriarty may have underestimated it, on the basis that Mycroft gave him information... but I just have this feeling that there's more to it than that. Moriarty is ridiculously calculating genius; he hasn't made a single mistake so far... everything that's happened has been part of a big plan and it's gone off without a hitch (except perhaps the phonecall by the pool, but even then, if he'd wanted them dead he could've had the sniper kill both Sherlock and John). What he learnt from that phone call was that he had ammunition to continue the game, so he let them live to continue playing.

Definitely agree that the homeless network are involved somehow. Not so sure that his previous clients could *prove* that he's not a fraud - the idea is that he orchestrated all the previous solved mysteries; if he paid 'Rich Brook' to be Moriarty then what's to say the others weren't paid or somehow rewarded for their co-operation? That's basically the whole premise of the story that Kitty is publishing, and it's too late to stop that happening now.

Goddamn Mofftiss. I simulatenously want to punch them, kiss them, and maybe toss them off the roof of a very high building...

@bohemia: Yeah, but Moriarty doesn't understand things like love. It is very obvious that Sherlock deeply cares for John, but his brother? Mycroft sold his own brother to Moriarty to protect his country, right? Just as Sherlock willingly gave the Bruce-Partington-Plans to Moriarty in order to protect John. I agree with you that there's still this certain bond between the brothers, though they have different priorities, but Moriarty doesn't see that. 

*edited to correct an embarrassing grammar mistake

Last edited by Mary Me (June 2, 2013 6:49 pm)

He cares more for Molly than Lestrade; he arrested him, whilst Molly helped fake his death 
We are questioning why not Molly, but i think it is more why not molly OVER Lestrade?