To most casual viewers, Jim Moriarty is simply the villain — the mastermind, the chaos engine, the one who exists solely to destroy Sherlock. He’s the , the threat, the monster under modern London’s intellectual bed.
But if you look closer — at his dialogue, motivations, and narrative function — Moriarty isn’t just Sherlock’s enemy.

He’s Sherlock’s reflection.
Everything Sherlock suppresses — emotion, ego, thrill-seeking, chaos — Moriarty embodies unfiltered.
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