Yes! That's exactly why/where I don't believe him when he says that he is not a nice man.
He has hard edges, certainly, and not all of them are learned - I am willing to believe that some of them are most certainly innate.
But he *does* have tenderness and compassion in his heart, and that is an integral part of him as well. This is what Watson sees, and is drawing on.
His treatment of Watson is the exception to the rule (at least in his mind) - and that's interesting.
My thoughts just wandered in this direction...he's drawn to and compassionate to people who are broken in ways that leave them open to deep darkness - abuse victims. The two women you mentioned, Abigail, even the boy who later turned out to be the Balloon Man - before that part was apparent.
We're going to learn more of Moriarty's backstory - will this be part of it too? It would make sense.
So the interesting bit to me is...why is Watson the seeming exception? Is there more darkness in her than we've yet seen?
Ennh, I'm probably overthinking it. Would be interested in your thoughts on the watch/token below, though.
No, you're not over-thinking it at all. I just read somewhere that Rob Doherty had this idea about Watson's past - that her mother divorced her birth father and re-married. So we might find out a bit more about Watson's birth father.
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Date: 2013-12-07 09:04 pm (UTC)He has hard edges, certainly, and not all of them are learned - I am willing to believe that some of them are most certainly innate.
But he *does* have tenderness and compassion in his heart, and that is an integral part of him as well. This is what Watson sees, and is drawing on.
His treatment of Watson is the exception to the rule (at least in his mind) - and that's interesting.
My thoughts just wandered in this direction...he's drawn to and compassionate to people who are broken in ways that leave them open to deep darkness - abuse victims. The two women you mentioned, Abigail, even the boy who later turned out to be the Balloon Man - before that part was apparent.
We're going to learn more of Moriarty's backstory - will this be part of it too? It would make sense.
So the interesting bit to me is...why is Watson the seeming exception? Is there more darkness in her than we've yet seen?
Ennh, I'm probably overthinking it. Would be interested in your thoughts on the watch/token below, though.
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Date: 2013-12-07 09:44 pm (UTC)