From: AsurasKordoth | #014
Amazing but it kind of bothered me that the general public (as well as the police) seem to think that he was a fraud. The Moriarty stuff is questionable but... What about all the clients he helped or the criminals he helped capture? Surely no one can think that he faked all of that...
You have to realize that a man as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes actually existing would be something that would need to be observed closely. People are too willing to believe something is fake if it allows them more comfort. As Moriarty states, people are so ordinary. They don't understand how he and Holmes think, and if you do not understand you have to reason it away somehow. All Moriarty needed to do is provide a few small pieces to allow the dominoes to begin and then sit back and watch as the people played to his tune.
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