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Misleading Moriarty

Misleading Moriarty is a Sherlock-specific derivative of this scary guy meme, which has long been popular on the rest of the non-Sherlock internets:

Since everything is, objectively, better with judicious application of Moriarty, the Sherlock fandom took this idea and did this with it:

The idea was inspired by Moriarty’s weirdly protean facial expressions, which more often than not don’t correspond with his lines in any way. The only explanation for this titillating tendency is that Moriarty is equal parts awesome, genius, and batshit crazy. As is consistent with the dialogue in the show, the majority of Misleading Moriarty memes include a variation on the “I will burn you. I will burn the heart out of you.” line from The Great Game, although any misleading phrase is fair game, just as with the original scary dude meme. Examples to follow.

How apropos.

How apropos.

This is the UrbanDictionary definition of “The Purple Shirt of Sex,” presumably penned by a very sexually frustrated Sherlockian.

This is the UrbanDictionary definition of “The Purple Shirt of Sex,” presumably penned by a very sexually frustrated Sherlockian.

Another tee shirt from xxTimeandSpacexx on Devinatart telling us about Rupert Graves. Because apparently, that knowledge is legitimately critical to our lives.

Another tee shirt from xxTimeandSpacexx on Devinatart telling us about Rupert Graves. Because apparently, that knowledge is legitimately critical to our lives.

A “Keep Calm and Carry On” - style tee shirt from redbubble.com prompting Benedict to tell us about Rupert Graves.

A “Keep Calm and Carry On” - style tee shirt from redbubble.com prompting Benedict to tell us about Rupert Graves.

An icon prompting Benedict to tell us about Rupert Graves.

An icon prompting Benedict to tell us about Rupert Graves.

“Tell Us About Rupert Graves, Benedict.”

This little gem of a quote can be found on the cast commentary of The Great Game, in which Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Martin Freeman discuss briefly a few questions that seem to constantly come up in interviews. Mark Gatiss prompts abruptly: “Tell us about Rupert Graves, Benedict.” to which Benedict replies “Rupert Graves is good at football and has five children (well, the fifth on the way).” In a ludicrously effeminate voice. Apparently, when on interviews, Rupert Graves (who plays Gregory Lestrade) is constantly asked to talk about his talent for football and his ever-proliferating army of children. In response to this, many people now seem to feel the need to photoshop pictures of Rupert Graves to make it appear that he is handling a football (soccer ball, for the Americans) and is surrounded by multiracial children who are clearly not related to him. 

The quote and an example of the aforementioned tendency are as follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlmQdGbXjE