I kin Albert James Moriarty, that’s concerning enough tbh 👊 20 I have several personality disorders but I’m holding on my friends She/They “Hell is empty.. and All the Devils are Here”
Every time another layer of Sherliam canonization drops and everyone goes "omg they're canon now?!?" I'm like, Bestie, dearest, they've been canon since chapter 53. 67 at the latest. And that was BEFORE the textual marriage vows and years of cohabitation. Do you need them to fuck on page or what? This is a shonen!
Mind you I say this with more humour than genuine exasperation because knowing the yuumori fandom I'm pretty sure some folks are just getting a little silly with it for fun and that's all well and good. But it does remind me of the bigger problem of people demanding things be so undeniably inarguably 100% confirmed before they'll accept it as canon and where's the fun in that?!? Where's the nuance, where's the delight in reading between the lines, in embracing a wink and a nudge and a clue?! Does it have to do with the apparent general decline in literacy?
Anyway this rant is brought to you less by Sherliam and more by people still arguing over whether Jayce "my lifetime passion no longer matters, all I want is you" Talis and Viktor "you are the only one in any time or universe whose love can stop me" Arcane are in love. 😤
So we’re agreed? We’re not buying the Switch 2 at full price and giving Nintendo the impression that we’re willing to pay an exorbitant amount for their products? We’re not doing it so other companies hike their prices up because we’ve shown we’re okay with paying more for less? We’re agreed right? Or are you going to ruin it for the rest of us because you can’t possibly wait to play Mario?
its been like 7 years and i still don't think i've recovered from Nanbaka going from your average comedy anime to "oh god, what the FUCK" courtesy of knife hands trauma mcgee
and then it has the audacity to go "remember, this is a comedy anime :)" a few episodes later
'adaptations always turn irene adler into a love interest and it sucks' moriarty the patriot doesn't turn irene adler into a love interest. moriarty the patriot turns irene adler into james bond
I've convinced myself that was an intentional bait and switch and won't hear otherwise. like 'here we go again another sherlock/irene pairing JUST KIDDING WE TRANSED HIS GENDER LOL YOU THOUGHT'
Musical fans know what I'm on about but THIS is why the ending of Op2 is one of the greatest musical sequences ever. This bait and switch.
Albert tells Adler they need a new name and he suggests James and you're sitting there thinking, James? But that's a boys name? But before you can properly think about that James is running across the stage singing about this secret he's kept hidden and this chance at rebirth he's been given and oh shit it's trans! You're watching a balled about being a transgender man? There are barely any musicals with songs about transmasculinity wow... Then he chooses the name James Bond. It's goofy, and makes so much sense but there's no time to process because...
Bam, next scene. Sherlock is singing about everything that has happened, the music is dancing and goddamn it, it sounds like a love song. He's singing a love song to Irene Ad- YOU THOUGHT. HE'S SINGING ABOUT MORIARTY.
Double rug pull of the queerest kind. It's perfect. I watched it and became instantly obsessed.
The Musical does Bond SO well! The dancers that acompney him everywhere he goes that symbolically represent his overperformance of femininity, the "playing 4D gender chess with Sherlock song" (who is also queer and overperforming hegemonic masculinity), 'Rebirth', how his theme comes back in Op3 but upbeat/syncopated because being Bond has brought him a new kind of joy (and you feel that in the music), the 'I am a man' scene was adapted perfectly, his solo in Op5 with the switches between neutral and masculine pronouns as he sings about his place in the world and relationships with Moriarty/Sherlock...
Anyway, yeah, in the manga, the Bond twist was always planned. Sensei read the original and thought "maybe Adler chooses to live as a man." So incorpirated that reading of the original text into the adaptation. (She's talked about it in interviews).
10/10 character. 10/10 plot twist. Big fan of transgender James Bond and gay Sherlock.
Side note: one of the funniest things from interviews about the musical is that with the question "Are Adler and Sherlock interested in each other?" They never give a clear answer. They always say that it's up to interpritation ect but ask anyone involved with the shows about Moriarty and Holmes relationship? THEY ARE IN LOVE.
Actors on all levels of the project, even the head writer/director/project lead?? He called them "destined love" and "soulmates".
Lol, anyway, I could talk for hours about how Bond represents queer joy and how both him and Sherliam are a fantastically queer subversion of the original text but no one needs to hear my rambles... it's just perfect.
Shogo-san's vocals in his solo of the lonely room, his emotions kill me I just had to talk about it somewhere
Ryo hirano's deranged bullet train speech and excitement as Sherlock, I can feel it through his songs. I'm not the biggest fan of pre-final problem sherlock but ryo hirano brought life and joy to sherlock for me through the songs and edits I've seen
[Eng Subs DL] Musical Yuukoku no Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) Op. 5 - "The Final Problem"
Hello, hello~! I am happy to finally share with you the finished English subtitles for MoriMyu Op. 5~
It took a lot longer for me to finish than I'd like to admit, but it is here, it is finished~ ＼(≧▽≦)／
Op. 5 covers chapters 48-56 (+67) of the manga or the last few episodes of the anime for those who followed along with that as well.
As the title suggests, it is the penultimate of Sherlock and William's story. We've gone through a lot with them in so many forms, and I'm so glad that the musical gave us such a beautiful rendition of the story.
I do believe it will make you cry as well!
Anyway, enough rambling from me. I will be updating the folder with the bonus content subs along the way, but just for extra measure, I'll reblog the original post when they're all up~!
BD PURCHASE LINK (International cards and shipping accepted!): CDJapan
BD Version | DVD Version
Links, notes, and disclaimers under the cut, enjoy~!
NOTES:
※ THE FILE IS SUBTITLES ONLY, VIDEO IS NOT INCLUDED!
All songs and lyrics were translated by me.
A bit of creative liberty was exercised to fit context and some cultural references.
As usual, the lyrics actually help move the plot, so I didn’t include the romaji for any of them.
Again, I’m not a native British English speaker, so some terms might be off. I consulted with a friend to help me check them, just in case, but please forgive any mistakes.
As usual, some scenes in the musical differ from the anime/manga for time and fluidity’s sake, so please don’t hit me for things that I can’t control ^^;
There aren’t particularly any triggering scenes here, but please do watch with caution since some subjects and terms used might be sensitive and/or triggering for other viewers.
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I don’t think it works like that…. It’s probably more like a deer, it won’t come out if it’s going to be caught… whatever it is that’s sending the messages x’D
