Let's try this from a different angle: what do you think is the essential thing about Watson and Moriarty? (Not rethorical). Now that we've established that I, in my previous post, clearly stated that I thought gender was the essential thing… Or did I? Or was that perhaps only a rash conclusion of your's, made to…

When I first read that Watson was going to be played by Lucy Liu, I said to myself: "what's next, Moriarty, as a woman?", and then just awaited that moment.