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nothing so important as trifles

Aug 09, 2010 16:03

I am still trying to make out what I think of this week’s Sherlock. This post is kind of me trying to work them out in plus-minus format, and being RIDICULOUSLY tl;dr in the process. If you click anyway, I did warn you!

( stuffs, with mondo spoilers, and yes I just used the word mondo )

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rachel2205 August 9 2010, 20:19:11 UTC

zomg Katie I am flailing SO MUCH. SOOO MUCH. I totally agree with your criticisms. I'm not sure Moriarty is just Jim. That seems a bit simple. I'm agreeing with fans who are speculating "Moriarty" is a name of an organisation and the title can be worn by various members/its current leader but it's not just an individual with cronies. I think that would be way more interesting.

Aaaaargh the romance was so strong in this one. My shipper heart has been flailing for an hour and a half. <33333333

soupytwist August 9 2010, 20:35:13 UTC

I like that idea! And it could work with the whole web-of-crime thing. It did seem like mostly they were playing that very straight though... maybe they'll pull something else out if they get a series. :)

Dude, I have mostly been seeing John as straight and Sherlock as gay asexual, but OMG THE FRANTIC BOMB REMOVAL AT THE END I KIND OF FLAILED AND I DON'T CARE. (And canon Holmes and Watson are basically married, in my head. In the kind of way where they don't always enjoy being married, but they couldn't not be. *loves them so much*)

rachel2205 August 9 2010, 20:38:20 UTC

I see Watson as being very repressed about having any homosexual impulses (army life probably didn't help!), which is why he jokes about it so often I think. And Sherlock might well be asexual... But that doesn't preclude him being monoamorous :)

soupytwist August 9 2010, 20:46:39 UTC

He is TOTALLY coming over as someone who doesn't want to admit there may be the possibility of attraction there and therefore makes gay jokes. IT'S OKAY WATSON, IT'S 2010, ASK YOUR SISTER. And Sherlock's asexuality in my head is also partly a conscious decision - like, he didn't ever have much interest at all, but he also doesn't really want to have any, so never looked for it. And John being Very Confusing to him in that respect is a story I would love to read. (The other one, where John's all obsessivey but Sherlock's like, well, I do CARE, if I was going to be into anyone it'd be you, but I'm not, and breaks John's heart, would just be too sad, although probably more realistic.)

rachel2205 August 9 2010, 21:06:58 UTC

OH *ALL* MY FIC IDEAS INVOLVE REPRESSION/CONFUSION, BABY.

I think that for this canon John as bisexual - though not yet ready to face that idea, and usually more attracted to women than men - is entirely plausible. Lots of fangirls were getting upset about Sarah and I'm like HELL0 GUYS WHY CAN PEOPLE ONLY BE GAY OR STRAIGHT FFS. He can fancy Sarah and fancy Sherlock, people can DO THAT.

And Sherlock is completely mad about him but only realises when John is in danger/does something heroic, and then he neatly files those feelings away and refuses to look at them.

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