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captivebird

He likes boys

Mar 19, 2014 09:23

Yes, I'm still alive here. Having daughter living at home since September has just taken its toll on my sanity and available free time. Escape has been achieved when necessary by burying myself in the vast amounts of excellent post series 3 Sherlock meta online - Moriarty, alive or dead? Mycroft, saint or sinner? John, straight or bi? Janine, ( Read more... )

fanvid, sherlock, lol

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maetgnisar March 20 2014, 05:25:35 UTC

So, gay is no option for John anymore? (((
(will watch the vid later from home)

captivebird March 20 2014, 10:02:04 UTC

Yes, BBC John Watson could be closet gay of course. His success with women isn't great. There is no evidence of sexual prowess despite the girlfriends. Quite the opposite. For example, we see that John dreams of Sherlock even when lying next to his new wife. And John seems to have hero-worshiped Major Sholto previously, in a manner similar to the attraction and attachment he feels towards Sherlock.

However, since John repeatedly states that he is not gay, I'm allowing that he isn't a liar, concluding that John intentionally conceals/suppresses his bisexuality for reasons. But he could be in complete denial. Absolutely possible. I just like to think that the writers are showing us more grey-sexual possibilities that pure straight/gay. Sherlock's orientation could be singular enough to consist of John Watson only. I think Sherlock deduced this about himself during his speech at the wedding.

That's my current reading of the situation. What do you think?

maetgnisar March 21 2014, 20:09:58 UTC

see my reply further down the thread)

kehlen March 20 2014, 10:01:59 UTC

Hi!

captivebird March 20 2014, 10:03:54 UTC

Hello! I've been neglecting LJ for too long. :-)

rakspatel March 20 2014, 22:35:52 UTC

Good to see you back on here - welcome back!

However, I DISAGREE (as you know!).

Sherlock is asexual. Steven and Mark have said, Benedict has said, and it is Canon. What more do you need?!

captivebird March 21 2014, 10:02:24 UTC

I agree about canon ACD Sherlock Holmes being pretty much asexual. However Mark and Steven love and reference many other versions besides ACD, including Mark's personal favourite as a young gay man growing up and discovering his sexuality, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - a film which almost fully outs Holmes as gay and in love with Watson. I think it is Mark's mission to make this a reality for the 21st century, and Moffat is fully on board ( ... )

captivebird March 21 2014, 13:24:35 UTC

Further to the above, here is one article in which BC states that he believes Sherlock to be other than asexual http://www.benedictcumberbatch.co.uk/interviews/indiewire-sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-on-his-sleuths-sexuality/... )

maetgnisar March 21 2014, 20:08:35 UTC

I totally agree with Sherlock's single-objected, mono- sexuality. He simply cannot want any other person except John, just the same way he has no other friends and hadn't had any before John stepped into his life. Other people are just world's furniture, primitive toys, uninteresting to play with, unneeded and unwanted. John is the only person to win a place in Sherlock's mind and heart. So it's only natural, and logical, that John awakes other instincts and interests in Sherlock, including sexual ( ... )

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