So, since I last dumped my thoughts on you, I have been edumacated by some metas I read about how and why Gatiss and Moffat have been intending The Gay between John and Sherlock this whole time, and it's coming down the pike, prob by series 5. Here's a link to the meta http://archiveofourown.org/works/1151012 It's amazing, and I feel so happy to have so much proof shoved down my throat, but even if you discounted half of the evidence as stretching it a bit and wishful thinking, that leave another half that seems to make it so obvious. I was happily assuming that Sherlock was asexual after S3. Now, I'm not so sure. There is a branching tree of links in the metas that lead to other links, and I'd recommend you read them all, because they are varied and thorough. Some are visual clues, many are subtextual, others are inferred proofs based on missing things, and random things in the script. Btw, according to these metas, every single thing about the writing that I mentioned above was weird for a reason, that reason being that it was a clue. John Watson DOES have an international reputation, tyvm, but it was written almost as a subtext code of denial of what both men had been proclaiming about themselves all along. I don't want to come off sounding like a newly inducted cult member, but I'm so happy that I'm practically giddy. So yeah. Sherlock never slept with Janine. Could be because he was asexual, or because he's gay. After reading the metas, I'm going with the latter. But that makes me wonder about the Mystrade happening ever, if they have plans for Sherlock and John. Might be too much gay for one show, and both brothers! Or, it could be a red herring. Make people think that exact thing: that we would never get two gay relationships among the main characters. One of the biggest arguments for the gay is the fact that Moffat is a lying liar who lies, and makes his characters lie about themselves, too. John is not gay. Sherlock is a sociopath. Mycroft is not lonely. Caring is not an advantage. So if Moffat keeps telling us for no good reason that Sherlock is straight even though he's shown to be asexual or celibate, and everyone who ever knew him made comments about his gayness from the first episode, that counts as a red flag big lie to me. Deny, deny, deny, keep the great game going until the big reveal. Also, Gatiss loves 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes' in which Sherlock is gay. All the massive subtext and revealing themes throughout the show are not merely queer-baiting, they are breadcrumbs. They are doing their own Great Game of subtext and having a ball with it and letting us play along. And since we are in the 21St century, this is the last chance they will get to make gay subtext relevant, and a gay relationship titillating in any way. Very soon, it will not matter, so it's now or never for a dramatic coming together of these two.
Oh, the baby. The metas address this and Mary. Basically, it serves the arc. Could go a few ways, but basically, it was a good way to keep John trapped and with Mary for the time being until little Sherly is born. Then, it will be very important for John to choose to leave Mary and choose to go to Sherlock, as opposed to John being at loose ends once his wife dies and then falling into bed with a convenient flatmate. No, they'd want to ratchet up the tension as much as possible. Some say Mycroft and Sherlock are plotting to make Mary leave for her iniquity, her lies and for murdering Sherlock, leaving the baby behind. Or maybe she will get up to some old tricks and get herself killed. Watching Sherlock with John's child, loving all parts of John, might be the sexiest frickin thing I might ever see, especially with how Cumberbatch would do it. And you thought John looked fondly at Sherlock when he was hugging Mrs H? He might just have to throw him against a wall and kiss him breathless after seeing him feed her a bottle. We shall see.
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Date: 30 Jan 2014 06:41 am (UTC)It's amazing, and I feel so happy to have so much proof shoved down my throat, but even if you discounted half of the evidence as stretching it a bit and wishful thinking, that leave another half that seems to make it so obvious.
I was happily assuming that Sherlock was asexual after S3. Now, I'm not so sure. There is a branching tree of links in the metas that lead to other links, and I'd recommend you read them all, because they are varied and thorough. Some are visual clues, many are subtextual, others are inferred proofs based on missing things, and random things in the script. Btw, according to these metas, every single thing about the writing that I mentioned above was weird for a reason, that reason being that it was a clue. John Watson DOES have an international reputation, tyvm, but it was written almost as a subtext code of denial of what both men had been proclaiming about themselves all along. I don't want to come off sounding like a newly inducted cult member, but I'm so happy that I'm practically giddy.
So yeah. Sherlock never slept with Janine. Could be because he was asexual, or because he's gay. After reading the metas, I'm going with the latter.
But that makes me wonder about the Mystrade happening ever, if they have plans for Sherlock and John. Might be too much gay for one show, and both brothers! Or, it could be a red herring. Make people think that exact thing: that we would never get two gay relationships among the main characters.
One of the biggest arguments for the gay is the fact that Moffat is a lying liar who lies, and makes his characters lie about themselves, too. John is not gay. Sherlock is a sociopath. Mycroft is not lonely. Caring is not an advantage. So if Moffat keeps telling us for no good reason that Sherlock is straight even though he's shown to be asexual or celibate, and everyone who ever knew him made comments about his gayness from the first episode, that counts as a red flag big lie to me. Deny, deny, deny, keep the great game going until the big reveal.
Also, Gatiss loves 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes' in which Sherlock is gay. All the massive subtext and revealing themes throughout the show are not merely queer-baiting, they are breadcrumbs. They are doing their own Great Game of subtext and having a ball with it and letting us play along.
And since we are in the 21St century, this is the last chance they will get to make gay subtext relevant, and a gay relationship titillating in any way. Very soon, it will not matter, so it's now or never for a dramatic coming together of these two.
Oh, the baby. The metas address this and Mary. Basically, it serves the arc. Could go a few ways, but basically, it was a good way to keep John trapped and with Mary for the time being until little Sherly is born. Then, it will be very important for John to choose to leave Mary and choose to go to Sherlock, as opposed to John being at loose ends once his wife dies and then falling into bed with a convenient flatmate. No, they'd want to ratchet up the tension as much as possible. Some say Mycroft and Sherlock are plotting to make Mary leave for her iniquity, her lies and for murdering Sherlock, leaving the baby behind. Or maybe she will get up to some old tricks and get herself killed. Watching Sherlock with John's child, loving all parts of John, might be the sexiest frickin thing I might ever see, especially with how Cumberbatch would do it. And you thought John looked fondly at Sherlock when he was hugging Mrs H? He might just have to throw him against a wall and kiss him breathless after seeing him feed her a bottle. We shall see.