So blaming them and accusing them of queerbaiting is very much unfair. In millions of interviews and conventions, the writers have explicitly said that Sherlock and John are not together, at least not in a romantic fashion, and this is first and foremost a story of their adventures as a detective and his chronicler. It’s like we hate this thinking but subconsciously, we have fallen deep into the expectations it represents. And the main reason why there are often claimed as so is because of this underlying patriarchal effect that two men can be friends, ‘but hey, no homo’, which frankly makes this all the more absurd. Love is very much present between Sherlock and John, but similar to characters like Frodo and Sam from LotR, Jem and Will from The Infernal Devices, Steve and Bucky from Captain America, and other ‘shippable bromances’, this is, in fact, nothing romantic, because newsflash, romance isn’t the only type of love there is. This is because as much as it is embraced in fiction, males in real life are often pushed into the stigma of being macho men, for the smallest amount of affection showed towards someone else is regarded to as romantic attraction. It has been a common fictional trope, where a character who is angsty and misunderstood is accepted by a trusty and kind comrade – or a brother not by blood but by bond if you will – and it is something intriguing because it is not so common in real life. From the ACD canon to the BBC version, there are arguments falling ill to the common notion that the relationship of the two borders on romance. This is something I didn’t want to tap on, but felt like I needed to do so. “There are undeniable proof that Sherlock and John are in love” John Watson has been very vocal about not being gay, having been engaged into several relationships prior to his marriage with Mary Morstan, and yet has been subject to claims that he is, in fact, in love with Sherlock Holmes.So, logically speaking, rejecting one point over the other completely disproves the argument.ģ. If we are going by expressed declarations of sexuality, it is important to not only take in Irene Adler’s preference into question. Let’s just know that human beings fall for other human beings.” 2. She must be bisexual.’ But actually, let’s not label this. So then people say, ‘Well, so she’s obviously not gay. So referencing what Lara Pulver stated back in 2012, “It’s just a label, isn’t it? Because, at the end of the day, I think she had feelings for Sherlock. She obviously prefers women, but is also evidently attracted to Sherlock. Now, as someone who is a genderfluid sapiosexual (putting this here because otherwise I would be called out for pushing heteronormativity or spreading homophobia and all those things), I personally think that Irene used the term gay loosely. But sadly, it has become a fiasco on its own. From what I’ve seen in the fandom, people have a split opinion on the matter, taking Irene as either a lesbian or a bisexual, and coming from individuals who are part of the LGBTQ community, there should be a huge amount of respect for these opinions. Note: All quote references came from this brilliant post. But hey, it’s a slow night for me so here’s to sharpening up my good ol’ brain cells. I laid out the most common arguments against this ship and I’m going to give my most logical answers to it. So I decided to approach this the Adlock way. To be fair, I have tried to be level headed back then about this whole conundrum, but seriously though, this has got to stop. Now, this isn’t me putting gas to the already burning fire, but it is sickening to go over this again and again and again. So first off, bless you my fellow shippers, to name a few for defending the ship to the core, and for and for explaining wth happened. But instead, I found myself disappointed at the fact that there has been another fiasco involving hate being present in the tags that caused a back-and-forth between Adlockers and, based on my observation, some Johnlock shippers (and yes, I’m using the entire ship name to have it appear on their tag because tit for tat). I was supposed to write some fanfiction, and as usual, I decided to scroll through the Adlock tag to get some feels rolling.
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