'Just Rewards (2)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The way he dismissed girlfriends so flatly, though, and not boyfriends, leaves homo something open for me, whether it be sexual or romantic. And in a way his dissuasion of Watson isn't him saying he doesn't swing that way either, but more sounds like he doesn't want to.
So definitely not heterosexual of any level of awkwardness, but his degree of obsession with Watson is beyond normal friendship. So I'd have to call it something.
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The way he dismissed girlfriends so flatly, though, and not boyfriends, leaves homo something open for me, whether it be sexual or romantic.
I'd buy homoromantic, though more specifically my money is on Watsonromantic.
Creepy sweatshirt is always watching you.
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Aaaaaaa! Even *I* wouldn't wear that!
But it's the only way for it not to watch you!
Hey, Tep, do you remember where that found photo site is, that you used for GWW way back? (And I loved.)
I bet I can find it. Give me a minute.
Part of the problem is that the actor used the word asexual to describe the character, but was probably not meaning it in the same way that AVEN does. More as a shorthand for celibate by choice instead of as orientation.
My read on the character, not that I've watched all the episodes many, many times (including the unaired pilot, which, no, does not count towards canon and has completely different characterizations of both Sherlock and John than does the aired versions), is that he's aromantic, but may well have been involved with men in the past in some format. He's very aware of men being attracted to him, seeming attracted to him, or playing attracted to him, and treats it differently than he treats female interest.
Write him as an asexual romantic, and I will, umm. Text Cass or Jilli and bitch about it. A lot. With irritated handmotions that are hard to convey with just thumbs and words. But I try. Hard. Dude, I get that you want to see your orientation represented, but SHERLOCK HOLMES IS NOT GOING TO CRY INTO HIS PILLOW BECAUSE HE LONGS TO CUDDLE JOHN AND HOLD HIS HAND AND WHATEVER. ALSO, HE IS WHAT HE IS AND ANGSTS MINIMALLY ABOUT IT. HIS EMO IS ABOUT THE VISCERAL TWITCH OF BOREDOM. THIS IS A LARGE PART OF HIS CHARM.
(Also, dude: he's grabby. Hilariously so at times. Those who write him as being tweaked by people touching him are not watching the same show that I'm watching. At all. To be fair, I think PBS cut the scene where he's at his most hands-on John. But the DVDs are out. So that is no excuse.)
I bet I can find it. Give me a minute.
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Write him as an asexual romantic, and I will, umm. Text Cass or Jilli and bitch about it. A lot. With irritated handmotions that are hard to convey with just thumbs and words.
But he's so possessive of John -- doesn't that read as a type of romantic-ness, rather than aromantic?