‘Sherlock’ Fans Were Robbed of the Gay Endg They Derved

Contents:

• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!

DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?

Somethg that should also be taken to nsiratn was that the time Watson is supposedly documentg his adventur wh Sherlock Holm, homosexualy was nsired a ser crime, although that did not stop certa people om engagg homosexual love affairs. It is the age old qutn…Is he gay or European? And Ju Law will reportedly nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay.

WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT

But everyone wants to believe he’s gay.

He’s not gay. Is Sherlock gay? Sherlock Holm, after all, is one of a long le of athetic, homosexual tectiv.

Historian Graham Robb tails the end homosexualy of Dup Strangers: Homosexual Love the 19th Century. That’s a revelatn of love straight out of the gayt movie moment, if I ever did read one. Doyle may not have realized he was htg all the homosexual signifiers, but he built on Poe’s foundatn of the homosexual tective: an tellectual, urban athete, wh a taste for exotic, eccentric ratn, dulgg e to take the edge off and a predilectn for male pany, who stalks the seedy unrbelly of London solvg crim.

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

Doyle’s own take on homosexualy was based on a medil standpot, not crimal. I love to image queer men pickg up the Sherlock Holm omnib, enjoyg the lovely domticy and great adventur of the Baker Street bachelors, homosexual subtext and all.

IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?

Was Sherlock Holm gay? Telegraph – Robert Downey Jr hts Sherlock Holm was gay. Pk News – BBC drama hts Sherlock Holm is gay.

As for what you n expect om the plot, would appear that the producers plan to outright nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay the threequel. Of urse, the pair’s unique bromance has always been one of the highlights of every adaptatn of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, but seems that the stud wish to take this one step further and nfirm that they are, fact, homosexual. A sequel to Christmas h Sherlock Holm may be blocked by thor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tate after Robert Downey Jr., the star of the film, suggted the inic tective might be gay (watch Downey Jr talk about Holm' gay subtext on Letterman).

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

"I am not hostile to homosexuals, " she said, "but I am to anyone who is not te to the spir of the books. " Are we really likely to see a gay Sherlock Holm? Downey's ment was a "lgh at the expense of prient attus to gay sex, " and not a "ser" suggtn.

To do so would be agast the vtigative spir of the books—"not jt homophobic, but Holmophobic.

"But Holm shouldn't be gay: There's nothg wrong wh Downey's playg the "gusg game, " says Elisabeth Rappe at Cematil. "Holm isn't gay—but he is sexualized: The first film don't really suggt Holm is gay, says Vlet Blue the San Francis Chronicle.

'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!

" But there's no actual "gay ntent"—and there isn't likely to be any the sequel, eher.

Watson -- wh other characters nstantly assumg they were a uple -- and the homoerotic unrton their relatnship were so strong they spawned an entire Sherlock end 2017, fans hopg might fally make good on years of subtext were disappoted, and Freeman revealed a recent terview that he's aware the show let them down.

"So by the time we filmed the last on, there were some fans who were so adamant that John and Sherlock were gay, " Freeman told Brish Rad 4. The trouble is as soon as you start gettg to a dialogue about that, sounds like you're somehow beg homophobic.