Did Arthur Conan Doyle Holm and Watson as a gay uple? - Lerature Stack Exchange

Contents:

• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• MISS SHERLOCK IS, OR MIGHT BE, GAY—AND THANK GOD FOR THAT

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

A few months ago, the mors started aga: Did Benedict Cumberbatch jt out Sherlock as gay?!

But some thought that Cumberbatch was htg that Sherlock is gay, a misnceptn that's the foc of plenty of onle fanfictn, and that the show ocsnally self plays wh.

But everyone wants to believe he's gay. He's not gay. 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).

IS SHERLOCK HOLM 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.

GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH

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.

" But there's no actual "gay ntent"—and there isn't likely to be any the sequel, eher. It is the age old qutn…Is he gay or European? And Ju Law will reportedly nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay.

But everyone wants to believe he’s gay.

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

He’s not gay. Is Sherlock gay?

Gay Sherlock Holm Pastich (46 books),. Gay Sherlock Holm Pastich.

If you are terted Sherlock Holm and his (homo)sexualy, check out my other post The relatnship between Sherlock Holm and John Watson, I wrote about their relatnship  The Private Life of Sherlock Holm and BBC’s Sherlock.

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

For the 2 parts, I will e evince om books about homosexualy at that time, books about Sherlock Holm general, and onle sourc about the subtext found the origal Sherlock Holm stori.

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

Part 1 will be all about homosexualy the Victorian era, while part 2 will be an analysis of the homoerotic subtext the stori. So, for those people who say “Sherlock Holm was not gay the books!

MISS SHERLOCK IS, OR MIGHT BE, GAY—AND THANK GOD FOR THAT

This was the 19th century, was impossible for someone to be an openly gay man or wre an openly gay character. When Osr Wil was arrted for beg gay, the obv homoerotic unrton his book where ed agast him and he was nvicted of sodomy. They were well-acquated and, as far as we know, Doyle’s views on homosexualy were que liberal for that era.

So, is not that far of a stretch to thk that Doyle might have ed gay subtext his stori as well, even if was much more subtle than Wil’s.