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

Contents:

• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• ¿ES GAY SHERLOCK HOLM?
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT
• IS ENOLA HOLM GAY? SEXUALY AND GENR EXPLORED

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

"El mundo entero quiere creer que Holm gay. Con tas claracn, Steven Moffat, que parece tar realmente harto n el asunto, ha vuelto a salir al paso los entars generalizados que apuntan a que su 'Sherlock' gay. En 2011, Mart Freeman fió 'Sherlock' o "la serie más gay la historia la televisión" no parece partir a opión.

¿ES GAY SHERLOCK HOLM?

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. Speculat about the inic tective's sexualy.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). "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?There's nothg wrong wh bate: We should ignore Plunket's "befuddled, hateful knee-jerk reactn" to this, says Ben Walters Bra's Guardian.

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.""A Case of Holmophobia?"But Holm shouldn't be gay: There's nothg wrong wh Downey's playg the "gusg game," says Elisabeth Rappe at Cematil. "It's not beg fahful to the character.""Stay the Closet, Sherlock Holm!"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.

Okay, so 's "ftooned" wh "subtle tails" about the hero' livg arrangements, and there's a lot of "bare-chted, man-on-man, bare-knuckle fightg." But there's no actual "gay ntent"—and there isn't likely to be any the sequel, eher. Teniendo en cuenta que el Doctor Who tiene pañera y que Sherlock tiene pañero… ¿Será que Sherlock Holm homosexual?

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

A par s explicn -que parecen muy obvias y claras-, Moffat se lamenta que "el mundo quiere creer que gay. Él no gay. Pero no tá en la serie", ha o bromean en Entertament Weekly, Moffat smiente que Sherlock sea gay, pero no dice nada que sea heterosexual… Quizá el gunista se vea obligado a tratar te tema en el pecial naviño 'Sherlock' que, según nfirmó hace unos días, tendrá el Londr victoriano o mar l pí Sherlock Moffat -que un personaje l siglo XXI- viajará al pasado y se senvolverá en la misma épo que el personaje origal las novelas Arthur Conan Doyle.

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.

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.

Guy Rchie’s recent film versn, starrg Robert Downey Jr, was noted for s homoerotic tensn and the actor suggted that Holm uld be a “butch homosexual”. The pair also have a meal London’s gay district Soho, where the rtrant owner says: “Sherlock, you n have anythg on the menu for you and your date. If Sherlock is gay, and who knows if he is, then I don’t thk he fanci John.

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.

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

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.

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!

This was the 19th century, was impossible for someone to be an openly gay man or wre an openly gay character.

IS ENOLA HOLM GAY? SEXUALY AND GENR EXPLORED

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.

1895 was an important year bee the Osr Wil trials ma many homosexual people flee London for a few months until thgs have lmed down. Strangers – Homosexual Love the Neteenth Century, Graham Robb. I bought this book om the bookshop Gay’s The Word  London (you should fely vis ) and I’m so happy that I did, I love this book.

It’s about homosexual love and relatnships the 19th century and ’s terribly tertg. There’s extensive rmatn about Victorian-era homosexualy and their d language, behavurs and tradns, so if you are terted learng more about this topic I totally remend this book.