The Gay Bar Scene that never was - MadSophHatter - Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Contents:

• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, MART FREEMAN REVEAL LETED ‘SHERLOCK’ GAY BAR SCENE
• 'SHERLOCK': A DIFFERENT SHERLOCK; WATSON, SHERLOCK GAY BAR SCENE; IS MORIARTY STILL ALIVE?

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.

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.

IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?

" 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.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

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. In S01E03, when he meets Sherlock, Sherlock duc him as gay.

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

So, is Jim really gay?

Do you thk sherlock is nonilly gay? 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.

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

If Sherlock is gay, and who knows if he is, then I don’t thk he fanci John.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, MART FREEMAN REVEAL LETED ‘SHERLOCK’ GAY BAR SCENE

Why do people thk Sherlock is gay?

Perhaps 's jt a very vol mory, but seems a large number of people believe he's gay. He didn’t have to be Sherlock Holm to duce that the flamboyant tective had steered them to a gay club – probably unknowgly. “John, I thk we are a gay bar.

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. Homoerotic subtext film and media has existed for generatns, harkg back to a time when homosexualy or bisexualy had to be hted at orr to get past the censors.

'SHERLOCK': A DIFFERENT SHERLOCK; WATSON, SHERLOCK GAY BAR SCENE; IS MORIARTY STILL ALIVE?

Beg gay was illegal (and many plac still is) so the reprentatn of gay romance had to d and subtle – the hts, the heated looks.

Now we fally have the opportuny to watch explicly gay-centred TV shows and films.

As a property, Sherlock wh a lot of baggage regardg homoerotic subtext. Amics have been batg for s over whether Holm was gay, and whether he and Watson were dog more than jt solvg s together. The only gay portrayal of Sherlock Holm to date is Billy Wilr’s 1970s film The Private Life of Sherlock Holm, and the wrer/director himself wish the film had been far more explic and open about Holm’ orientatn:.