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

Contents:

• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH
• DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY
• MART FREEMAN ADDRS ‘TENSE’ SHERLOCK GAY FAN THEORI
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• ‘SHERLOCK’ SHOWNNERS BUNK GAY MORS NEW TERVIEW
• THE ‘SHERLOCK’ CREATORS REALLY WANT FANS TO KNOW SHERLOCK AND JOHN AREN’T GAY

IS SHERLOCK HOLM 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).

"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?

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

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

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

GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH

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

DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?

"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. 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. He’s not gay.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

Is Sherlock gay? Gay Sherlock Holm Pastich (46 books).

STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY

Gay Sherlock Holm Pastich. Although ’s never been nfirmed by the BBC if Cumberbatch’s Holm is supposed to be gay – the chemistry between him and Watson (played by Mart Freeman) has left ltle to the imagatn over the years. In S01E03, when he meets Sherlock, Sherlock duc him as gay.

MART FREEMAN ADDRS ‘TENSE’ SHERLOCK GAY FAN THEORI

So, is Jim really gay?

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

Could Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holm actually be…gay? So he’s not gay or straight. Sherlock star Mart Freeman has spoken about stgglg to al wh fans of the show who believed his character was gay.

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

Mart Freeman: Sherlock fans nsired lack of gay relatnship ‘a betrayal’. Speakg on Dert Island Discs on Sunday (March 31), Freeman opened up about alg wh gay fan theori om “challengg” fans.

Freeman add: “By the time we filmed the last on, there were some fans who were so adamant… they knew that John and Sherlock were gay, they knew , and they knew that Steven [Moffat] and Mark [Gatiss] were gog to wre an episo where we held hands off to the sunset together. 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.

‘SHERLOCK’ SHOWNNERS BUNK GAY MORS NEW TERVIEW

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. They sound pretty tired of the speculatn, followg a Comic-Con panel where Moffat spoke general terms about wrg gay characters on mastream TV—which some fans then misterpreted as a veiled ht about Sherlock. “It is furiatg ankly, to be talkg about a ser subject and to have Twter n around and say, ‘Oh that means Sherlock is gay, '” said Moffat.

I’m a gay man. Dependg on who you ask, this is eher a harmls joke, a tratg and potentially homophobic example of queerbag, or proof that the Johnlock Conspiracy is real.

THE ‘SHERLOCK’ CREATORS REALLY WANT FANS TO KNOW SHERLOCK AND JOHN AREN’T GAY

The end rult is a show that arguably clus gay subtext, wh an dience that lov to vise plex fan theori, and shownners whose terview quot n’t be tsted.

Watson was revealed to be gay and love wh Sherlock as the season progrsed. While that velopment was praised by some, others cricized for the later revelatn that Watson had a hand the ath of Holm’ wife Alice, leadg to allegatns that the show was employg the harmful “evil gay” trope. Last year, creator Steven Moffat ma clear that Sherlock is not gay.