(special thanks to @mental-leaps for creating this gif set, turning the rambling descriptions in my emails into something real).
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I was talking with @theartstudentyouhate about the characters of Sherlock and how I relate to them. So I figured I’d throw this up here:
For Mycroft it’s being the older sibling. It’s wanting to help but not being able to. It’s loving your family and not talking about it.
For Sherlock it’s how being smart is isolating. It’s being called a freak. It’s being surprised anyone wants to be your friend. It’s the never quite knowing how to act in social situations.
For John it’s the anger just under the surface. It’s also the sense of duty, the need to care for others while ignoring your own issues.
For Greg it’s loyalty, it’s believing in someone even when they don’t believe in themselves. It’s being willing to listen and also being willing to push.
for Molly it’s being underestimated and overlooked. It’s fighting for your position and not letting the world tell you otherwise.
Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, Nor think the bitterness of absence sour When you have bid your servant once adieu; Nor dare I question with my jealous thought Where you may be, or your affairs suppose, But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought Save, where you are how happy you make those. So true a fool is love that in your will, Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.
“Fifty-seven of those texts…. the one’s I’ve heard.”
I am 100% convinced that Mark Gatiss, no matter how much he loves the characters, would not touch Sherlock Holmes and John Watson if he had to do some winky, queerbaiting, no homo bullshit with them. He wouldn’t have agreed to write the show with Steven if they weren’t in agreement on that. They wouldn’t have proceeded with producing it, if the BBC were not on board.
And honestly every time I see it suggested that he would do that to queer people when he is an outspoken advocate for better queer representation in the media and a married gay man himself, I just get really offended on his behalf. Stop using him to screen your heteronormativity.
