I know what you mean.  Generally I don't ship characters, either, because it's not that important to me.  If two characters end up together it's fine, but it's not something I need to have happen.  I've never been one who needs to see two characters kiss.  But I'm not the biggest fan of romance, either, though I have been moved by those parts of stories before.

I remember in past fandoms I've been in that I could never understand where a lot of ships come from.  While there are some in every fandom that I don't get, I stopped really caring because everyone does their own thing and it doesn't hurt me.  Everyone gets to enjoy a story however they want to.

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I agree with you, but I'm not about to bash shippers just because it's not my thing.  I, too, have read good fics with those pairings, but I don't need it to happen or ship it.

No, and my vote increased the no-choice to 34% :-).

Shipping special characters has something to do with identification with certain characters, I think. And a lot with your head canon. As for me, I can identify with Molly a lot and I like her in the show although she doesn't have much screen time. And in my head I imagine her and Sherlock sharing a special connection which can maybe lead to romantic feelings.
But it is no kind of must have for the show.

Last edited by kornmuhme (October 13, 2015 4:19 pm)

I mostly "ship" platonic Holmescest. What I mean by "platonic Holmescest" is that if they hadn't been brothers, I would have definitely shipped them as a couple. As they are brothers, I obviously don't imagine as a proper couple, I'm just obsessed with their relationship and I do believe in different kinds of love and there is definitely love between those two, not romantic love but strong love nevertheless.

I love everything between them: the bickering, i love how Mycroft is over-protective and worries about Sherlock "constantly" (I think he needs Sherlock much more than Sherlock needs him), i love the tension between them, the "competition", i love the admiration they secretly have for each other....... etc etc. Their relationship is one of the things I love the best in the show. Therefore I love all their scenes in the show, i love the glimpses we have of their past and love to make theories about their past, i love talking about them, i love reading fanfictions about them (though it's hard to find ones focused on their relationship which are not purely Holmescest, so I sometimes read Holmescest if it's well written and not PWP) and writing fanfics about them (not Holmescest, just Mycroft centric fanfics).

As for Johnlock, I ship it as well, but just not as much as "platonic Holmescest". I wrote fanfics about them too. I love how Mofftiss play with that. I'm not sure I'd like to see it happening on screen though (i was already very happy that Sherlock admits his feelings out loud in TSoT). Well, I'm torn about that because a part of me would love to see them as a proper couple but another part of me would prefer that Sherlock stays asexual.

ewige wrote:

And then I finally understood the attraction of slash!

Aww... Slash is my guilty pleasure... I guess it all started with Starsky and Hutch when I was a kid: I had no idea yet of what sex was, but I just hated it when they had girlfriends because I thought they were perfect for each other and I loved how they cared for each other, I had no doubt that it was love.

Growing old, I became quite obsessed with slash to the point i see it in every book/show/movie and if I can't see any of it, I find it boring, i really don't like heterosexual couples in fiction (I know, it must sound really weird, but that's true... I'm straight myself, i'm a widow but I was married during nearly 10 years before that)

Last edited by Punch me in the face (January 3, 2016 9:13 pm)

besleybean wrote:

The latter suits me fine!

Sorry, I edited my post before I saw yours. I take it you were talking about Sherlock staying asexual?
 

Well, like Morrissey would sing "And if I seem a little strange, that's because I am... "

I think I understand your point.

I guess that if I hadn't known anything about canon Sherlock before watching the show, I would have definitely loved to see John and Sherlock as a couple on screen because their love for each other is so strong and with all the Johnlock hints in the show, it would only seem logical these two end up together. But the thing is I knew canon Sherlock prior to the show and showing him capable of sentiment is one thing, but getting him involved in a romantic relationship is another. Like I said, a part of me would love Johnlock to be real (well, it is, somehow, just without sex haha) but it just wouldn't feel right anymore because a "sexual" Sherlock wouldn't be Sherlock anymore... Well, it's difficult to explain...

But if Mofftiss ever choose to get him involved in a romantic relationship (other than for a case, that is), then I think John would be the only right person for him.

Too many good shows jumped the shark when their main characters *eloped*, so I'm not confident that would be a good idea here. I enjoy aloof Sherlock too much, it makes the struggle with his feelings even more dramatic. On the other hand, Moftiss surprised me more than once already so maybe they'll find a way for Sherlock and John to have the cake and eat it.

That's why it's called "surprise". ;-)

Punch me in the face wrote:

But the thing is I knew canon Sherlock prior to the show and showing him capable of sentiment is one thing, but getting him involved in a romantic relationship is another. Like I said, a part of me would love Johnlock to be real (well, it is, somehow, just without sex haha) but it just wouldn't feel right anymore because a "sexual" Sherlock wouldn't be Sherlock anymore... Well, it's difficult to explain...

Yes!  I think that even in the show (not just the ACD stories), it's a feature of Sherlock's character that he suppresses any romantic/sexual yearnings.   It's one of the things that makes him uniquely Sherlock.  I think the show has actually stuck quite closely to that, even in the "relationships" with Irene and Janine - he's very guarded, never lets himself go down that route.   Personally, I don't want to see him go there with anyone.  And if they did go there (with John, or anybody, I suppose), there's no going back - we'd have lost "our" Sherlock.   

I just don't think they are interested in going down that route.
It's like every TV series has to end in the leads getting together.
It didn't happen in canon, either.