The whole of the Sherlock fandom on tumblr these days is "if Johnlock isn't a real thing on your show, then your show is anti-gay and offensive." They're out of control over there and it's dividing a formerly friendly fan base and irritating the creators. Moffat and Gatiss are constantly saying how much they love the fans and everything they create, fan fiction and art and they encourage all of it including the Johnlock stuff and all the totally non-canon pairings, but saying "okay you can keep drawing/writing it all you want but our two main characters do not happen to be gay" is NOT ACTUALLY HOMOPHOBIC. You can't get what you want and force them to rewrite their characters and change the story by screaming 'MY FAN FIC IS BETTER THAN YOUR SHOW SO DO WHAT I SAY!!!1!!"

I can't get over the nerve of some of these people calling the creators anti-gay. Like, you do realize Mark is married to a man, right? For Christ's sake.

I clicked on this not having the slightest clue where you could be going with it. But then I screamed because it's so cute. What's next on your list??

Why are reaction videos so fun?? I like these ladies. Somehow seeing drunk girls sobbing over the same things as me makes me feel justified in my emotions :D

A quick scan of this thread (in case of spoilers :D ) has motivated me to try and start reading these again. I've started the first book a couple times and keep giving up around 50 pages in, it just feels so overwhelming with all these characters and places I can't keep straight. I shall give it another chance! I firmly believe anyone on a Sherlock forum must have good taste, so back I go.  

Thanks all!! The new season can't come soon enough. I hear they're making a group-watch thing on Netflix where you can watch in sync with people and have a chat bar going- maybe a bunch of us can make use of that sometime. Looking forward to the collective gross sobbing that is going to take place here in 2017...