@Schmiezi: I have a feeling these days that people will get angry at just everything he says and does..

@Besley: Well, welcome to planet earth, where people get off on the thought of Sherlock's violinist hands doing just the right things.. just an ancient earthling-custom, nothing to worry about.

Last edited by Zatoichi (October 30, 2014 5:43 am)

People are getting angry? Again? So it is a good thing I am not on twitter.

I like the interview, although is was more a narrative piece, like that once Caitlin Moran did once, save for the Sherlock & sex bit.
I liked Sherlock-sex-performance description because it shows, too me, just how much thought he invests in his characters, analyses them and understands them.  It is logical to suppose Sherlock would approach sex the same way he approached being best man for John: something he has never done before but what he just HAS to do better then everyone else, lol

Of course he would have to be better than anyone else! 

Yes, I know you thought it was the whole interview, Besleybean, and I can see why, because that part was printed separately to the rest of the interview for some reason. (I wish that they'd printed his 11 minute Hamlet rant separately as well for us.  I would have loved to hear more about his take on the character!   But I suppose it's not so easy to sell as Sherlock and sex - we'll hopefully hear more next year).  I don't the question is inappropriate, not if Benedict was relaxed and comfortable about it.  It IS about his interpretation of the character, and Sherlock being outwardly asexual is bound to raise questions about his sexuality.   Making a point of it (as they do in the series) actually brings it to the fore, I think.

I'm sure Benedict knows the effect his words would have on some of us, and he's playing with that, and it IS funny (so has to be taken with a pinch of salt).   But I think that, again, he's challenging people's views of the character too - the misconceptions that Sherlock is asexual, that he'd be overly clinical, overly awkward, cold, unenthusiastic, etc.   I don't think he's reducing it to 50 Shades if you read between the lines. 

What are people getting angry about, or is it best not to ask? 

Last edited by Liberty (October 30, 2014 7:56 am)

Maybe we could agree that every reader responds differently to articles and interviews, and that maybe it's not all that nice to call people who enjoy reading what Benedict has to say about Sherlock and sex and find it a tiny bit sexy 'freaky'. We certainly don't have to have the same opinion about it, but 'freaky'...? 

I have to admit that I don't need Benedict to talk about Sherlock and sex - but it was quite entertaining nonetheless. I agree with everyone who says that his answers were as clever as usual and that he knows exactly what's gonna happen when he says such things. What's not to love about that?

@Schmiezi: I think that pupil would be one of my favourite pupils, as well. 

Last edited by SolarSystem (October 30, 2014 8:33 am)

Not quite sure about that, nakahara 

Of course creativity is unlimited, esp here    I still think the "Sherlock and John floating in space handcuffed" thing is more interesting material, though 

Last edited by Harriet (October 30, 2014 9:02 am)

Not just a matter of Johnlock, but, right, let's see 

I'm also not too happy with it - but which lines are you referring to?

I thought the whole interview was great.  I thought the sex part was hot and funny.

I think Benedict should talk about sex and Sherlock more often. 
I think he should record an audiobook for Joy of Sex. 
I think he should narrate sex education films. 

Ok.  I'll leave now.

*heads for the cold shower*

To me the whole conversation sounds like a playful banter that should not be taken too seriously, but that is hot anyway.
And it shows that like his fans, Benedict can play with the character of Sherlock either.