SolarSystem wrote:

LoveIsAViciousMotivator wrote:

His expression when he found Jim's number under the dish before he told Molly was one of shock.

We really must be watching different shows then, because I don't see the slightest hint of shock there. He takes the card with the number from under the dish in a matter of fact kind of way. He already gave Molly evidence for why Jim is gay, and this is just another piece of evidence.
I see lots of things in that scene, but no shock, at least not on Sherlock's side. Molly on the other hand...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEcYGe0hzrw

 

Wrong scene, the one before he deduces. The scene where Jim knocks down the dish and places it back. The focus on the camera is on Molly, but you can see Sherlock's faded expression of shock. His eyes and mouth are wide open. 

This one:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu6PDaLJ7JQ

Happens around 0:25

 

Last edited by LoveIsAViciousMotivator (May 27, 2014 4:58 pm)

He might have been shocked because he was introduced as Mollys' s boyfriend.

@mrshouse: Who said Sherlock was into casual sex? I never implied that. Also, doesn't mean he can't be uncomfortable as well as find "sex" animalistic. Janine wanted sex. Sherlock didn't give it because he was just using her. Janine geniunely seemed to care for Sherlock and really wanted to. Her sharing false stories was in response to the fact that Sherlock pretended to be something he wasn't. She wasn't cornering him like a predator. Janine was the victim there. Not Sherlock. 

@Solar: Looked like shock to me or at least, very surprised. 

besleybean wrote:

But she sure got her revenge.

And who can blame her? Even though, I may not agree with how she did it.
 

mrshouse wrote:

LoveIsAViciousMotivator wrote:

@mrshouse: Who said Sherlock was into casual sex? I never implied that. Also, doesn't mean he can't be uncomfortable as well as find "sex" animalistic. Janine wanted sex. Sherlock didn't give it because he was just using her. Janine geniunely seemed to care for Sherlock and really wanted to. Her sharing false stories was in response to the fact that Sherlock pretended to be something he wasn't. She wasn't cornering him like a predator. Janine was the victim there. Not Sherlock.  

 
And I didn't imply that you implied it. But we cannot see him as asexual because he hasn't jumped on anyone so far nor because he makes faces when confronted with a type of flirting or being cornered that does not touch him. That's the kind of love/sentiment/andyessex he doesn't understand indeed. This thread is to discuss his sexuality and the thought he might want someone in the way I described hasn't been mentioned as far as I read.

Okay, I didn't know if that was what you were implying or not, and apologies for my misunderstanding.

I still don't think it means he isn't asexual either. So far he doesn't seem interested in sexual advances and ignores flirting. The only way he seems to respond to anything is intellectual stimulation based on interactions with both Irene and Moriarty, which could be a good point for sapisexuality as well as pansexuality due to the fact that Irene and Moriarty both gave him a game to figure out and he responds the same way despite different approaches. 


 

Last edited by LoveIsAViciousMotivator (May 27, 2014 5:55 pm)

What makes you think Sherlock thought this way in S3?

besleybean wrote:

What makes you think Sherlock thought this way in S3?

Call it a woman´s intuition. 
 

LoveIsAViciousMotivator wrote:

I still think Sherlock views sex as an animalistic desire he is above doing despite his sexuality.  

Well, I think he talks a good game, but who (but him) knows what's going on behind closed doors? All of us know lots of people who say one thing and do another. I admit Sherlock is convincing about what he says about himself (any subject), but that doesn't mean he couldn't just be keeping his private stuff private.



 

mrshouse wrote:

Did we ever consider that this very Sherlock is clever, brilliant, brutal in his open language to just everyone, might feel uncomfortable because he might not be for the casual sex? The hot sex Irene provides, fulfilling hot phantasies? Or maybe Janine cornering him and snogging for a good story to sell? Maybe he would rather commit to a person with whom he holds an emotional connection as well. It might be he has not had to much sexual expirience up to now, but he is not a virgin.

I wonder if the writers are still figuring out what to do about Sherlock's sexuality. They could take it/him in many different directions.

Funny, he was allowed to use Janine for his own purposes (presumably doing everything with her but actual penetration, if their conversation is to be believed). But remember the gal from the press-- Penny? who cornered him in the men's during Moriarty's trial, wanted Sherlock to autograph her boob, etc? She was offering herself on a plate, would have done anything (twice!) to be with Sherlock, see how he ticked, write about him, etc.  And yet Sherlock leaned down into her face and said with more than a little heat YOU. REPEL. ME.  So what are the viewers to make of that?  He uses women when it suits him? That he's cold (perhaps frigid, or whatever the word is for men who refuse to have sex) and perhaps cold-hearted, a user of women, when it suits him, but when it doesn't, he isn't. Girls are not really his area, except when they are?

I don't think we're the only ones confused by what Sherlock's sexuality is or isn't. I think the writers may be more confused than we are. So far.
 

LoveIsAViciousMotivator wrote:

Wrong scene, the one before he deduces. The scene where Jim knocks down the dish and places it back. The focus on the camera is on Molly, but you can see Sherlock's faded expression of shock. His eyes and mouth are wide open. 
This one:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu6PDaLJ7JQ
Happens around 0:25
 

Goodness, what a well-done scene. A delight to watch, even for the 500th time. A real ensemble scene that clicks right along, seemingly seamlessly. Lovely writing and acting, directing and editing. *happy sigh*

Yeah, I don't think that open mouthed thing is shock. I think it's disbelief. LIke, for f***'s sake, I can't believe that a**hole just put on that charade of knocking over the dish, just to leave me his number. As if I'd be interested. Ugh.