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SusiGo · December 5, 2014 11:30 am

Everybody ships them.

SolarSystem · December 6, 2014 9:00 am

I know this isn't Johnlock, but this is what I would want Johnlock to look like... among other things...
Please, if "Torchwood" can do it, so can "Sherlock"...!!!

mrshouse · December 6, 2014 9:07 am

This looks lovely indeed...
And no discussion apparently if the actors want to go for it or if they are in love with another character or are thrilled or jealous and so forth. Bleh. Good pairing, so ready, steady, go!

besleybean · December 6, 2014 9:09 am

I'm interloping, just to say: ooh, John Barrowman.
I love him and can't get enough of him.
He is responsible for one of the funniest things I ever saw on TV:
when he mimed performing a sex act on Jimmy Carr!

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SolarSystem · December 6, 2014 9:21 am

mrshouse wrote:
This looks lovely indeed...
And no discussion apparently if the actors want to go for it or if they are in love with another character or are thrilled or jealous and so forth. Bleh. Good pairing, so ready, steady, go!

I think John Barrowman jumped at the chance to do this, he is a bit on the crazy side. And he's gay. Which of course shouldn't be of any importance when it comes to playing or not playing a gay character, they're all actors after all and should be able to play whatever the writers throw at them.
But yes, these two guys are lovely together. And their romance isn't shown in a very explicit way in the show, either (except for one or two scenes), but the things that you get to see just work perfectly.

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SusiGo · December 6, 2014 9:29 am

I loved their relationship in Torchwood. Really beautiful. And I had to think of someone we all know when Ianto was talking about being in love with Jack while not even being gay.

SolarSystem · December 6, 2014 9:30 am

Oh yes. He's doesn't love men, he's just in love with this one man...

mrshouse · December 6, 2014 9:31 am

*nods in approval*

ancientsgate · December 6, 2014 6:26 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
I know this isn't Johnlock, but this is what I would want Johnlock to look like... among other things... Please, if "Torchwood" can do it, so can "Sherlock"...!!!

Barrowman is an out and proud gay man in RL, very publicly married to another man, and so he has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about being shown getting physical with another guy in his acting gigs. BC and MF seem to be totally straight, so IMO they have more to risk professionally, if Sherlock goes there. I think it would be okay, that the world would not end if Sherlock's writers went there with Sherlock and John, but.... if BC and/or MF are the least bit squeamish, then I don't think we'll ever see it. In fact, I'd rather they DIDN'T go there in that case, just so I don't have to sit and get squeamish about them being squeamish!

besleybean · December 6, 2014 8:14 pm

I know I'm not supposed to be here...this may be me bowing out again.
But a few points:
What do you mean, Benedict and Martin SEEM totally straight?
Then, I don't think either actors would have any problem playing a gay couple.
Finally, this would not be why it won't appear in Sherlock.

Harriet · December 6, 2014 10:42 pm

Go and open your own thread about that, besley.

tonnaree · December 6, 2014 10:44 pm

Neither Ben nor Martin seem squeamish to me if you look at their acting resumes.

besleybean · December 6, 2014 10:46 pm

That was my thinking.

SolarSystem · December 6, 2014 10:50 pm

ancientsgate wrote:
Barrowman is an out and proud gay man in RL, very publicly married to another man, and so he has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about being shown getting physical with another guy in his acting gigs. BC and MF seem to be totally straight, so IMO they have more to risk professionally, if Sherlock goes there. I think it would be okay, that the world would not end if Sherlock's writers went there with Sherlock and John, but.... if BC and/or MF are the least bit squeamish, then I don't think we'll ever see it. In fact, I'd rather they DIDN'T go there in that case, just so I don't have to sit and get squeamish about them being squeamish!

If they were the least bit squeamish about it, they wouldn't deserve to be called professional actors. It's their job and quite frankly, I expect them to be able to do whatever the writers throw at them. And as far as I can tell from what I've seen of their work in the past I'd say: they'd be able to do this in a highly professional way.

tonnaree, we cross-posted...

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SusiGo · December 6, 2014 11:25 pm

Back to topic:

BBC3 rules.

http://sherlockisactuallyagayname.tumblr.com/post/104528658772/constancecream-the-empty-hearse-a-summary-by

nakahara · December 6, 2014 11:31 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Back to topic:

BBC3 rules.

http://sherlockisactuallyagayname.tumblr.com/post/104528658772/constancecream-the-empty-hearse-a-summary-by

YES. That was a very acurate description of the episode.

tonnaree · December 7, 2014 2:54 am

BBC3 lovesa us and wants us to be happy.

Draconia · December 7, 2014 7:01 am

And so we love bbc3!

besleybean · December 7, 2014 8:31 am

Though we love BBC 1 best, as that is where we get to see our boys first.

Harriet · December 7, 2014 11:50 am

So since when do you actively support Johnlock in the series, besley? You are free to open your BBC1 thread, if you want to discuss that.