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September 29, 2013 10:46 pm  #41


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

sj4iy wrote:

True story:

My husband is a very easy-going, non-offensive guy that I met in college.  We started dating, and I quickly realized that one of his best friends was a HUGE primadonna that would get mad if he didn't get his way.  Since my husband (then-boyfriend) was a pretty big pushover, his friend ran the show, and there would be times that our plans would get scrapped because his friend wanted to do something else.  After this happened a bunch of times, I finally put my foot down and told my husband that I cared for him very much, but I was tired of playing second-fiddle to his friend (sound familiar?).  Well, my husband got the message and he informed his friend that he could still do things with him, but that it couldn't be the way it was before.

Basically, I see John as a pushover when it comes to Sherlock; John hasn't found the right woman that he's willing to put his foot down to Sherlock over...yet.  It doesn't mean that there's underlying sexual tension- it just means that Sherlock is his best friend whom he respects and admires so much that he's willing to put up with Sherlock running off his girlfriends...for now.  We'll see what happens as the show goes on, though.

 
Sherlock can be a primadonna but I think what John finds hard to resist is the  sense of danger and excitement that life with Sherlock holds. I think it would be hard for anyone (man or woman) to compete with how this aspect  of John's psyche clicks with Sherlock

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September 29, 2013 11:12 pm  #42


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

NotYourHousekeeperDear wrote:

sj4iy wrote:

True story:

My husband is a very easy-going, non-offensive guy that I met in college.  We started dating, and I quickly realized that one of his best friends was a HUGE primadonna that would get mad if he didn't get his way.  Since my husband (then-boyfriend) was a pretty big pushover, his friend ran the show, and there would be times that our plans would get scrapped because his friend wanted to do something else.  After this happened a bunch of times, I finally put my foot down and told my husband that I cared for him very much, but I was tired of playing second-fiddle to his friend (sound familiar?).  Well, my husband got the message and he informed his friend that he could still do things with him, but that it couldn't be the way it was before.

Basically, I see John as a pushover when it comes to Sherlock; John hasn't found the right woman that he's willing to put his foot down to Sherlock over...yet.  It doesn't mean that there's underlying sexual tension- it just means that Sherlock is his best friend whom he respects and admires so much that he's willing to put up with Sherlock running off his girlfriends...for now.  We'll see what happens as the show goes on, though.

 
Sherlock can be a primadonna but I think what John finds hard to resist is the sense of danger and excitement that life with Sherlock holds. I think it would be hard for anyone (man or woman) to compete with how this aspect of John's psyche clicks with Sherlock

That's definitely true...it's basically the age-old "man doesn't really want to grow up and be responsible" story.  Sherlock is sort of a Peter Pan character, which is attractive when you have nothing keeping you grounded.  But John won't always stay in that mind set.


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September 30, 2013 7:06 am  #43


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

This tread is in the 'canon' department, so let's go with the canon only shall we? Because whatever is going on in Sherlock, we can't take that as any evidence. It is just the personal preference from the people who are creating the show from a 21st century perspective. There have been all kinds of adaptations from Holmes getting married to Holmes getting frozen and woken up in the 22nd century. I think that in this tread we have to take only the canon into account. And as some people here already pointed out, there is no evidence in the canon for a romantic or even a sexual relationship.


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September 30, 2013 7:13 am  #44


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Agreed Jacco. 


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September 30, 2013 7:22 am  #45


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

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Jacco111 wrote:

This tread is in the 'canon' department, so let's go with the canon only shall we? Because whatever is going on in Sherlock, we can't take that as any evidence. It is just the personal preference from the people who are creating the show from a 21st century perspective. There have been all kinds of adaptations from Holmes getting married to Holmes getting frozen and woken up in the 22nd century. I think that in this tread we have to take only the canon into account. And as some people here already pointed out, there is no evidence in the canon for a romantic or even a sexual relationship.

May I quote the first post in this thread? 

"In Canon
In BBC
In Guy Ritche
In any other adaptations.

DIscuss, debate, support, refute Johnlock in all its forms. Have fun."

Just saying. 


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September 30, 2013 8:40 am  #46


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Watson gets married in "A Game of Shadows". They skipped it in the Granada series, I suppose because Edward Hardwicke was far too old to be a convincing bridegroom for Mary Morstan.
As for Holmes, I have no idea. 


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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



 
 

September 30, 2013 8:44 am  #47


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Swanpride wrote:

There are surpringly few adaptations in which even Watson gets married. Most of them just skip over this part (and the first meeting, for that matter).
In which one does get Holmes married? I remember a particularly awful one which suggest that he had a son with Irene Adler, but otherwise....

That was actually the famous 'biographer' Baring Gould who came up with that idea. The son of Holmes and Adler turned out to be Nero Wolfe...

Not really something to take very seriously if you ask me.


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September 30, 2013 8:45 am  #48


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

SusiGo wrote:

Watson gets married in "A Game of Shadows". They skipped it in the Granada series, I suppose because Edward Hardwicke was far too old to be a convincing bridegroom for Mary Morstan.
As for Holmes, I have no idea. 

True, there were some hints though. And after all, in the canon the issue of Mrs. Watson is also somewhat problematic to say the least.


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September 30, 2013 10:47 am  #49


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Swanpride wrote:

According to my DVD extras, the Granada series scipped the marriage mostly because they didn't want to deal with coming up for explanations why Watson just leaves his wife and work alone to wander of with Sherlock.
Interesting is the Russian series...not only does the marriage happen, but it is even a long-lasting one, with Mary Morstan still being alive when the series ended.

I can't help the feeling that after ACD decided to let Holmes return he did not know what to do with Mrs Watson and discreetly got rid of her. 


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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes

"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



 
 

September 30, 2013 11:42 am  #50


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

SusiGo wrote:

Swanpride wrote:

According to my DVD extras, the Granada series scipped the marriage mostly because they didn't want to deal with coming up for explanations why Watson just leaves his wife and work alone to wander of with Sherlock.
Interesting is the Russian series...not only does the marriage happen, but it is even a long-lasting one, with Mary Morstan still being alive when the series ended.

I can't help the feeling that after ACD decided to let Holmes return he did not know what to do with Mrs Watson and discreetly got rid of her. 

 
That was always how it felt to me, too...otherwise he would have written a proper death scene for her.


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September 30, 2013 11:43 am  #51


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Just like the bullpup.


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September 30, 2013 1:03 pm  #52


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

SusiGo wrote:

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Jacco111 wrote:

This tread is in the 'canon' department, so let's go with the canon only shall we? Because whatever is going on in Sherlock, we can't take that as any evidence. It is just the personal preference from the people who are creating the show from a 21st century perspective. There have been all kinds of adaptations from Holmes getting married to Holmes getting frozen and woken up in the 22nd century. I think that in this tread we have to take only the canon into account. And as some people here already pointed out, there is no evidence in the canon for a romantic or even a sexual relationship.

May I quote the first post in this thread? 

"In Canon
In BBC
In Guy Ritche
In any other adaptations.

DIscuss, debate, support, refute Johnlock in all its forms. Have fun."

Just saying. 

Correct me if I'm wrong, it's been known to happen, but haven't there been discussions and speculation on the Holmes/Watson relationship from the very begining?  So even if we did just stick to "canon" there are still things that can be open to interpretation.
 


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September 30, 2013 4:02 pm  #53


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Yes that is true, but I meant that for evidence we should only take the canon into account.


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September 30, 2013 4:11 pm  #54


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Well actually, we should take into account what the BBC Sherlock writers and actors have said and also what happens.
This is SO frustrating.
1.  Well we''ll all know by the time BBC Sherlock finishes whether anything happens between Sherlock and John and it isn't going to.
2.  I wouild be so grateful if somebody could help me out.
Elsewhere on the forum somebody kindly posted Ian Hallard's piece about Johnlock.
It is sitting on my desktop but I am just unable to copy and paste it.
If I have to type it all out I will.
Cos I just want to point to it everytime any of  you post and saylease read.


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September 30, 2013 4:23 pm  #55


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

besleybean wrote:

Well actually, we should take into account what the BBC Sherlock writers and actors have said and also what happens.

Well, I personally think we first and foremost should take into account what happens on the show (or in the films or in ACD's stories). What the writers and the actors (of BBC Sherlock) say is definitely interesting as well, but when it comes to analysing a book, a film, a musical piece or a tv show you first of all go with what's actually there - at least that's how I learned it in school and at university. Of course it's always interesting and valuable and sometimes even helpful to know what the artist's intention was, but if I can't find that on screen or in a book... then maybe I just don't see it or the artist wasn't successful in achieving what he/she intended to achieve.

And let's face it, take ten people and they will very likely have ten different interpretations of Sherlock's and John's relationship in BBC Sherlock, even if the differences might sometimes only be minimal.


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September 30, 2013 4:33 pm  #56


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Being a writer myself I have learned that you never know how exactly people will interpret your stories and characters. Moreover, there is also intentional room for interpretation and this is definitely the case with "Sherlock". If they had not wanted any ambivalence regarding the Sherlock-John relationship they could easily have avoided this. 


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"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



 
 

September 30, 2013 4:36 pm  #57


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

This?

"I get that some people like to fantasise about Sherlock & John as a couple but no one seriously thinks it will actually happen, do they?!"

This was the particular situation I was referring to about people going overboard, but I can't say exactly what it was here because of spoilers...however, the situation is told in this article (WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS):

http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/sherlock-fandom-johnlock-ship/


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September 30, 2013 4:38 pm  #58


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

besleybean, did you mean this?


"Yes, I find I learn more and more about the subculture as time goes on! To be fair, I didn't say anyone’s fantasies were wrong. People are very welcome to fantasise about whatever they like. No one is judging that - well not me anyway. I was querying the extent to which that fantasy, for some at least, seems to have developed into a belief, or in certain cases insistent demands, that it should become reality and appear in the show itself.
“Sherlock” itself plays with the idea that society is so unused to any kind of male friendship or intimacy that those around Sherlock and John often assume their relationship can only be motivated by sexual attraction. As Amanda says, why can’t their love for each other be friendship? Why impose a gay dynamic on two characters who, as clearly as we can tell, identify respectively as heterosexual and asexual?
Personally speaking, I’d love to see more well-rounded gay characters and well-written gay relationships depicted in drama, but that’s another story – and not this one, I’m afraid.
As you say, it's an interesting phenomenon."

     - Ian Hallard


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September 30, 2013 4:38 pm  #59


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

Thank you darlings.


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September 30, 2013 4:46 pm  #60


Re: Johnlock: The Official Debate

SusiGo wrote:

If they had not wanted any ambivalence regarding the Sherlock-John relationship they could easily have avoided this. 

Exactly. In my opinion (and I'm freely quoting someone from tumblr here) the fantasies about Johnlock "are being purposefully fed by the creators". Mark and Steven (and Ian and Amanda and whoever else from the production team) can say to this whatever they like really, the evidence is there in the episodes. They could just have left all those innuendos out (like I said before), the show would still be great, nothing would be missing, a bromance would still be there.


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