I enjoy johnlock and watch the BBC show with my slashglasses firmly in place.  Even if it's not what they are going for the chemistry between the two leads makes it very easy for me to indulge.  No one has to agree with me, just let me have my fun.

And in agreement with other posts I dislike people who take it overboard on either side of the argument.  This forum alone offers proof that everyone who doesn't ship Johnlock is NOT a homophobe, but I have seen some awfully hateful posts in other places.   I've seen Johnlock discribed as disgusting, imoral and sick.  IMO these people are also a disgrace to our fandom.

 

Pinerest comments.  Some on IMGUR.   A couple of lesser discussion forums I immediately abandoned in my search for a "Sherlock homebase."

Really, Harriet?
That's disappopinting.
Maybe before my time.

We can only hope so.

sj4iy wrote:

NotYourHousekeeperDear wrote:

I think Sherlock's apparent lack of interest in relationships with women could be argued as being more telling, especially as it would have been less typical of the time.

I don't see how it's telling of anything other than Sherlock Holmes was not a man interested in marriage.  Even if he had never met Watson, the chances of his marrying anyone was nil.  He is simply too obsessed with his work to ever give consideration to a romantic relationship.
 

 
True! His lack of interest in a relationship is perhaps only suggestive of his asexuality.

@the boss.
And Ian and the orhers who aren't out!
I once belonged to a  forum where homophobia was completely banned and people got thrown off if they displayed it.  That's up to the Admin, of course.
I once got thrown out of a Yahoo group, because I defended a gay guy that the Admin had kicked out.

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tonnaree wrote:

I enjoy johnlock and watch the BBC show with my slashglasses firmly in place.  Even if it's not what they are going for the chemistry between the two leads makes it very easy for me to indulge.

I completely agree. And I would even take it a step further and say that it's not just the chemistry between the two leads that makes it easy to let your mind wander into the direction of Johnlock. Because even if Mark and Steven say that they 'only' went for bromance, I think that they nevertheless paved the way for a bit more with their writing. Because honestly, they really don't need this "He's not my date" running gag sort of thing for bromance... so why include it? Why have Angelo or Irene voice stuff like "For you and your date" or "Somebody loves you"? You really don't need these things to make the bromance work, I would rather say that these things almost beg you to start thinking into the direction of 'could there be more...?'.
So if they really didn't want to give the audience any ideas which go further than bromance, why include those innuendos? I just don't get it.

 

But that's all how other characters perceive them  and to be fair, it's mainly part of Sherlock being seen as different.
Well I personally think the writers did a great job and I have no complaints.
Well, apart from the union jack cushion so far and I think I may have more complaints next series!

That's true, Susi. Or think of Mrs. Hudson in TGG asking Sherlock if they'd had a "little domestic" or in ASiP her "There's another bedroom upstairs...". It's there, and it goes beyond bromance.

And yes, I know that it's always other people who are bringing this up, it's not John or Sherlock. John only reacts to it, Sherlock doesn't even do that. But it's almost as if Mark and Steven are using those other characters and there explicit statements to show the audience what to look out for...? If these things weren't articulated in that way, maybe Johnlock wouldn't be as apparent as it sometimes seems to be to many of us.

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.

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