Current mood:

Gobsmacked

Multiple interpretations of canon? In MY fandom?
Warnings for homophobia with a side of sexism and probably various other -isms that I'm not entirely sure I have a name for! Also, massive amounts of jaw-droppingly over-the-top condescension.

Alexds1 is a fan of original recipe Sherlock Holmes, which is the only version that matters! Alexds1 has a problem with adaptations of literary works. And people who enjoy those adaptations. And people who view those adaptations as legitimate works in their own right. And people whose interpretations of creative works differ from Alexds1's. But Alexds1 especially has a problem with anyone who dares to speculate about Sherlock Holmes's sexuality, which is spelled out totally unambiguously in the original source material!

It doesn't take long for the pwnage to begin.

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	tehrin 2012-01-25 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Alexs1 is also focusing on the slash and not complaining as much about straight fic. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

amy_wolf
2012-01-25 10:25 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, the straight fic is pretty much a background to the idea that people might think about Holmes and Watson together that way. Although he did throw in the swipe at Irene Adler to make it clear that writers shouldn't cram women into Sherlock Holmes adaptations for such petty reasons as "Women often like seeing stuff with female characters in it" and "She was in the original work".

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	phosfate 2012-01-25 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Or "quite a few Victorians were in fact women." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2012-01-26 01:41 am UTC (link)
	I'd venture to say possibly even around half! Not that you'd know it based purely on what you read in books or see in TV shows or movies, of course, but I'm willing to make at least a small bet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ekaterinv 2012-01-25 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	The one problem I have with pairing Watson and Holmes is when it eliminates Watson's attraction to and love for women. If people make Watson like women and like men too, or Holmes too, no problem. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chikane 2012-01-26 07:37 am UTC (link)
	These people always do it. Homophobia makes you think that gay stuff is always worse in OOCness. And this guy is undoubtedly deeply homophobic. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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