I Think A Period Piece Sherlock Holmes That Portrays Him As Gay (which I Find A Plethora Of Support In

i think a period piece sherlock holmes that portrays him as gay (which i find a plethora of support in the text—not just in an attraction to watson, but through complex connotations and contexts contemporary to victorian gender and sexuality) could do so much on the topic of criminality. 

what does it mean to be a criminal? what does it mean to police, but not be police? to dole out justice on your own terms? to be born a criminal? to be a detective in a period that collapsed the gay man with the criminal with the gender dissident, all of which were considered innate degenerative biological categories? how does someone deal with being born a criminal while also working within and outside the law as holmes does?

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I suppose. I think s&co's episodic and comedic nature isn't supposed to foster a lot of character development. John's arrogance has been there throughout, I just think he's gotten a lot more confident!

Watson is quite arrogant, even in the canon, it works well to create tension between him and Holmes, and that's its main purpose in s&co aswell.

He must be absolutely sure of one view of the world so Holmes can pick it apart and show us all reality.

But it's a taste thing I guess, because I'm personally enjoying the new focus on Jonks flaws!

Does anyone else think John's character is shifting in Sherlock and co like yeah he's always been an arse but recently that's been very amplified, John is a good friend and always has been to Mariana and Sherlock but there's something that feels like it's charging specifically after the Shoscombe old place almost a bit too arrogant as of recent.

I'm not taking a shit on John as a character don't get me wrong but he's definitely changed and I don't think that's for the better.

Maybe I'm being padantic about it and bringing up a small detail or maybe I've just noticed things about John from listening to Sherlock and co a bit too much .