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Joan Watson + POLKA DOT TIE! ＼(^ω^＼)

make me choose:    ↳ @quintessentiallyscorpion asked - clyde the tortoise or ferret bueller

Is the other guy who I think it is?

I just screamed out Greg sooo loud my neighbors called me a told me to keep it down

https://youtu.be/gaZx5F-fYuM

WATCHED THE PILOT

THIS WAS ALL I COULD THINK OF THE WHOLE TIME

It continually baffles me that Elementary isn’t mentioned very often on tumblr. It’s like four seasons of televised, well-done Sherlock Holmes fanfiction. Just for starters:

It casts the criminally under-appreciated Lucy Liu as the show’s version of Watson

The show’s creator has been holding the line for four years that Sherlock and Joan will NOT hook up because “it’s too easy,” and the show “doesn’t need it.”

It doesn’t downplay Sherlock’s (canonical) addiction to heroin, and in fact turns his recovery and continued sobriety into an issue he constantly struggles with

Sherlock’s character is well-balanced as a rude, arrogant, anti-social misanthrope who is still capable of being kind and treats those few he considers friends with respect

Likewise, Joan is intensely empathetic and nurturing to people in need, but does not tolerate bullshit (Sherlock’s especially) and is perfectly capable of beating up grown man a hundred pounds heavier than her with a police-baton

Sherlock teaches Joan cane-fighting (a fighting style he had in the books), and is an avid beekeeper (another detail from the books)

Sherlock and Joan share a pet turtle named Clyde. He paints.

The cast orbiting Sherlock and Joan are diverse, three dimensional, and exist as more than cannon fodder for Sherlock to prove his superiority at every turn.

Ms. Hudson is a trans woman (played by a trans actress) that cleans up Sherlock and Joan’s place when she’s not cohabitating with her sugar daddies

The mysteries are pretty cool and creative detective stories

Lucy Liu herself has said that a non-sexual relationship is more “dynamic” and “interesting” to play and considers the lack of romance between them a “sacred” part of the characters

The show is unabashedly practical when it comes to sexuality: Sherlock has arrangements with women that are non-romantic but respectful, and has suggested that Joan is “dissatisfied” with traditional relationships and might be more inclined to an open or even polyamorous relationship

I can’t even ruin it but just…Moriarty is magnificent

Again: a male and a female lead in a deep, significant platonic relationship based on mutual respect.

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Good gravy!!! I'm glad I miss all this. I love Sherlock but Elementary is a very good show and a step in the right direction for gender and racial equality.

remember when the Sherlock fandom decided to dislike all the Elementary trailers on youtube in an attempt to get it cancelled before it even aired

... miles to go before I sleep. 

I’ve watched Elementary and Sherlock, and I prefer one to the other. Here’s why. 

Joan: Why are your tongues purple?

Irene/Jamie: We had slushies. I had a blue one.

Sherlock: I had a red one.

Joan: oh..... OH

Gregson: You drank each other's slushies?

Remember that one time, on my old text blog, where I said that Elementary was stupid, as was Lucy Liu playing Watson, and all these women got mad at me, and called be sexist?

I do…

It was the most hurtful, confusing, misguided hateful rampage I’ve ever experienced. Haha.

For the record, I’m definitely NOT sexist. I believe in equal rights, equal opportunity, and equal pay. I think both men and women are essential to any team, for both often provide two equally important different sides of thinking. I think women can be lovely, beautiful people, and, I feel they should be treated with respect and love. I think EVERYONE should be treated with respect and love.

That all being said, I was mad at CBS for jumping on the Sherlock Holmes train. I feel like BBC’s “Sherlock” helped renew and re-envision Sherlock Holmes for the modern times. It was the perfect balance of respectful homage and modern creative artistry. As a lover of literature, I take modern visual representations of books very seriously.

In my eyes, CBS saw something successful, they took it, and they tried to replace the gay jokes with heterosexual jokes and tension. That upset me. It has nothing to do with how I view women, nor how I view Lucy Liu.

I see now it’s unfair to bash Elementary too much, for, people have different tastes and likes. If I wasn’t so mad at CBS, maybe I’d be open to a woman Watson. But, in the beginning, the whole thing felt cheap and too soon, do you know what I mean? I thought, “Oh, geez, here comes all the hetero tension…”

The gay jokes/bromance was an interesting take on Sherlock’s and Watson’s friendship, and, instead of truly reinventing that relationship, it seemed like CBS cheaply traded it for something else.

I guess I was just being defensive and territorial. Sorry, Elementary fans! I hear the show is great, and, I’m so happy that you enjoy it! I hope you now understand where I’m coming from, and, hope you see now that I’m not actually sexist or a Lucy Liu hater.