I think for a lot of people just don't have experience with- or understand non-sexual/non-romantic attraction. This is the only thing that can explain the weird tendency people have to view all deep relationships in a sexual/romantic context.
But yes, you are completely right about Irene being a breath of fresh air for Sherlock...finally, an equal. John, of course, was his own breath of fresh air, but only in attitude - he wasn't on par with Sherlock intellectually and never will be. Irene, on the other hand, has the whole package - and is, arguably the very first person Sherlock meets that has the full package. (One could argue that Moriarty is also Sherlock's intellectual equal - but Moriarty is also TRULY sociopathic and therefore too crazy for Sherlock tastes.)
But yes, "having a crush on someone's brain" is a good way to describe it. I've had a crush on someone's brain before myself - and it's EXTREMELY similar to infatuation... because you might not be attracted to the body, but you want to get as close as possible to that brain...you want to wrap yourself around it and poke at it and stay with it forever.
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Re: (icon is a reference to them Irene haters, not anyone in this space :) )
Date: 2012-01-05 05:06 am (UTC)But yes, you are completely right about Irene being a breath of fresh air for Sherlock...finally, an equal. John, of course, was his own breath of fresh air, but only in attitude - he wasn't on par with Sherlock intellectually and never will be. Irene, on the other hand, has the whole package - and is, arguably the very first person Sherlock meets that has the full package. (One could argue that Moriarty is also Sherlock's intellectual equal - but Moriarty is also TRULY sociopathic and therefore too crazy for Sherlock tastes.)
But yes, "having a crush on someone's brain" is a good way to describe it. I've had a crush on someone's brain before myself - and it's EXTREMELY similar to infatuation... because you might not be attracted to the body, but you want to get as close as possible to that brain...you want to wrap yourself around it and poke at it and stay with it forever.