I would totally read your Mrs Hudson fic. It would be glorious. :D We'll see, I've got a lot on my docket this summer. Maybe it'll be something that happens when you're back from your trip in the fall. :)
I mean, can you imagine Sherlock's response to someone asking about his sexual orientation? I think he'd be genuinely baffled; like, what does that matter at all? Yes, and I think that's what I love about it. It DOESN'T matter.
my definition of asexual being "not feeling sexual attraction to other people" - I'm not entirely sure how accurate that is though See, my definition is "not enjoying sex." And that's my definition because *I* very very rarely feel sexual attraction to other people...but I love sex. So, I don't consider myself asexual, because I AM interested in sex...I just figure the thing in my brain that's supposed to be sexually aroused by people's appearance is broken. I'm only sexually aroused when I think about what I could DO to people (or have people do to me). I can recognize beauty, of course...but it just doesn't seem to stir up the same emotions in me as it seems to in others. Now, this might have to do with "medium"...because after watching Supernatural and then going to a convention, I discovered that while Jensen and Jared do absolutely nothing for me while they are on screen, I do find them amazingly attractive in person. Anyway, I'm just saying that I have no idea what asexual means.
He doesn't want to sleep with John, but he does love him, and he didn't want to sleep with Irene, though she completely captivated him.
And this is what I LOVE about the central message of Sherlock (and in particular Scandal in Belgravia): Love has nothing to do with sex.
But, back to us discussing Sherlock's sexuality...I think the problem is that we can't ever KNOW. We can only guess. Most people guess asexual - but that's just because Sherlock doesn't TELL us. We don't know what's going on in his mind when he's sitting around the flat with John. We don't know what's going on in his mind when Irene is sitting naked on his lap. We do know that Sherlock is very much in control of his body and the image he wishes to project. Sherlock is someone who believes that he SHOULD be acting like a machine, so who's to say what he's burying deep inside and never telling us about? Only Sherlock can tell us what his sexual orientation is, and like you say, he's never going to, because to him it just doesn't matter. He's married to his work.
And now I want a Lestrade spin off where he's awesome and snarky and attractive. :D
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I would totally read your Mrs Hudson fic. It would be glorious. :D
We'll see, I've got a lot on my docket this summer. Maybe it'll be something that happens when you're back from your trip in the fall. :)
I mean, can you imagine Sherlock's response to someone asking about his sexual orientation? I think he'd be genuinely baffled; like, what does that matter at all?
Yes, and I think that's what I love about it. It DOESN'T matter.
my definition of asexual being "not feeling sexual attraction to other people" - I'm not entirely sure how accurate that is though
See, my definition is "not enjoying sex." And that's my definition because *I* very very rarely feel sexual attraction to other people...but I love sex. So, I don't consider myself asexual, because I AM interested in sex...I just figure the thing in my brain that's supposed to be sexually aroused by people's appearance is broken. I'm only sexually aroused when I think about what I could DO to people (or have people do to me). I can recognize beauty, of course...but it just doesn't seem to stir up the same emotions in me as it seems to in others. Now, this might have to do with "medium"...because after watching Supernatural and then going to a convention, I discovered that while Jensen and Jared do absolutely nothing for me while they are on screen, I do find them amazingly attractive in person. Anyway, I'm just saying that I have no idea what asexual means.
He doesn't want to sleep with John, but he does love him, and he didn't want to sleep with Irene, though she completely captivated him.
And this is what I LOVE about the central message of Sherlock (and in particular Scandal in Belgravia): Love has nothing to do with sex.
But, back to us discussing Sherlock's sexuality...I think the problem is that we can't ever KNOW. We can only guess. Most people guess asexual - but that's just because Sherlock doesn't TELL us. We don't know what's going on in his mind when he's sitting around the flat with John. We don't know what's going on in his mind when Irene is sitting naked on his lap. We do know that Sherlock is very much in control of his body and the image he wishes to project. Sherlock is someone who believes that he SHOULD be acting like a machine, so who's to say what he's burying deep inside and never telling us about? Only Sherlock can tell us what his sexual orientation is, and like you say, he's never going to, because to him it just doesn't matter. He's married to his work.
And now I want a Lestrade spin off where he's awesome and snarky and attractive. :D
Me too.