Tag: sexuality

Thanks so much for your recent post. The language some fans of TJLC use often makes it seem like they don’t think asexual or bisexual/biromantic headcanons are *queer* enough to be of any relevance or importance when it comes to representation. Like J & S might just as well be straight if an exclusive sexual relationship isn’t endgame. It’s nice to read a different take on J/S that doesn’t discount other, equally queer readings of the show.

Hah! Yes, I have gotten into arguments about this, myself. When I say something like,…

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I found your meta on the asexual committed queer relationship fascinating. Would you mind going into detail about what that includes? No sex, got it … but would such a pair cuddle? Are there hugs and kisses? Do they share a bed (just to sleep)? I think a sticking point is that a lot of folks equate asexual with ascetic, but they’d need some kind of physical aspect to a relationship just to know there IS one.

Oh, it’s different for everybody. But a lot of asexuals frequently bemoan the lack of…

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There are some nice fics of less traditional johnlock relationships, like straight John/asexual Sherlock who don’t have sex, and I-don’t-know-what John/asexual Sherlock who do a lot of sexual things, but not everything. I don’t know how much they are like the real world, but at least it’s a window to see what these relationships *could* be like, for those of us (like me) who are fuzzy on the differences.

Yes! It’s a really awesome thing about this fandom—and Sherlock Holmes in general—that it is…

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