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If you draw parentheses around us I’ll make sure
that we have all the power of a margin-note and all the beauty
of a whisper with typographic wings. I stutter and say Olive Juice
instead of I love you, but does that make it any less meaningful?I want to take long romantic walks up your arm with my lips
until they reach yours. I wanna picnic on the arc of your neck
and sneak a bottle of wine in a thermos with you
and get stoned somewhere on the mossy side of your ribs.I’m wanderlust for your city and when I say Don’t take me home just yet
I really mean Let’s share this last glass and take a train into the city
and hang our heads over the edge of an apartment building
and try to see if we can find a star lodged like a penny in the pavement.The one thing I learned from my mother is that putting on a stamp
upside-down means I love you,
and hey, if it means anything to you at all,I would turn over every post office in the world
just to show you how much I care.
Oh my god why does no one understand this? Sherlock is not a gay postive show
SHERLOCK IS NOT A GAY POSITIVE SHOW
SHERLOCK IS NOT A GAY POSITIVE SHOW
SHERLOCK IS NOT A GAY POSITIVE SHOW
The closest thing in Sherlock to queer representation was Irene Alder who said she was gay and then fell in love with Sherlock. (make of that what you will.)
The whole show is about two heterosexual men. And one of those men, Watson, spends about half an hour each episode telling everyone ever that he and Sherlock are not a couple.
That is not gay representation.
I repeat: that is not gay representation.
And fuck you if you think that is representation.
A show having a large slash fandom does not count as representation.
I’m sure there a many legitimate criticisms of Elementary, but accusing the show of being homophobic because Watson is played a women is not one of them.
I cannot say this enough times: Sherlock is not a gay positive show.
Sherlock is not a progressive show in terms of representation. It is about two white cis heterosexual men solving crimes.
The fact that Elementary has a women of color as a main character pretty much already makes it more progressive than Sherlock.
And furthermore if you watch Elementary you are under no obligation to ship Sherlock/Watson. I’m sure that there will be at least one other dude you can find.
And listen, Sherlock is a good show and Elementary existing is not gonna change that. You are under no obligation to watch it. You are under no obligation to even acknowledge it.
