#ace sherlock

[marshmellowteaa]

Happy Pride month friends! Aspec Sherlock is so special to me

[mo-im-wald]

ace Sherlock ^^

I know people really want Johnlock in the Sherlock and co podcast to happen and I would be happy too. But I also wouldn’t mind if they just stayed really good friends…

[noleafclover]

The BBC Sherlock Holmes is ace.

At least somewhere on the spectrum, (I personally hc Demisexual but I’ll get to that later). Ever since the original novels by Arthur Conan Doyle came out in late Victorian England people have been speculating that the funny autistic-coded man wasn’t as straight as he seems (not that he seems straight). This was mostly due to his interesting relationship with John Watson, and modern adaptations have (in the eyes of the viewers) just gotten gayer.

Another thing that modern adaptations do is put labels on Sherlock, now the terms “ace” “asexual” or “aromantic” are never used in the show but we do get some interesting looks into Sherlock’s brain. For example in episode one John asks Sherlock if he has a girlfriend to which Sherlock says “no they’re not really my area” a little more banter and then John goes “A boyfriend then? Which is fine by the way”.

Sherlock’s response here is very interesting because some people use this as a talking point in the argument that Sherlock is aroace to disprove Johnlock, not to say I’m opposed to the idea that Sherlock is aroace but I don’t like it when people use aro/aceness as a way to discredit a ship they don’t like.

Back to the point at hand, Sherlock responds not with something along the lines of “love is stupid” or “boyfriends aren’t my area”. He responds instantly with “I know it’s fine”. So he’s not a-posed to romantic love then, at least not with men. He then continues throughout the show to not show romantic interest in women, or men really, no man except for John.

In fact, when offer dates with people or even that one time Irene Adler basically asked him to fuck her, he says no. Sherlock says something very interesting when he first met John, “I consider myself married to my work”. I choose to interpret this not as Sherlock stating that he’s not interested in romance but instead as Sherlock telling John he’s not opposed to love but he will always put his cases over a hypothetical romantic relationship.

Another look into Sherlock’s possible aceness takes place in episode one of season two. This episode gives us the closest idea of Sherlock’s view on sex that we ever get. Throughout this episode almost everyone makes rather acephobic jokes about Sherlock, stuff about how he’s “clueless about love”, “doesn’t have a heart” stuff like that, the interesting thing is what he says at the end. Sherlock mentions his brother thinking he doesn’t know anything about love and then says something like “but the chemical trails are quite evident”, this shows how disconnected Sherlock feels from romance, and it’s very similar to the mentality that many ace people (including myself) have about sex and/or romance. Sherlock feels disconnected from the topics because he doesn’t experience them in the same way as most people or possibly not at all.

Finally, I’d like to talk about Irene Adler, the show has some interesting things going on with her, it’s somewhat implied that she is special, Sherlock acts oddly about her, even seeming to mourn her when she fakes her own death. You could interpret this as romantic or sexual infatuation but I don’t think so. I seriously just that he admires her cleverness and thinks she’s interesting, she was just another cure for his boredom.

One other thing about Irene is that she wants to manipulate Sherlock and she does to some extent but not the way she wanted. You see, there is this scene that when I watched it solidified my theory that Sherlock is Demi. In this scene Irene and Sherlock talk about sex under the innuendo of “Dinner” here is a translation made by me. (I’m sorry it might not be the most accurate I’m ace and not fluent in one sided flirting)

Irene: so you’ve ever fucked anyone

Sherlock: Not sure what you mean by that

Irene: Ok I’ll be more blunt

Irene: do you want to fuck me?

Sherlock: no thanks I’m good

Irene: really?

Sherlock: yes, why would I want to fuck someone I’m not attracted to?

Irene: what if it was your last day on earth?

Sherlock: well it’s not so we’re all good.

And if that’s not the most ace coded thing you’ve ever seen I don’t know what will convince you. Sherlock kind of dances around the question but honestly I think it’s a pretty straightforward answer, he just said “no, thanks I’m good not fucking people actually”

thank you for coming to my ted talk, I know it was like super long

[consult-sherlockholmes]

In honour of you and the international asexuality day I have hacked every screen to show the asexual flag.

Though any suspiciously old computers must be... Celebrated! Bring one home! It's safe... :)

-JM

Excuse my delayed answer, seems that the day of asexuality has been yesterday. Sadly I have missed your kind gesture, as I have been outside yesterday, stalking studying bees. As you can see, I have been successful. Apis mellifera mellifera, the european dark bee. I have spent a nice day of asexuality with the bees, and I do hope everyone else has spent a nice day of asexuality as well. But why limit yourself to a day when you can have the whole year?

And I won't even start deducing that picture, that house is a mess.

[cupidford]

Blue Plaques by JRow

Johnlock Love Letters #2324

John’s engagement is off, and he is back at the place he feels most at home — 221B Baker Street. In the process of solving a mystery, will John accidentally reveal a secret of his own? Asexual Sherlock.

[ace-sher-bi-john]

Headcanon:

After Sherlock and John got home from the Chinese restaurant in the aftermath of A Study In Pink, they both went their separate ways to their bedrooms, but not before bidding each other goodnight.

John fell asleep within minutes of his head hitting the pillow, Sherlock within seconds. Neither of them had gotten a proper sleep in days. John had been kept up by nightmares and Sherlock had just been being Sherlock, and hadn't slept in literal days.

John slept peacefully for seven hours. As he had predicted, he had no trouble sleeping after shooting the not very nice cabbie. Sherlock was still asleep when he woke up. John went to the kitchen for breakfast, only to find that the fridge was of course empty. He decided to be nice and go to Tesco just this once, so that they didn't have to spend their first week living off of nothing but takeout.

When he returned, Sherlock was still asleep. He ended up sleeping for a full fourteen hours, before getting up and silently occupying space in the living room.

Sherlock of course noticed that John had done the shopping. Sherlock has never been the best at reading social cues, and assumed incorrectly that this was John agreeing to always do their grocery shopping every time (much like when he thought allowing John to take his card would mean that John would allow him to use his laptop). This was good for Sherlock, who had anxiety about going to shops. It was always an overwhelming experience which left him feeling drained. So he was happy to let John do it instead.

Unfortunately this was not what John meant and John quickly got fed up with always being the one to have to go to Tesco. Every time he suggested that Sherlock go, Sherlock would childishly refuse.

There was a time (which I am kinda stealing from @bbcsherlockheadcanon, I just love it so much) when their disagreements over who should go to the supermarket led to a two week period where they lived off of nothing but takeout, tea and coffee. This ended when they received a week’s worth of shopping delivered to their door, with an angry message from “MH”.

Sherlock only ever goes to Tesco himself when he messes up, as a way of apologizing. John eventually comes to accept this form of apology.

Of course many years later, when the duo are raising Rosie together, Sherlock actually takes responsibility and goes to the supermarket unprompted, because he understands that sometimes John is just too exhausted. He also goes whenever Rosie is tagging along, to help make things slightly less chaotic.

He finds that his anxiety is eased when Rosie is there. She is his sunshine. His little bee, his dearest Watson. When she's there he is able to forget all of his problems.

[deductioniis]

saw someone on tiktok sawing asexuals should claim the 👍 gesture and then there's him

sherlock said ace rights so true

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hey steph my homie I hope your week is going really well. I was wondering if perhaps you happen to have a list of JohnLock fics where Sherlock is either asexual or like recovering from trauma and needs space and they don’t have sex. Mad respect for all of our lovely fic writers who write excellent sex scenes but I’m going through some stuff right now. Thank you so much

Hey Nonny!!

Ah, it's going better than expected, so that counts, hahah.

I have a few lists you might enjoy!

Asexual Sherlock

Ace Sherlock Pt. 1.5 (MFL)

Queer / Ace Relationships (Dec 2019)

I don't really have any that meet your criteria exactly, unfortunately.

Anyone able to help us out?