How does your previous anon know there is a distance between Benedict, MF, AScott, and RGraves? Does your anon know how often they talk, text, hang out? Does your anon expect every one of their meetings to be broadcast on social media, by people who don't actually use social media? Is your anon psychic? So many assumptions about BC presented as fact on tumblr, when it's all just made up, like JohnLock and Sherlolly fan fiction. No one on this site knows anything, it's all just opinions.
Of course we are just speculating. Also I tend to answer all questions thoroughly, unless they are insults. So do not call the person who asked that question “my anon”, it is in no way “my” person. Whatever paranoid and weird habits are going on on the tumblr, I am, as stated many times, a single person in the central european woods using tumblr as I see fit, as an archive of things I like, hate, find puzzling, rather like a global diary, for my and my 180 follower’s pleasure, not at all caring what is “the convention” on tumblr, for most of it is to me just hive-minded US dominated nonsense.
As to the question of a palpable alienation between the main star of that show and his almost equally famous and beloved co-star who is probably when it comes to his reps as decent british guy with well chosen spouse and a lot of sympathy at home a bit better suited than his global sex god collegue: I reckon that there is alienation between them. One would have to be superhuman, or incredibly in love, to not express the grave difference stated above as some kinda tension. Those 2 are not even close friends, let alone gay lovers, they just happen to have great chemistry when filming, and they used to have deep respect for each other’s complementary arts and skills. Freeman is a wonderful comedian with a great sense for timing, and very cool. The Batch on the other hand is a slightly obsessive, nervous, oddly magical person with a special style of movement and a gift to display non-average states. He is funny with Freeman, but funny is normally not his strongest suit.
That’s that. They would be idiots if they would not keep that alive to the very end. I for sure have sensed a cooling down of their relation in the Victorian bit. But I did not like that one that much, and for sure I did not like it for that cheesy Sherlock/Watson double fature then and now. This was like an odd try out to both flater the obsessive global church of Johnlock and lure them on less, well, less obsessive territory to save the show for non Johnlockers. To little avail. Johnlockers will always find hints and bigger hints that it is ALL about the long long long preparation for their first night together in the nude (the relentless milking of the glasshouse scene was proof to that, and also the bone Mofitss threw) … and still the less gay chemistry did not add extra bonus.
I for one have rather seen steamy Sheriatry potential in a lot of scenes, but that’s just me. I am a die hard Sheriarty shipper, or I would be if I would see Sherlock as gay, which I frankly don’t for reasons posted elsewhere.
So, yeah, I think anon had a point, not because they are sucking nonsense out of their fingers but because they are keen observers. If humans would not be able to infer probable states also from materials and signs strangers provide unvoluntarily humans would not stand a chance to survive in a mostyl hostile and uncertain, very complex, very fluid environment. The strength of our guessing games keep us strong and better than others. This does not mean that you need to share those guesses. It also does not mean that you are entited to judge them based on nothing but a simple negation that frankly tastes of denial leading to the insult of the messenger.
