#this just straight up has nothing to do with yuumori anymore

[transsexualhamlet]

SHERLOCK HOLMES REACTIONS PART THREE BECAUSE IM LOSING MY MIND

I am now reading The Sign of Four

-GREAT CHOICE TO START THE BOOK STRAIGHT OFF WITH “sherlock holmes was doing cocaine and i Wasn’t A Fan Of It” BFDSDFSHBEBFHEWHIWE

-BESTIE WENT “WOW SHERLOCK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DRUGS LATELY HOW’S THAT GOING” AND SHERLOCK’S LIKE “YEAH DO YOU WANT SOME” AND WATSON DOESNT EVEN KNOW HOW TO RESPOND

-then watson is like bro im a doctor that shit is not actually good for you and sherlock is like Yes Im Aware but have you considered s h a p e s  a n d  c o l o r s watson have you c o n s i d e r e d them boom did ya ever think about that? checkmate liberals

-watson is like. in tears at this

-watson then refers to him as Comrade because sure why not

-hghefwhhfwhef from there we go directly into watson like “did you like a study in scarlet :) did you like it :) was it good :)” and the conversation they proceed to have is this

Like no that man just straight off went “DUDE WHY DID YOU PUT US BEING GAY INTO THE BOOK” “WELL IT’S TRUE” “YES BUT IT’S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO READ ABOUT” "BUT I WROTE IT FOR YOU" ???? i don’t even know how else to interpret that istg these dumbasses

-sherlock then changes the subject onto “you know what IS a good book? this book about the differences in the ash of 1000 different kinds of tobacco that I wrote and published!” and poor, poor watson is rocking back and forth in a corner

-sherlock then suddenly gets extremely depressed and is like “look outSIDE watson look at all those BUILDINGS and those PEOPLE and that sKY they’re NORMAL and EVERYTHINGS NORMAL and the crIMES ARE NORMAL and YOU CANT GET BY IF YOU ARENT NORMAL AND I WANNA DIE AND THATS WHY I HAVE TO DO DRUGS, WATSON, COPE.”

-he’s really going to talk to a client while high, huh? I think mary probably noticed too he was kind of a bit more insane than usual the whole time

-obviously this is different from yuumori this is her and watson’s first meeting 

-watson is very bisexual and is like “WOW WHAT A WOMAN. WOW THAT WOMAN SURE IS ATTRACTIVE AND SOMEONE I’D LIKE TO DATE AND THE SEX I AM SUPPOSED TO LIKE AND AROUND THE SAME AGE AS ME. WOW LOOK AT HER FACE IT’S SO SYMETRICAL SHE SOUNDS SO REASONABLE AND SENSIBLE AND NOT ON DRUGS” *glances at sherlock* *glances at sherlock* *glances at sh-*

-and sherlock’s response is I Don’T Find Women Attractive

-they then proceed to have an “ALL WOMEN ARE QUEENS” “IF SHE BREATHES SHES A THOT” showdown except sherlock is making absolutely no fucking sense for obvious reasons

-bitch is like “watson. watson. come on. have you ever SEEN a woman? I didn’t think so. Now the important thing is- watson listen to me when im talking to you- i don’t date women because they interfere with my work- No, no, you see- *mimes a curvy shape* *shakes finger* woman, gross. yucky. now- *draws a dick in the air* NOW THAT!! *claps* THAT’S THE STUFF WATSON- your opinions are wrong, watson- and ThAT’s why i should be allowed to do cocaine

-then directly after that he starts talking about how only Soy Boys TM have small loops on their cursive letters so it’s obvious that narrows down the search to these two Absolute Soy Boys. To which watson replies “I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests” and sherlock is like “no? you surprise me.” completely seriously

-it’s evident that sherlock is still high as balls right now

-Watson has given up on everything ever

-WATSON CALLED MARY A UNIT LMAO

-last but not least why does everyone who hears that watson’s a doctor like immediately ask to be checked out like on the spot. it’s probably bc they know watson’s a softie so he’ll do it for free

In conclusion sherlock is a fucking dumbass and watson deserves a break

[transsexualhamlet]

the problem with sherlock and watson (yuumori)

Feel free to ignore honestly this is a giant opinionated and not well informed ramble but yeah here it is for those of u that follow me for some reason, this is probably pretty controversial so yeah feel free to scroll past

also spoilers for anime onlys, we’re almost there though

So I’ve been Thinking about these two recently, and yeah, to be fair I’ve literally never read or watched any other adaption of sherlock, so I’m just speaking as to what I can tell, but yeah. I’m not sure at this point if it’s really a complaint or just an observation, but I do have some slightly confounded observations about how things are different from what I expected with them.

Mostly my Confounded Observation is just... Watson is straight?! I don’t mean in a literal way, he definitely has Bi Wife Energy TM but... you know, he’s comparatively straight.

Of course, I understand why the author might want to make sure watson doesn’t really get in the way of sherlock and liam (which is honestly hilarious but understandable) and for the purposes of the story it does make sense, but it’s... you know, again I haven’t consumed literally any other sherlock content so I wouldn’t know but from what I’ve heard watson’s always a flaming homosexual and well, it’s not like this series lacks for those, but?? 

It’s not just that he’s straight in the sense of his sexuality, it’s that... he’s a straight character in the sense that he’s like, normal? Kind of overly normal? I was kind of expecting more out of him, to be honest, and to see him just be like, a functional human being who seems to be doing totally fine in all ways? That... I don’t know, it’s kind of weird. Especially in contrast with Sherlock, who as everyone can tell is violently not doing just fine.

Since this part of the manga will be covered in the anime soon, I think this is timely, but I feel like this is just made painfully obvious when the shit goes down between him and sherlock.

Speaking on the nature of their relationship here, it’s weird. Because you know, the author is clearly going sherliam endgame (istg if they don’t just make it official i cant take this anymore) and I support that lmao, they’re like my favorite dynamic- but yeah, it’s obviously different from the other adaptions, where, you know, sherlock and john are ambiguously gay people.

Like, it’s honestly comical how in this series that is significantly gayer than every other one that watson is so clearly a Heterosexual Man honestly

But Sherlock still, clearly isn’t, and I think there is something to be said about how he feels about John, though of course in the end he... obviously chooses Liam. (and considering John’s kind of ass character in this version, he was right to do so)

I mean, just look at them.

We’ve got this obviously autistic obviously gay man who is violently codependent with this mild mannered british dude. Sherlock’s feelings for this guy are complex, and they’re clearly very different from the ones he has for Liam, but they’re certainly there. Sherlock clearly has no idea of romance, no idea of the boundaries between platonic and romantic relationships (and neither do I, but,,, yeah) and I think what Sherlock feels for Watson is like a queerplatonic relationship, but like.... not reciprocated?? 

It’s so weird for this to be the case, but it so clearly is? In the part where they explore that, it goes into how, like... Sherlock doesn’t really know how to function without Watson, dude’s holding up his entire mental health without even really doing anything, and Sherlock feels fucking awful when he is no longer Watson’s like, #1 person. The fact is, the same thing is going on with him, though they’ve existed like this for years it’s clearly not going to work anymore- Sherlock is basically having to choose between him and Liam, and you know what he’s gonna do. But it’s still an awful feeling for a bond that strong to break.

The thing about it really is that for Watson the tie was never that strong in the first place. Watson is so... without conflict in his character. And this is something that actually honestly bothers me. He’s so lawful good it’s infuriating. He’s steady, he’s calm, he’s rational and he’s emotionally mature, he can manage himself fine and care for everyone he needs to. He’s doing just fine even though Sherlock is caught up in this ridiculous murder drama, and that’s what makes the relationship so... I don’t know, off in this version.

Sherlock needs Watson, and Watson cares about Sherlock, but not nearly to the same extent, and he’s like. Not really doing it right? For someone who’s been with him for presumably years at this point, Watson doesn’t really feel like he knows Sherlock all that well. And that sucks that that’s the truth. 

In every other story with friendship/romance tropes like this, the characters have conflicts like this, but when one person thinks the other doesn’t care for them that way, they’re wrong. It’s like oh no, I’m a burden, I’m being clingy, he’s got a life to get back to and I don’t, I’m too much, he’s better than me etc... those are things Sherlock’s type of character tell themself, but the catch is that’s not actually the case, they’re just Mentally Ill. Having that just... be true in Sherlock’s case is kind of heartbreaking, as much as it’s clearly for the Sherliam agenda.

The problem is just that Watson here is just so lawful neurotypical that he just doesn’t really get Sherlock. He’s got this strict moral code, and he kind of makes it a problem to Sherlock. He says all the things that Sherlock would expect everyone to say, but it’s not what you’re supposed to say, you know? He’s all like murder is bad stop doing that I won’t be your friend if you shoot people we don’t do that >:(, be civil be nice stop putting yourself in danger Don’t Do Drugs etc etc. You know, of course that’s sensible information, but it’s... not what he needs to fucking hear? That’s like the school counselor going hey guys, just say no :D THAT DOESN’T WORK. And you’d think that Watson would get this by now? All it’s doing is hurting him more. It’s genuinely making me dislike Watson, and that’s not something I want to do.

I think it works for the purposes of this specific narrative, because they don’t want to create problems with Watson being left behind, they want to say that he’ll be fine on his own so that it will all work out fine. And yeah, of course I want that, I don’t want there to have to be conflict of sacrificing John’s emotions for Liam, but I feel like they didn’t have to sacrifice John’s character for him. 

This series could have a Watson who cares deeply about Sherlock and has some weaknesses and conflicting emotions about him without them being romantic. We haven’t seen how Watson dealt with Sherlock’s “death” yet, I don’t think, but... I don’t really like the thought that this Watson would honestly be fine. He’d be sad, he’d be mad, but he’d get over it and get on with his life and is objectively in a better situation without Sherlock. Yeah, I just... don’t like that.

I want to see a Watson who understands Sherlock. Isn’t that what he’s supposed to be? I want to see a Watson who cares for Sherlock so much that he has to make hard decisions, that he has to make the wrong decisions sometimes, that he has internal conflict because of it. I want a Watson who gets that Sherlock is nothing without him, who gets what’s going on with him and Liam, who’s trying to help him and keep him on track and maybe failing. I want a Watson who’s genuinely conflicted about leaving Sherlock for Mary because he knows it will hurt him, who worries about his ability to take care of everybody, who shows his problems from you know, being in a literal war, who wonders how to portray Sherlock in his books. We can have that without losing Sherliam, man. He doesn’t have to be Hideyoshi Nagachika (god, no one needs to go thru that shit), he just has to have at least a bit of emotion, bro. I want to see a Watson who’s struggling with what to do. Like. Even once. 

Instead we have this. This dude who is just... a nice, rather clueless guy who helps out sometimes and who’s just a bit too much of a rule follower to fit into a story like yuumori.

Sorry to just complain on main here I just think he was done a bit dirty here and it’s bothering me, if u have thoughts or info about other portrayals feel free to hmu i have become a bIT hyperfixated