#asexual Sherlock

[hyperfixatedbean]

Happy pride to Sherlock « sex doesn’t alarm me » Holmes 🖤🩶🤍💜

[cupidford]

Honeybee Heart by OffYourBird

Johnlock Love Letters #2338

At Sherlock’s funeral, John finds a note in his suit pocket that changes everything.

[bewitched-bullet]

What I've been working on for To Pull on the Spider's Silk

A Johnlock AU

Snippet:

"You would need to fully consent to it, of course." Sherlock's baritone from above him dropped ever-so-slightly. God, that voice pulled on strings he didn’t know he had.

"It requires complete–"

"Vulnerability; openness, yeah, I know" John interjected as he swallowed hard and looked back up at Sherlock. Sherlock's mercury eyes were locked onto John's. His entire body was tense, examining John's every minute shift. John did his best not to squirm. It was both parts unnerving and flattering to be so closely examined by this extraordinary man.

He cleared his throat. "Um, yeah," he gestured over to Sherlock's book shelf, "I came across some of the old customs in one of your books."

Sherlock seemed to relax a fraction, his sharp eyes softening. "So you know it requires a level of–"

"Intimacy, yeah," John finished quickly, snapping his eyes back over to the darker haired man. He blushed and rubbed the back of his neck. "I had to goggle what skyclad and the great rite meant, but, yeah, I get the concept."

A small smile flitted around Sherlock's lips. "We wouldn’t need anything that dramatic. However, playing to what we perceive as sacred would be essential. For someone who values physical touch as you do, a simple kiss would suffice."

He hesitated. "Would you consent, John?"

John bit his lip and looked away as he took his time to think. The idea of being caught, charged with unsanctioned use of magick, and locked away somewhere was not an option. Turning himself in before the madness took him and bonded to a strange Handler was tempting but definitely not appealing. John could feel the sharp sting of panic rising. A glance at Sherlock’s face told him that it didn’t escape his notice. Sherlock stepped closer. They were now toe to toe. John felt firm pressure at his elbows, where Sherlock was gently cupping them.

"If you had a true choice. One that wasn’t done by necessity....what would you choose?"

John racing mind immediately stilled as he stared up into Sherlock's intense silvery gaze, feeling achingly exposed.

"You. Always."

[aveline-amelia]

On Sherlock, asexuality and arguing interpretation

I wanted to speak about this for a while but I was afraid of my words being twisted and being misunderstood. This is not pointed at a particular person. It is not meant to anger or sadden people. To repeat, all headcanons are valid. All ships are valid. This is not meant as a rebuttal of a particular reading of a character's identity or a reading of the show.

I have time and time again seen people say things like "It's so frustrating to see people say Sherlock can't be in love with John because he's asexual. People can be asexual and still in a romantic relationship!" And every time, I wanna say. "Yes, for some people that's true. But they meant aroace. They meant aroace. They clearly meant aroace. (aromantic asexual)"

A lot of people unfamiliar or uneducated with asexuality use "asexual" in place of "aroace". That's how I used it too when I discovered what it was. There was this article about a young woman who felt no sexual or any kind of attraction towards anyone. She was perfectly content with family connection and close friendships. She masturbated but didn't fantasise about anyone while she did and found it strange to find out people even do that.

When a person says they believe Sherlock is asexual and thus cannot be in love with John, this is what they mean most of the time.

They believe he does not participate in relationships or sex and is focused on the Work because he feels no sexual or romantic attraction towards anyone. And most of them feel represented by that because it aligns with their own experiences.

Now, Sherlock could be homoromantic or biromantic or even heteroromantic and asexual. He could be demisexual or gray ace.

But if a gay ace Sherlock and John entered a relationship on the show and they kissed and held hands and were a couple and got married. Guess what?

That would primarily be representative of a same-sex/gay couple. Sherlock is not on HBO. Even if they made Johnlock canon, they would never show them have sex on screen, probably not even implicitly. Sherlock was never going to be about discussion of sexual boundaries and consent. To the majority of the audience, it would have been a gay couple in a sexual (and romantic) relationship.

To quote someone, gay ace is still gay. A gay ace Sherlock would still be a version of asexual Sherlock. But it's not the same thing.

The same way if an ace Sherlock dated Molly and they were a couple, it would be more relatable to heterosexual, bisexual, people attracted to the opposite/different sex people because it aligns with their experiences. That doesn't mean heteroromantic ace people are the same as allo straights. They are not, unless they consider themselves as such.

When people say they want an asexual Sherlock, they mean one that is not dating or having sex with anyone, not John, Molly, Irene, Lestrade nor an original character.

They want to see that identity represented, that you can feel fulfilled in friendships and family relationships. That friendship is not less than, less important, less valuable. That not dating anyone doesn't make you broken.

That not everyone needs a sexual and/or romantic relationship!

That you don't need romantic entanglement to be complete as a human being!

But the inverse is also true.

People will claim it's better Johnlock isn’t canon because Sherlock is ace and that's better and evil Johnlockers are erasing his identity!

Moffat implied asexuality is boring ("...it's someone who abstains that's interesting.... it's a choice of a monk, not a choice of an asexual..") and stories where a character never falls in love is boring. He was going for celibacy, not asexuality. Don't give the writers credit for something at best implied on accident.

Is asexuality a valid and valuable reading? Yes, it is. But it's not canon. The same way Johnlockers saying making asexual Sherlock is erasing gay representation, or that ace Sherlock headcanons make them mad, or calling someone an "asexual fuck" and sending them hate, so is using ace representation as a shield to explain why you don't want more gay representation and that sacred male&male friendships should not be soiled by evil gay sex!

We should be able to have both. We should have more m&m friendships, m&f friendships and more gay, bi and ace representation!

Stop saying "why can't men just be friends?" You do not sound like someone advocating for more male friendship visibility. You just sound like a homophobe. If you see John and Sherlock as strong male friendship or "brothers" (*sigh*). Okay.

If you see them as a same-sex couple, that's great too. Do you. Just let others do the same.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

All Forms of Relationships by inatshej (T, 10,426 w., 1 Ch. || POV Sherlock, Asexual Sherlock, Light Angst, Light Plot, Angst with Happy Ending, Requited Love, Light Case Fic) – Relationships can take all kinds of forms. People creating them are much less adaptable, their preferences, needs, and culture limiting them to a great extent. Sherlock believes he has to renounce relationships; he is wrong.

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Y’ALL!!! THIS IS MY OTHER FTH FIC GIFTED TO ME!!! PLEASE GO GIVE IT SOME LOVE!!! I’m gonna be reading this one this week when I get back to travelling to work! :D 

[anneangel]

Is a Asexual/ Queer/ Gay Sherlock Holmes canon? And Johnlock?

An opinion!

Regarding Canon, Sherlock appears to be Asexual in all the collection. He does not show any interest whether romantic, sexual or platonic in ANY woman. No, in the canonical content (books) Sherlock does not have any romantic or sexual attachment or desire towards Irene Adler(in books Irene is in Wedding with a other man, BECAUSE she love the man. Sherlock keeps Irene's photograph as The Woman who beat him intellectually, only). Just as Sherlock has no romantic or sexual attraction for Irene, she doesn't feel any of those things for him either.

Yes, I know that many Adaptations suggest that they had "something" with Sherlock and Irene, but adaptations have creative and poetic freedom to MODIFY the original content (and in general I have no problem with that. But in this case it was just a way for such adaptations to assert a Sherlock Holmes' attraction to women, who in books was non-existent. This is the fear of displeasing the conservative public, and therefore "adapting Holmes to heteronormative standards").

Still regarding Canon, l repeart, Sherlock appears to be Asexual in all the collection. He does not show any interest whether romantic, sexual or platonic in ANY woman. It is not clear if he was equally disinterested in mens, not least because homosexuality was a crime in the Victorian Era and it is not as if Sherlock Holmes could talk about his sexuality openly.

On the other hand, Sherlock Holmes canonically says that "Watson is the only fixed point in my life" and he was also upset by Watson's marriage calling it "the most selfish thing Watson has done in all our years of partnership, I was alone".

These are lines that maintain that, although asexual, he may have developed some platonic interest in Watson (in keeping Watson close, either for his cases or to keep him company).

Watson, on the other hand, was canonically married at least 3 times (taking into account dates) and he himself says he has experience with women on "three different continents". That he likes women is indisputable. However, Watson is also known for being an "unreliable narrator", that is: he admits to purposefully omitting facts that may embarrass or expose clients unduly, for example. But Watson is also a terrible narrator because he has many wrong dates and data in his reports (for example, a case that takes place during the period of Holmes' "death").

With that, many fans read between the lines and assume that since homoaffective relationships were a crime at the time/Era Victorian, Watson would never tell the public anything that would expose Sherlock and himself. And when such fans look "between the lines" they see Queer subtext (honestly, I highly doubt Doyle did this on purpose, so it's just a coincidence that just the books where the asexual detective also unwittingly offers room for Queer assumptions. Very conducive for fans to come up with extra-canonical theories and assumptions).

It is from these things that people assume that Sherlock is asexual (with a unique and exclusive attraction to Watson in his life, and probably platonic, that is, he adore and is loyal to Watson, wants to have him exclusively by his side for cases and companionship, although he feels no need to turn this relationship into something romantic or sexual - that to me is "love platonic" (Even though fans might assume, in extra-canon, that Holmes might want MORE, if it were reciprocated. It turns out that just by taking the Watson reports and probable omissions into consideration, a lot is possible) and that either Watson is 1) a heterosexual oblivious to Holmes' interests, 2) or is bisexual, and does not tell us due to Era Victorian (Honestly? I think the first option where Watson is a heterosexual man who didn't realize Holmes' affection BECAUSE Watson see but not observe, this is more true for Canon. Even though in Extra-Canon fans might assume that Watson might be a humble narrator who doesn't tell us the facts as such).

The question that remains is:

We already have many adaptations that feature a heterosexual Sherlock Holmes (for those who wish to see him that way, even though the canonical book content does not give him any interest in Women). But then why are we in the 21st century and we don't have a Asexual/gay/Queer Sherlock Holmes??

Why not, when this is actually the closest thing to reality??????

[tremendously-crazy]

"Do you want a boyfriend/girlfriend?" no i want a best friend/roommate/soulmate that I can go on silly adventures with and hang out with and have deep intellectual discussions with and we can be life partners without any of the romance stuff

[d3ad-squid]

Every single fucking time… can’t you allos just be happy with what you’ve got????

[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.

[angryducktimemachine]

I don't really draw/post allo Holmes a lot but I'll do it if it's funny.

[ID: a digital drawing of Sherlock Holmes, sitting on the edge of his bed with his elbows on his knees and hands together, a blush on his face. There are three thought bubbles over him with either Watson laughing or a close up of Watsons arms and hands. /End ID]

[dasloddl]

this guy doesn't fuck. he doesn't fuck in the slightest. he doesn't even know what sex is. good for him

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hello!! In many Johnlock fics John says something like ‘if you dont ever feel ready for sex thats okay too, ill be happy to go without for the rest of my life if it means being with you’ and Sherlock usually says hes willing to experiment.

Now i read Sherlock as asexual (and aromantic, but then you dont get the cute fluffy johnlock fics 😊), so was wondering if you know any fics where Sherlock says to John he never wants to have sex OR where they try but Sherlock hates it and never wants to do it again

And of course John being okay and accepting of that!!

Maybe this is too specific an ask? But i thought id give it a shot

Thanks 😊

Hey Nonny! *HUGS*

Ah, I also read Sherlock as an ace!! YAY! Ah, here's the thing, I KNOW I've read a few fics similar to what you're requesting, I'm just blanking on specific ones. May I suggest these lists instead? Is that okay?

EDIT: WAIT!! This series for SURE has stuff you'll REALLY love!!

A Love with No Name Series by aceofhearts61(G to M, 49,955 w. across 20 stories || Asexual Sherlock / Straight John, Est. Rel, Queerplatonic Relationship, Romance, Cuddling, Fluff, Platonic Romance, Domestics, Rape/Non-Con) – In which Asexual!Sherlock and Straight!John are platonically in love life partners.

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BUT these lists, I want you to check them out!

Asexual Sherlock (updated Aug 22/22)

Ace Sherlock Pt. 1.5 (MFL)

Queer / Ace Relationships (Dec 2019) (Updated Jun 9/22)

Platonics and Domestics

Platonics & Domestics Pt 2 /.../

Platonics / Bromance / Friendship Pt. 3

Platonics / Bromance / Friendship Pt. 4

Platonics / Bromance / Friendship Pt. 5

If anyone has something that Nonny and I absolutely need to check out, please do suggest them!!!!

[ceruleanmindpalace]

Chapter 2 is now ONLINE!

Vaping Sherlock

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[temporaerthaervaerk]

Queerbaiting sucks... but

I find it so affirming as a person who struggles with their romantic orientatation. I just live for that state of not quite friends/not quite lovers.

Like yes, they are partners, yes, they live and die for eachother, yes, every other relationship they have loses all meaning compared to them. But also no, they haven't kissed, and they don't want to kiss, and yet, somehow, every single word, every single glance, every single touch carries so much meaning and conveys so much love because this amount of platonic love is usually unheard of and they don't want the other to misunderstand. And I just- aaah, it gives me so much hope and reminds me that romantic love isn’t the only type of love worth experiencing and showing on screen/paper.

I do wish it was done intentionally and wasn’t just a product of homophobia and capitalism. Like I really, really hate the reason I get this representation. Like, it also leaves a somewhat sour taste in my mouth, because I can see that if the world was more accepting, it would probably be a romantic relationship.

(I sometimes see people calling queercoding queerbaiting, and just to make it clear, that isn't what i'm talking about)

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My first Sherlock Holmes fanart (and I've been a fan for years jajan't)

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[tremendously-crazy]

does anyone else immediately lose interest in a book when there's a romantic subplot or is that just me