#bisexual john watson

[nerevarbignaturals]

reboot of sherlock where everything is the same but john is canonically a raging bisexual-wait

[tremendously-crazy]

sometimes, i forget that people ship sherlock holmes with characters other than watson. genuinely startles me

[werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcat]

the adventure of charles augustus milverton

[dyke-will-graham]

Happy Pride Month to the gay couples of the internet that sparked a thousand blogs May the odds of reboots, post-series conventions, and actor affirmed canon be in your favor. Wishing a very happy gay month to Destiel, Merthur, Hannigram, Johnlock and all those in between including our new brethren Painland, Blackbonnet, Ineffable Husbands, Nandermo and others! Rejoice!

[partiallypilot]

Y'all like pride month because you're gay. I like pride month because I'm an egotistical sinner. We are not the same. /j

Also, my John pride month pfp I made for myself in the Sh & Co discord.

[queeringclassiclit]

John Watson

from the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle (1887-1927)

[henrythepug]

I’m wearing BBC Sherlock merch and reading published Great Gatsby fan fiction in public. There is only one explanation: I’m gay and spend too much time on tumblr.

[herbirdglitter]

Johnlock this, aro/ace Holmes that

Guys there is a delicious compromise, fully aroace Holmes who’s endlessly devoted to his Watson, and bi (romantic?) Watson who’s desperately in love with Holmes.

It’s beautiful and it works for them. And it doesn’t even sort of break canon

[alltheoutcasts]

Happy Bi Day to them <3

Edit: IM SORRY I THOUGHT IMOGEN WAS BI 😭😭

[highlyincorrect]

Upon hearing the good 911 news, I came to a scientific discovery about The Characters™️ (This took 15 minutes of my life)

[d-one-in-the-dirty-trench-coat]

Today I declare trenchcoats the new gay flag and plaid shirts the new bi flag

[atomicradiogirl]

i made this instead of studying for my chemistry final

[tremendously-crazy]

aroace sherlock holmes and bisexual john watson. one goes both ways the other goes neither way and they're in a qpr

[werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcat]

My comfort yaoi + cat boy jawn redraw

[thatswhyhestays]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Heyyy!!

How are you doing?

I just came across one of your posts from last year talking about John's sexuality and saw that you also think he had a thing for Lestrade - AND THANK GOD I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS - could you elaborate a little more about these two? I'd love to read your views on them.

Thanks in advance💚💚

(referencing this post)

Hey Lovely!

Oh gosh it's been so long since I've thought about this that I genuinely don't remember my initial readings when I made that statement, but I do feel that it holds some truth to it. I'll try my best to organize my thoughts. It's been a long time since I've rewatched all the series so I'm just working on my memory here, so my apologies for any inaccuracies and inconsistencies I may make.

Okay, so my read on John is that I think at the beginning of the series he IS aware that he is bisexual, but because of his past he has quite a bit of internalized homophobia with his own attraction to men. It's something he struggles with, especially since he seems to form stronger romantic bonds with men than women. But because of his internalized homophobia, John "chooses" to "front-face" with a hetero relationship, no matter how miserable or disinterested he clearly is in in them.

But, John's also very lonely when we first meet him, and John clearly has A Type™, and that type leans more towards his attraction to men: authority figures or posh and pretty. Basically, men he can look-at-but-not-touch (Sholto, Lestrade, Sherlock), because he can then claim plausible deniability and, in a way, in confirms his internalized biases about himself.

So, in ASiP, I felt that John was flirting a lot with Lestrade when they first met. Just sort of putting out feelers. I think it's safe to say that John... was probably pretty "open to anything" during his service, and in turn I think he learned how to get a read on men he was interested in without actually outing himself directly. And then as the series progresses, we see John seeming to have a friendly relationship with Lestrade, the kind that makes Sherlock a bit jeally (see THoB, holy shit the vitriol he spouted when John called him by his first name, I'm sorry but that was PURE jealousy).

Lestrade then continues to try to keep in touch with John during MHR / the Hiatus... I think it's safe to infer that Lestrade cares a lot for John and feels that it's his duty to make sure he's alright. And then throughout S3 and S4, especially TSo3, they're clearly friends, and I personally believe that by this point, Lestrade knows that John's bisexual and had romantic feelings for Sherlock, but knows it's not his place to force them together. I think TSo3 is a "JUST DONE" Lestrade because – remember – he helped Sherlock write his vows and what we see on screen is WHAT LESTRADE TOLD SHERLOCK TO SAY. So like... I'm sorry but that feels like he's tired of them dancing around each other, and here dumbfuck idiots, I'm going to make sure Sherlock makes it clear to John that the feeling is mutual LOL.

So yeah, I think the best man speech was Lestrade's way of being fed up with their mooning over each other, LOL.

And S4, honestly, I don't remember enough to even put too much thought into it. S4, who he? LOL.

I'm sure I'll have additional thoughts after I've queued and posted this, so I'll add them if I do. I'd love to know your thoughts too, though! Please share! It's nice knowing I wasn't alone in this belief LOL.