Let's talk little, let's talk good.
I love Sherlock Fandom. I truly do love it, its craziness, and its genius. I love Johnlock ship, and I love reading theories.
But there's something I absolutely don't agree with:
People believing Mofftiss are queerbaiting. They aren't.
I enjoy reading Fanfics, looking at Fanarts. The artists of the Fandom are very talented, and it's amazing to watch the show under that new light, sometimes.
But the show itself isn't /that/ gay.
When I first watched it, I saw no Johnlock, and I believe many people are like me.
I think the show may just talk about a very strong and extraordinary friendship.
To me, it hasn't been queerbaiting.
They adapted Sherlock to the modern societies.
If nowaday, two men decided to move in together and go on adventures, people would think "Oh, they're gay!"
And that's what the show is showing, when people assume Sherlock and John are in a relationship.
Mrs.Hudson's speech isn't a hint about Sherlock's or John's sexuality.
She is simply reacting like people would react nowaday, assuming who are gays and who aren't.
Yes, we can see a few of Sherlock's behaviors as 'gay'... But he has also 'straight' behavior. The Woman, for example. She mattered, no matter what extreme shippers think.
The show would make a mistake if it chose a side. All the fans are free to ship whoever they want, to make stories, write and draw arts and express their theories.
But the show isn't showing Johnlock as canon, like it isn't showing Adlock as canon.
Since the beginning, John says he's straight.
And since the beginning, Sherlock says he is married to his work.
Sherlock, who is a brilliant, amazing and unique man, mysterious about his feelings. Exactly like in the books.
Let's talk about the theory about Asexual!Lock, then. The fans believing the detective is asexual have more than enough reasons to do so.
If Mofftiss made Johnlock canon, it would be queerbaiting toward the ones who sees Sherlcok as asexual, right?
My point is: The show isn't queerbaiting. It is giving us the freedom to watch and ship whoever we like, but there's no hints.
Is someone in love with his flatmate going to lock him up in a lab after having drugged him?
Sherlock was sadly looking at the empty chair before the wedding, right?
But it can simply be a man who is feeling lonely, now that he lives on his own.
It doesn't have to be love between them. Not romantic love, anyway.
The show only shows us two men, caring deeply for each other.
I'm not against Sherlock being gay, asexual, straight, anything he bloody is.
But I'm against fans who are shaming Mofftiss because they are unhappy their ship isn't canon.
Even if Johnlock isn't canon, Mofftiss gave us many queers characters.
So many LGBT+ characters, and so many more LGBT+ canon than most of shows will ever have.
John's sister, introduced at the first episode? Lesbian.
Sherlock's uncle? A cross dresser.
The couple having the hotel at Baskerville? Homosexuals, gays, and giving sweet names to each others in front of the camera.
And let's not even start talking about Moriarty/Eurus who are somehow queers in their madness even if they're both unhealthy.
I've read many times on the Fandom that "queers characters are all bad guy in Sherlock show."
There's no many episodes, and no many characters, and there's no useless characters.
I think it would be so much more insulting toward the LGBT+ to add useless LGBT+ characters only for the sake of showing off how tolerant they are, than having LGBT+ characters with an actual personality.
Should I even add that most of the characters on the show have a sexuality we don't know about?
What I mean is, let's all being intelligent. We can like a ship, love it, and create art about it. But being mad at the people who made this amazing show only because we are unhappy our ship isn't canon is not smart.
It isn't respectful. It isn't good.
And I'm certain Sherlock says the same.
