#soviet holmes

Being in the Sherlock Holmes fandom is so funny to me. In other fandoms I see people arguing about characters skintone, hair style/colour, age, race, ect. Meanwhile, there are so many Sherlock Holmes adaptions and reimaginings out there where I can scroll and see Holmes as an asian woman, Holmes as a magical girl, Holmes as a Russian, Holmes as a fucking mouse/dog and Holmes as an anime character and just be like: yep... that's good.

I love how because of all the Sherlock Holmes adaptations you can pick which version of gay Holmes/Watson you want: toxic queer baiting (BBC), hyper physically affectionate (Soviet), friends with benefits (50s series), old married couple (Rathbone movies), going through a divorce (Guy Richie movies), soulmates in an open relationship because Watson too bi (Bert Coules radio drama), spend the rest of their lives together (Bee Keeper’s Picnic), trauma bonded (Sherlock Holmes The Awakened), and newly dating to old married couple (Granda).