silentauroriamthereal:

love-in-mind-palace:

holmesguy:

savory-breakfasts:

love-in-mind-palace:

Canon Holmes and Irene Adler had literally three interactions. In two of them, he was in disguise. In one of them she was in disguise. They didn’t even have a conversation. Canonically happily married to a man. Literally moved Holmes out of her way using just her pinky finger.

Fuckbois throughout the ages : HE LOVES IRENE ADLER. HE TOTALLY WANTED TO SLEEP WITH HER. THAT’S WHY HE ADMIRES HER. #TRUELOVE #SOULMATE #STAR-CROSSED LOVERS

Sherlock Holmes in ACD canon : I wanna fly out of the window and over London holding Watson’s hand. My Boswell. My conductor of light. IF YOU TOUCH WATSON I WILL KILL YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS.

People: They are friends. #NOHOMO #PLATONIC #JUST BROS

Heteronormativity is a powerful drug.

Holmes’ canon reaction to Irene Adler getting married:

Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in front of the fire and laughed heartily for some minutes.

“Well, really!” he cried, and then he choked and laughed again until he was obliged to lie back, limp and helpless, in the chair.

“What is it?”

“It’s quite too funny.”

Holmes’ canon reaction to Watson getting married:

“I get
a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what
remains for you?”

“For me,” said Sherlock Holmes, “there still
remains the cocaine-bottle.” And he stretched his
long white hand up for it. 

Irene getting married made Holmes laugh for literal minutes until he choked, and then laugh again until he could laugh no more. 

Watson getting married made Holmes reach for his drugs.

And there it is 🙌

It’s also an important distinction to me, and one that I’ve never been happy about in terms of Moftiss’ use of this, that in Victorian England, the use of opiates was considered purely recreational, and Holmes is referred to as a light, casual, recreational user – not a desperate, out-of-control addict. The fact that they “updated” it to be more on par with heroin use than, say, recreational marijuana, makes it far more ominous in the BBC-verse than it ever was in ACD-verse. And yet they made that choice for him. 

Irene Adler, in their canon, worked for Moriarty – Sherlock’s arch-enemy, the person who tried repeatedly to kill John. That’s not a playful, light-hearted rivalry or something – that’s serious. Irene extorted men for information, which she then used to sell out her country and betray anyone it took as long as it meant covering her own ass. I agree that she was a fun character, but as a partner for Sherlock? Nope nope nope. And John recommending it, when he was so jealous of her in ASIB that veins were practically popping in his forehead? John, who nearly died serving the country that Irene so casually sold out – to the very sort of terrorist that he and Sherlock spend all of their time working to bring to justice? Sorry, no. That just doesn’t work, no matter how desperate one is to heterowash everything in this show.