Anonymous: Okay but it especially pisses me off because I can't even claim that BBC Sherlock is ace without getting anon hate about how I'm being "homophobic" for daring to read him as asexual and telling me that asexual representation is "less important" than homosexual representation.
ok but like correct me if im wrong (bc i don’t watch that garbage show) but he’s not canonically gay??? so how are u overriding anything?
also do those people not understand that gay aces exist, or? awkward.
Sherlock Holmes has been read as ace since the books and even before there was a commonly acknowledged word for asexuals.
Seriously. He’s legit always been a representation for asexuality. While I, as someone who is a huge fan of BBC Sherlock, can see why people might read that particular adaptation as gay, it’s far from homophobic to read him as ace. Especially, as @spacexualkids mentioned, gay ace is a valid orientation that exists. (Personally, I read BBC Sherlock as homoromantic demisexual/asexual, but that’s just me).