The news recently broke that Lucy Liu had been cast as Dr. Watson in CBS’ “original and unique and modern” take on the Sherlock Holmes story.

http://www.tvline.com/2012/02/lucy-liu-sherlock-holmes-elementary/

Ooh… interesting. What’s the first reaction I see to this casting?

“Nooo… they’ll probably do some stupid falling in love story. Arr.”

I beg yours? And that’s not the only reaction like that.

WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN WANTING TO HAPPEN WITH JOHN IN THE BBC SHERLOCK?

How many times have you reblogged gifs of Benedict saying in interviews going “Well it is a love story. They are in love, etc” or drawn pictures of John Watson weeping away because he thinks he’ll never get his boyfriend back? Or… or… freeze framed every single moment when the two actors are doing anything more intimate than brushing each other’s arms and using it for proof that they are a married couple.

Sorry, but if you’re gonna decide in your brain that Sherlock and Watson are in love, don’t bloody tell me that it’s sexist if they do the same thing with a female Watson.

Why do such good shows have such insane fans?

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5. drew-green said: Sherlock is one of those shows, unfortunately, where I can’t watch it because the fandom has actively ruined it for me. Tumblr can be dangerous, sometimes.
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12. touchfuzzy-getdizzy reblogged this from sparxflame and added:

    Well this is what I’m talking about too. It seems to be the sexism is on the fandom’s part, assuming that “girl” means...

13. sparxflame reblogged this from touchfuzzy-getdizzy and added:

    I can’t speak for the rest of the fandom (and as an English person not planning on watching this, I don’t even know...

14. dis-combobulate reblogged this from touchfuzzy-getdizzy and added:

    Ehhh, while I get what you’re saying and there are definitely fans like that out there, I have to say that shipping is...

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22. poemfortheday said: Bitch please, I’m knee-deep in the Avatar:Last Airbender fandom and there’s people here shipping characters for a spin-off series that hasn’t even aired yet. All we’ve got for one character is a page of pencil sketches for god’s sake.
23. brokemodelsanonymous said: I’m about 1000% more likely to watch it more often if Lucy Liu is involved.
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