By Rebekah Bailey, Staff Writer, Emerson College
For those who don’t know, Sherlock began filming season three recently. Tumblr exploded. The Internet rejoiced. The shippers started writing fan fiction again.
I will not be watching.
There are a multitude of reasons for this: I’m already illegally watching one British show (Doctor Who) and I feel bad about downloading another; I recently started watching Elementary, and I like it better; due to the whacko fangirls, I can’t enjoy it anymore; Steven Moffat is still writing for it; and the final, biggest reason: the queer-baiting.
Queer-baiting, for those who do not know, is the practice of television shows and movies putting in a little gay subtext, stirring up interest with queer fans, and then pulling a NO HOMO, MAN on the viewers. If you’ve watched Sherlock, this is a major “subplot” of the first episode, and it continues as a running joke throughout the series. John and Sherlock are mistaken as a gay couple, one of them (usually John) goes, “no way, of course not, we’re not even gay,” and it’s played off as a joke.
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For those who don’t know, Sherlock began filming season three recently. Tumblr exploded. The Internet rejoiced. The shippers started writing fan fiction again.
I will not be watching.
There are a multitude of reasons for this: I’m already illegally watching one British show (Doctor Who) and I feel bad about downloading another; I recently started watching Elementary, and I like it better; due to the whacko fangirls, I can’t enjoy it anymore; Steven Moffat is still writing for it; and the final, biggest reason: the queer-baiting.
Queer-baiting, for those who do not know, is the practice of television shows and movies putting in a little gay subtext, stirring up interest with queer fans, and then pulling a NO HOMO, MAN on the viewers. If you’ve watched Sherlock, this is a major “subplot” of the first episode, and it continues as a running joke throughout the series. John and Sherlock are mistaken as a gay couple, one of them (usually John) goes, “no way, of course not, we’re not even gay,” and it’s played off as a joke.
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