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March 11, 2015
Tonight’s a night for working on the novel. Anyone want to offer an opinion on whether waterboard is...
Tonight’s a night for working on the novel. Anyone want to offer an opinion on whether waterboard is one word or two? The dictionary is unaware of it as a term for a form of torture…
I didn’t notice last night until quite late, but my story A...
I didn’t notice last night until quite late, but my story A Satisfactory Arrangement passed 10,000 hits last night! It’s truly mind-boggling - that must be the first time a story of mine has reached its first 10K in under a month! This was posted on February 12th, and yesterday was the 10th of March, so that’s 26 days. So that’s about 385 hits per day. WOW. Holy crap. You guys are amazing and I’ve probably annoying you to death by saying it but I just want you to know that I know how lucky I am to have so many people reading my fics and I’m so, so graeful. Thanks, people!!
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If you stop writing fanfiction I may fall apart. So don’t stop.
You nice thing! I’ll do my best not to! <3333
distaffgospels replied to your post: sherlockrulestheworld asked:Hi! D…I thought perhaps...
distaffgospels replied to your post: sherlockrulestheworld asked:Hi! D…
I thought perhaps Martin and Amanda may have been annoyed that season 4 filming has gotten delayed because Ben keeps changing his schedule—most recently to film Dr. Strange. But, still, none of my business really.
Yeah, that’s the rumour going around, except it’s 100% speculation. There’s nothing at all that suggests that they a) even had a schedule for filming series 4 yet, or that b) if so, Ben had a conflict with Dr. Strange. Pure speculation! Until there’s even one shred of substance to that, let’s not spread it! It’s just someone’s idea.
sherlockrulestheworld replied to your post: sherlockrulestheworld asked:Hi! D…Thanks for the...
sherlockrulestheworld replied to your post: sherlockrulestheworld asked:Hi! D…
Thanks for the answer. I mostly see the things the same. :) I hope everything is fine for them and soon we can get more Sherlock and Setlock them looking happy and friendly together.
Any time! (I always answer, whether publicly or privately!) :) I hope for exactly the same things!
March 10, 2015
martinsgrrrl:Switchlock is honestly the most realistic representation of what their actual sex life...
Switchlock is honestly the most realistic representation of what their actual sex life would be. Very few gay friends and family I have identify as either a top or a bottom 100% of the time. I have had a lot of sexual preference discussions with my friends, as friends tend to do, and most gay men I know do not have an identification as either one. Couples may have preferences, but it’s an incredibly narrow and rigid reading of Sherlock’s character to say that he would never ever top. Or that John would never bottom. Or vice versa, that Sherlock would always top and John would always bottom.
Also, it’s totally pointless to argue about, since their sex life exists explicitly only in fanon. And always will. There’s no canonical “proof” for either side. There is plenty of good and in character fics that have both and I’m tired of both sides arguing over this. It’s fucking exhausting to those of us who have a more flexible pov on their characterisation and sexuality. Tbh it’s a big part of what drives me away from tumblr sometimes. Because it’s just a circular, and frankly useless, argument that usually ends up making someone feel like shit.
Sherlock can top and still be in character. He can bottom and be in character. Same goes for John. If you have preferences of reading one over the other in fic, that’s understandable and totally cool. What isn’t cool, or true, is claiming that your personal preference is the objectively and inarguably accurate portrayal of that character and that anyone who disagrees misunderstands the character.
I’m just really fucking done with this bottomlock v toplock, bottomjohn v topjohn argument. It’s all fine. Let’s move past this.
YES. This is what I say over and over ad over and over again. To say that any queer man would be 100% top or bottom is simply ignorant and makes you look like someone who fetishizes queer men without actually knowing anything about them. I also agree that it’s a stupid, pointless argument that I find one of the most frustrating aspects of this fandom, honestly. I may have a SLIGHT leaning (which, if you’re someone who reads my stories, you’ll note) - but I will never EVER write them only one way or the other.
Secondly, and I’m repeating myself again, but the notion that physical top = dominant and physical bottom = submissive is also the shallowest possible interpretation of the dynamics involved. What if your top is a virgin being calmly and decisively led through his first time by the man he’s penetrating? What if he’s topping because said bottom gave him permission to, invited him to? Who’s the “dominant” one there? And why are we so determined to make one “dominant” and one “submissive”? How much longer do we have to go on button-holing and stereotyping before we just see two people having sex?
Yes, he manipulated John into saying it, actually verbalising...
Yes, he manipulated John into saying it, actually verbalising it, but they both needed it so badly, and John needed help getting it out. And even if Sherlock brought about in a way that was a Bit Not Good, I don’t think for a second that a word of this was insincere. Because look at his face when John finally says it:
That moment was everything to him. And they’re both so much happier after.
Interesting that in series 2 Sherlock was the one who wanted to...
Interesting that in series 2 Sherlock was the one who wanted to add colour and John was loath to strike him. Now it seems to bother him that John has become so cavalier about the notion of Sherlock getting beaten.
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