H and W

[nightdog_barks]

Results of the Baftas today. The Baftas are the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, sort of like our U.S. Emmy awards. Sherlock won for Best Drama Series, and Martin Freeman, who played Dr. Watson in Sherlock, won for Best Supporting Actor. Of his win, the Guardian reported:

Freeman described the show as a "love story" between Holmes and Watson. "Not just a love story – these two people who love and need each other in a slightly dysfunctional relationship, but in a relationship that works," he said.

:-)

Comments

[warmdarkwoman]

He's baiting you, nightdog. How can you not write in the fandom if he baits you like that????

In other news: session is over in a week, and then, after burning up my comp time, I'm blowing that popsicle stand.

[nightdog_barks]

I'm being taunted by a geeky blond Brit! *g* I'll have to re-watch those episodes. I'm looking forward to the new season.

And good for you! Get out of that popsicle stand and go lie on a beach somewhere.

[blackmare]

You know, this was very cruel to the poor fools deluded stalkers fans of that other H and W on your f-list.

[nightdog_barks]

Oh, I don't know. Since House and Wilson are based, by canon, on Holmes and Watson, I thought there might be some element of transference there ...

... maybe.

*g*

[taiga13]

I hope they're making more episodes.

[nightdog_barks]

They are!

At least, I've read that they are. :-)

[silverjackal]

Heh. Freeman's just being honest. No one can read the original stories and *not* see that Holmes and Watson love each other. The type of love could be argued -- friendship, fraternal, sexual, some combination, or something other.

I'm looking forward to the second season of Sherlock, particularly since they're going to be tackling the Hound of the Baskervilles, and Scandal in Bohemia. Personally I'd really like to see their take on The Speckled Band, but they're apparently trying for all the "big" ones, and going right to Reichenbach.

[nightdog_barks]

I agree completely. It was just so pleasantly surprising to actually see a male actor say this about his role with another male actor.

I'm looking forward to the second season too! I'm delighted there is a second season. :-D

[silverjackal]

Well he *is* British (and therefore I suspect closer to the generally more... blasé? attitude one sees towards male/male relationships outside of North American media). The U.S. media still seems to have a very middle-of-the-last-century attitude towards the depiction of relationships between men in general. Men are not supposed to have close, intense relationships of any kind with other men -- it's too reminiscent of the dreaded gay. And they're not supposed to express emotions relating to affection and closeness. Only anger and ego are manly! It's a little strange, frankly.

In any case one of the creators of Sherlock is open about being homosexual (Mark Gatiss), so it's not like they would have cast actors who weren't comfortable with the intensity of the relationship between the characters, and accepting of alternative sexualities. In my opinion, Holmes is canonically shown as asexual, which -- by mainstream modern sensibilities -- is often viewed as odder than homosexuality.

[damigella]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the Holmes/Watson TV series was influenced by the House/Wilson dynamics. So my take on this is that it just shows what we would see on House MD if it were produced by the BBC and not by Fox.
As to whether the Brits, and almost all of Europe (my own sunny country unfortunately excluded) are more gay-friendly than the US, there's really no doubt about that.