I liked it that she didn’t say ‘gay’, but left it open. I liked her. In fact I loved her. I want her and Sherlock to hang out in bars all the time, every night.
John-sexual. The word you are looking for is John-sexual.
At least we had a coming out of sorts. A clarification that Sherlock is not heterosexual. They both knew in this moment that it would have been so much easier for Sherlock if he was.
no but I don’t see this as Sherlock denying he’s into women, in fact I think it’s quite the opposite. Sherlock doesn’t know how to be in a romantic situation, like he said in his best man speech he’s rude and an ass hole and doesn’t know how to get on with people essentially. I see this scene as the bridesmaid telling Sherlock she wished he was ordinary, like any other guy at the wedding that she could hook up with, because then maybe a one night stand would turn into coffee, which could turn into lunch, dinner and so much more. At the end of the episode, he looks to her and we see him excited for a moment, maybe wanting to dance with the bridesmaid, until she points out the man she’s with and Sherlock walks off upset. This isn’t Sherlock saying he’s “gay” or “john-sexual”, this is Sherlock wishing he could have a relationship, be social and maybe one day John could be his best man.
Yessssssssssss. It didn’t even occur to me it was anything to do with John or being gay or asexual AT ALL until I came on tumblr! (And realised I probably should’ve expected that to be the general reaction :P) Sherlock just comes across so…so individually wrapped, I guess, to steal the line from Fortysomething because I don’t know how to explain it better. ‘Gay’ was one that didn’t come to mind once when I was trying to think of less vague words for what she was thinking!