*nods* I don't know what to say about this one, R. I hated the vague, light-hearted way the show alluded to Sherlock's possible gayness and contained several jokes about the two seeming like a couple and even to used queerness as a plot device because the underlying homophobia is still there. All jokes aside, queerness is really *not* okay in that universe. It's annoying.

But, that said, I'm less concerned about (m/m) slash being appropriative (i.e., about a predominantly female community fetishing male queerness) than I am about women focusing so exclusively on men to begin with. Why are we using them to think about issues like love and sex? Why are we thinking about our sexuality through them? Why are they the heroes in stories that are in so many cases fundamentally about ourselves? Why are they good to think with, when we're not? You'll have to tell me if you find anything interesting. M.