Do you think Sherlock Holmes gay?

Question

Or why do they lived together?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

I don't think Sherlock Homes exists.

If, however, you are attemting to suggest intimacy between two men in the imagination of one of the greatest writers of the 19th century then you may find the link I am providing to be of interest.

There is such a thing as non sexual admiration for a member of the same sex. Perhaps Dr. Watson found Holmes to be of particular interest because of his great mind.

Perhaps Holmes found the companionship of Dr. Watson to be of great singular value because he provided a magnificent sounding board.

Deal is, it doesn't matter if Sherlock was gay or not. He was the greatest detective that ever lived.

Or, since he isn't real, the greatest detective that never lived.

And just so you keep current, Holmes and Watson NEVER lived together and Dr. Watson married a beautiful woman whom Holmes gave his best regards and blessings.

Watson was always at 222 B. Baker Street because, as a bachelor, he found the company of Holmes to be stimulating.

And not only that, Dr. Watson made a lot of money from recording the adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Well, I mean he would have made a lot of money if either one of them were real.

Answer 3

I always loved the idea of Holmes being gay - not necessarily because he lived with Watson - Watson definetely was straight. But Sherlock: Gay!

Answer 4

No. I just think Holmes is so cerebral he's not really that interested in people as individuals, except as subjects to study. He's quite capable of interacting well with people when he has to, but his only real friend seems to be Dr Watson, and the only woman he ever seems to be attracted to is Irene Adler in the story A Scandal in Bohemia.

Holmes and Watson shared lodgings at 221B Baker Street for purely financial reasons; in modern terms they were 'roomies'. Once Watson married he moved out.

Answer 5

I don't think so he had one adventure in which he was all over this lady- who then fooled him and got away. Holmes requested a portrait of her for his payment on the case. I think he was probably too eccentric, and too much of an egomaniac. When Watson got married he moved out real quick.

Now that you mention it I don't know why he didn't have a lady. He was probably like those scientists who are too driven, or just too wierd, to worry about it.

Oh yeah and Holmes' drugs were cocaine and tobacco.

Answer 6

Keep in mind, Watson got married (I believe he met Mary in The Sign of Four) and they lived apart for some time--even after Mary died, I believe.

I always took Holmes as either asexual or just convinced that, as with many other things, it would simply be a distraction to his work to be involved with anyone. Seriously, would you want to be with someone who was likely to do experiments on you in your sleep?

Oh, and they originally lived together for the reason many people live together--they just needed a roommate. It's all in the very first story.

Answer 7

No Sherlock Holmes is not gay.
They share rooms at 221 Baker Street as nither of them has enough money to rent out seprate rooms. (Haven't you read A Study in Scarlet.)

Answer 8

Based on the logic of your question, Sherlock Holmes would ponder:


"All boys in boys' home are gay."

"All brothers are gay."

"All army men are gay."


as they lived together for no other reasons.

Answer 9

No, I don't think he's gay. There was a woman in the writings, a woman who was a widow, she's blonde & thin in the Basil Rathbone films on Holmes, & he knows her. I think that an insinuation that there may be an attraction is there.

Answer 10

No. I think he was probably just cold. Dr Watson was married. I don't think he actually lived with Holmes full time. Didn't he have his own "rooms"?

Answer 11

No. However, he did do drugs. No kidding. Dr. Watson was known to give me injections. I think that it is the end of "Hound of The Baskervilles" where he says something to Watso about some drug...maybe heroin. I think it is the last line in the film.