ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AU wait do they look too old shit MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AU
if you can’t see, holmes’ shirt says ~BEE YOURSELF
joan watson
#i don’t think i can put into words just how pivotal this moment is #because for so long we’ve been presented this female Chinese-American Watson and decided not to question it #“why is her last name Watson? because her father’s white; let’s move on” #“watson doesn’t have to be a white male; here’s proof of that!” #and that’s a perfectly fine way to engage a text #but suddenly we have this; something that engages in the complexity and cultural baggage behind that kind of name; that kind of title; #the cultural heritage and the politics of otherness vs assimilation that an immigrant’s name bears #that’s *huge* in terms of the meta-narrative and how to interpret a text because so many Holmes adaptations are just different variations #of the same song #Joan Watson was not born a Watson; she stepped into the name #it doesn’t just challenge and update the Holmes mythos but actively interrogates it #by asking it why this narrative is a) so exclusionary and b) so stifling in its interpretations #that’s extremely meaningful in terms of how we engage with cultural symbols and a franchise as symbollic as the Holmes mythos #anyway: i’m emotional/screaming/dying my skin is clear etc etc (tags via @stardust-rain)
[Image: Art of Sherlock and Joan as middle schoolers; Sherlock is kneeling on the ground next to some white flowers, with a magnifying glass and a huge grin. “Did you want to show me some—” Joan starts to ask, and he crows “It’s poisonous!!” with tons of hearts and colors to show how exciting and magical he thinks that is. “Oh ok.” Joan responds resignedly. Sherlock’s jeans are ripped at the knees and he’s wearing a purple “BEE YOURSELF” sweater over a collared shirt, and Joan is wearing purple boots, gray tights, a pleated skirt and a letterman jacket, with a clip in her hair the same purple as the boots.]
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AU wait do they look too old shit MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AU
if you can’t see, holmes’ shirt says ~BEE YOURSELF
Ok, I haven’t even seen Elementary yet and I love this