Cumberbatch May Not Believe Sherlock Is Asexual. Why It Doesn't Matter
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Asexuals have adopted Sherlock, but they have done so on the basis of the evidence provided by the author. There is no problem with this modus operandi. It has been adopted for other fictional characters. People have believed that two Canterbury Tales characters, the Summoner and the Pardoner, were Gay. There may or may not be evidence to support this. The author has not read the Canterbury tales.
Fans speculate about the character. The people who play the character also have their own opinions. Problems can come about when the person who plays the character and the creator of the show have different opinions than the fans.
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Batman Probably Is Not Gay or Asexual
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- Published on Sunday, 29 April 2012 14:47
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Comic book fans were greeted to yet another discussion of Batman’s sexuality. Although the Caped Crusader remains firmly heterosexual in canon, there are many homoerotic overtones to almost every comic book. DC writers dealing with Gotham City have not shied away from homoeroticism. Catwoman and Batwoman have been portrayed as Lesbians in the DC universe. The Lesbian Catwoman is not the same villainess who has had the relationship with Bruce Wayne.
Internet comic book wars have attracted attention before. AThe latest round was touched off by the Whatculture.com blog. Several of Batman’s defenders have declared Gotham’s Dark Knight to be Asexual.
Benedict Cumberbatch Hopes Sherlock Achieves More than Cult Popularity in US
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Benedict Cumberbatch worries that Sherlock, a mainstream British series, may never achieve similar popularity in the United States. Even though the show has a following in the United States, it has not achieved the same level of success. American television producers have noticed the popularity of the show. CBS will air Elementary, its own modern day Sherlock Holmes adaptation, later this year.
Benedict Cumberbatch has achieved success with the role, and he will be playing Khan in the sequel to J.J. Abram’s Star Trek reboot. The British actor told the New York Times about his hopes for the series. Whatculture.com described the star as being desperate for the show to achieve success in the United States.
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From Sherlock to Sheldon: Panel on Asexuality and Ficton at WisCon
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Science fiction and women seldom go together let alone science fiction and feminism. WisCon, a science fiction convention is Wisconsin is making an attempt to change that. K. Tempest Bradford announced that this year’s convention will feature a panel on Asexuality.
The panel, which will be held on May 25, will discuss Asexuality in fiction. Panelists will discuss Asexuality, how it is represented in fiction, ahd how it should be represented in fiction. The panel title, from Sheldon to Sherlock may have nice alliteration, but it misses one key science fiction character who many people believe to be Ace.
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What Does the End of House, M.D. Mean? Not much for Aces
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Fox will air four more episodes of House. Although Asexuals who remember the “Better Half” episode are not speculating about how the show might end, there are Aces who followed the show long before the show tried and failed to tackle Asexuality as an orientation. Wilson, House’s only friend throughout the series, recently revealed that he has cancer.
Proper character development demands that House come to a self-destructive end. Fans who know the title of the last episode may suggest that the misanthropic doctor will die in the last episode. Speculation runs high about the exact cause. Popular theories involve a Vicodin overdose and the main character dying from complications of Lupus.
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