Yeah! I mean, to be perfectly fair I’ve never watched BBC Sherlock, but it never had any of my interest at all and given what I HAVE seen, I feel like Elementary is the better interpretation of the two. Also yeah queerbaiting is dumb, I’m not here for that.
It’s really funny because I remember I originally thought the idea for Elementary - mainly that they were making John Watson into JOAN Watson - was stupid! Like everyone, I thought they were just doing it so they could have Joan and Sherlock be in a relationship without the gay. But it went in an even better direction! With them becoming really close platonic friends and colleagues.
Honestly, Sherlock and Joan’s friendship gives me life… It’s so precious! I kind of wanna re-watch the series soon just so I can witness the development of it again.
Elementary also plays their representation of queer characters very casually and it’s super refreshing, even if there aren’t any MAJOR lgbt characters (yet?). I mean just off the top of my head a nice, recent example was when an episode featured polyamorous characters, including a family of four who all lived together and were raising children. They had a trans character, Ms. Hudson (played by a transwoman!), early on in the show. Plenty of gay characters here and there (I can’t remember any specifically bi/pan/ace characters? Though I’m sure if not ought-right stated, it was implied).
So yeah all around Elementary is Good and more people need to watch it tbh
My problem with sherlock is that their “representation” of the queer communinity is insulting. the way it’s written like they are gay even though they aren’t feels more like exploitation than representation. and don’t get me started on how terrible of a writer moffat is but that extends to doctor who. And the fandom. The fandom is terrible. A lot of the fans I’ve seen are super rabid adn’t don’t support the queer community, they fetishize it. Which is appalling.