My youngest sister just came in and stared at me for a moment.

"Are Sherlock Holmes and Watson supposed to be coded gay?"

I think I might have cried a little. Her email has enough links now to satisfy that burning question, I think. In detail.
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From: [identity profile] scrollgirl.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:39 am (UTC)
Hee! I doubt I'll ever have that conversation with my sister, but I'm glad you've had the opportunity to explain slash to yours. Pulled back the curtain, indeed!

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:40 am (UTC)
It was so random. I seriously stared at her for a few seconds. Child making that kind of statement would be superfluous most of the time, but her? Different. It was funny.

From: [identity profile] whatifisaidno.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:40 am (UTC)
Awww :D

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:40 am (UTC)
I felt warm and fuzzy.
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From: [personal profile] ariadne83 Date: 2009-12-06 06:41 am (UTC)
Ahahaha that is deeply awesome.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:55 am (UTC)
Seriously. I kind of boggled in joy.

From: [identity profile] revolutionaryjo.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:46 am (UTC)
B'awww, they grow up so fast.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:56 am (UTC)
*wet eyes*
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From: [personal profile] amalthia Date: 2009-12-06 07:11 am (UTC)
lol, I'd like to know the answer to this too! :)

How old is your sister??? Mine is only a 11 months younger than me so I told her EVERYTHING when I was 17 and first found slash.

From: [identity profile] lurkerlynne.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 08:41 am (UTC)
The answer is "Yes, most definitely". Victorian England was a hotbed of aaallll sorts of sexual behaviors.

If you knew where to look, anyway. On the surface? "No, please. We are English."
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From: [identity profile] transtempts.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 07:21 am (UTC)
Heh. My sister and I have had many such conversations. *sighs*

From: [identity profile] beadattitude.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 07:30 am (UTC)
What a good sister you are!

From: [identity profile] aliaswestgate.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 07:50 am (UTC)
*laughs* I have a younger brother, he hasn't asked me any of those types of questions. I DID try to corrupt him with lots and lots of excellent scifi and such but no go. Not from lack of trying either. He's distressingly 'normal'.

*thumbs up* To your success with your sister though. XD I'll just have to settle for corrupting my two nieces when they reach their teens. *rubs hands together with glee*
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From: [identity profile] kickair8p.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 07:52 am (UTC)
You gave your sister Holmes/Watson meta links, but not us? C'mon, pretty-please?

~

From: [identity profile] toujours-nigel.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 07:56 am (UTC)
My baby sister, at all of 13, has figured out, without actually watching the movie, that one of the characters is coded gay.

I am not allowed to corrupt her, but this is promising. *beams*

From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 03:09 pm (UTC)
Oh, LOL!!!

From: [identity profile] burntcopper.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 03:22 pm (UTC)
awwww. do you want to intro her to Jeeves and Wooster next?

Or as I put it to a fellow fen : Holmes and Watson: Getting slashed because it was so bloody obvious before Jeeves and Wooster were a twinkle in Plum's eye.

From: [identity profile] ladyholder.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-06 06:59 pm (UTC)
:: Snicker :: Who knows? But the upcoming movie might answer a few of those questions. And I am soooo wanting to see it.

~L
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From: [personal profile] christycorr Date: 2009-12-06 07:01 pm (UTC)
Ooh, you have Holmes/Watson meta links?

From: [identity profile] iteari.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-07 02:58 am (UTC)
I admit it, my heart melted hearing that....

From: [identity profile] ccmom.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-07 04:12 am (UTC)
Okay. I'm delurking because I hate being ignorant. What does "coded" mean? Also, I can't wait to see this movie. Looks interesting. *snicker*

From: [identity profile] tonicollins.livejournal.com Date: 2009-12-08 07:58 am (UTC)
So... what clued her in? Has she seen one too many ads for the upcoming movie?

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