I agree with pretty much everything you're saying here :)
I like a lot of John/Sherlock stories too, although I'm not shipping them whole-heartedly, in a way. I love it when it's just hinted at, or the way you've done it here - when it's not the point to define what kind of relationship they have. They've got a strong bond, and either way it's an important one. And, I do see Sherlock as someone who might not be asexual, but far more preoccupied with other things :)
I would also be very surprised if the show takes the "Johnlock" route.
About R/S - I don't think we feel very differently, I absolutely love them as friends as well - their relationship and their story is an interesting and moving one no matter what label one gives it <3 And I think a lot of R/S shippers feel that way. If one takes a look at the stories posted at R/S Games etc, quite a lot of them (most) have a focus on other sides to them than sex. I love stories about them as friends, and I love stories about them as lovers.
I think it's perfectly okay to find things in books or TV series etc that the creators didn't intend, romantic pairings being one of them, and that a lot of those ships are M/M. I appreciate that a lot of people in fandom feel more comfortable exploring different sides to sexual relationships, dynamic and so on in an M/M relationship than a het relationship, since you avoid the background history of the traditional (patriarcal) view of gender patterns (or even the stereotypical roles in pornography). But that said - I absolutely agree with you that it can be frustrating when everything is interpreted in that direction (or a romantic or sexual direction in general) and all the other super interesting aspects of human interaction don't get a lot of attention. (And on a related note, it annoys me a bit when prompt lists on certain fests are full of prompts that tbh would fit better in a kink fest, imo... Not that I have a problem with kink fic, but, yeah, not all the time!)
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I like a lot of John/Sherlock stories too, although I'm not shipping them whole-heartedly, in a way. I love it when it's just hinted at, or the way you've done it here - when it's not the point to define what kind of relationship they have. They've got a strong bond, and either way it's an important one. And, I do see Sherlock as someone who might not be asexual, but far more preoccupied with other things :)
I would also be very surprised if the show takes the "Johnlock" route.
About R/S - I don't think we feel very differently, I absolutely love them as friends as well - their relationship and their story is an interesting and moving one no matter what label one gives it <3 And I think a lot of R/S shippers feel that way. If one takes a look at the stories posted at R/S Games etc, quite a lot of them (most) have a focus on other sides to them than sex. I love stories about them as friends, and I love stories about them as lovers.
I think it's perfectly okay to find things in books or TV series etc that the creators didn't intend, romantic pairings being one of them, and that a lot of those ships are M/M. I appreciate that a lot of people in fandom feel more comfortable exploring different sides to sexual relationships, dynamic and so on in an M/M relationship than a het relationship, since you avoid the background history of the traditional (patriarcal) view of gender patterns (or even the stereotypical roles in pornography).
But that said - I absolutely agree with you that it can be frustrating when everything is interpreted in that direction (or a romantic or sexual direction in general) and all the other super interesting aspects of human interaction don't get a lot of attention. (And on a related note, it annoys me a bit when prompt lists on certain fests are full of prompts that tbh would fit better in a kink fest, imo... Not that I have a problem with kink fic, but, yeah, not all the time!)