Johnlockary fans, on the other hand, have less need to reinterpret overt textual elements: "I absolutely love that mary[sic] encourages the relationship between johnlock[sic] from the first instant she meets Sherlock," writes WorseThanEver during our online watch-along of series 3.
2016, Alyxis Smith, "Fan Fiction as an Argument: Arguing for Johnlock through the Roles of Women and Explicit Sex Scenes in Sherlock Fan Fiction", in Who Is Sherlock?: Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations (ed. Lynnette Porter), page 167:
Mary's presence, Johnlockary fan fiction argues, does not negate the queer relationship between John and Sherlock.
