Robert Downey Jr. says Sherlock Holmes might be a "very butch homosexual." Depressingly and unsurprisingly, both Hollywood and Arthur Conan Doyle's estate are now freaking out. Guess this means I'm not getting permission for my Holmes/Watson slashfic. [Mother Jones]
DISCUSSION
I have seen the movie, and that would be one way of understanding his character. I thought of him more as someone who was just rather lonely.