mathildalocks:John Watson’s comment on growing a moustache is telling us that he felt uncomfortable
mathildalocks:John Watson’s comment on growing a moustache is telling us that he felt uncomfortable about something and wanted to manipulate the public perception. The illustrator who draws him as mustached is the heteronormative world itself because Sherlock Holmes resists to stay clean shaven but at least Watson should fit the norm.Here is an excerpt from a research done on masculinity and the erotics of shaving in Victorian England by Justin Bengry. He even mentions OSCAR WILDE’s choice of staying clean shaven. Remember the show is set in 1895 when Wilde was prosecuted, does Watson’s restlessness and growing a moustache has anything to do with it?“ But even before the beard became unfashionable, aesthetes like the appropriately named Aubrey Beardsley and also Oscar Wilde deliberately sported a smooth face to express their antipathy for stifling middle-class values and expectations. Their own sexual ambiguity was reflected in their sartorial and personal grooming choices.” link hereWelcome SHSpecial, welcome meta! -- source link