福爾摩斯與華生究竟什么關(guān)系

福爾摩斯與華生究竟什么關(guān)系

Part of the Internet’s beauty is the space it affords people to take an idea and run with it . . . and run with it and run with it, until they end up miles away from where they started. Among a subset of online superfans of the BBC show “Sherlock,” solving mysteries is mere window dressing for the real story: one about unrequited love between Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman). This sort of wholesale invention, by viewers, of a romance between fictional characters who are not romantically linked on-screen is a form of something known as “shipping” (short for “relationship-ing,” the term can also refer to rooting for actual fictional couples). It is by no means limited to “Sherlock” — any form of pop culture, from “Scandal” to One Direction, is fair game — but that show has inspired vast and vivid fictional worlds, completely imagined by shippers who share screenshots, drawings and even entire books speculating about what a dalliance between Sherlock and Watson (or Johnlock, as it’s known) might look like. These fans wring meaning out of every lingering glance and anguished expression that crosses Cumberbatch’s impressively dimensioned face and superimpose their own dialogue atop these moments, amassing a trove of erotic imaginings that is in some respects more compelling than the canon, at least in the unpredictability of the plot twists. For example, one offshoot of Johnlock, known as Fawnlock, imagines Cumberbatch as an ethereal deer, complete with graceful antlers and a speckled coat — and of course his lover, Watson, cradled in his forelimbs.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的一個美妙之處在于它提供了一個空間，人們在這里產(chǎn)生一個想法，然后開始不斷演繹……直至與最初的想法大相徑庭。BBC電視劇《神探夏洛克》 (Sherlock)的網(wǎng)上超級粉絲中有一個小團(tuán)體，他們認(rèn)為，破案只是個幌子，真正的故事是夏洛克·福爾摩斯(Sherlock Holmes，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇[Benedict Cumberbatch]飾)與約翰·華生醫(yī)生(John Watson，馬丁·弗里曼[Martin Freeman]飾)之間無望的苦戀。這些虛構(gòu)人物在原劇中并無戀愛關(guān)系，觀眾對他們戀情的各種想像是“意淫戀情” (shipping，relationship-ing的縮寫，它還用以指代對現(xiàn)實(shí)虛構(gòu)情侶的支持)的一種形式。這種意淫絕不僅限于《神探夏洛克》——任何形式的流行文化都可以成為意淫對象，從《丑聞》(Scandal)到單向樂隊(One Direction)——但是這部電視劇激發(fā)出大量生動的虛構(gòu)世界，它們完全是“戀情意淫者”(shipper)們想像出來的，他們分享截屏和圖畫，甚至包括整本意淫夏洛克和華生(粉絲稱之為“福華”[Johnlock])調(diào)情場面的書籍。這些粉絲從康伯巴奇極具立體感的臉龐上浮現(xiàn)出的每個凝視眼神和痛苦表情中挖掘深意，加上他們自己設(shè)計的對話，收集了很多想像出來的曖昧情景，從某些角度講——至少從情節(jié)轉(zhuǎn)折出人意料的角度講——它們比原作更吸引人。比如，“福華”衍生作品《鹿洛克》(Fawnlock)把康伯巴奇想像成一只神鹿，他有著優(yōu)雅的鹿角，皮膚上有斑點(diǎn)，當(dāng)然他的愛人華生會用前臂輕柔地抱著他。