Meaning of Fawnlock | Babel Free

Definitions

A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as an anthropomorphic deer-like creature.

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“Certainly it would be hard to guess⟳ why individuals dressed as humanoid woodland animals would be at a Holmes convention if you weren’t familiar with Fawnlock stories and art, in an Alternate Universe where Sherlock is a deer-like creature with antlers and fur.”

“One of my oldest informants, adagio, confirms this in an e-mail interview and admits to sometimes feeling as if fandom is deviating too far from the story told on the show⟳: "I don‘t really see⟳ the point⟳ when the names is all that‘s left. I don‘t get⟳ things like⟳ fawnlock or tunalock at all, but I guess⟳ it‘s amusing. … Sometimes I think⟳ the internet has made it too easy to publish⟳ stories."”

“Sometimes the thematically focused groups are a clear subset of shippers, such as teenlock, femlock, vamplock, or fawnlock (respectively describing John Watson/Sherlock Holmes as teens, women, vampires, or young deer).”

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