Citations:Johnlocker
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English citations of Johnlocker
Noun: "(fandom slang) a person who ships Johnlock"
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- 2014, "Hades", "On Benedict Cumberbatch", The Nerdwriter, February 2014, page 9:
- As much as I dislike shipping people in real life, CumberBrealey/Beneloo/Cumberloo are my OTP.
- (Come at me, Johnlockers!)
- 2018, Daneel, quoted in Katie Wilson, "Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities", in A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (ed. Paul Booth), page 434:
- Since the Johnlockers won't call out others within their own ship, I will.
- 2018, Bo Allesøe Christensen & Thessa Jensen, "The JohnLock Conspiracy, fandom eschatology, and longing to belong", thesis submitted to Aalborg University, pages 4-5:
- Still, the basic idea of the post—the perception of the various hints and interactions between John and Sherlock in the series, found fertile ground among a group of JohnLockers, who coined the term The JohnLock Conspiracy.
- 2018, Diana W. Anselmo, "Gender and Queer Fan Labor on Tumblr: The Cast of BBC's Sherlock", Feminist Media Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2018, page 96:
- As a microcosmos, TJLCers and Johnlockers demonstrate that queer viewers can weaponize consumer culture to challenge essentialist stereotypes that still restrict what is socially expected and encouraged of individuals based on their biological gender, sexual preference, and mental health status.
- 2018, Melissa A. Hofmann, "Johnlock meta and authorial intent in Sherlock fandom: Affirmational or transformational?", Transformative Works and Cultures, Number 28 (2018):
- Yet for many it is less the content of the show itself that has angered fans and more the official rhetoric of the showrunners denying the potential gayness or queerness of their own content, coupled with their adversarial and reductive view of Johnlock fans, that has certain Johnlockers crying queerbaiting.