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* A Canadian film magazine showcasing Downey and Law on the cover had the rather amusing blurb of "This holiday's ''hottest'' couple''".
* ''Even the plot ships it.'' Look at it this way: Holmes seems to have a romantic affair with Adler at the beginning of the movie, but she gets killed off and Moriarty then tries to kill Watson. In [[Rule of Escalating Threat|this type of plot]], the first victim usually is an example, less important to the hero than the second, real victim. (eg: the villain will bomb a small city before trying to do the same with the metropolis, to be sure the hero take him seriously.) In this movie, the side-victim is Irene, and the real victim, more important in Homes' eyes, is Watson. In short, even if we accept that Holmes was in love with Adler, we can't deny the plot suggest that he loved Watson ''even more.''
** Plot doesn't just ship it, plot ''rests upon it''. Consider this: Holmes would probably go after Moriarty, but it's only after Moriarty outright threatens to hurt Watson that Holmes goes to interrupt Watson's honeymoon and drags John with him. Also, at the end of the movie, {{spoiler|Holmes seems completely content with destroying Moriarty's empire and letting Moriarty himself go.}} Only after Moriarty threatens Watson again does {{spoiler|Holmes decide to fight Moriarty and ultimately sacrifices himself.}} Not to mention the fact that Holmes very clearly states to Moriarty that Watson is married now and therefore out of the equation, which has to make us consider: if there wasn't the threat of Moriarty, would Holmes still have let Watson leave him? Long story short, Holmes didn't need to {{spoiler|kill Moriarty to keep Europe safe, since he had already dismantled his empire and had enough evidence to convict him,}} which means that he
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|Just like]] [[Foreshadowing|the man earlier in the movie who killed himself to protect his wife and children.]] Moriarty does that a lot.
*** Beside the fact that, as Watson said in the first movie, "Suicide is not in his repertoire, he's far too fond of himself for that."
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** You'll note that in the books Holmes can tell Watson has gained a few pounds just by looking at him. Holmes just likes looking at Watson.
*** Certainly. You'll also note that Watson, not Holmes, was the one to point it out first. He also did it right after the hug.
* Let us not forget the hook scene, which has Freudian symbolism galore. While Moriarty is busy emasculating Holmes with a phalic symbol, Moran uses another phalic symbol to keep Watson away. And how does Watson respond to this? He pulls out a ''very'' large phalic symbol. (So big, in fact, that Moran complains that it isn't fair.) With said phalic symbol, Watson puts down the biggest phalic symbol in the scene,
* Of course there's enough [[Ho Yay]] between the main characters, but the club in which Watson stag party takes place also qualifies, especially with its crossdressing women.
* There is no romance/sexual tension between either male character and Simza, that's ''Noomi Rapace'' and they're like "yeah, whatever - lets bicker and cling to one another."
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