Femlock

English Alternative forms femlock Etymology en fem- Sherlock. Proper noun en fandom slang A female version of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, especially from the television series Sherlock (TV series) Sherlock. en 2017 Kristina Busse Framing Fan Fiction: Literary and Social Practices in Fan Fiction Communities https://www.google.com/books/edition/Framing_Fan_Fiction/0mgwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22femlock%22&pg=PA112 112 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). 2017, Carolina Lindström, "'The power of characterization': A comparative analysis of the transformative works created by the English-language and Japanese-language fandoms of BBC Sherlock", thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 31: As the fandom of BBC Sherlock, English and Japanese alike, is predominantly female, it comes as no surprise that a lot of fans have taken this matter upon themselves by cosplay. Thus, this makes up for a big part of the Femlock content available online. en 2021 Emma Byrne How to Build a Human: What Science Knows About Childhood https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrEEEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT194&dq=%22femlock%22 unnumbered Fan-created versions of characters like 'Femlock' (female Sherlock) allow adolescent girls to create a world where they can incorporate all the atavistic traits of 'boy heroes' into female characters. en en eponyms en Female Fictional characters Sherlock Holmes Sherlock (TV series)