Queering Holmes

Hmm, yes, I see what you mean. I think we may be working from different definitions of what the Watson role is. To the extent that Watson keeps Holmes connected to the world (and retains something of his own life apart from Holmes), that seems more like Ray V. than Ray K. to me. Ray K., by contrast, separates himself more and more from the wider world for Fraser's sake, and in the end the two of them go off into the wilderness together. It's as though Watson retired to Sussex with Holmes to help him keep bees.

On the other hand, Ray K. has a much more Watson-ish admiration, whereas Ray V. usually seems to find Fraser just exasperating.