ARandomAro

I was on a twitch chat when someone casually said that BBCs Sherlock was gay.. I know people ship Jon and Sherlock, which is fine. But Sherlock is also one of the few aromantic canon character that I know (It's written with all the words in the first paragraph of "A Scandal in Bohemia"). So I just replied playfully saying "me seeing this when sherlock is aroace untill proven otherwise 🤡". Just as a way to put this thought out there. And the person replied saying that he can be a gay asexual. Which again, nothing against this, specially when it comes to the BBC adaptation and not book Sherlock. And yet... am I crazy or is just odd how someone can casually put the aromanticism part aside? Like, If I said that a gay character was bisexual that would not be acceptable. But just casually erasing the aro of the aroace is fine? I feel a better response would be - "oh in the books sure. But in the series he can be seen as a gay ace character" Not sure if I'm making a big deal out of this or not.. 🤔 any thoughts?