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no-literally:

Since Oscar Wilde influenced ACD when he was writing the Sherlock Holmes stories (they were living at the same time and had met, more on this in a second) anytime anyone adapts ACD Holmes they are inherently influenced, at least a tiny bit, by Oscar Wilde.

So how was ACD influenced by Wilde?

1. Wilde and ACD met at a prearranged dinner and basically dared each other to write a story. Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey. ACD wrote The Sign of Four. Here’s Sherlock Holmes fanboy and Oscar Wilde lover Stephen Fry telling you more about that, because why the hell not. 
2. After Wilde was put on public trial for sodomy and his reputation was essentially destroyed, ACD distanced himself from knowing Wilde, even though he had spoken positively of him in the past. [As mentioned in this biography.]
3. But ACD probably didn’t forget Wilde. Many people believe that ACD referenced Oscar Wilde’s trial in 1895 is referenced in “The Adventure of the Three Students,” an ACD story where Watson says they had to leave London because of “a combination of events, into which I need not enter.” Here’s more tumblr meta from johnnlocked about the dates of the trial. 

So, literally any version of Sherlock Holmes is going to be connected to Oscar Wilde in some way.

I think it would be hard for me to understate the importance Wilde has for the queer community. He is a beloved author and artist, but also a key figure for his honesty and the trauma he endured.

His tomb in France is covered with lipstick kisses, and when authorities put glass in front of his tomb in 2011, people who visited started kissing the glass.

The Legacy Project in Chicago, celebrating major figures LGBT history, included Wilde in its first set of members. Wilde’s plaque includes this text describing his legacy: “The publicity surrounding Wilde’s trials…led to the development of a nascent gay and lesbian consciousness that became central to the success of the GLBT civil rights movement that was to follow.“