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href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">BBC <i>Sherlock</i></a> characters Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnlock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> TV show which first aired in 2010, is a modern adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> stories. It centers around Sherlock Holmes, played by <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dr._Watson" title="Dr. Watson">John Watson</a>, played by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Freeman" title="Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Paskin-2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paskin-2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Queer_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Queer reading">Queer readings</a> of Sherlock Holmes precedes the 2010 <i>Sherlock</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Romano-2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Romano-2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1970 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a></i>, for instance, heavily implies that Holmes is gay.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This adaption is one of <i>Sherlock</i> showrunner <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gatiss" title="Mark Gatiss">Mark Gatiss</a>' favorite movies, and he has said that he believes the Holmes in the film to be in love with Watson.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>Strangers – Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century,</i> author <a href="/wiki/Graham_Robb" title="Graham Robb">Graham Robb</a> argued that Doyle's original Holmes was coded as gay and had a "distinctly homosexual lifestyle".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fandom scholar <a href="/wiki/Anne_Jamison" title="Anne Jamison">Anne Jamison</a>, in <i>Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World</i>, quotes an anonymous fan describing Sherlock Holmes as the "First Fandom Ever", and Holmes/Watson as "the first <a href="/wiki/Slash_fiction" title="Slash fiction">slash ship</a> sailin' the seven seas".<sup id="cite_ref-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_pairing">The pairing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnlock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The pairing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Peek at a few fiction websites for <i>Sherlock</i> and you'll find tales of a mantel-bound skull that talks; an army doctor who's also a werewolf, or vampire, or teacher; a consulting detective with wings, or grease and gears instead of flesh and bone; and again and again you'll find two men who give their hearts—and bodies—to their one and only friend. And, though there's plenty of kid-friendly fic, there's also sex, sex, so much sex. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Author Wendy C. Fries, "Mad as a Box of Frogs", in <i>Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking over the World</i></cite></div> </div> <p>As of 2018, about half of the over 116,000 <i>Sherlock</i> works on the popular <a href="/wiki/Fan_fiction" title="Fan fiction">fanfiction</a> site <a href="/wiki/Archive_of_Our_Own" title="Archive of Our Own">Archive of Our Own</a> (AO3) were tagged Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, with the slash indicating a romantic relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paskin-2018_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paskin-2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, Johnlock was the second most popular pairing on AO3, after <a href="/wiki/Castiel_(Supernatural)" title="Castiel (Supernatural)">Castiel</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dean_Winchester" title="Dean Winchester">Dean Winchester</a> ("Destiel") from <i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)" title="Supernatural (American TV series)">Supernatural</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, it was the 72nd pairing in terms of new works added, reflecting a significant decrease in fandom activity from when the show was airing.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnlock <a href="/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)" title="Shipping (fandom)">shipping</a> was most prominent over the show's 2010-2017 run.<sup id="cite_ref-Tyler-2020_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most commonly, Sherlock is portrayed as gay and John as bisexual, though there are many other readings.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sherlock, who claims to be "married to his work", is sometimes read as <a href="/wiki/Asexuality" title="Asexuality">asexual</a> or <a href="/wiki/Aromanticism" title="Aromanticism">aromantic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cassandra Collier, in a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> thesis for <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a>, analyzes Johnlock fanfiction as "subverting social norms of desire and sexuality" and avoiding the <a href="/wiki/Homonormativity" title="Homonormativity">homonormativity</a> that other slash ships often fall into.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier-2015_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier-2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnlock fanfiction often frames their relationship as "fixation or obsession", which creates less healthy relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier-2015_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier-2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holmes' perspective is often used to defamiliarize romantic relationships, while Watson is a more conventional character whose narrative often involves complicating this conventionality.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier-2015_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier-2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fandom">Fandom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnlock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fandom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnlock fans are usually "young, female, <a href="/wiki/Queer" title="Queer">queer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neurodivergent" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurodivergent">neurodivergent</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Johnlock fandom largely grew on the social media site <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a>, while <i>Sherlock</i> fans on other sites tended to be more resistant to the idea of a romantic relationship between the characters.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poet <a href="/wiki/Richard_Siken" title="Richard Siken">Richard Siken</a> has written Johnlock fanfiction.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Romance author Kara Braden's first published novel <i>The Longest Night</i> was a revised version of her Johnlock fanfiction "Northwest Passage" with the central romance changed to a heterosexual one and "the serial numbers filed off".<sup id="cite_ref-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (March 2025)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some Johnlock shippers lashed out against <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Abbington" title="Amanda Abbington">Amanda Abbington</a>, who played John's love interest and wife in the third season. She received death threats from angry fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Romano-2013_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Romano-2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Johnlock_Conspiracy">The Johnlock Conspiracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnlock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Johnlock Conspiracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some fans believed that the romantic reading was intended by the show's creators <a href="/wiki/Steven_Moffat" title="Steven Moffat">Steven Moffat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gatiss" title="Mark Gatiss">Mark Gatiss</a>, a theory known as The Johnlock Conspiracy (TJLC). This theory gained prominence on the social media site <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> after the release of the third season of the show in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen-2018_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2018-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both showrunners have denied this, instead favoring explicitly heterosexual interpretations. The showrunners have repeatedly been accused of <a href="/wiki/Queerbaiting" title="Queerbaiting">queerbaiting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>TJLC fans relied on close readings of the show and interviews with the cast and crew to make their argument.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen-2018_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2018-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence fans have used includes Sherlock and John being repeatedly mistaken for a couple, the allegedly incoherent plot of seasons three and four which fans claimed only made sense with a romantic reading, a BBC report on its interest in developing <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBT</a> content,<sup id="cite_ref-Paskin-2018_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paskin-2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "the set designer's fondness for elephants", which Johnlock fans considered a coded symbol for the "elephant in the room" of John and Sherlock's love for each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The extent of the theories has been partially attributed to the two-year pauses in between seasons, which gave fans a long period of time to develop their theories without new source material.<sup id="cite_ref-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Why_Fanfiction_Is_Taking_Over,_2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The showrunners had been known to lie to prevent <a href="/wiki/Spoiler_(media)" title="Spoiler (media)">spoilers</a>, which contributed to some fan's dismissal of their denials of a romantic relationship between John and Sherlock.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some fans of <i>Sherlock</i>, including ones that themselves <a href="/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)" title="Shipping (fandom)">ship</a> Johnlock, strongly dislike TJLC, referring to it as "cult-like" and "crazy".<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TJLC has been criticized for harassment and <a href="/wiki/Doxing" title="Doxing">doxing</a> of other fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen-2018_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2018-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tyler-2020_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pop culture scholar E. J. Nielsen argues that the switch of fandom culture from <a href="/wiki/Livejournal" class="mw-redirect" title="Livejournal">Livejournal</a> to Tumblr, and a lesser degree Twitter, contributed to the spread of TJLC and the harassment that non-TJLC fans faced from TJLC fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fans that believed in TJLC became so convinced that the fourth season would end with Johnlock being written into the show that after the final episode of the season aired they began to expect a secret fourth episode, even watching the unrelated miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Apple_Tree_Yard" title="Apple Tree Yard">Apple Tree Yard</a></i> in the hopes that it would be the "real" final episode.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some fans reported mental health issues following their disappointment with the fourth season.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Diana_W._Anselmo_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diana_W._Anselmo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accusations_of_queerbaiting">Accusations of queerbaiting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnlock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Accusations of queerbaiting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176" /><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>In the course of the first nine episodes and holiday special, John and Sherlock's relationship is read as queer by a restaurateur, their new landlady Mrs. Hudson, John's ex-girlfriend, married gay innkeepers, lesbian dominatrix Irene Adler, Mrs. Hudson again (after she has known John for at least two years), and the in-universe British tabloid press, among others. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">E. J. Nielsen, The Gay Elephant Meta in the Room</cite></div> </div> <p>Both members of the <i>Sherlock</i> fandom and academic critics have argued that the show engages in <a href="/wiki/Queerbaiting" title="Queerbaiting">queerbaiting</a>: implying a queer relationship between Sherlock and John in the show without explicitly showing it, and while denying it in commentary by the showrunners and actors.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Characters in the show repeatedly mistake Sherlock and John's relationship as romantic,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which Watson denies with increased frustration or anger.<sup id="cite_ref-Diana_W._Anselmo_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diana_W._Anselmo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Martin Freeman, who plays John Watson, has described the series as "the gayest story in the history of television",<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while elsewhere denying that he played Watson as having a romantic interest in Holmes.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gatiss has said that "ambiguity is what's interesting" about the nature of the relationship between Holmes and Watson.<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann-2018_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann-2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moffat, Gatiss, and the actors have expressed frustration at fans interpreting the relationship between the leads as anything but platonic.<sup id="cite_ref-Nielsen-2019_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nielsen-2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Sherlock</i> is one of the most prominent examples of media accused of queerbaiting,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one of the primary sources of academic scholarship on queerbaiting.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> 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