Joan Watson

Joan Watson is a modern-day reimagining of the Sherlock Holmes character John Watson on the CBS show Elementary. The actress who portrays her is Lucy Liu.
==Canon History==
Joan is a former surgeon who quit the medical profession after a patient died on her table. She first met Sherlock Holmes when she was hired by his father to be his sober companion. They became friends, and after her time in that role had ended Sherlock offered to teach her how to become a consulting detective. They lived together for the first two seasons of the show, but in the season two finale Joan was in the process of moving out. In the next season, Joan eventually moves back in.
In her personal life, Joan has ex-boyfriends named Ty Morstan and Liam Danow, and during the second season she began a relationship with Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, that ended when he faked his death. Her mother is Mary Watson, a Chinese-American woman; her birth father has schizophrenia and is homeless; her White step-father gave her family the "Watson" name. She has at least one brother, named Oren, and one half-sister, named Lin Wen. Her friends outside of her life with Sherlock include Carrie Dwyer and Emily Hankins.
==Fandom==
===Common Pairings===
Sherlock Holmes/Joan Watson is by far the most common romantic pairing, and the dominant pairing in the Elementary fandom.As of 22 May 2013, 278 of the 1,033 Elementary fics on AO3 are tagged Joan/Sherlock. The next most common pairing is the femslash pairing Jamie Moriarty/Joan Watson,As of 22 May 2013, 32 of the 1,033 Elementary fics on AO3 are tagged Joan/Moriarty. and minor pairings include Joan/Marcus, Joan/Ms. Hudson, and Joan/Carrie.
===Fanon and Common Tropes in Fanworks===
== Fan Reactions ==
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
*All I Want for Christmas is You (to Help Me Find Evidence to Take Down a Brainwashing, Kidnapping Cult) by Margo_Kim: Joan/Ms. Hudson fluff written for Yuletide 2013. (2,972 words)
*Games We Don't Play (link) by igrockspock: Joan/Marcus developing relationship and Joan & Sherlock friendship fic. Written for Rare Women 2013. (3,374 words)
*A Lopsided Symmetry of Sin and Virtue (link) by language_escapes: Joan/Sherlock fake married casefic from Joan's POV. (25,610 words)
*maybe she's gone and i can't resurrect her by thatcolossalwreck: Joan/Moriarty. (2,689 words)
*waltz across naïve wood floors. (link) by paperclipbitch: Platonic Joan & Sherlock slice of life fic. (4,101 words)
===Fan Art===
File:Joan_Watson.jpg|Joan Watson by Yu Lyn Chen|alt="illustration of Joan in a what and black striped shirt, she is turned to the left, but is looking at the viewer. The bottom half of the white background is splattered in black paint"
File:6_Joan_Watsons_by_ebonhawking.png|6 Joan Watsons by ebonhawking|alt="Six sketches of Joan Watson from Elementary. From top to bottom: Joan’s profile; Joan looking sidways at the viewer with her arms crossed; Joan sleeping in her bed; Joan looking straight at the camera; Joan smiling while hunching down to look at something; Joan seated on the floor reading some papers with her back to the viewer."
File:Joan_Watson_by_suanlee.jpeg|Joan Watson by suanlee|alt='Hyperrealistic digital painting of Joan Watson from Elementary in profile, with the collar of her trenchcoat pulled up around her face"
File:JoanWatson_by_athingthatexists.png|Joan Watson by athingthatexists|alt="Black & white digital drawing of Joan Watson from Elementary in three-quarter profile"
File:41_Watson_by_rflaum.jpg|Portrait #41: Joan Watson by rflaum|alt="illustrated head and shoulders portrait of Joan in a purple blazer looking up, on a soft green background"
===Fan Vids===
*My Secret by such heights
===Meta===
* by variousqueerthings
==Archives and Communities==
*Joan Watson tag on AO3
*Joan Watson tag on FFN
*Joan Watson tag on tumblr
==Links and Resources==
*Joan Watson on the Elementary Wiki.
*Joan Watson tag on Elementary Meta.
*Joan Watson character studies on Elementary Meta.
==References==
Category:Elementary
Category:Sherlock Holmes Characters