#not every goddamn tv show is bbc sherlock or lost

[baltears]

why is the idea of close reading a tv show so insane to people. how is it different from close reading a film or a book or a poem. it's a text like any other text and is open to being read as a text

#luna and i are complaining about this but i had to complain some more #like it just feels so obtuse to me. why are you acting like this isn't a piece of art that can be analyzed #why are you operating under the assumption that the decisions that created what youre seeing on ur screen were somehow random or arbitrary #or were made without thought being put into them #not every goddamn tv show is bbc sherlock or lost #honestly i think failing to see where a project was made thoughtfully and intentionally is a failure to meet a text where it is #just as much as snobbishly discounting the value of less sophisticated/more 'lowbrow' art is a failure to meet the text where it is #i just sometimes get in my feelings about everybody wanting to be a critic without recognizing that being a good critic is a skill. like #it takes work. it takes thought. it takes practice. it takes attention. it takes a level of charity and graciousness #but most people just shit out any unconsidered opinion and call it a day without even thinking anything of it #like. art always deserves to have its due ykwim and so often things just don't get their due bc no one cares enough to pay attention #occasionally they'll get unearthed and critically reevaluated and seen for what they are. but sometimes that never happens. and that sucks

[sunken-standard]

I wish I had it in me to write right now, because the Misfit!lock universe has so much potential.  (See this post)

Sherlock the swot, whose crazy sister was never actually crazy, just super smart and nerdy and outshone him at every turn.  Never even so much as smoked a cigarette and had exactly one pint of cider his first day of uni, which made him violently ill.

Molly, who lost her optimism and cheerfulness because the hits just kept on coming after her dad got sick.  The booze was there when she just needed to get away from everything else; the fags were a bad idea, but they kept her upright when she was days without food and couldn’t handle the thought of eating because it would mean she was losing control.

John, who thought about joining the army to become a doctor but took out loans instead; he settled on plastic surgery because there was still money to be made in private practice, despite all the patients that flocked to Eastern Europe for new noses and chin implants.  Sure, he spends most of his days sucking the fat out of hedgefund managers’ wives’ asses and injecting it into their lips instead, but he spends three weeks every year with Operation Smile because he needs to feel like he’s doing at least some good for the world.

Mary Morstan, who was born alive to two loving, middle class parents and got decent marks in school and decided nursing was her calling; she never liked her hair because it was the kind of white-blonde that looked like it came from a bottle, so she started dyeing it to make herself appear more mature, serious.  Another round of NHS cuts meant she was out of a job when the care home shut its doors; she didn’t know a lot about plastic surgery, but she did know all about paperwork and ticking boxes.  The affair with one of the partners of the surgery wasn’t something she planned on, it just sort of happened.

Janine, whose handbag got stolen on her way to her interview for an internship at that giant media company; she found out just how useful a journalism degree is and gets by writing topical content for websites that exist solely to sell ads.

Kitty, who learned the same lesson as Janine, but did manage to land in the corporate sector, just not how she ever expected.  Turned out if you understood the fine art of bullshit and using a lot of words without saying much of anything, you could become a department head. 

Moriarty, who got laughed at by Carl Powers, but then happened to see him outside school getting yelled at by his dad for growing out of another pair of goddamn trousers, fucking useless twat with no respect for how hard I work to put food on the table, see how well you and your useless mother would get on without me and decided maybe he hated the wrong person.  Turned out Carl and his Mum were better off, after all.  Then a chance encounter with magic mushrooms at the age of 14 led him to search for the outer limits of human perception; he met Seb at a rave and he needed a flatmate and hey, he got him his job in IT, so.

Mycroft, who didn’t have the weight of the world on his shoulders from the age of 13 and was actually able to rebel like a normal kid.  He went to uni and made the right friends and still runs the British government, but he smiles sometimes.

Mrs. Hudson, who moved from Miami to Las Vegas when Frank got nicked; she started in the burlesques and worked her way up to the big shows.  By the 80s she’d aged out of the ostrich feather headdresses and sequined bodysuits, but there were always other stages.  Community theater didn’t pay, but she didn’t need the money anyway; the housing boom in the 90s meant all that useless scrubland she’d bought for a song put her into a tax bracket two zeroes higher than Frank’s during the height of his “import” business.

Anderson, who became obsessed with history, not science, when he was 12, and has dedicated his life to getting Ronald Hutton banned from the BBC.  He spends most weekends volunteering at different living history museums.  It’s also how he met

Sally, who wanted to be a cop, but got scouted for a modeling gig at age 15, which led to an appreciation for costuming, which just kind of snowballed into a graduate degree and a string of jobs for theatre and TV and then eventually curation and restoration of historic textiles.

Greg, ...well, this is how I picture him like 20 years ago anyway, so there’s not much different about him.

(and I know there’s a version with Irene in the post, but I’ll be fucked if I’m going to find it, so we’ll just say she starts an organic goat farm somewhere in the West Country with Kate and they have dogs and a popular Instagram full of pictures of twigs and moss and them holding hands and looking beautiful in wellies and eiderdown vests)

#I just spent like an hour typing this up #and i was doing something before i started #and now i have no idea what that something was

[rapmonphile]

getting to know me

i was tagged by the incredible and sweet @chim-jiminie-cricket to do this question game! tysm chim, ily!!

your last . . .

1. drink: a s’mores frappuccino from starbucks

2. phone call: i literally never talk on the phone but it was probably with my mom (tbh ......i was probably at the grocery store and called her in a panic bc i couldn’t find smth)

3. text message: i sent my sister a screenshot of that post that’s like “i wanna run away but like in a ghibli movie .....” bc we spent all day yesterday watching ghibli films

4. song you listened to: polarize by twenty one pilots

5. time you cried: um this is embarrassing™ but it was a few days ago bc i’d been having a Bad Week and the last straw was when i went to dairy queen and when they turned over my blizzard n handed it to me (why tf do they do that) it made a goddamn mess and got all over my shirt and seatbelt and i was so mad i started crying jhhgsdghhg

have you ever . . .

6. dated someone twice:  no but i did almost date the same guy like 4 times in high school (it was so needlessly complicated.... i sometimes wonder what would have happened if we’d ever gotten it together and started dating)

7. kissed someone and regretted it: u m i have actually never kissed anyone tbh

8. been cheated on: no

9. lost someone special: yes

10. been depressed: uh yeah i think i might be depressed? but it also might just be my anxiety but idk who knows man

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: no, i don’t drink and i’m legit terrified of throwing up

list 3 favorite colors

12-14. mint green, oxblood, and hunter green

in the last year, have you . . .

15. made new friends: yes!! so many, esp on here

16. fallen out of love: nope

17. laughed until you cried: yes :’)

18. found out someone was talking about you: hmm no i don’t think so?

19. met someone who changed you: lmao i literally hate this question.......,, i mean yeah i guess? i mean nothing dramatic but i think everyone you meet changes you a little

20. found out who your friends are: ohhhh yes

21. kissed someone on your facebook list: no, ew

random questions

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: most of them, the ones i don’t know are friends of friends or we went to the same high school (i never use fb though so it rly doesn’t matter to me)

23. do you have any pets: yeessss i have a pit bull and she’s the single love of my life

24. do you want to change your name: no i don’t think so, mags is just a nickname but my real name is p unique and even tho i wish people could spell/pronounce it on the first try, at least idk anyone else with my name

25. what did you do for your last birthday: one of my best friends has a bday like 5 days before mine, so we just combined our birthday celebrations and us and a couple more friends went to steak n shake and saw beauty and the beast together

26. what time did you wake up: 9:20 am

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: watching the gong show, lmao

28. name something you can’t wait for: i’m going to a music festival in september and i’m soooOOo excited!! also i can’t wait to go to the beach with my family

29. when was the last time you saw your mom: i am looking at her rn

30. what is one thing you wish you could change in your life: i wish i wasn’t so afraid to do new things and i wish i didn’t have so much anxiety about things that literally everyone has to go through (i.e. change)

31. what are you listening to right now: my mom running around putting things into boxes (we’re moving soon)

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: u mean 707′s neighborhood friend tom? ... yes i actually have met someone named tom

33. something that is getting on your nerves: it’s too hot in this room and i am dying

34. most visited website: tumblr or youtube

35-37. ok so i’ve answered these same questions like probably 10 times over the years and these 3 q’s have literally always been missing. whats the deal

38. hair color: rn it’s brown with blonde highlights

39. long or short hair: it’s getting longer

40. do you have a crush on someone: no

41. what do you like about yourself: hfgdhs idk ,,, i think i’m a fun person and i won’t judge people for liking “weird” things bc i have a lot of ... eclectic interests and i hate how it feels to be teased for that

42. piercings: i just have one in each ear.... i want a cartilage piercing but i’m scared of pain and also it bugs me that you can’t remove it for like 6 months

43. blood type: that’s a good question, i should know that but i don’t

44. nickname: mags, except ppl in real life don’t actually call me that lmao

45. relationship status: single and tbh i’m comfortable with it, i tried dating recently and tbh it is so fucking exhausting

46. zodiac: i am literally a textbook aries

47. pronouns: she/her

48. favorite tv show: the office, bbc sherlock, gravity falls, or anything on the food network/hgtv

49. tattoos: none, i’m scared of pain and commitment

50. right or left handed: right

51. surgery: never had one, thank god

52. piercing: um,,,.,, repeat question

53. favorite sport: tbh i hate sports but i am completely obsessed with the olympics, particularly swimming, diving, figure skating, and women’s gymnastics (seriously.... idk if any of you followed my main during the olympics last year but it was p much all i blogged about)

55. favorite vacation: disney world (i go every year and i went this january but i’m missing it so bad rn)

56. favorite pair of trainers: i have a pair of light gray and light blue nikes that i looooove but i’ve had them for like 3 years and they’re getting worn out

57. eating: nothing, but i did have an eggo waffle this morning

58. drinking: ice water

59. i’m about to: finish packing up my bedroom :(

61. waiting for: my mom to take a shower so we can go grab lunch (there’s literally no food in our house since we’re abt to move)

62. want: the ac to kick on so i can stop dying (it’s already so hot today)

63. get married: hhdgsd idk, ,,, probably (i always say how much i hate romantic shit but tbh i can’t wait to find someone who makes me rethink all the cynical stuff i’ve ever said about love)

64. career: don’t even ask i’m gonna have an anxiety attack (i’m in college and haven’t declared a major yet can u tell)

which is better

65. hugs or kisses: hugs, kissing grosses me out a bit tbh

66. lips or eyes: both (but if i had to pick i’d say eyes i think)

67. shorter or taller: don’t rly care but i guess i’d pick taller

68. older or younger: older

70. nice arms or nice stomach: both (or either)

71. sensitive or loud: these aren’t mutually exclusive but i’d say sensitive

72. hook up or relationship: relationship

73. troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant

have you ever . . .

74. kissed a stranger: no

75. drank hard liquor: no

76. lost glasses/contact lenses: no, my glasses are 100% always on my face

77. turned someone down: yes

78. sex on the first date: mm no

79. broken someone’s heart: yes :/

80. had your heart broken: yes ://

81. been arrested: lmao NO

82. cried when someone died: yes

83. fallen for a friend: yes lmao

do you believe in . . .

84. yourself: i try to !!!!!!

85. miracles: yes

86. love at first sight: no dude... that’s honestly such a dumb notion in my eyes

87. santa claus: um tbh i wish?? like every time i watch rise of the guardians i’m like “that is 1000% what santa would look like” and then i wish he was real

88. kiss on the first date: i wouldn’t want to, just bc i’ve never kissed anyone and i want to get to really know someone first bc i’m so nervous when it comes to things like that

89. angels: no, like i believe that loved ones who’ve passed on can watch over you but i think that’s different from angels

other

90. best friend’s name:  eva and kendall

91. eye color: hazel

92. favorite movie: i have millions....,,,,, the secret world of arrietty, monsters university, tangled, big hero 6, how to train your dragon, power rangers, ghostbusters (2016), the incredibles, teenage mutant ninja turtles 2, ratatouille, jersey boys, zootopia .... i’m forgetting a million but yeah. i love animated films, esp. disney/pixar

tagging

i’m literally not tagging 20 people but if i didn’t tag u and you wanna do this, pls pls go ahead and tag me in it!! also i’m soooo sry if i tag you and you’ve already done it/been tagged. anyway i tag: @bbysucculents, @yxonkook, @yoobin-nie, @missmarymoo, @escapaertist, and literally anyone else who wants to do this!! tag me in your answers <3

#ty again chim this was fun and ur answers were cute #I was tagged