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*Clearly* Mycroft is the best bet. There’s no guarantee Sherlock would be interested in the case. Hudders has the cash but might freak out, Moriarty and Irene are loose cannons and can’t be trusted, John and Molly don’t have the money, and there’s no way kidnappers would call Lestrade directly, but Mycroft has both the money and the power to get it sorted. Simples.

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Edit: WHY ARE YOU ALL VOTING FOR JOHN?! HE HAS NO MONEY!!!

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I like it, but ‘everything we’ve ever wanted’ is still a way off yet for me. I’m grateful there’s no sign of Mary (yet?), but there’s no Johnlock (yet?) either, the constant blaspheming is getting a bit wearing (if you’re going to have the characters swearing, have them make some different choices) and Sherlock has made some OOC grammatical errors. (Yes, I’m a pedant.) Still, I’m glad it’s breathing some new life into the fandom.

BBC SHERLOCK FANS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO SHERLOCK & CO YET WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE ITS EVERYTHING WE’VE EVER WANTED PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON

#Sherlock #sherlock & co #sherlock fandom

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Yooo guys fill out this form 4 me please!! For fun. It's for my university research. I'm looking into Sherlock BBC impact on people's perception of Sherlock Holmes. But most of all I'm thrashing it relentlessly.

Link to google forms!

Would really really appreciate it!!!!

(Totally forgot to mention — it's about perception and association, not knowledge! So if you don't know a lot you're very welcome to participate anyway! It's also super short n quick)

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Seriously wish more international Johnlock fic authors would follow Very British Problems. It explains so much.

Absolutely using this as a Johnlock writing reference

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It's always

"When will fanfic writers update their stories?"

And never

"Does this fanfic writer have adequate enrichment to engage in writing behaviours?"

Fanfiction writers (Scriptor fictus) are intelligent animals who need plenty of enrichment as well as encouragement! If they're stuck in poor conditions (e.g. have studies, work, have to actually write to have something written) then they require the proper enrichment to engage in more healthy behaviours, like writing. Remember, due to poor breeding and socialisation, over half of all fanfic writers suffer from low self confidence and executive dysfunction so take care of them!

Give your fanfic writers proper care. Fanfiction writers are a life long commitment.

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Christmas John, before & after the fall getting married.

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If you are a fan fic writer and you're alright with people making fan art of your fic, reblog this 💚

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Still love this.

Sherlock + Tropes series: Fun With Subtitles

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I love looking at the Appledore scenes having visited Swinhay House. It’s stunning, with its own bowling alley/swimming pool/cinema room/library/etc, and yet no one really lives there. Bizarre. Also I just like thinking ‘I stood on that patio; I ate cake at that table…’ And another thing: it has an orchard with beehives. Pleasingly Sherlockian.

#Sherlock #his last vow #Appledore #sherlock location

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I love this suite but hadn’t seen the video before. I now want to watch it with split screens so I can see all the musicians in more detail. Sigh. It’s SO GOOD.

The Orchestra, Mrs. Hudson, is on fire!

Sherlock Live Suite, performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, 2020 (X)

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Still in need of answers to these.

Logistics and Suspension of Disbelief: Why The Final Problem Was, Literally, a Problem

I think the strangest part about TFP from a neutral audience perspective is that it just…doesn’t make any sense. There were SO MANY plot holes. SO MANY loose threads. To the point where i’m amazed the BBC put it through? Did no one look at this script from a reader’s perspective? What really stood out to me were two things:

The errors of logistics, both in terms of story and literal physical movement (how did the characters get, physically, from point A to point B? and of course, in terms of story, how did we get from the end of TLD to the beginning of TFP?) How do the plot points connect, and where?

The amount of suspension of disbelief required just to accept that the episode itself exists, that it happens, let alone that it makes sense. Because for an episode of a show that is ostensibly set in reality (as in, what happens on the show, while fictional, could plausibly occur in actual real life) there is a hell of a lot of suspension of disbelief required to get through it. To the point where I think time travel might have made more sense. This episode required Doctor Who levels of suspension of disbelief, and for a show that prides itself on being gritty and real, that is a ludicrous expectation to have of its audience.

I have more specific queries listed under the cut. There are many of them. Note that these aren’t meant to be answered; rather, these are meant to illuminate the fundamental problems with the writing of the episode itself. (Though I’d love to open up a dialogue!) They concern mostly TFP, but questions from the rest of the series cropped up as well:

Keep reading

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I don’t know what the Metatron’s up to, but if Heaven was following biblical precedent, then there is certainly plenty when it comes to picking unlikely people to have key roles in the story. Jesus’s genealogy, for example, includes a murderer/adulterer (King David) and a sex worker (Rahab). Both are explicitly named as having served God in crucial ways.

Moses (also a murderer, though you could argue for provocation) was chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt despite having a speech impediment that he tried to use an excuse for not doing the job and getting Aaron to do it instead. Jonah was furious at the idea God would help the Ninevites and ran away on a boat in the opposite direction rather than take them the message God had asked him to deliver, so God sent a storm. Jonah confessed to the boat’s crew that the storm was probably about him, so they chucked him overboard, the storm stopped, and God sent a fish/whale to swallow Jonah, take him on the three-day journey to Ninevah, and then vomit him up in the right place. Paul, the New Testament’s greatest evangelist, was a fervent persecutor of the early church (he was present at the stoning of Philip, for example) until God spoke to him in quite a spectacular fashion and he did a 180º turn.

So yeah, rebellion is not exactly an obstacle and often it seems almost a prerequisite for being used by God. 😉

Meanwhile back in GO-land, it wouldn’t surprise me if, contrary to what Crowley thinks, God actually likes the suggestion box idea and enjoys engaging with the ones who ask questions (see Jacob’s ‘wrestling with God’, for example). That’s certainly the impression I get. I see the Metatron as a disapproving Pharisee type character, putting his own spin on what God wants, overcomplicating the whole set-up, and therefore spectacularly missing the point of what God is about.

Hope that’s helpful, happy to discuss more/provide specific Bible references if you like.

Bonus: A song about this subject, just because I like it.

So there's one thing about which I haven't been able to come up with a satisfying theory yet.

I think we all understand why Aziraphale thinks he needs to go to heaven. To fix it. And, from the moment he heard about it, to stop the Second Coming.

But why does the Metatron want him there? Why go through all that trouble and effort to manipulate Aziraphale into willingly going to heaven and accepting the position as Prime Archangel? He knows Aziraphale would never really help to bring the Second Coming about. He knows he will do anything to stop it, as well. So why come up with such a complex and subtle manipulation scheme to get him into that position?

To kill him? If the Metatron knows that Aziraphale is not actually immune to hellfire, he could kidnap and kill him much easier the way they did at the end of season one, this time taking more care to catch the right angel.

To erase his memory? Again, why manipulate instead of simply kidnapping him.

To imprison him? The same.

I am not well versed in religious lore, where I grew up (protestant part of Germany) it's mostly background noise and the apocalypse isn't exactly thought to be appropriate to teach kids in Sunday school.

So I'm mostly asking the theology side of Tumblr: why would / could Heaven need a rebellious Archangel for the Second Coming?

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #good omens metatron #good omens theory #theology #good omens theology #crowley #aziraphale #metatron #god #Christian theology #go2 spoilers #go2 meta #go2e6 #Bible #Youtube

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Hello, @goodomensonprime! 🙂

#good omens #good omens 3 #pay your writers #pay your actors #renew good omens

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It’s the fourth one that leaps out at me. HELLO. The little exhale as he looks Crowley up and down. 🔥🔥🔥

→ Michael "acting choices" Sheen in Good Omens 2

#good omens #aziraphale #good omens 2 #michael sheen #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #aziracrow

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And yet Maggie does. Hmmm. 👀

Hiii!!!! Does Crowley make spelling mistakes just as the rest of the demons? :)

Nope.

#go2 #go2 spoilers #good omens theory #go2 meta #good omens 2 #maggie #suspicious

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