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okay so the way I look at it: At the time, friendship was respectable (and romance was not) so it was called friendship (but it was romance)

tbh I think catteries' response was more one the money thought. Brett is known for referring to Holmes and Watson as great friends etc, glorifying their friendship. And he had some very good and close friends, so I can imagine he would be sad to see that become impossible/embarrassing between men.

“It was friendship when friendship was allowed and respectable.”

— Jeremy Brett about Holmes and Watson

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We were watching the glass blowing competition show on netflix because it's really cool to see those talented artists do their thing...

But I will NEVER forgive the judges for eliminating an amazing artist who's concept was that plastic hamster tubes are actually dangerous for hamsters yet they are normalized in our society so they made a beautiful glass rendition of an endless loop of colorful hamster tubes as an expression of how we can be trapped by society in a loop of behavior that is normalized but actually killing us

And the judges were like "this isnt DEEP ENOUGH" because they dont care enough about hamsters to learn and interpret the artist's statement at the level it was meant for.

They literally saw the glass renditions of colorful tubes that represent suffering and being trapped in a glossy predesigned hell and went "this is too normal and isnt saying anything important actually" Fuck them!!!!

Anyways Gemma should have won and I'm so happy to see that she didn't let it stop her amazing concept and she continued with it outside of the time constraints of the show. Fuck yes Gemma

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what writing fic is always meant to feel like

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"The prophecy was unambiguous and immutable."

"I know."

"No weapon forged on Earth could defeat the Lord Baarthus"

"I know."

"And yet here we are, you telling me, Lord Baarthus was struck down by the Peasant King. Wielding... just a regular sword. Forged on Earth."

"I know what I saw, okay! The Peasant King walked up to him, shoved the sword in his neck, and then just kept going. It was nasty!"

"Okay, okay, fine. Clearly what's happened here is there's some kind of loophole in the prophecy that enabled this. Happens all the time. No weapon forged on Earth... How sure are you that sword is of this world?"

"What do you take me for? I've done my research. Even tracked down, interviewed the original blacksmith."

"There must be something. Prophecies can't be wrong!"

"I mean... I didn't take stock of her inventory. If it was one of those meteorite swords..."

"No, no. The prophecy didn't say 'No weapon with parts sourced on Earth'. It was pretty specific about the Forging."

"I don't hear anything better coming from you!"

"How about this. What if it wasn't a weapon? The Peasant King... it'd only be fitting for him to slay the Dark Lord with a blade meant for peasantry! Not a weapon, but a farming tool, like a scythe, or a really long trowel--!"

"A long trowel?? It looked like a damn sword!"

"That doesn't mean anything! A ritzy, college-educated diviner like you, you wouldn't know a trowel from a ploughshare!"

"It had a hilt, and a pommel, and it went in a scabbard-- come on! Even if it was some kind of-- newfangled grass cutter I've never heard of, it was used as a weapon, and it was forged to be a weapon! I've seen the ledgers!"

"Clearly you screwed something up, madam, because the Lord Baarthus just got sliced up like an old dairy cow and the prophecy very clearly specifies the only instrument that could bring his end is--!! Oh. Ohhh. Oh, gods damn it."

"What?"

"Fucking... 'forged on earth'."

"Yes, and?"

"It wasn't forged on earth. It was forged on a fucking anvil."

"What? No, you're-- you're joking. That wouldn't-- that couldn't-- what weapon would be forged on earth, by that definition!!?"

"I hate prophecies so much..."

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I'd truly be the worst person to stick into a timeloop because I'd really just spend the first 5 years catching up on my book tbr, the next 7 on all the movies and shows that've Been On My List for ages, and then another decade on ao3. like sure nothing may stick but my memories will and i can just go into a supermarket to get snacks and wine each day, and i have art to indulge in. like thanks for the hints on how to get out but respectfully, I am busy

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*releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free

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and then they end up doing just that in the Devil's Foot

Thinking about the part in the Devils Foot where Holmes is like “Watson my dear come and sit opposite me by this window and see what happens :)” and Watsons like “Ohh of course, I’d do anything for you Holmes” and then realises that he’s taking poison damage

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Epigrams are indeed quite traditional, so I get they seem more formal when compared to a modern kind of poetry, which might seem more flexible and informal.

Anyways, it's so cool to hear these old forms of poetry/song inspire new forms!

As for the mental Pompeii graffiti - bathroom scribbles link, yeah, that's inevitable. In so many ways it's the exact same thing and it's wonderful imo.

wait you don't have those

to my absolute horror and delight i realized that the phenomenon of the so called "small-pie-poems" (i will make sense of this in a bit) is specific to the russian language! so strap in for a quick explanation of this little wonder

they are called "pirozhki," which is literally "small pies," a popular eastern european baked good with filling. pirozhki poems are just like that: tiny and amusing. they tend to contain some kind of joke or ironic observation

from the formal standpoint, pirozhok consists of four lines and is written in iambic meter, usually with little to no rhyme or any kind of punctuation. the last line can be cut shorter to add to the comedic effect or have different foot

under the cut there are some examples of pirozhki from my third year of uni when my translation prof made us translate a bunch of them for our finals, enjoy

a quiet place under a sofa

that's where left socks come to meet

they all discuss the right ones there

and also politics, a bit

when God created humans, He

had to add labor for a chimp

but cats were left untouched, for cats

turned out perfect from the start

and my favorite one

a seal lies on the beach all happy

contented fat and so sanguine

although I'm not a seal be sure

I'm also capable of this

i gotta add that this task contained several pirozhki with damn literature references and word play and it was an absolutely sadistic thing to give to us. i enjoyed every minute of it

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¨Came back wrong¨ but I actually came back better than ever, people are just stupid and refuse to believe such a fact

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It’s weird how everyone hating you when you’re nine years old still affects your self esteem when you’re 26 like yeah nobody came to my birthday party but that was like 17 years ago why is it stopping me from going to a gay bar

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On the chase!

Running cycle practice. This took me nearly 8 hours 😬

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INKTOBER DAY 19: ANTIQUE, Sherlock Holmes in 'The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez'

Tried something a bit different, using text from the story in the background. This version of Holmes is based on the illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele.

A bit of a challenge for me. Thank you for the prompt to experiment, @bluebellofbakerstreet

You can find me on AO3 and KoFi.

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1st oc: hi im just a normal highschooler im kinda depressed but i swear im not a mary sue

30th oc: