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when you rediscover music you used to listen to years ago and it’s still good.

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WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE BLOG??!?! 

COME ON YOU GUYS THIS IS GOLD

IT’S FULL OF STEAK PUNS

you guISE

!!!!!

MEAT PUNS. SEXUAL MEAT PUNS COME ON.

THEY ARE SASSY

not all the time tho, but it’s still cute

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS???

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Guys who try to use the “Are you on your period?” as way to end an argument always amuse me. Because it gives me the excuse to lean in close and whisper.

“I started my day by waking up in a pool of my own blood. Is that how you’d like me to end yours?”

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Stabin Tressure??? 

i didn’t know I wanted this AU so bad

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Friend: Why do you have the same song 10 times on your iPod?

Me: You don't understand there's the original version, new version, acoustic version, and 7 live performances.

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if you think your family is dysfunctional remember that zeus got a woman pregnant but she burned to death so he rescued the fetus from her ashes and sewed it into his thigh and gave birth to it himself and that fetus is now the god of wine and sexual deviancy god bless

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“accepting religion is accepting ignorance!” “religion is just a fairytale!” “you cant accept science and be religious!”

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Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

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PERMISSION??

PERMISSION!

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Thank you, Jimmy Fallon.

Last night, while watching Benedict on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy started talking about #letsdrawsherlock, and I was immediately wary. I’m sure any fan watching was expecting a repeat of the Graham Norton fiasco, where Norton pulled out explicit Johnlock fanart to show Martin on the show, clearly making fun of the art, the artists, and the ship.

Instead, Jimmy was nothing but respectful and impressed with the fanartists’ talent. As you can see in these caps, that’s even the title of Benedict’s segment on Fallon’s website - “Benedict Cumberbatch Has Talented Fans.” Let’s count the things Jimmy Fallon did right that are in direct opposition to what Norton did wrong:

He chose art that would be easily recognized as “good” by non-fans. This isn’t to say that the art Norton showed was bad, but there is a lot of fanart that is less technically skilled because, well, it’s done by non-professionals who are still honing their craft. Other fans appreciate it because we understand the intent and emotion that went into it and often watch artists develop over time, but a non-fan mainstream audience might not see anything special. Jimmy chose pieces that are technically awesome - he put fanart’s best face forward, so to speak. Nobody can use the technical skill as something to laugh at here.

He kept shipping out of it. I ship johnlock as hard as anyone, but a non-fan mainstream audience doesn’t understand ships, much less slash. Regardless of the fact that there are some technically awesome and beautiful johnlock works in Let’s Draw Sherlock, much of Jimmy’s audience would laugh at them instead of appreciate their beauty. Again, Jimmy is specifically avoiding works that would be easily laughed at.

He showers them with praise. They’re awesome, the fans are great and talented. Not once does he encourage either the studio or home audience to laugh at either the art or the artist. He is impressed, he wants his audience to be impressed. The studio audience responds in kind - they seem to come into it expecting to see things to laugh at, but are startled and a bit quiet when Jimmy pulls out the Van Gogh. They do laugh with Rosie, since that one clearly has a bit of humor in it. And they cheer for King Tut.

This is how you present fan art on your show respectfully. There was still a little humor with Rosie, it didn’t get overly serious. The studio (and likely home) audience were clearly entertained. Benedict wasn’t embarrassed. Hopefully the artists are pleased with how their art was presented (I haven’t seen anything from any of them).

I’ve often been lukewarm on Jimmy Fallon, but this earned him a new fan.

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for the record, please do not print out fanfiction I’ve written and have anyone sign it