Can’t be on tumblr bc of the seniors trip but wanted y’all to know I can’t stop thinking about Clara Oswald that woman makes me go crazy and I’d make poems and religions around her
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bipolar bisexual diane pride icons
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Tim coming out to his brothers
Tim: Guys…. I’m bi
Jason: Bi polar?
Tim: Well, yes actually, but-
Dick: Bi lingual?
Tim: Also yes, but-
Damian: Bipedal?
Tim: Yes- what? Why wouldn’t I- ok now you’re just messing with me-
Duke: Bicycle?
Tim: [with his face in his hands] Bisexual. I’m bisexual guys
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Izzie Steele
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
DOB: N/A
Ethnicity: White - British
Occupation: Actress
Note: Has bipolar
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I finished Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart Davies.
I found it a touching tribute to a severely underrated icon who suffered with bipolar and ultimately deteriorated from heart failure related to taking lithium (plus being a super heavy smoker and being ill as a child). Devastating, really.
Brett was the most sparkling Sherlock Holmes and yet apparently had to tone down his natural charisma 99%--only show "cracks in the marble"--to assume the role. I wonder what it would be like to be remembered as someone who burst into song over dinner tables and regularly sent bouquets of flowers to everyone in their life, down to the smallest film crew personnel.
This was one of my favorite anecdotes, recounted by David Burke at The Northern Musgraves' Jeremy Brett Memorial Lunch:
Jeremy said to me on one occasion, "I was feeling so low the other day that I sent myself a fan letter."
'"Are you serious?"
'"I'm absolutely serious."
'"What did you write to yourself?"
'"Dear Jeremy, I would just like to say what a wonderful actor you are. Your Sherlock Holmes puts every other attempt at the part in the shade. Basil Rathbone is not fit to clean your boots; and Douglas Wilmer and Robert Stephens should beg you to give them lessons. You're much prettier than all of them, for a start. There is only one word for your performance—magic. Please send me a signed photograph. Yours, Joe Bloggs. P.S. I've heard that you're a really nice person, too."
'"Did you really write that?"
'"Yes, I did."
'"Did you send it?"
'"Yes. I put a first-class stamp on it. I wanted to get it as soon as possible. It came the next morning."
'"And did you read it?"
'"Of course I read it. I read it a dozen times. I felt wonderful afterwards."
'"Well, did you send yourself a signed photograph?"
'"David, I may be mad—but I'm not barking mad! In any case, the bugger didn't send a stamped addressed envelope!"
He really was much prettier than all of them. Prettier than Benedict, even.
I also loved this quote from Davies about Brett's manic energy:
With Jeremy, when the wind was in the right direction, possibilities became certainties, thoughts became realities, and wishes were the truth.
The book was an easy, fairly engrossing read, but I do have a major criticism. I am among the ranks addressed in the 2002 afterword who believe it was a gross injustice to gloss over Jeremy Brett's bisexuality.
It is one thing to say you're focused on his time as Sherlock Holmes and technical aspects of filming and not writing a true biography, fair enough, but quite another to make mention of both of his wives and not either of his high profile male relationships (who both died of AIDS, by the way). And then to say that some other "salacious" biographer could address that, if they so liked. It's not salacious to acknowledge that the man was queer. Queer erasure causes significant harm to our communities. So while I do recommend the book, definitely supplement with Wikipedia and other sources.
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