#martin freeman appreciation post

[jobooksncoffee]

Irresistable ♥️

Appreciation post: Martin Freeman lovin' his music

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[meandhisjohn]

For @totallysilvergirl

My way to thank her for her kindness and support.

These two pages are done to honour the author, Sherlock, John and Roberto.

And one of the best novel like fanfiction ever.

Read here:

Thank you @totallysilvergirl and I truly hope you will like my way to see the Baker Street boys and their handsome intruder.

@keirgreeneyes @bewitched-bullet @johntrashwatson @watsonsdick @watson-holmes221b @holmesianlove @bencdaily @cheekbonesofbenny @discordantwords @free-martinis @martinfreemanseyebags @sannapersikka @sherlockspeare @bluebellinbakerstreetarchive @bluebox-123

@inevitably-johnlocked @ineffable-idiot-666

@lisbeth-kk @a-victorian-girl @mrb488 @grace-in-the-wilderness @gregorovitchworld @hum-apke-hai-kon

@our-future-is-up-to-us-2 @that-cinnamon-kid @whatnext2020 @semiprofessionalmom @eclectic-confusion

[purple-link]

I can appreciate Douglas Adams being interested in science to the point where he's respected by respectable scientists when reading his books, and I'm just like...not that? If I'm writing a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fan-fiction, science takes a backseat to relationships, drama, and the consequences of the two clashing.

Not that I'm not interested in science, mind, but I want to make it clear why Eoin Colfer didn't hit as hard as people may have liked. Douglas called himself a wordsmith, he had a certain way, which I will not be explaining at present, and when other people "write like Douglas Adams" and trust me, I'm guilty of this, it becomes increasingly clear why his writing stands out so well.

Now, I like me some "And Another Thing..." and that means that I have to fall back on the series, not the writing style, for me to enjoy it the most (plus, I really don't like Earth blowing up for real, so it's a nice little bit of extra). Eoin Colfer writes a bit differently, but he's got a bouncier style than I think Douglas Adams had. Not bad, just different.

In my experience, I also add quite a little bit of extra information in my writing. My problem with writing thus far is that I can't stop thinking and explaining. I'm not trying to handhold the reader, but if the very act of typing is tacitly pleasant, then you can understand why this post is already so long, lol.

My favorite part of Science Fiction and Fantasy is that you don't have to hit the bullseye every time. Even Douglas was guilty of this, as most of the stuff he wrote have since passed in time as inaccurate (I'm still not really sure about that whole "30 seconds of air" bit). After a certain point, you just start writing fluff, and fluff is fun to write, but it's not exactly reader friendly.

What's great about Douglas Adams is that he isn't afraid to explain to the readers, but doesn't talk them down, either. I've yet to master this.

[Context: FIFTH BOOK IN LA]

"[Arthur] gazed out at the Pacific as well. There were little sandpipers running along the margin of the shore which seemed to have this problem: they needed to find their food in the sand which a wave had just washed over, but they couldn't bear to get their feet wet. To deal with this problem they ran with an odd kind of movement as if they'd been constructed by somebody very clever in Switzerland."

(Btw, watch videos of sandpipers, they're funky little critters.)

Short, concise, fun to read, while also making the reader interested in nature, Earth, science, or whatever. He doesn't need whole messy paragraphs to point that out.

He can also test the reader's understanding, as when he went the extra mile and compared the whole magnificent "creation of Earth" thing to the rather mundane almost tedious atmosphere of one big creative output, with help from a guy who had nothing better that he wanted to do than make fjords. Almost like an office job. That's how far he can push that sort of line of thinking.

It makes sense when you think about it, and it's very clever, but if you're not invested fully into science, like me, it can go nearly over your head. I quite like thinking about alternate realities, and how far I can push that, but I'm not like "string theory" and "quantum mechanics." I can just about understand that R17 joke and leave it at that. Still, it's always worth a shot.

Science is something to respect, not throw away. I think people tend to forget that, sadly.

Eoin Colfer isn't an over-explainer, but he did put in a little bit of work with relationships and trying to get characters from point A to point B. At this point in the story, I'm well invested in the series, and will follow it to the end. But I can kind of get why people are a bit peeved with Colfer for his entry.

As for me, I'm nowhere near Douglas Adams, and right now, that's not my main goal. I do eventually want to work toward that goal, but until then, I'd really rather like to hear him talk, or have Martin Freeman read it to me.

If I ever get to write a science fiction series that gets insanely popular, I want to make it clear that, while I am in fact inspired by Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I am by no means trying to write like it.

And I don't need to. And that's fine.

[topsyturvy-turtely]

hello to tumblr!!!

✨appreciation of some blogs ✨

a post for the very loveable @jawnscoffee, whom i finally persuaded to come to the dark side join tumblr!

here are a few blogs i love (but i for sure forget about 500 people so don't take me accountable)

some of my favorite johnlock writers include:

@totallysilvergirl @7-percent @discordantwords @helloliriels @silentauroriamthereal @khorazir @blogstandbygo @lisbeth-kk @lololollywrites @mutedsilence @jobooksncoffee @fluffbyday-smutbynight

favorite artists:

@justanobsessedpan (that's justbeyourself on wattpad!!) @kitten-kin @stephdrawsjohnlock @kettykika78 @petite-madame @spooksicl-e

favorite johnlock fic rec blog:

@inevitably-johnlocked (honestly can't think of any other ones right now 💀)

benedict cumberbatch appreciation blogs:

@thelostsmiles @elennemigo (who else?! please tell me!)

martin freeman appreciation blogs:

@safedistancefrombeingsmart @xeniawatson @colourfulwatson

bbc sherlock roleplay blogs:

@consult-sherlockholmes @consultjohnwatson @atamh @di-greglestrade @twireneadler @chatwithmolly @therealharrywatson @mrs-hudsons-blog (are there more???)

other fun (maybe a tiny bit random) (johnlock) blogs that i can think of rn:

@whispersfrom221b @loki-lock @jawnn-watson @catlock-holmes @peanitbear @a-victorian-girl UGH SO MANY I WILL STOP NOW BUT THIS IS A SMALL START FOR NOW!!!

*throws badly cut out paper hearts at all of you* feel free to add other blogs! 💚💚💚

[panelshowsource]

If you had to pick a top three favorite episodes of any panel shows EVER, which would you choose? One of mine would have to be Terry Wogan guest hosting old NMTB, which I am dying to watch again in my lifetime. Your old-NMTB-posting reminded me just how amazing and formative those old episodes were for me. Anyway, it got me thinking… I would love to hear yours!

as long as i'm allowed to answer this totally subjectively...! because the objectively most iconic panel show episodes are probably quite different to the ones i gravitate to especially for rewatching — and especially in this difficult recent climate 🫥

this choice is almost bizarre knowing me, a huge huge huge sean lock fan, but this episode of cats does countdown — without sean! and not even golden era, probably, whatever that is in my mind — is so ridiculous and chaotic and stupid that i've watched it about 1000 times. there's something very specific about the dynamic between jimmy, jon, roisin, and joe without sean; those four have been in quite a few episodes without sean and they're like actual children without an adult in the room: jon is goofier and completely lets go of the game, jimmy throws even more to roisin (we do not talk enough about what a fucking kick jimmy gets out of her), roisin and joe's insane sibling dynamic becomes next level. anyways—this episode, which includes rly funny mascots, glory hole, the fucking hoop game and joe eating an onion and jon eating peppers???, THE UNICORN, its sheer childishness just cracks me up every time :') (if we're gonna mention the golden age, 2.02 is very iconic — from rhod killin it and always arguing with jimmy to claude to nick x susie hahaha but i have sooooo many catsdown episodes i love love love)

i really love the episode of 8 out of 10 cats following jimmy's tax scandal. it's not one of my favourite panel shows in general, but the circumstances of the news and the discussion epitomised what the show was meant to be: panel show meets reality tv meets a comedy central roast. watching that live, as the news was running it so heavily that even the prime minister mentioned it, as the press and twitter were reacting to it... wild times. it holds up incredibly well — it's hilarious watching them rip him to shreds, because he deserves every word and they're having a ball doing it to him, and i really appreciate jon grounding the conversation in just how tax avoidance hurts their country and some of its hardest workers — a really interesting, engaging mix of comedy and anger and wit and disappointment and political commentary that is not only funny but strikingly relevant no matter how much time passes. like so, so many people who were so, so disappointed in jimmy, this was the foundation of his carrying the responsibility, shame, reflection, and growth that people wanted to see — and that he truly needed to. since then he's talked a lot about not only righting the wrong (in paying back what he owed in avoidance) but just how the system is so broken — and taking the least complicated, most honest road forward since.

now i want to pick 1000 different things this is why i don't make lists or rank things!!!!! while my instinct is to pick a big fat quiz, i'm actually gonna go top-level nostalgia and say this episode of buzzcocks when stephen fry was a guest. what can i say — simon, stephen, it was two intellectual, mildly bitchy homosexuals on a stacked panel including josie long, dominic cooper, and yet another skinny white rock man for simon to pretend he's not trying to flirt with. stephen saying "there is a history, in pop music, of recto-veginal insertion" and denouncing god, like, in the first 5 minutes? stephen doing the intros round?? did i mention history boys-era dominic cooper??? such a throwback!!! (not to cheat but this ep with josh groban & martin freeman is my runner up)

i want to apologise to big fat quiz, taskmaster, wilty... THE WHOLE HISTORY OF PANEL SHOWS... I WISH I COULD CHOOSE YOU ALL

[watsonsmedicalblog]

Not quite dead yet x -JM

I see someone is posing as the infamous James "Jim" Moriarty, who in my source was known to be Sherlock Holmes' as well as my, enemy. I have very few memories of this character besides what I have watched of the Televised version created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (Watson means the BBC show with Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch). Unless you are another introject, you are simply playing pretend. It certainly does not scare me, nor should it. You are incapable of discovering any personal information about our location, and even if you could, there is next to no reason to use it to your advantage. If anyone wishes to truly spark fear into my mind and heart, they must try exponentially harder. Though I appreciate you giving me a reason to front for a while and a reason to post onto this blog. If anyone were to have any questions or bits such as this they'd like to share, they are more than welcome and are truly encouraged. (We don't want Watson getting bored, he gets sad when he's bored. Makes him miss Holmes in source. We are trying to derail this habit, which is why he has this blog - 🕶) Until next time lovely fellows! Signed, John H. Watson, M.D.

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[hislittleraincloud]

Hello, first and foremost, I would like to thank you for giving the community Under Virgin Circumstances. I have been a very big fan of Martin Freeman ever since. I have read many MANY fanfics with MF characters in them. But when I read UVC, your characterizations are very on point, and I can imagine them saying, thinking, and behaving in your UVC. What I can't get over is the audio you've provided. It promoted it to the very next level. I love reading fanfics, but hearing them in their "voices" hits very differently. Thank you so much, and please do not tire of giving quality fics.

I think you're the first friendly stranger (apart from the fic wives) to appreciate the audio enhancements.

I did longer ones for my Wednesday Afterburn series, and the UVC one would've been longer if not for my character limits on the AI (yes, I paid for access, but I'm poor af and can only afford the basic with limited characters per month 💀). If I ever get a better package heh package, I can do more in less time and I would LOVE to make the entire thing an audio book. Programming doesn't take me too long, I took less than a day to do the one I posted...ofc me being me, I did The Kiss in a day as well, but left the foley out for a couple months before I finished it up for publication.

I have lots of Jairo (and Fill It Black/Willmore) story to write (including their Gap Year), but I need to work on and finish the last chapter of Satisfying Afterburn within the next couple of months. Howeverrrr...I often get wild hares [sic] up my ass and will suddenly publish a surprise or an extra (like the UVC audio! TOTALLY out of the blue because I was curious to hear how good Freeman's voice would be and I was checking up on my AI sites for updates).

I've always thought that Freeman is a great actor, but dang all of that Johnlock stuff back in the day saturated my fyp (I wasn't in the fandom at all) and had me tuning him out for a bit. But now he's got the beard and 🫠💦 I just wish he had been directed to do more during the fantasy scene in MG. Not because of MY fantasies, but because of hers/Cairo's. She wrote some SEX in that thing and what we got was Lifetime 'erotica'...BUT I will say that this was very hott (the fluid movement of those fingers is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥)

Hnng. And of course on the flip side, her hottest moment was

But I digress. And am not ttly looking at his hand on her ass....

As far as characterization goes, thank you. I try. The popular media that grabs my attention tends to envelop my brain. My favorite thing to do is bring secondary characters to the forefront and tell their stories, since everyone has a story.

I love doing the audios and consider myself more of a multimedia fan fiction artist these days, I won't tire of that, but I do wish I had a better system (than programming each individual line and then having to save each one, then stringing them together...my Download folder is a mess of all of their voices)...thank you for noticing, and thank you for your readership. I feel so welcome in Freemanland thanks to Miller's Girl/UVC.

🥹🫴🏽💖✨

Ha ha, we just had an earthquake...New Yorkers sending it back to us Californians

ETA: My manners got swallowed by the appreciation of the praise, so you're welcome. (I often forget to say that.) Fans/readers are always appreciated, regardless.

[meandhisjohn]

AU Headcanon:

" You go to my head "

I recently showed you my character chart for @jbaillier series and I totally agree with her that Imelda Staunton is perfect for Violet Holmes and our mind palaces filled with our favourite doctors.

And today I've found this pic and besides the fact that it is truly beautiful it fits perfectly into my little episodes I play in my mind on a daily basis....oh that's embarrassing 😳

Anyways...

This is Dr. John Watson happily embracing his mother in law Violet Holmes in the foyer of the Savoy hotel where on a medical gala event Sherlock gets a price for his achievements in shunt research.

John who always got along much better with Violet than her own son is truly pleased to see her there and hope Sherlock will be appreciate the fact that she tries to be proud and supportive.

@7-percent @discordantwords @keirgreeneyes @bidoctor @crazyatyou @gaypiningshit @hisfavouritejumper @helloliriels @inevitably-johnlocked @johnlockiseverywhere @johnlockficclub @missdeliadili

[fluffbyday-smutbynight]

cutie patootie. nothing else to add, my honour

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

Martin as Paul Worsley in Breeders S02E06 ‘No Choice’

aka the blue denim shirt appreciation post

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hi Steph.

Happy Friday to you.

Hope all is well.

Steph I recently became a Freeman fan like I'm obsessed 🤣🤣

I always loved the boys but Martin took over quite heavily lol so I was looking for fics where John is the centre of attention.

Whump or Romance everything is welcome!

Thank you so much as always we would be lost without our blogger Steph ❤️❤️❤️

Hi Lovely!!

Oh GOSH you're far too kind... Thank you so much for the praise, I really appreciate it!

As for John-centric fics, I have a whole section on Page 4 of my Fic Rec Masterpost that's just John Fics:

JOHN-CENTRIC FICS

John During the Hiatus

John During the Hiatus Pt. 2

Past Sholto / John (Mar 2019) // Past Jolto (Nov 2019)

Jealous John

Jealous John Pt 6 (March 2023)

BAMF! But Insecure John

John Has a Beard

John’s Friends Find Out About Sherlock

John’s Friends Find Out Pt. 2

John’s Internalized Homophobia

Internalized Homophobia Pt 2

Mute John

Soldier John (May 2019)

Soldier John NOT before ASiP (AU)

BAMF and/or Soldier John (July 2020)

BAMF and/or Soldier John Pt. 2 (Nov 2022)

Army-Related John Fics (Sept 2020)

John’s Dog Tags

Slutty John

Pining John

Pining John Pt 2

Pining John in S4

John’s Giant Junk

John Chooses Sherlock Over Mary

John’s Red Pants

Clueless / Oblivious John

Not-So-Oblivious John (Updated June 2023)

John Plays an Instrument

John at the Surgery

Possessive / Obsessive John

Angry/Cranky John

Insecure John

Three Continents Watson Fics

Post-Divorce John

POV John First/Second Person Pt. 1

POV John 3rd Person Pt 1: Fluff, Humour & PWP

POV John 3rd Person Pt 2: Whump & Hurt/Comfort

POV John 3rd Person Pt 3: Angst, Angsty Fluff or BAMF John

Specifically Jealous John b/c of Other People (Apr 2020)

John’s PTSD

Trash John

Gay John

And here are some additional lists that focus on John Whump:

John Whump / Sherlock Takes Care of John

John Whump / Sherlock Takes Care of John Pt. 2

John Whump / Sherlock Takes Care of John Pt. 3

John Whump / Sherlock Takes Care of John Pt. 4

John Whump with Guilty Sherlock

John Has Cancer

These lists are your best bet for Just John fics!

If anyone wants to suggest their new fics recently written, please let me know!

Hope you like this list!! :D

[missdrarrydawn]

martin freeman is the greatest man earth has ever and will ever know you can't change my mind i'll die on this hill

[jobooksncoffee]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Love John Watson!!

I REALLY need some good looking John pictures!! There are always such beautiful Sherlock pics but i NEED some good of John too!

Anonymous said to inevitably-johnlocked: Why do i just find beautiful Sherlock pictures but none of John?! I need some beautiful pics of him!!

Not sure if you’re the same Nonny, but this is for you! I’m not the best person for this, but I’m gonna try, since John deserves some love too, especially with how he was treated last season. :D

(warning for mobile users: Image Heavy, sorry!)

I was literally going to go through the entire series and screencap every single scene of John for you, but this post would be like 5000 miles long at that point, hahahah! Here’s a nice start for you Lovely! 

John fans, feel free to add your most beautiful John pics!

[colourfulwatson]

I wanted to post these paintings for Martin’s birthday but I got the 2nd shot of the vaccine that day so I wasn’t able to finish them until yesterday. But here they are! I hope Martin had a great birthday ❤️

Plus: what they look like on my desk :D

[magerightsyeah]

I swear its not just because I’m in love with Martin Freeman but I am in love with Bilbo Baggins

This man has so much love in his heart and for what??

For me that’s what.

I want him to make me a nice cup of coffee and talk about his day

I want to fold his clothes and leave them neatly on his bed so he doesn’t have to worry about it while he works on his book

I want to wrap my arms around him and kiss him from behind while I set freshly baked scones in front of him because he can forget to eat when he’s working

I have a lot of feelings about Bilbo Baggins okay??