#solitarylikeme

[mousedetective]

Your opinion on BBC Sherlock not doing the female characters very well

(This has been sitting in my inbox for aaaaaages, BTW...I have access again so I'm slowly clearing things out and answering as many old asks as I can).

I think that it's something they seem to be acknowledging (though not always in the best of ways...from what I've heard of the one panel that was supposed to be for the female actresses on the show, the fact that the men on the panel got most of the talking time and say on discussion topics kind of rubbed me wrong) if TAB is any indication, and I have hope that series 4 may be better, but I'm not entirely sure it will be? I think the problem is that when most people think of Sherlock Holmes in general, they think of "Holmes & Watson," and with the exception of Elementary and maybe a few other adaptations, you get two men. And while there are some fascinating women in the BBC!verse, the vocal "majority" of fans want the two men. And that seems to be who Mofftiss have catered to so far.

Now, will they always continue to cater to them? Maybe not. Mary got added in series 3, and she could be a character who's given an interesting role where she's not put to the sidelines as support (like Molly) or put in an antagonistic position (like Sally) or being "the dupe" (like Janine). And the roles for those three women could be improved in season 4 as well (if the latter two actresses return, at least...I'll be sad if Vinette Robinson doesn't come back because damn it, Sally deserve the chance to show she's grown as a character just as much as Sherlock has). It's just a matter of who's on their creative team and how much they feel like listening to the rightful criticisms that have been put against them. 

If they can give me one episode next season that passes the Bechdel test I'll consider that a good start to real improvement, and I'll have hope it will only get better from there. If not...well, they probably won't change, sadly. But the fact Rachel Talalay is on board to direct an episode gives me hope so my fingers are crossed, you know? We can only hope for the best at this point and then just see what we get when it all goes through editing.

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[didyoumisstea]

blue cup

blue: What song do you listen to when you're feeling down?

Well, if i'm trying to make myself happier I listen to lots of owl city because that never fails to make me happy (esp. Beautiful Times or Galaxies). If I want to wallow in my sadness I listen to Therapy by All Time Low or piano music.

cup: Do you drink Tea or Coffee?

Obviously according to my url I drink tea haha and I prefer that, but I've also recently started to drink coffee because we just got a coffee machine in the house and my friend loves starbucks haha

Thank you for asking!!

The post this came from, ask me stuff, asks tag

[deansmom]

green purple and of course the inevitable yellow :) Good night !

omG IM CRYIN

[evansyhelp]

Thank you so much for the PSD on poc

No problem!

[thebritishteapot]

solitarylikeme replied to your post: I’m so fucking done. Just give me my d...

*hugs* I’m told it gets better

thank you sweetheart. Sorry for complaining. I'm almost there..almoosssssst there

[pranksterprongs]

I got tagged! (:

I got tagged by Megan  who has an awesome blog and is a wonderful person so definitely check her out!

Rule #1: Always post the rules. Rule #2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked, then write 11 new ones. Rule #3: Tag 11 new people and link them in this post. Rule #4: Tell them you tagged them.

1. What’s your favourite type of cake?

Anything with apples <3

2.Top 5 bands/singers/groups

This is HARD, okay? Just going to base this on whose music has influenced me/my life most.

1. Queen

2. Ed Sheeran

3. Avril Lavigne

4. Maroon 5

5. Whitney Houston

3. Least favourite subject in school?

Geography *shivers*

4. What is one of your fondest memory from when you were younger?

I never wanted to go to sleep, like I was a really horrible toddler when it came to sleeping. So my mother had to put me on her lap and they had to either put on Snow White (the Disney version, obviously) or, ever since I was 5, Blade. I refused to go to bed without having watched either one of those. And although it's not really that happy a memory, it really makes me feel peaceful and gives a little of a happy buzz when I think of watching Blade with my father or Snow White with my mother.

5. If you could dye your hair any colour (damn the consequences) what colour would you chose?

BLUUUEEEEEE. I have just bought blue hair chalk and I can't wait to try it out.

6. If you started a youtube channel what kind of content would you post?

Hm, I'd probably start a booktube I think.

7. Favourite avenger

Thor or the Captain

8. What songs do you listen to when you’re sad?

Simple Plan - What If 

Any song by Gabrielle Aplin

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (because that song gets me singing like no other and it cheers me up almost instantly)

Any song by Taylor Swift, really.

9. If you could have any animal as a pet what would you pick?

Hm, a wolf? But since a wolf would probably eat me, I'd pick a regular dog.

10. Name something in your room/house that you couldn’t live without (ignoring the obvious)

My books.

11. Favourite fictional characters (maximum of 10)

Humpf. Only 10?

In no particular order:

1. Jace Herondale (tmi)

2. Will Herondale (tid)

3. Daenerys Targaryen (got)

4. Pam (true blood)

5. Robin Hood (Scarlet series)

6. Ignifex (Cruel Beauty)

7. Celaena (Throne of Glass, BECAUSE GOD DAMN THAT GIRL IS AWESOMESAUCE)

8. Falin (Alex Craft series)

9. Pritkin (Cassandra Palmer series, he's hawt, he's merlin, 'nuff said)

10. Dimitri Belikov (VA series)

(AND I AM GONNA BE A REBEL BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE IN HERE AND YOU CANNOT STOP ME)

11. Adrian Ivashkov (VA and Bloodlines series)

My questions to you;

1. Vigilantes or ninja turtles?

2. Favourite superhero?

3. Capes or no capes and why?

4. Which Disney movie would you like to live in?

5. Favourite book of all time?

6. What's the last movie you saw?

7. What colour are your socks?

8. Windows or Mac?

9. Sundays or Saturdays?

10. If you could live anywhere you wanted, where would it be?

11. Who is the hottest band member you can think of right now?

People I tag:

Véro

Sarah

Anne

Jessica

Sami

Siham

Leepaceless (I believe I called her my Russian boyfriend in a duster at some point heh :'D So how can I NOT tag her?)

clueing-for-looks

little-town

hazelgracr

sansablaine

I'm not going to send each and everyone of you a message though, 'cause I'm going to go ahead and assume that you all track your tags :D

[callmegabbyy]

Once you get this, please write 5 nice things about yourself and then pass it on to your favourite 10 followers :)

1. I've been extremely productive in practically everything the past couple weeks.

2. I got 96% on my first test/midterm of uni!!

gosh this is difficult

3. I have a loving family.

4. I can cook well. when I set my mind to it.

5. I have this amazing friend across the seas that I look forward to meeting one day

ps. tumblr never notified me about this ask so sorry if im two weeks late

[rominatrix]

Hey hi hello your blog is super awesome I'm so glad I found it :) Do you tag the johnlock?

Thank you so much!! =)  I don't usually get this kind of messages so thank you, really :)I do tag johnlock when johnlock occurs hahaha. Just check my tags page and there should be a link to my johnlock tag :)

[fyeahsherlockandmolly]

:D This blog is awesome! Just found it from a rec by petratodd and omg *squeals at all the sherlolly*

Thank you! Petratodd is amazing so I’m glad she recs us to people! It’s nice to have a boost in followers and a boost in Sherlolly to all squeal over together!

[shnakay]

1. Always write the rules.

2. Answer the questions of the person who tagged you.

3. Write 10 new questions.

4. Tag 10 random people.

5. Tell them you tagged them.

6. Tag me in your responses.

Tagged by jaegermon uvu

1— What is the most embarrassing thing you own

i have a Grell Sutcliff body pillow that i bought when i was 14 and it embarrasses the shit out of me but i absolutely love it so thats okay

2—Are there any words/phrases that you started saying ironically and now you can’t stop saying them

Goshdiddlydangdarndoon and i cant stop.

3— What is your favorite kind of bread

Rye bread~ ouo 

4— What’s your favorite smell

Oh man when theres a lot of snow and you take a deep breath and it freezes the inside of you nose and wow thats the best smell ever woww

5— Are there any songs that you associate with certain memories when you hear them? What are they

For grade eight graduation they played "one step at a time" by Jordin sparks and now whenever I hear it its just like wowow nostalgia

Also I was in a musical and we sang somebody to love by queen and it was so much fun and that song just makes me soso happy 

6— If you could be any wild animal what would it be

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm id probably be a wolf because I really like wolves ouo

7— Whats your favorite episode of your favorite show

THIS QUESTION IS SO UNFAIR HOW DO I CHOOSE U BUTT  well in dw it's definitely The empty child and for spn it is certainly the mystery spot and for sherlock deff the sign of three for kuroshitsuji its wench butler fo shure and snk its ep 6 and my god i could go on all day i dont think u understand wowow

8— Do you like dogs and what is your favorite kind of dog because everyone likes dogs

oh my i think i like huskies the best because they are so pretty ouo

9— Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck

definitely 1 horse sized duck so that i could tame it and ride into the distanceon my majectic dick duck

10— How do you like your eggs

Sunny side up so i can dip my toast in them becaus e its so fun to dip toast in eggs and yum ouo

Now here are my questions~

1- What is your favourite game?

2- If you could live anywhere (and i mean anywhere distant galaxies, sherlock land, trost, hyrule, any.where.) where would it be?

3- what is your favourite flavour of icecream?

4- what is your favourite food?

5- what is something really embarrassing that you dont regret doing

6- if you could be anything what would you be?

7- what is your happiest memory

8- do you have something that you treasure above anything? what is it~?

9- on a scale of one to our 13 year old selves how lame are these questions

10- if you havent noticed ive run out of questions so im resorting to what is your favourite colour~?

Tagged people: jaegermon, painteddaisystudios, godkingofspace,  circusfairy, solitarylikeme, watsonyourfacejohn, Kaori-phantomhive, the-nestene-consciousness, wm3pyro

[the-game-is-somethingg]

Frankly I'm fine with the 48 hour rule. But I'm tagging mine sherlock anyway just for a week or if I get into the habit then always. Also not all the posts are spoilery? like the 'I moustache you a question.. watson your face' on my blog rn one didn't really happen? a lot of it is crack, and i'm not tagging it as spoilers. also do you have xkit? that helps :)

haha yes I have xkit, tumblr is honestly unusable without it.thanks for writing, I thinkkkkkk, I will now stop, because it's annoying and I've written that word down about 654766473 times in the past 2 days and I still mispell it 90% of the timeI still tag everything as 'sherlock' though, so people can blackist it anyway!I just really didn't want to spoil this for anyone, because I know that sucks

[callmegabbyy]

although the plan was to defer university acceptance until the fall and go to mcgill. Im currently registered as a part-time student in uni and I'll be taking a couple classes. so yes you heard me im now in UNIVERSITY. holy crap how did that happen? time to update my about me page

[danglingthpider]

solitarylikeme replied to your post: solitarylikeme replied to your post: T...

:| I’m not too familiar with the meaning of this term but it sounds like.. queerbaiting?

In this case it's just someone with a wikipedia account fucking with the fandom

[oreides-blog]

I think you're getting followers for the comeback about tutoring someone on kissing because the class was full? thats why i'm on this blog anyway. also your banner looks like original art so that's always a plus

ohhhhh my god. are you serious ???

that's it, that's the sign from god, she's telling me to turn this into a 24/7 kissing blog

[marymrstn]

boy keeps forgetting to buy eggs for his aunt, in the end redeems himself after kicking a reptile's butt.

the amazing spiDER mAn?