My dad's lack of media comprehension serves as a fascinating litmus test for gay subtext. He "didn't pick up on any gay breadcrumbs" between Stede and Ed until the moment they kissed, but he knew that Will Byers was gay just from "it's not my fault you don't like girls" in series 3. It took him way too long to realise that there was something fruity going on in Killing Eve, but he fully believed that Sherlock and John ended up together
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I need more cute Johnlock asap😭 please 😭
Got you covered
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Having read a fair amount of Poirot as of late (the first two novels and most of the short stories in Poirot Investigates), the thing I’ve overwhelmingly come away with is that Poirot and Hastings both are and aren’t what pop culture would have you think that Holmes and Watson are like.
Poirot is outwardly conceited, thinking the best of his own abilities while deriding those of the people around him. Hastings especially falls victim to this, being teased for “not seeing” and manipulated more than once as Poirot withholds the facts, and being resentful of Poirot’s arrogance while also being unduly arrogant himself - nearly every single one of his own proud deductions turns out to be intensely wrong, and he is also prone to foolish or reckless acts in the name of trying to score one off Poirot. Holmes and Watson, on the other hand, certainly have their faults, but their relationship is not so tempestuous, and Holmes is kinder and Watson less foolish than is often presumed by those who have not read the canon. Holmes, while possessed of some immodesty, never flaunts his intelligence so dramatically as Poirot does, and Watson is largely faithful and amazed by Holmes’s deductive capacity, and though occasionally annoyed is almost never resentful.
However, what I like about Poirot and Hastings is the way in which they aren’t like Holmes and Watson as painted with the pop cultural brush - namely that, like the original Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings are unquestionably fond of each other. Their tiffs and petty spats are always contrasted with their affection, if not shot through with it in the first place. Poirot may speak ill of Hastings’s intelligence, but it is shown multiple times that he does not genuinely want to hurt his feelings, and he always asks Hastings to come with him on his cases - not because Hastings always provides any material aid, but because Hastings is his friend. Hastings may tease Poirot and think condescendingly of his mannerisms, but his laughter is always fond, and he admires him and desires his praise and respect just as much as he worries for him and wants to help him in potential times of need. Most importantly, despite their arguments and many differences (age, culture, temperament, just to name a few) they remain steadfastly together (with many year living voluntarily under the same roof!) and ultimately both wish and facilitate each other’s happiness.
They are more difficult than their Doyle-penned forbears, but for that there is no less love.
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Can you imagine what being Professor Moriarty's student was like? You have a very dedicated Mathematics professor, who also has a degree in Astronomy, and he tries his best to make everyone understand what he says despite the limitations of having a bunch of different students with a bunch of different learning styles, and he's just so nice; a bit overly strict with schedules, but he never humiliates you for forgetting an assignment. He probably donates his money to associations that seek to help immigrants or something. His eyes lighten up whenever you show interest in one of his areas of expertise outside of lecture hours, and he infodumps about how the Sun will die one day to you. He takes jokes well despite the resting bitch face he carries around.
And then one day you hear he was killed by Sherlock fucking Holmes and that he was a mobster.
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am i saying that because victor is queer he and sherlock dated while in uni? well im not not saying that
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petition:
someone in at least one of the following fandoms to be besties with.
- Harry Potter
- Percy Jackson
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Criminal Minds
- bbc Sherlock
- marvel (preferably spiderson and irondad, but exceptions can be made)
plus points if you read fanfiction.
that's all, thank you.
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It's funny how these two shows can be so therapeutic and yet leave you feeling a little emotionally drained.
Oh wait, not a little
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Waheyyy! Check it out guys! I officially hit 221 followers today!
(Well actually I surpassed it and hit 222 but the kindly @rubystar2 unfollowed me for a moment so I could get the screenshot, so thank you again!)
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All the years of being obsessed with sherlock I never understood why the doctor who fandom had such a Complex about moffat like I never really thought about him that much in relation to sherlock. But I get it now. Doctor who is a different experience. It feels like he actively wants to tank the show (a la 30 rock “we have to tank NBC lemon”) and then he hits you with a moment or episode that’s so poignant you think “wow what a show” and then the next episode he’s putting out a banana peel and laughing at you for tripping on it
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