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Oh geeze, I’m not good at tricks. We used to have a family April Fools joke where you take a rubber band and a paper clip and wind it up in a little envelope and you tell someone “I’ve got rattlesnake eggs” and when they open it the bag rattles and shakes.
Yep, it’s true, it’s time! Time to celebrate Sherlock and Halloween, because come on, they’re a natural pairing! Skulls! Murder! Disguises! Mysteries! Candy!
Okay, okay, not so much on the candy part, but you get the idea…
So, you want to be a part of the fun? Here’s what you gotta do!
- Reblog this message so more people can have fun with us!
- Sign up HERE no later than October 7th!
- Look for an email from Sherlock Seattle no later than October 10th with your list of people to send cards to!
- Start getting cards ready in the meantime!
- Mail out Halloween cards no later than October 20th to be sure that they get to where they are going in time!
- Put a little something on the envelope so they know what it is and not to open it until the 31st. SSC and a little skull or a pumpkin… whatever! 😉
- HAVE A BLAST OPENING UP ALL THE AWESOME HALLOWEEN CARDS YOU’RE GOING TO GET!! BE THE ENVY OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS!
That’s it! So easy! 😀
Anubis: How do you feel about death?
Atum: What are your greatest imperfections?
Bastet: Do you have any cats?
Hathor: What brings you joy?
Horus: What is one thing you’ve had to fight for in your life?
Osiris: Do you believe in the underworld?
Ra: Do you have any major responsibilities or importance?
Thoth: Do you like to read/write?
Arawn: What is the most terrifying thing you’ve ever done?
Bran: How is your health?
Brighid: Tell us about your relationship with your father.
Cernunnos: What is your favorite animal?
Danu: What is your relationship with your mother?
Morrigan: What do you think happens when we die?
Olwen: What is your favorite flower?
Rhiannon: Have you ever been betrayed?
Bragi: What kind of music do you listen to?
Freya: Have you ever been in love?
Freyr: Do you have any children?
Hœnir: Are you a silent or talkative person?
Iounn: How old are you?
Loki: What is the best trick you’ve ever pulled on someone?
Odin: What is your family like?
Thor: Would you consider yourself pretty powerful?
Tree: What have you done with your life? What are you going to do with it?
Aphrodite: What do you think of yourself?
Ares: Are you an easy person to anger?
Athena: Would you consider yourself an artist?
Apollo: Do you play any instruments?
Dionysus: Do you drink?
Hades: Do you have a bad reputation?
Hekate: Have you ever tried to communicate with the dead?
Hermes: Have you ever stolen anything?
Poseidon: Are you a moody person?
Zeus: Are you a confident person?
Jupiter: Would people say that you are intimidating or fairly approachable?
Pluto: Where do you think we go when we die?
Apollo & Dianna: Do you prefer to be up during the day or at night?
Mars: Have you ever gotten into a fight?
Minerva: Do you generally give good advice?
Proserpine: Have you ever felt trapped?
Plutus: Do you have a job?
Venus: Have you ever had your heart broken?
Vesta: Do you like being home or do you try to get out whenever you can?
Morpheus: Do you daydream often? Of what?
Spoiler alert: adulthood is 96% of you going “well, I hope this is how it works and I’ll keep doing it till someone yells at me”
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SLICE THEIR PALM TO GET BLOOD. do you know how many nerve endings are in your hand?!?! why don’t they ever cut the back of their arm or their leg or something omfg
me everytime a character in a movie has to get a few drops of their blood for some ritual bullshit (via jtoday)
WHILE WE’RE AT IT, why do people try to cross those skinny bridges over lava/chasms/whatever by walking upright. IT’S CALLED CENTER OF GRAVITY. get on your hands and knees and crawl across that thing. HUG IT. SCOOT YOUR BUTT ACROSS. “but i look stupid!” lalalala but we’ll avoid that ~dramatic moment~ where you almost fall over and die because your damn fucking self wanted to look COOL
(via jtoday)
and stop yanking IV lines out of your arms the minute you wake up in the hospital
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That is a broadsword, why are you fencing with it
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There is a freaking door right there. Stop smashing through windows, damn it.
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yes, mr. action hero, I am aware that running dramatically from the baddies at breakneck speed is important, but know what else is important? NOT GETTING SHOT. RUN IN A FUCKING ZIGZAG PATTERN ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE MOOKS WERE NOT COACHED IN MARKSMANSHIP BY THE IMPERIAL STORMTROOPERS.
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Oh, hey, you there, sneaky hero-type breaking into any place for any reason? WEAR SOME FUCKING GLOVES. They’re called fingerprints, dumbass. You have them and you’re putting them all over the fucking place.
(via dawnpuppet)
If something really fucking huge is falling on you, don’t FUCKING RUN ALONG THE LENGTH JUST TAKE LIKE TWO FUCKING STEPS TO THE SIDE
(via takshammy)
wEAR A FUCKING HELMET OBERYN YOU LITTLE SHIT
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This morning I went to an event in a park, where an Oral Storyteller, a Seanchaí, performed under the 1,000 year old Allerton Oak [a tree where people have been meeting since 1086]
I knew that a Holmes story was on the agenda, along with several others, it was billed as an ‘oral tale of Sherlock Holmes and his best kept secret.’ Yep…you guessed what that secret turned out to be!!
The seanchaí, Jonty Monahan, prefaced the story by explaining it had been in the oral story world since 1900, and had been past around in pubs and underground clubs, mainly in the avant-garde and bohemian worlds.
Jonty then told the story of Holmes and Watson hunting Spring-Heeled Jack around the streets of Liverpool and meeting the famous gang the ‘Rips’. [So called because they met in grave yards – from R.I.P on the tombstones.] The leader of the gang blackmails Holmes with something he has discovered and this leads to Holmes failing to solve the Spring-Heeled Jack mystery. The subject of the blackmail is later revealed to Watson; Holmes and Watson had been caught in flagrante delicto in their hotel room by a bell boy who had told the Rip Gang leader. At the end of the story, a sad John Watson, reflects that if it hadn’t been for Holmes seeking to protect John from scandal and divorce, Sherlock Holmes would have been the toast of England having caught Spring-Heeled Jack.
Speaking to Jonty after the event, I asked about his feelings on Mary Morstan or other Watson wives, in light of the story. Jonty summed it up eloquently;
“Mary or any other wife were merely a deflection in the original stories and consequently hid an aspect of Doyle’s modern thinking and insight into alternative forms of true love. Just as Holmes led in the world of forensics, he and Watson also had the chance to allow conservative readers to understand how a homosexual love affair could be stable and an asset to society. But the culture at the time won out.”
I like that summation. Maybe the culture is receptive now? Softly Softly we go! It was a lovely surprise to have a m/m century old fan fiction told to me in great detail and with great storytelling skill.
If people don’t think that Watson was showing how a same-sex love affair could stretch out over decades, they were clearly reading the wrong books.
