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Watching Sherlock, being introduced to tjlc and identifying strongly with both john and sherlock did two things in my life: 1) even tho i’ve seen gay characters before, it was the first relationship that slapped my face and made me understand that the LOVE John and Sherlock share is just the gradual progression of profound friendship. I realized in retrospect that my best friend and I behaved exactly like johnlock and fell out with too much unsaid between us and a terrible heartbreak
that made no sense to me because i didn’t even entertain the possibility that i could have loved her, I didn’t think such a thing could happen until i had this realization and it was too late, which is why i relate to sherlock in tsot and the continuing angst SO much. It made my life make sense. And 2) for the first time i found characters in ‘mainstream media’ (cuz sherlock is popular here) who really taught me love has no gender or any boundaries whatsoever.
And i’ve realized since then i like girls and identify as queer. Bonus : Ultimately, they’re telling such a hopeful story. It not only validated my entire existence, which up to this point has been me being confused & unsatisfied, constantly questioning what the fuck was wrong with me for not being into guys the way I was into girls, even tho it’s the ‘default’, normal choice, but it also made me truly BELIEVE it doesn’t mean i won’t find happiness in life just because I’m queer
And i promised myself the day johnlock becomes canon, i’m going to come out to my family. Johnlock, Moffat & Gatiss and BBC are literally my heroes and this show has done so much for me. I know I’m not alone but I just wanted to say, this is probably what they intended to happen and it is happening. Things are changing and I’m so proud to be a part of this fandom. I can feel just how important this has come to be. ~~sorry if that was intense!
This is such an incredible story, and this is exactly the kind of thing I think of when people say “It’s just a TV show it doesn’t matter” like of COURSE it matters. It has helped people like you and like me realize who we are and it’s given people hope that the world can be a better place where gay and bi and trans characters and people can be happy and safe and fulfilled. Thank you so much for sharing this with me, I hope things get better in your country and that if you do come out your family and friends will give you the acceptance and love you deserve.
so I have a similar, if less beautiful and a bit trashier, story,
but anyway,
Johnlock helped me realize, in a roundabout way, that I was trans. Like, I was unemployed for a bit and had time on my hands so I got back into BBC Sherlock stuff, and one day I was looking at Johnlock fanart on Pinterest, which led to me looking at other gay art and photos (not lesbian gay, just dude gay, which in retrospect should have been a clue that I was a gay MAN, but I digress) and having the gay feels. Looking through the “gay” tags on Pinterest led me to an article or something about being genderqueer/non-binary, which led to me looking into it more, and I was suddenly like, Oh my god that’s me!! Now, that only lasted about two weeks before I was like, nope, I’m straight up binary transgender. But, for me personally (not everyone – non-binary identities are real and valid), I think discovering the “genderqueer” identity allowed me to ease myself into the idea of being trans, which I had always been of course but like, never really considered an option for me? Cuz there’s almost no information or representation for trans guys out there, and I had just never considered it…
So anyway, through the power of Johnlock and internet train-of-thought, I realized I was trans (and also very very gay). If not for this particular situation, god knows when I would have figured it out. It may well have been years.
So anyone who thinks LGBT (or any kind of) representation in media isn’t important is dead wrong.
God bless TJLC
this was so cute lma o and made me giggle
This makes me happy haha
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5 editor’s secrets to help you write like a pro
1. Sentences can only do one thing at a time.
Have you ever heard a four-year-old run out of breath before she can finish her thought? I edit a lot of sentences that work the same way. You need a noun, you need a verb, you might need an object. Give some serious thought to stopping right there.
Sentences are building blocks, not bungee cords; they’re not meant to be stretched to the limit. I’m not saying you necessarily want a Hemingway-esque series of clipped short sentences, but most writers benefit from dividing their longest sentences into shorter, more muscular ones.
2. Paragraphs can only do one thing at a time.
A paragraph supports a single idea. Construct complex arguments by combining simple ideas that follow logically. Every time you address a new idea, add a line break. Short paragraphs are the most readable; few should be more than three or four sentences long. This is more important if you’re writing for the Web.
3. Look closely at -ing
Nouns ending in -ing are fine. (Strong writing, IT consulting, great fishing.) But constructions like “I am running,” “a forum for building consensus,” or “The new team will be managing” are inherently weak. Rewrite them to “I run,” “a forum to build consensus,” and “the team will manage.” You’re on the right track when the rewrite has fewer words (see below).
(If for some insane reason you want to get all geeky about this, you can read the Wikipedia article on gerunds and present participles. But you don’t have to know the underlying grammatical rules to make this work. Rewrite -ing when you can, and your writing will grow muscles you didn’t know it had.)
4. Omit unnecessary words.
I know we all heard this in high school, but we weren’t listening. (Mostly because it’s hard.) It’s doubly hard when you’re editing your own writing—we put all that work into getting words onto the page, and by god we need a damned good reason to get rid of them.
Here’s your damned good reason: extra words drain life from your work. The fewer words used to express an idea, the more punch it has. Therefore:
Summer months
Regional level
The entire country
On a daily basis (usually best rewritten to “every day”)
She knew that it was good.
Very
(I just caught one above: four-year-old little girl)You can nearly always improve sentences by rewriting them in fewer words.
5. Reframe 90% of the passive voice.
French speakers consider an elegantly managed passive voice to be the height of refinement. But here in the good old U.S. (or Australia, Great Britain, etc.), we value action. We do things is inherently more interesting than Things are done by us. Passive voicemuddies your writing; when the actor is hidden, the action makes less sense.
Bonus: Use spell-check
There’s no excuse for teh in anything more formal than a Twitter tweet.
Also, “a lot” and “all right” are always spelled as two words. You can trust me, I’m an editor.
Easy reading is damned hard writing.
~ Nathaniel HawthorneSome generally good advice here. Just remember that none of this is set in stone and there is wiggle room for variation in style, tone, and voice.
send me a pairing and a number and i’ll write you a drabble
(Part one: 1-50)
51. “What the hell are you wearing?”
52. “Can I kiss you?”
53. “Who crawls through someone’s window at 4am to go for ice cream?!”
54. “I don’t hate you. I could never hate you. That’s the problem.”
55. “Our first date is a picnic on a beach under the stars? Have you swallowed a romance novel? Do I need to call a doctor?”
56. “I can’t stand the thought of losing you.”
57. “Teach me to fight.”
58. “I’d die for you. Of course, I’d haunt you in the afterlife but really, it’s the thought that counts.”
59. “Tell me to go and I will, but if you ask me to stay I’ll never leave you again.”
60. “Before you decide to murder me, let me explain…”
61. “I love you. I’m completely and utterly in love with you. Please don’t get married.”
62. “It’s only one night, we’ll just share the bed.”
63. “Stop running from this. I know I’m not the only one who feels it.”
64. “Are you ticklish?”
65. “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.”
66. “The only thing I want is you.”
67. “Of all the people I could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with and it just had to be you.”
68. “PILLOW FIGHT!”
69. “Why the hell are you bleeding!?”
70. “You’re so beautiful.”
71. “Kiss me, quick!”
72. “I will knock you on your ass if you even think about it.”
73. “We shouldn’t be doing this.”
74. “Don’t let go.”
75. “I’m going for a swim. Do you wanna join me?”
76. “I need you to pretend we’re dating…”
77. “There was never a choice.”
78. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have kissed you.”
79. “That’s the third time I’ve saved your life!”
80. “How can you think I’m anything but hopelessly in love with you?”
81. “I need you to leave.”
82. “This is all your fault! I can’t believe I listened to you!”
83. “It’s always been you.”
84. “I’m dying.”
85. “I will never apologize for saving your life, even if it costs me my own.”
86. “I guess dying with you isn’t the worse way to go.”
87. “You were never just my friend.”
88. “Don’t panic but I think we might have accidentally gotten married…”
89. “I’m not leaving you!”
90. “I can’t do this anymore.”
91. “I remember everything.”
92. “What do you want me to say?”
93. “I tried, but I just can’t stay away from you anymore.”
94. “I bet I can make you scream my name.”
95. “There’s no going back if we do this.”
96. “I never thought you’d hurt me but I was wrong. You hurt me the most.”
97. “I want you and I know you want me too.”
98. “I can’t watch you with someone else. It’s tearing me apart.”
99. “We’re in an abandoned lodge in the middle of nowhere. Sure, you’re totally right, nothing bad could ever happen here.”
100. A quote of your choice.
