charades where they act out previously solved murder cases
sally balancing things on top of greg when he is asleep at his desk
people repeatedly mistaking bearded anderson and beardless anderson for two different people
dimmock keeping a heart-shaped-framed photo of sherlock in his desk; occasionally bringing it out to gaze at it adoringly
sally flipping the finger at corners where she thinks mycroft’s cameras are hidden
it’s actually anthea watching; she finds it cute
the assassin hired by moriarty to kill greg in TRF is still hanging around pretending to work there because the other assassins forgot to tell him that the job was off
Dimmock as basically Helga from Hey Arnold! is my new favorite head canon, and none y’all will ever take that away from me.
I know I’ve talked about this before, but I’m really sick of seeing writers who should know better say things like, “Tragedy is more compelling than stories where characters have a nice day and nothing bad happens!” without understanding why.
Tragedy is an effective story element when it’s a deviation from the norm. A character’s peaceful existence is disrupted by a catastrophic event that throws everything into chaos. The character now has to either develop so they can cope with the new status quo, or find a way to put things back the way they were. There’s a good story in that.
But when a character’s life is an unrelenting cavalcade of misery, another heaping dose of shit isn’t all that interesting. At that point, a compelling deviation from the norm would be said character having a nice day where nothing bad happens. And modern fiction is chock-full of misery porn, so by this logic, it’s no wonder the coffee shop AU is such a popular fanfiction trope.
Derek Hale getting a dog and putting his life back together is way more interesting than Derek Hale’s life getting worse for the 26th consecutive episode.
Creators like to hold up “everything is fine and nobody dies” as a sign that fanfic is bland and badly written, but if anything, it’s an indicator that mainstream fiction is bland and badly written.
I went to support my friends tonight and attended the vigil they held at Walt Disney World for the victims of the Pulse Shooting. I didn’t know what to expect at all. Nobody really did. We were all just there to watch the kiss goodnight (a little bit of music and some talking to thank guests for being with us today etc). Well after that, instead of playing the regular Main Street music loop (well they did for about four seconds before cutting it off), there was an unofficial moment of silence. In the Magic Kingdom, with thousands of people. You could probably hear a pin drop. It was so emotional, the reason everyone was there, the moment of silence, the respect, the support. THEN Disney used the flood lights, and they lit up red. Then orange. Then yellow. They were all very similar. You could tell people were waiting for green. All of sudden, green. Then blue, and finally, purple. Disney DID THAT. Disney took a stand. Disney isn’t ignoring the fact that it was LGBT+ targets. Disney fully acknowledged who the victims were. The vigil was not put on by Disney. But Disney joined in. We wanted and hoped Disney would do something for it, but we honestly didn’t think they would. When the music came back on, we thought they were just going to let it run it’s course as if nothing happened. But they cut the music. They let everyone have their moment of silence. It was overall surreal. You will never hear Magic Kingdom that silent as a guest. They even let Cast Members come out to the vigil. I believe that one of the victims of the shooting worked at the Emporium. The Emporium cast was infront of the castle, had a heart made of glow sticks, candles, and “I’m Celebrating” buttons with all the victims names (I believe, I couldn’t actually read them, but that’s what I’m assuming – correct me if I’m wrong). There were little girls passing out little hearts made of paper with the rainbow on it. There was a lovely woman who had painted a picture and handed out prints to everyone she could. The cast members were handing out pins- Mickey hands in the shape of a heart, holding a heart. It was just a surreal experience. I still can’t believe it happened. Tonight, the shooting. I hope we don’t have to endure this again. #OrlandoStrong
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