silentauror's Blog, page 17

if-came-the-day:SH: We’ve got almost all we need to know...

if-came-the-day:

SH: We’ve got almost all we need to know.

Look at this fawn 😊😍

jbaillier:solarmama:jbaillier:Many readers don’t seem to realise that when they create an AO3...

jbaillier:

solarmama:

jbaillier:

Many readers don’t seem to realise that when they create an AO3 bookmark, their notes on said bookmark are visible to everyone. I keep finding bookmarks for my stories containing massive spoilers, including the big surprise revelations I have tried to build into certain stories. Kinda annoying since I know that readers use bookmarks before reading a fic to see what people have stated as the reasons for it being a recommended piece. I solely blame AO3; I have not seen it made clear anywhere that those notes are publicly visible.

Agreed.

Along with spoilers, occasionally someone will bookmark a fic to something like ‘Never read again’ and really lay out what they disliked about it. I had just one of that kind of bookmark on a fic I particularly loved writing and re-read often because it made me feel good, and now I can’t read it - my own story! - without being hyper-aware of the thing that one anonymous person was critical of. Perhaps other authors have thicker skins than I and can shrug that off; so far I haven’t.

So, folks: if you’re gonna put spoilers, or wax highly critical in a way you wouldn’t say directly to the author - make the bookmark private, hey? There’s a wee checkbox at the bottom of the create bookmark window that makes it easy-peasy.

Authors can’t hide or delete bookmarks, so this is a real problem.

This is a MASSIVE pet peeve of mine, too! Please, PLEASE do not put spoilers or negative comments in public bookmarks! It’s so unfair to other readers, to the author who can’t respond or hide it, and it’s just inconsiderate. You can make a bookmark private so that only you see it, and this is what you should do in the case of a “note to self” type of bookmark like “never read again”, or your personal, less-than-complimentary rating, like “meh, 6/10”. It’s just rude.

tattooedzombigirl:theman:beardedmrbean:I GOT A FUCKI...

tattooedzombigirl:

theman:

beardedmrbean:

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

I can’t afford not to reblog this. Go, potato, go!

barachiki:S: Have you been stealing my laundry again?J: Uh…...

barachiki:

S: Have you been stealing my laundry again?

J: Uh… No.

😆😆😆

marvel-writing:Its the way his clothes hug every part of...

marvel-writing:

Its the way his clothes hug every part of him for me 😮‍💨

@bakingsherlycakes @jobooksncoffee @missdeliadili @jolieblack @ben-locked @annecumberbatch aaaand just for good measure, because you SHOULD see and appreciate this, @totallysilvergirl !

mottlemoth:It’s taken me a few weeks to remember who said it and where, but“I think when the day...

mottlemoth:

It’s taken me a few weeks to remember who said it and where, but

“I think when the day comes that you have a big detective show where the first half hour was this man at work and he’s a maverick and all the usual things and then we went home and his boyfriend says, ‘Are you alright?’ it was just a thing, then something would have genuinely changed.”

- Mark Gatiss for Gay Magazine, February 2012 (x)

What a pity that Mark Gatiss, an openly gay man who co-wrote and co-ran a show about a detective, didn’t have the guts to be the one to make that happen when he had the chance. What a shame that he didn’t use that platform, that he chose instead to squelch all the people who saw the relationship for what they queerbaited it to be and did everything in his power to kill the chemistry, up to and including casting one person’s then-RL partner, and all but killing the onscreen friendship rather than risk anyone thinking that those two characters even liked each other anymore. What a genuine pity and a shame for all of us in the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide. Those characters deserved better. WE deserved better.

just-sort-of-happened:One of the ways that Sherlock deduces...

just-sort-of-happened:

One of the ways that Sherlock deduces that David still has romantic feelings for Mary is that in all his Facebook pictures of John and Mary, John is, ‘always partly or entirely excluded’.  This shows that he wants John, ‘out of the picture’, so to speak.

Then we see director Colm McCarthy’s approach to framing his shots during the best man speech.  During Sherlock’s speech, Mary is, ‘always partly or entirely excluded’, in any shot that also includes Sherlock.  Janine, a character we’ve only just met, and of much less importance to the proceedings, seems to have plenty of room to fit in shots that exclude Mary.

If excluding half of a couple is a sign that someone wants them to not be a couple, then, here, the show is explicitly telling us that John and Mary are not the right couple.  The compositions escalate from merely cutting Mary out to having Sherlock actually physically block her from the audience’s view.  We are meant to not see John in relation to Mary but Sherlock.  It’s always Sherlock.

(Thank you to obliquely-related for their comment that reminded me to write about this.)

so-damn-confused:londoncallingsigh:Sherlock’s first time making...

so-damn-confused:

londoncallingsigh:

Sherlock’s first time making John smile after his return.

My heart always melts, because John didn’t say “normal” implying Sherlock is not normal. He chose ordinary, making Sherlock extraordinary.

whispersfrom221b:John: Thanks for ruining another relati...

whispersfrom221b:

John: Thanks for ruining another relationship.

Sherlock: Did she end it?

John: Yeah, thanks to you.

Sherlock: Great.

John: Great? Do you have any idea how hard it is to date someone when your flatmate is constantly crashing your dates?

Sherlock: And do you have any idea how hard it is to date when the person you’re trying to date is already in the next relationship barely a second after the previous one ended?

John: What do you mean?

Sherlock: You understood me perfectly well.

John: Wait. Where are you going?

Sherlock: Bart’s, Molly has some interesting kidneys for me. Dinner at seven at Angelo’s? Try to be single when you arrive.

Hahahaha!

totallysilvergirl:marvel-writing:The absolute CHOKE HO...

totallysilvergirl:

marvel-writing:

The absolute CHOKE HOLD this photo has on me is unreal

@silentauroriamthereal @jobooksncoffee @jolieblack @onesmallfamily @annecumberbatch @ben-locked @bakingsherlycakes @barbsiebabe

Take that, @silentauroriamthereal. Take that. I really only care about Sherlock, but I will stop at nothing to take my revenge for this morning

Oh, but you DO see that resemblance to Sherlock here, clearly, my friend!