In Earlier Days, Screenwriters/editors Often Passed The Hays Code By Way Of Subtleties Like These (colours,

today’s hottake: u can always tell if a version of sherlock holmes is decent by how Irene Adler is written. Irene Adler’s purpose in the original Canon was to outsmart Holmes and force him to self reflect on his hubris and misogyny NOT to be a love interest. If an adaptation of Holmes shows Irene Adler as exclusively a love interest, or excludes her entirely, 9 times out of 10 its a sign that the writers are more interested in Holmes as an infallible figure of masculine intelligence than as a, like, human being or well rounded character. this is why Irene Adler is one of, if not the, most important characters in the whole sherlock holmes mythology and quite a revolutionary character given the context in which she was written but most adaptations completely disregard and belittle her because they’re misogynistic, homophobic, stupid, or a perfectly uninspiring combination of all three.

I want to believe this, and it’s the most plausible scenario. But there’s a part of me that thinks Jeremy Carver wants to destroy the brother bond for good, and will stop at nothing to achieve it.

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I never want to see Jensen (or Jared) pander to the Destiel/Cockles shippers again. It's not a legitimate selling point for the show, as the ratings regarding the most recent episode has demonstrated. Most regular viewers aren't shippers at all. They just want action/adventure, which SOAPernatural was once able to deliver, but no more.

The preliminary finale rating is 1.78, according to Spoiler TV. Even after adjustment it’ll be the lowest rated finale since s7 (second lowest overall) and no higher than the season average. 

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Thank Chuck another suckass season is done with and we can hope for better things in season 11. 

After getting something off my chest, I can type this up with a calmer head. :p

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The RNA intern who actively stans Fedal every chance they get deserves more mention. 👍Not all heroes wear capes.

Okay folks today has been a mess, let's put it all together in one place

Roger tweeted about suggesting ATP/WTA merger around noon bst

Rafael replied this (because they're married and they think as one)

Rafa's museum obviously ships Rafa and Roger and supports whatever pursuits they have

Apparently these merger talks have been happening since January, when Rafa Roger power couple brought it to ATP. The new chairman Gaudenzi seems to support the idea (as per Stan/Chris Evert insta coctails)

It's all been secret and should have stayed secret but Roger's incorrigible

So basically we're in the middle of a tennis revolution, god bless comandante Federer!

Meanwhile its been announced that Björn Borg's son Leo will start training in Rafa's academy

On the unrelated news the newly outed anti vaxxer Novaxx D. will have a chat on insta with some pink crystals/vegan guru, so there's that.

Also comandante Federer tweeted me again, we're basically besties at this point.

What a trip

#Roger Federer #Rafael Nadal #Fedal #Legends

From 2008 to 2019 - how fortunate we are that we’re living in the same era as these two.

What a labour of love! Thank you so much for this.

It’s over! it’s done! Quick recap: so basically I uploaded the blu-ray rips of the whole series to Google Drive (36 episodes and 5 movies) so everyone can enjoy them and marvel at the beauty of the cream-colored suit in HD. For now the episodes don’t have any subtitles, none of the subs available out there are synced for the blu-ray rips, so if someone wants to contribute with that please let me know! and that’s all there’s to know about it for now. I really hope you have a nice time watching it whether is the first time you watch the series or the 1000th time :) here are the links:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Dancing Men

The Naval Treaty

The Solitary Cyclist

The Crooked Man

The Speckled Band

The Blue Carbuncle

The Copper Beeches

The Greek Interpreter

The Norwood Builder

The Resident Patient

The Red-Headed League

The Final Problem

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Empty House

The Abbey Grange

The Musgrave Ritual

The Second Stain

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Priory School

The Six Napoleons

The Sign of Four

The Devil’s Foot

Silver Blaze

Wisteria Lodge

The Bruce-Partington Plans

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

The Problem of Thor Bridge

Shoscombe Old Place

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

The Illustrious Client

The Creeping Man

The Master Blackmailer

The Last Vampyre

The Eligible Bachelor

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Three Gables

The Dying Detective

The Golden Pince-Nez

The Red Circle

The Mazarin Stone

The Cardboard Box

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This is a funny anecdote, but it is also Norwegian mentality in a nutshell. Every time a report goes out that a transport strike (or something similar) is upcoming, and certain goods (usually specified by the media) may not be readily available, people go nuts and buy entire stocks whether it be butter, paper, bread, whatever. I don’t know whether to find it amusing or pathetic. It is a fascinating sociological issue for sure. 

tell me about the norwegian butter crisis (^▽^)

ok so the butter crisis (aka the most embarrassing moment in norwegian history) was caused by this “low carb, high fat” fad diet that was really big in 2011 and idk the details on how it worked but people ate a lot of butter, and towards the end of the year people were like “oh shit we’re gonna run out of butter” which basically caused everyone to panic and buy all the butter from every store and so we actually did run out. since this happened around christmas people were especially freaking out since we use a lot of butter in our christmas recipes and we tried getting our neighbour countires to give us some butter but most of them refused bc putting up a temporary butter market in norway would obviously not be very beneficial but luckily in the end denmark gave in and let us have some (although a lot of people didn’t wanna buy that bc apparently danish butter isn’t good enough for us??? idek the whole situation was ridiculous)

imo the best part of it was how hecking proud people who managed to get their hands on some butter were like they would change their facebook profile pics to them posing with butter the whole thing was just wild

They were affectionately referred to as "The Nike Twins" back in the really old days 😆 I'll ser if I can find the truly terrifying faceswap manip someone made.

Remember when once upon a time they shared a clothing sponsorship so they get to have extra 'involuntary' hang out times in Nike events aside from the ATP promotions, council meetings, matches, and oh the 100 TIMES THEY NEED TO SEE EACH OTHER DAILY??

God, I’m getting flashbacks to the discussions about John’s stag party in the BBC Sherlock fandom.

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