Boy, get a role model.

[hackthis_archive]

*red_rahl drew some art for my Inception A to Z. It is love. Adorable pint-sized love! \o/ ♥

*rai_kwoto wrote me some Jealous!Sherlock

*Pervygirl.tumblr.com continues to be my favorite tumblr around. For real. So NSFW

It's like my birthday is coming or some shit! :D

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Assume that I've never ever ever read a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle (stop shouting, reading Malraux* is time consuming ;-) -- which story listed here is a must read? (Thank you, maurheti)

*At this point I'm going to have to learn French just to read what I want to read because these translations leave a lot to be desired.

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Tonight is a very important night, because tonight I finally get to see the last episode in Luther series one and if I was any more excited I'd keel over and foam at the mouth.

Idris "If you breathe near me you'll get knocked up" Elba! Ruth "I am the female Benedict Cumberbatch with my hair color changes totally making me an acting chameleon" Wilson! Indira "Oh my god, my hair and my cheekbones are divine" Varma! Steven "I may be lilliputian but you'd still give me the time of day" Mackintosh.

I'm totally having Ultraviolet and Undercover Heart flashbacks!

If you have not been watching this, or have not seen this, I am very sorry for you. You should rectify that at once. Also, it's been commissioned for a second series. *\o/*

This is like finding out that the cloning machine finally works.

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Sidebar for all my fellow marathoners/triathletes/serious exercise fiends/anybody in training. Protein drinks. Muscle Milk tastes fantastic. Yum-my. ReGen tastes disgusting. Oh my god, don't drink that. Even if it's free post-event. It's worse than chalk.

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Yesterday I heard the saddest words in the English (both versions) language: Sherlock is to return for a second series in autumn 2011 on BBC One.

Autumn 2011? That's Mad Men far away. That's worse than Mad Men far away, because Benedict has Tinker Tailor and Martin's about to go become the most famous hobbit ever and then that date may change too /o\

Also, maurheti informed that that God, err, Benedict sings. And he sings well.

So, for those of you keeping tabs on factoids about Benedict Cumberbatch. We present to you on this Sunday at the Holy Church of the Cumberbatch:

a) he's got a posh name
b) he has a voice like a jaguar in a cello
c) he looks like that
d) has eyes like that
e) looks like that in a suit
f) is nine feet tall
g) has an ass like that
h) is smarter than most MENSA candidates
i) probably speaks French fluently
j) has hands like this
k) sounds like the best sex of your life on audio
l) can draw
m) fucks like a goddamn pro <-- Sadly I cannot vouch for this, but the Lord said so himself.
n) he can sing
o) his hands
p) I may have a plate of ham in the kitchen to entice him (damn you veronamay that I started listening to this again)
q) HIS TEARS DEFINITELY CURE CANCER. (But since he doesn't cry we'll never know. Fuck Chuck Norris)

Comments

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

Fall of 2011??? Jesus Crayfish!!!! That's like Sopranos far away!!!! Damn, the BBC can be a heartless horehound!

(PS~ Luther: yes. Hopefully not The Very Last Episode, please.)

[jibrailis.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Of that list of Arthur Conan Doyle stories, I think the most classic one (the one that gives you perhaps the best indicator of the Sherlock Holmes books) is The Hound of the Baskervilles. But it's a novel and it's long, so for a short story I'd suggest starting with any of the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

My personal favourite story (and the slashiest) is "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs", published in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes but I don't see it on that list, unless I am looking in the wrong place. :((((

I have to admit, knowing Indira Varma is in it is enough to get me curious about a show!

[sirona-gs.livejournal.com]

I am rather, very, extremely sad about the Autumn 2011 date, but thankfully, we'll have MOAR of both of them to look forward to, what with all the films they're making in the meantime!

Also, an addition to your list pertaining to the wonderfulness of Mr Cumberbatch: r) he is kind to children (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmNt31Gwf4c). Witness all our ovaries exploding.

[becky-monster.livejournal.com]

Another thing to add to your Benedict Cumberbatch list - He's going to be both the Doctor and the Monster (on different nights) at the National Theatre in a production of 'Frankenstien' (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29358) next year.

Said production is being directed by Danny Boyle. Which is reason enough (for me anyway) to want to go see it. I love his work and am intrigued by this.

There is talk of it being shown around the country/world (http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive) but I do not know how that works for for outside the UK but it sounds good.

As for 2011 - it's not just the actors are in such demand - the writers are a tad busy too - Moffatt does have series 6 of Doctor Who to deliver (or at least the first part) for Easter next year...

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Okay, I had a whole year studying Sherlock Holmes stories when I was in 7th grade and I can't remember any of those stories. I know I read Sign of the Four, but I couldn't tell you at all what is was about.

m) fucks like a goddamn pro <-- Sadly I cannot vouch for this, but the Lord said so himself.

Benedict fucked god?

[sffan.livejournal.com]

That is quite the awesome list. I am particularly intrigued by this one: m) fucks like a goddamn pro <-- Sadly I cannot vouch for this, but the Lord said so himself.

Like no man has ever lied about that before. And yet... I TOTALLY believe him. GUHHHH.

No link to the hanndddssss! And the link to "K" is messed up. (Yes, yes I did click on all of the links. Because I am OBSESSED and you are an amazing enabler. &hearts you)

[attentie.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you know this website already, but: sexisnottheenemy.tumblr.com

[ze-zebra.livejournal.com]

He's pretty much la perfection improbable. Latin saves the day.

Which Malraux are you reading?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

which story listed here is a must read?

Story, singular? As in just one? I would probably go with something from The Adventures..., mostly likely "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "...Speckled Band," or "...Blue Carbuncle."

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

Mwahahaha. My glee is eternal.

... I need more Cumberbatch icons. Can't keep using this one all the time. It might lose its power.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I love the list, but mostly I love that I'm clearly not the only one who occasionally hears "all the dirty, dirty girls love Benedict Cumberbatch" go round and round her head.

[the-emef.livejournal.com]

wtf that drawing. I think I'm having a seizure. /competence kink

[mirichan.livejournal.com]

Have you watched In the Universe with Stephen Hawking?

If you haven't, try to find it (it's a Discovery Channel program, 3 episodes)... with of course Stephen Hawking AND narration by Benedict Cumberbatch (who had played Hawking in a movie about the man a few years back)...

so one can feel intelligent (while watching such a show) and still drool at Benedict's voice...

P.-S. It's available on Apple iTunes for pennies (it was $5.00 canadian for the whole 3-episode series)... money well spent :P

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

We are totally on the same wavelength about Ruth Wilson (http://weatherall.tumblr.com/post/1448594327/so-where-are-the-sherlock-luther-crossovers-if-i). She and Benedict played husband and wife in Small Island, and even though her hair was a terrible bleached blonde, I was all over that.

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

My two cents: start with "A Scandal in Bohemia" and then read the lot. Enjoy!

As for Benedict, my ears are still buzzing from his Alan Rickman impersonation which... yeah, words fail me.