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To: cons_detective Hey - d'you think we could move this discussion to a chatlog somewhere? PMs are really annoying to log into. I'm on a gmail account, so we could have a session there, maybe?
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21:43consulting.detective: Hello.21:44you: oh
hi
I just sent you that pm, you're very fast21:44consulting.detective: Yes.
I expect you are looking at that Moriarty picture at the moment.21:45you: god, you've got cameras in my room, haven't you?
jk jk
yeah, I am.
it's, ah, surprising. he's a bit young, isn't he?21:45consulting.detective: I expect so. You have told me twice of your intention to write him slightly differently than, I quote, 'anyone would expect'.21:46you: and that's your idea of different? well, yeah, I mean, obviously he's not an old math doctor
and he sure as hell isn't bald
he doesn't even wear glasses21:46consulting.detective: How are glasses in any way significant?21:47you: well, they're not.
it's just the general figure people have of professor moriarty, you know? old and knobbly and evil in a cackling sort of way21:48consulting.detective: and you are not writing that story.21:48you: true.
mine's a bit camp
i'm just going to need a bit of while to adapt to the new face i guess
and ffft I could easily make him into an evil math professor though
the kind who cracks jokes with his students and is super-nice during class
and then
he gives them a really fucking difficult test
on the stuff they haven't been revising21:49consulting.detective: He will do, then.
I do have another batch of doodles I could send you, if you wish to see him on different angles.21:50you: did you just say doodles?
i didn't think you could say doodles
the world opens suddenly
:D21:50consulting.detective: I am occasionally able to adapt myself to your lingo, you know.21:50you: actually, i wouldn't be surprised if you had written an entire dictionary on the subject.
now, you know, that holmes/watson bit in the third part, you said you'd tell me what you thought...
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cute enough to shoot you down (jumperfkr) wrote,
@ 2011-05-07 12:11:00
HELLO, CONVENTION WEEKEND.
Here we are, then - liveblogging the hell of out this, as promised. Sarah and Mike and me have met up, and Bill should be around somewhere, and the next panel doesn't start until two, so we'll be in the sushi bar near the west exit for the next hour or so - anyone who wants to hook up? Sarah's the pretty brunette with the smile, and Mike and I are the two short blokes with the beers in front of them. Feel free to join, just pay for your own drinks.
And, uh, okay, I'm writing on my iPhone right now, the one Harry got me? yeah, and you know what that means. Still typing with two fingers here. Still, if I come across anything that's really important I'll be sure to let you know - and anyway I'll tell you all about today in my post tonight. Don't flood my inbox with questions till then, kids!
Sarah would like you all to know that I'm a little pathetic. Breaking the myth and all that, she says. Cheers, Sarah.
Anyway, my plate of salmon sashimi is coming up, so I'll let you guys off the leash for the rest of the afternoon don't break anything, turn the lights off when you leave, and try not to wire the Internet to explode while I'm gone. Ta!
ETA: Oh my god. Okay, I know I said I wouldn't log back in to tell you stupid stuff, but oh my god. There's this guy. Was in the first panel, the Doctor Who one, sitting in the back and sulking for some reason, and I couldn't get a good look at him, but now he's just passed by our table and looked at us with a look of sheer, utter scorn and oh my god you guys he's gorgeous. Tall and pale with dark, curly hair and grey, grey eyes. Thin as a rod and rocking the suit, shit looks modeled. He looks completely out of place in a con; he should be up showing off Dior outfits on a stage, or something. I wouldn't mind me a piece of that.
(I mean, hell, guys, what's a bloke to say? even Sarah was licking her lips at his (ridiculously adorable) backside. Damn.)
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19:34jumperfucker: hey, you around?
*poke*
...
apparently not.
well, uh. I just wanted to say, you know, i'm at the con right now, and i was wondering
oh anyway forget it, you're probably working today or something, you wouldn't come at cons
uh
right
so anyway, i'll talk to you later i guess
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cute enough to shoot you down (jumperfkr) wrote,
@ 2011-05-07 19:58:00
Okay, well, we're having room service in Bill's room right now, and we might be going for drinks later with a nice group of people we met at the Q&A, so we're all checking out our email inboxes on the two netbooks we're sharing, and I can tell you all about this afternoon.
The Q&A went well it was really funny, the cast kept cracking inside jokes we didn't know the first thing about, and they didn't mind having their pictures taken afterwards, so we'll have a nice little diorama for you all later this week. No Rachel McAdams, as expected. Me and Mike went all D: at them.
They wouldn't tell us much about the sequel at all, also as expected, but we had a long laugh about RDJ in drag, which is apparently really going to happen. Ready your knickers, girls and boys. There was a moment when he nearly stepped off the stage to show us - 'anyone got a spare skirt? one of the gentlemen in the first row, maybe?' - but JL pulled him back and said something in his ear, and RDJ just sort of started laughing like a loon and tossed his arm around his shoulders, and then stayed like that for the rest of the Q&A. They're not even trying to harsh our squee, are they?
Still, that was fun, and the Doctor Who panel earlier was quite good - 's all got to do with Arthur Darvill in a suit, I reckon. My god the man scrubs up well. Moffat was busy being very sneaky and mysterious, but he did drop a few spoilers about the second half of the season, which ssarah_s is posting here. Last I checked, the comments count is rising fast, so get thee there quick, before the party is over!
Speaking of pretty men in suits, Tall, Pale and Gorgeous was at the Q&A this afternoon - sitting in the back fiddling with his phone where the ushers couldn't see - and he did ask a question. Baritone, slow and deep, amazing, hmmm.
Apparently, I have a voice kink. That's very new.
(And now I really hope he's not in fandom, reading this and laughing at me behind his screen. Hello, stranger.)
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this is my task force, junior (let_us_trade) wrote,
@ 2011-05-17 16:41:00
EDWARD HARDWICKE APPRECIATION POST
Well, everyone. A Watson has died, and one of the best, at that. He really was quite fantastic, and apparently the kindest man as well, and he's died of cancer yesterday, at age 78.
This is a post for anything that's related to him - obituaries, testimonies, videos, drabbles, fanart, planned watchalongs, whatever - to remember this excellent actor and wonderful John Watson.
Thank you.
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miss_toby
2011-05-17 05:04 pm (local) (link) Oh, no! I didn't even know he had cancer.
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jim_fromit
2011-05-17 05:12 pm (local) (link) Neither did I, Moll.
And I was thinking - I mean, maybe, you might not want to! - but if you want, I've got the DVDs, we could watch them together? I know your shift this Saturday ends at six, so maybe we could order some Chinese and, you know, meet up? if you want. I don't want to make you if you don't want to.
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miss_toby
2011-05-17 05:14 pm (local) (link) Oh, no, I'd love it! I could bake cookies?
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jim_fromit
2011-05-17 05:17 pm (local) (link) I love cookies!
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neveryou_again
2011-05-17 05:23 pm (local) (link) You two are just plain adorable. :)
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 05:56 pm (local) (link) He was the best Watson to the best Holmes. R.I.P.
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storm_ford
2011-05-17 06:23 pm (local) (link) There are quite a few obituaries running around - here, here, and here. This one has an extract of an interview of his and Brett's. This one is a review of their playing Holmes and Watson onstage in 1988.
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ssarah_s
2011-05-17 06:39 pm (local) (link) WATCHALONG NOTICE
Saturday night, Hound of the Baskervilles, exact hour yet to decide. Anybody's interested?
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neveryou_again
2011-05-17 06:45 pm (local) (link) Count me in. I love Hound.
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not_thatbill
2011-05-17 06:48 pm (local) (link) Same
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lass_sirene
2011-05-17 06:51 pm (local) (link) Thirded.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 06:52 pm (local) (link) Ditto, Hound is great and I've an early shift.
To think that Hardwicke thought he was too old and serious to play Watson. He was wonderful.
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ssarah_s
2011-05-17 06:57 pm (local) (link) He really was, wasn't he? Brett was marvelous at any age, but Hardwicke really brought in the wiser Watson we can imagine from the post-Hiatus stories.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:00 pm (local) (link) And he doesn't take any flak from Holmes either - they're so balanced.
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let_us_trade
2011-05-17 07:08 pm (local) (link) Brett was my favorite Holmes. Sorry, Downey!lovers.
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w_harry
2011-05-17 07:13 pm (local) (link) Boo, you whore ~:O~
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:13 pm (local) (link) The thing about Brett, I think, is that he stuck perfectly to the Holmes of the stories, instead of interpreting him one way or another. He was the ideal balance of energetic and composed, without the hyperactivity of RDJ or the aloofness of Rathbone.
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ssarah_s
2011-05-17 07:17 pm (local) (link) Such a good actor. I will never be able to look at Freddy the same, now that I've found out he was the one playing him.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:19 pm (local) (link) What Freddy where.
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ssarah_s
2011-05-17 07:25 pm (local) (link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udu4KYv1zI
Don't thank me.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:32 pm (local) (link) OH MY GOD. CANNOT UNSEE. AHAHAHAHAH.
Someone needs to request this on the kinkmeme ASAP.
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lass_sirene
2011-05-17 07:38 pm (local) (link) Done.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:40 pm (local) (link) Aw, shucks. :D
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cons_detective
2011-05-17 07:33 pm (local) (link) He was quite good. Better than Burke, at any rate.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:35 pm (local) (link) I liked Burke! I think it was the blue eyes. And the golden 'stache.
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cons_detective
2011-05-17 07:38 pm (local) (link) I recall your saying the same thing about Jude Law.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:39 pm (local) (link) Law's 'stache was wicked, though.
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cons_detective
2011-05-17 07:41 pm (local) (link) Do you have a moustache fetish, John?
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jumperfkr
2011-05-17 07:42 pm (local) (link) Wouldn't you like to know.
Obey the 'stache, man.
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let_us_trade
2011-05-17 07:44 pm (local) (link) You realize we've got a pool running on you two, right? go and flirt in your own damn journals, this isn't the place.
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To: jumperfkr youve no idea what i can do to you if you dont leave cons_detective alone
i can call so many people who'll make life real hell for you
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To: theimprobableoneOkay, I've been at work so I couldn't answer, but: SHUT THE FUCK UP. You've been banned. Don't come back.
Whatever kind of misjudged adoration you've got going for cons_detective , you might want to take it up directly with him - at least I'll have the pleasure to see him rip you to shreds.
Insults, sockpuppets and general trolling are not welcome here. Toodle back to the anon meme, kiddo.
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22:12you: good evening, you.
I've been meaning to ask this for a while - have you heard of theimprobableone? he's been sending me really horrible PMs about you recently
really really creepy
in an adulating fan kind of way22:13consulting.detective: Hmmm.
Yes. He is... rather persistent in his admiration.
I am sorry he has bothered you. I should have taken care of him long ago, but22:16you: ...
but?22:16consulting.detective: I had... better things to do with my time.
Trolls are only interesting for so long.
I will take care of him, if you like.22:18you: much appreciated.22:17consulting.detective: How is your Moriarty coming along?22:19you: much better, yeah. he's getting... density, I think. which is good.
your drawings help
oh
and i've fleshed out the cabbie from the first part, that's pretty good too. it'll be a bit different from STUD, but I've kept the aneurysm part, and the motive is logical enough.
at any rate, it's tying in with the Moriarty timeline, which was my big problem22:20consulting.detective: I have a draft ready of the Italian restaurant passage. Are you interested?22:21you: tell me, how many of these are you going to make? we're far past the five drawings you were planning on doing at first.
of course i'm interested, you big dork, what do you think.22:22consulting.detective: What can I say, John.
Your words inspire me.
Greatly.22:24you: oh
...
that's
good, i think.
really, really good.
I'm glad.
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cute enough to shoot you down (jumperfkr) wrote,
@ 2011-05-23 21:59:00
Recently there's been quite an afflux of messages in my inbox asking to know who I am and whether we can meet up and where I work and where I live. And, guys, I understand the wish to make friends, I really do, and I'm sorry, but this is where I draw the line.
So I suppose it's time for another one of these:
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE GUIDELINES.
I am not going to tell you my full name, or my address, or the place where I work. I live in London. I'm bisexual. I'm thirty-six years old. I write smutty slash Sherlock Holmes fanfiction. I know a few of you in real life, that's true, but mostly because I either knew them beforehand, or met them through a complete coincidence afterwards.
(Which came as an absolute surprise when you realize that the nice, shiny new person in front of you is the fantastic fanartist/fic writer you've been talking to for months online.)
So please, stop asking. No, I won't be meeting up with you in some unknown little pub on the other side of London, that's what cons are for. Nor will I tell you where I work, and who for, because I have a hobby of writing Victoriana slash, and that's not necessarily well-seen outside of fandom.
I'm just. You know. I'm just a guy who happens to like Victorian porn. Remember that, don't harass me (you know who you are, don't do it again), and we'll all be good. Thank you.
Anyhow, to make up for this serious mood, have a ficlet (mostly written in celebration of my having reached the 25,000 mark on BigBang fic):
Title: and there we go, then, together
Length: 1,500 words.
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Betas: ssarah_s and storm_ford, who need to stop massacring my semi-colons on Google Docs. What have semi-colons ever done to you.
Rating: PG-13? I can never tell when there's no porn.
Summary: John Watson wakes up. And wakes up. And wakes up.
( we've never had a life of our own )
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jim_fromit
2011-05-23 10:18 pm (local) (link) Ooh, what happened?
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jumperfkr
2011-05-23 10:25 pm (local) (link) Mostly the one asshole, I think - they had a sockpuppet account at first, and after I banned them the anon comments started flooding in. I turned it off for a bit, but quite a lot of people like to comment anon, so I can't keep it down forever just because I can't be arsed to delete a few silly comments.
It's calmed down a bit now, though. Whoever they are, they've got quite a sick fascination with cons_detective.
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jim_fromit
2011-05-23 10:27 pm (local) (link) That sounds horrible. >:( Good luck, Johnny.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-23 10:29 pm (local) (link) Thanks. :D
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miss_toby
2011-05-23 10:36 pm (local) (link) Good luck getting rid of the troll, John! ♥
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jumperfkr
2011-05-23 10:39 pm (local) (link) Thank you!
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cons_detective
2011-05-23 10:39 pm (local) (link) So this is still going on, then.
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jumperfkr
2011-05-23 10:41 pm (local) (link) I'm afraid so, yeah. You might want to try and find out who they are with your mad deducin' skilz.
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cons_detective
2011-05-23 10:42 pm (local) (link) Anything for you.
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'... Holmes,' I whispered, and as I closed my hand around his upper arm I felt my friend's fine muscles tremble with tension under the sleeve. I did not know how many hours he had been awake - I did not know how many hours I had been awake, and exhaustion rippled through my veins like a sick version of his seven-percent - and his eyes were bright and brittle in the dull dawn. From where I knelt, sitting back on my haunches in a position that drove fine tendrils of pain into my left thigh, I could only see the high slope of his shoulder and his thin, angular profile, twitching with passing thoughts. His brilliant brain had not yet screeched to a halt, as mine had. I wondered if it were not worse, to see, as he did, every dreadful arrangement of the hours and minutes we had before us, and never find a solution quite good enough for the both of us to survive them.
'My dear boy,' he said finally, very softly. His arm shook in my grasp and tore away, only to return in the guise of his fingers, slipping effortlessly between mine. They hooked there, cradled my palm with warmth. I staggered. I was so very tired that I could only squeeze back, and hope that the brush of my wrist against his was a clue he could decipher.
'I am so very sorry,' he whispered, and I could have laughed. He had not understood - eight years of partnership and he had not understood a thing just yet. He presupposed me to be driven to exasperation by his antics, and to follow him into his cases, into his dangers, into his life, out of a misguided sense of guilt and adoration. It was a very pretty case of theorizing ahead of the data.
'Self-centered fool,' I said, affectionally enough. He turned wide eyes on me, but I nosed closer - rather like a dog, if the truth be told - and set my chin upon the sharp snag of his shoulder, dusty and dirty as it was. He drew in a breath, very softly and very fast, and then he said nothing at all. I only wished, at this moment, that I had paper and pen to set the morning down - for his eyes and his nose and his mouth, the fine hairs at his nape. I wanted to write him down entirely, be it for the last time.
The dawn dragged on, but I only saw it in his face.
part iv.