http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684328/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-holmes-fan-fiction.jhtml *some introductory sentences that, imo, are not as important as the rest of the article*
Speaking of those intelligent fans, we asked Cumberbatch if he was aware of the extensive collection of creative and explicit fanfiction that has surfaced online since the premiere of the show's first season.
"I am startlingly aware of it," Cumberbatch said with a smile. "I don't go seeking it, but Martin Freeman, who was an absoluteluddite on the first series, suddenly came back from New Zealand having done a little radio short drama called "The Hobbit,"he came back and he had this beautiful Mac [computer] with him and said 'Hey, look at this Tumblr.' And I said, 'What?Tumblr? What?' He knows more about it than I do and he was showing me some of them. Some of it is really racy, un-viewable even on MTV. It's cool."
The charming Brit went on to say that he is flattered by a few of the depictions he's come across and that he's amazed howmuch time some fans have put into their work.
"I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, orhaving done to it, involving Watson," he said cheekily. "So that's as far as I'll hit about that one, but it's all there on the Webif you want to find it. I was amazed at the level of artistry; people have spent hours doing it. And there's some really weirdcross breeding stuff that goes on. The news got out that I was playing Smaug in 'Hobbit' and suddenly there were lots ofdragons with purple scarves flying around so it's crazy, it's crazy."
so um... martin and bendy, sitting there, reading tumblr and some fics... ... ... ... ... ... *thud*
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