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Elementary season 2 episode 12 “The Diabolical Kind” (2014) dir. Larry Teng

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dumb little elementary running jokes that i love:

sherlock’s conviction that the best way to hail a cab is by using a whistle, and the fact that this rarely actually works

joan’s obsession with the mafia, from her glee at any mob case to her godfather movie marathons to her dropping of mob slang

sherlock going to great lengths to come up with new novel ways to wake up joan, and her excitement when she gets to wake him

sherlock being an excellent cook who nevertheless subsists on soggy cereal and canned tomatoes

sherlock and joan’s utter devotion to their tortoise, from making him hibernation burrows to custom food to trimming his nails to the sounds of enya. sherlock also arranging that first kitty and then her son should take him when the time comes, as truly responsible pet ownership consists of planning for all hundred years of their lives.

sherlock’s absolute committal to doing any weird thing internet trolls ask him to, and his love of internet flame wars and arguments, because of course.

the fact that sherlock’s love of bees factors into so many cases, from “maybe i can torture someone with them” to “this company is obviously the murderer because they create bee killing pesticides” to “no i will not solve this crime because we are on the same bee forum and i disagree with the details of your bee husbandry.” like this adaptation really saw the “sherlock retires to the country to raise bees” ending of the books and ran with it.

joan being a fashion plate to the point that characters can tell she’s having a bad week if she wears the same sweater twice.

sherlock by the end of season one realizing that he really enjoys teaching (which holds true to the novels, where he was always eager to explain and teach his methods), and then proceeding to find or attempt to find a new protege about once a year, and then more broadly becoming flattered and convinced that any random character’s insights are due to association with him and his Amazing Influence.

whenever sherlock announces a fact mysteriously because he wants to be impressive, and instead the people around him roll their eyes, call him out, or announce or lie about other facts just to fuck with him

not quite a running gag but also: the way that after season one the wardrobe department settles on sherlock’s look, which is always very formal but just slightly off (shirts buttoned up all the way, even the collar; formal suits without a tie, always his sobriety pin on his lapel). like it’s just a very good way of communicating his character.

sherlock’s “i will uncover new facts by studying them in a new location” philosophy and the fact that you might at any point open literally any door and find him staring at a murder diorama there

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for nickie ★ 

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“fear her is boring” “[random s2 ep] doesn’t have a compelling plot” the plot.. the tenrose love story is developed into new depths every episode and you’re worried about the alien invasions..

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But I never did anything important!

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op. iii — hello, august

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have you ever shipped something so hard that you become irrationally happy and make a sound akin to steam escaping from a kettle everytime they so much as stand next to eachother

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I’m not trying to win. I’m not doing this because I want to beat someone, because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. It’s not because it’s fun. God knows it’s not because it’s easy. It’s not even because it works because it hardly ever does. I do what I do because it’s right! Because it’s decent! And above all, it’s kind! It’s just that… Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live. Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, you know, maybe there’s no point to any of this at all. But it’s the best I can do. So I’m going to do it. And I’m going to stand here doing it until it kills me. And you’re going to die too! Some day… And how will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall.

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Pat on myself’s back for tempting someone to read Good Omens on Saturday!

Here’s a sketch! Made this while watching that snake episode on Fear Factor–everyone there were like “get them off me OmG sobbing ” and I’m like “hey look at these cuties wish I had a snake”

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“I am in the middle of it: chaos and poetry; poetry and love and again, complete chaos. Pain, disorder, occasional clarity; and at the bottom of it all: only love. Sheer enchantment, fear, humiliation. It all comes with love.”

— Anna Akhmatova, The Akhmatova Journals, Vol. 1 (via virginals)

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You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right even when everyone else just runs away.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Cappo di Monte, Sorrente (Baie de Naples) (detail)

1881

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Some people aren’t built happy, you know?

Lady Bird (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig