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Keira Knightley: [Matthew MacFadyen] is just such a nice man. I think that helps [when someone is your love interest]. I think that helps when you meet somebody [who will potentially be your cast mate] and you think, "Well, you're just lovely." And is also such an amazing actor. So, what fun. Rosamund Pike: And when he can completely mask the niceness and put it under the arrogance and standoffish-ness that Darcy appears to have. And then [you] melt. Oh, so good. Pride & Prejudice (2005) Dir. Joe Wright Matthew Macfadyen for CBS Mornings (2024) Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike for Vanity Fair (2025)

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"unlikable protagonist" and it's just a woman who's a regular human being with flaws

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and you get a little heart <3 and you get a little heart <3 and you get a little heart <3

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a detailed list of things i hate

hot weather

high temperatures

heat

warmer than average conditions

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Reblog to give prev the power to write their fanfiction

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This blog is my adult version of cutting pictures out of magazines and glueing them on to paper

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Don’t pity the dead, Harry, pity the living. And above all, those who live thinking that Sherlock doesn’t love Molly Hooper.

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he wanted to kiss her so bad

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Inexplicably, I am back on my Sherlolly brainrot like it is 2017 all over again. I'm not even rewatching the show or anything, I just all of a sudden remembered that hey! One of my ships actually became canon against all fucking odds!?!?!

Like, I still vividly remember that trailer for TFP where Sherlock said I love you to the camera and we didn't yet know who it was for, and someone made a gifset using that and the scene of Molly on the phone, and I remember thinking: yeah no it's never gonna happen but that's a nice edit and we can always pretend until the episode airs.

AND THEN THAT GIFSET TURNED OUT TO BE RIGHT!!!!

And I think the episode was leaked with a russian dub earlier the day it premiered and we were watching it and trying to figure out what the fuck was going on, then when the episode aired I was livestreaming it but I pretty much already knew GOD THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING DAYS OF MY LIFE.

Like maaaaan what a ride that was, what a journey, what I'd give to relive that day. Truly a moment of pure unadulterated joy. I'm so happy just thinking about it. Man, oh man who'd have fucking thought???? 8 years later I still can't believe that actually happened. Dude I feel like I'M the one who is in love, I swear I have butterflies in my stomach.

Does anyone remember that fateful day? Could you remind me what was actually the deal with that russian leak? Can anyone pinch me to make sure I'm not dreaming still?

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What gets me about antis insisting that Sherlock's "I love you" to Molly is platonic is that everyone in this situation is thinking of romance. The whole thing starts with the coffin and more importantly the lid, the lid that says "I love you" on it. "So you loves you? I'm assuming it's not a long list," says Mycroft. Which would be a strange thing to say about any other type of love. Mycroft himself clearly loves his brother, even if he never says so, but he also obviously is discounting familial love. The same goes for platonic as he knows Sherlock has friends who love him. Heck, Sherlock's best friend John is the room with them and Mycroft dismisses him.

And who does John immediately think of? Irene Adler. Someone who had romantic interest in Sherlock. But Sherlock knows the coffin isn't meant for Irene. As soon as he sees the lid, he knows exactly who it is meant for. You can see it in his face as he turns away from the lid and back at the coffin.

Molly Hooper. And we, the audience know full well that Molly's feelings for Sherlock are not platonic. Sherlock knows it too. I'm sure Mycroft and John know it too. I doubt there is anyone who doesn't know both Sherlock and Molly who doesn't know. It's so obvious.

If Molly thought that Sherlock wanted her to say a platonic "I love you", why would she resist saying it? It may not be true, but it would be so much easier than admitting the truth. And admitting the truth is why Molly is having such a hard time saying it.

And if Sherlock was only saying it platonically why is he having such a hard time saying it? How hard would it be to admit you love a friend in order to save their life? Most people wouldn't hesitate. Yes, I know Sherlock isn't most people, but for someone who usually doesn't hesitate to manipulate people to get what he wants (like fake proposing for example), you'd think he wouldn't hesitate to say it if it meant saving Molly. Heck, he didn't hesitate to fake his death to save John, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson. Saying three little words would be so much easier, right?

Unless those three little words mean so much more than he knows how to admit, if those mean more than just platonic feelings. And why if he meant platonically, did he repeat himself? Once would have been enough right?

And if it had been platonic, why does he react so violently, breaking the coffin when Eurus tells him Molly had never been in any real danger? He should have been relieved to hear that his friend was safe. But no. Instead he's hurting and compares vivisection. Why is he so emotional over admitting he loves a friend? Because that's not what happened. Eurus didn't force him to admit he cares about a friend. That's something Sherlock has already admitted. No, this is about something more. He forced Sherlock to admit he loves and can love romantically. Forced him to confront those feelings. And forced Molly to admit it too. Forced them both to admit to something neither was ready to admit too.

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My favorite acd canon bit is Sherlock retiring to raise bees. I like to think his bee hive would have a painted “221 bees” on the side as a throwback to bakerstreet.

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I know I must have posted something about this back in the day when it was first broadcast, but it really strikes me, always, the way this exit scene was shot. Particularly the way the inside of the house is lit when Sherlock leaves. The way the light is inside the building, how warm it is, seems very purposeful, compared to the cold, blueish colour grading of the outside.

Especially considering how NOT yellow and warm the actual inside of the house was.

Very light snow, Sherlock's breath in the cold, tightening his coat around himself to fight off the chill. He's leaving behind the potential of a warm and welcoming place to stay (namely Molly, perfectly framed within this rectangle of golden light) to face the cold, hard concrete streets alone.

And she follows closely, watching him go, knowing she can't have him. With wistful music in the background.

This set up and the scene preceding it screaaaams missed chances. I love it. I love this show. I love these two. I miss them.

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