Benedict is a very fidgety person. The man has trouble sitting still. This tendancy has leaked into his performance as Sherlock, which goes very well with the fact that Sherlock is a very high energy character. (Making Benedict such a good choice of actor for Sherlock.)

Wow, this is still going! I am so proud. I should have a picture of this thread with a certificate alongside it proclaiming my contribution to the internet.

Many thanks to everyone who has been adding to this thread whilst I've been away.

up501610 wrote:

I'm interested to know your thoughts on why Sherlock is so compassionate towards John? And why do most fanfic writers interperet this into a homosexual relationship? (Nothing against fanfic )

I think the fanfic writers who choose this interpretation do so for multiple reasons. I don't think it could be tied to just one reason. Some will do it because the notion titilates (that's a nice way of saying 'they wanted to write smut'.) Others will do it because they want to explore the good old magic 'if?' Some want to explore a particular aspect of a romantic relationship and feel these characters best match the story they are trying to tell.

They show such compassion to one another because they first and foremost share a great friendship. No matter what else goes with that. They are very different people but they understand each other in a way that few other people do. Most people would kill for that kind of connection in their lives, many of us will never attain it. Such a depth of understanding indicates intimacy (not necessarily romance or sex) and a lot of people just took that notion and ran with it.

As has been mentioned it it a derogatory comment flung at people who get drunk quickly, cannot hold their drink/have low alcohol tolerance.

The 'lightweights' comment made me think Lestrade was just being bitter over not being invited to the stag-do/pub crawl. Also explains why he screamed in John's ear whilst he had the mother of all hangovers. In this case it is Lestrade who is acting like a child (despite repeatedly insinuating that out of the two of them Sherlock is the childish one.)

When I think about HLV I feel like an addict worrying about when my next fix will be coming; whether it will be cut dangerously with something that might kill me. And like an addict I've got my nearest and dearest hooked on it, so at the moment we are all somewhat codependent.

Nervous is an understatement.

I am so very bad at choosing gifts it's not worth it. I'd probably get him an Amazon giftcard or something.

Oh wow, so many more!

@maggi13: I'd love to see Simon on Sherlock... Erm, I'd best be careful with that sentence because I'm certain that could be misconstrued 

@FluteLocked: thank you very much, I don't often create threads so it's nice to see I haven't made a totall mess of it and it is something that others actually enjoy discussing.

@Wholocked: I watched NT Frankenstein about two months ago at a cinema on Halloween. It was a wonderful experience. I had already read the stageplay (and the novel by that token) so I knew what was going to happen but there is no substitute so seeing it fully realised on stage.

@Neptune Centari: I picked my username out years ago too. I have a few 'go to' names that I swap out and change every few years.

@NiTeLight: Practically using your personality as your Username, I like that. I got tested aaaaages ago by a bloke from the navy (of all things) I turned out to be INFJ... he took me to one side and calmly said 'this is probably not a valid career choice for you.'

@Placebo: Placebo! I love them too. They were the soundtrack to my adolescence... Oh god, showing my age there.
 

madwitch58 wrote:

I have had a very bad few weeks. I work now for a fast food place, for minamum, get no brakes most of the time on my feet all night, got bad knees from a car crash a few years ago, am 55 years old, most of my coworkers are too young to drink, so they spend most of the time they are suposed to be working playing. Costemers act like this is a four star place, I mean come one people this is one of the cheapes fast food places there is, you get what you pay for. We had one gut try to start a fight witrh some one he did not know over a girl, I had to throw him out. Not an easy job I can tell you. My husband and son can not find work yet, so that leaves me to pay the bills. 
On the bright side I have a good shot at geting a better paying , easyer job soon.  
As for the goverment I think Sherlock could best call them what they are. Thank you all for leting me get that  out. Every one of you rock. OOXX

I too have spent my fair share of long hours waiting tables at restaurants and people who have never done it cannot imagine the pain you feel in your legs (not to mention your entire body) by the time 4am rolls around and when you finally do get home you end up lying awake in bed in some sort of stupour because you can't 'switch off'.

You are doing really well and I wish you luck in getting a better (and much more deserving) job xx.
 

I really don't think so (fingerpaints are often designed to come off nearly anything because young children will fingerpaint on anything) but to be sure you're better off testing a small area or another glass object, leaving it for a day or two and then wiping it off and see how it looks.

Also, and I'm sure you've thought of this, but be careful which side you paint it on. The last thing you want is to get the paint smudged the first time anyone opens that door.

I always think that writers and artists of any kind should always get correctly rewarded for the work they do and should not have to face being ripped off, copied etc whilst they are alive. But the thought of any work I do being squabbled over like this in 100 years time really makes my blood run cold. I think if you're not a blood relation and you were not mentioned in a will somewhere, forget it, you're not entitled to it. (I just wish there was a way to stop these hangers on who married someone to lay claim to their intellectual property.)