You know your "Sherlock" obsession is bad when...

[Boton]

Arrrghh!  You've gone over to the dark side!  :P

 

Not quite; I haven't actually posted it.....   ;)

[T.o.b.y]

 

Arrrghh!  You've gone over to the dark side!  :P

 

Not quite; I haven't actually posted it.....   ;)

 

 

Go right ahead! Look at it this way: There are thousands of fan fics out there already, and the majority are very inappropriate as well as poorly written. By adding yours to the mix, you are boosting the overall quality score and doing fandom and its reputation a favor...

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

When you look at dictionary.com's word of the day 'agog' and think of Sherlock in ASIP right before Lestrade gets up the stairs in 221b the first time.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

When you haven't slept well in over a week and you feel incredibly neurotic just like Sherlock...

 

[besleybean]

I've just had another Twitter follow that made me look twice...Mary Mortan, or something! Oh and these aren't fan accounts!

[joanneta1]

... when you sit in the tube, having got on at King's Cross after a long and extremely fruitful visit to the nearby British Library, on the Victoria Line, trying to catch the train back to Brighton, and an extremely young student sits next to you, takes out a Fabriano sketchpad and tries to draw the old gentleman opposite, who, unfortunately, exits at Russell Sq. She sighs and says that she so wanted to draw a male head, because it is part of her assignment in the pencil drawing sketch, and up to this point she has only drawn her female friends at the Academy, so you take out your iPhone and invite her to draw the screensaver (three guesses as to who THAT would be!) so she smiles her thanks, and by the time you reach your destination there is an absolutely gorgeous pencil drawing of the unphotoshoped picture posted somewhere on this forum, you tell her that you teach, she talks about the difficulty of drawing hands, and when it is time to say goodbye, she looks up and says: "He looks familiar, who is he?" and you hug yourself and reply as innocently as possible: "His name is Benedict, and he is a brilliant actor"!

[J.P.]

Should have make a photo of the sketch.

 

... your obsession is bad when you envy someone who can travel the Victoria Line without a having to fly first.

[joanneta1]

Oh, my goodness, dear J.P., it is usually crowded and smelly, and if you have to get off at Russell Sq. there's only the lift, or climb up interminable flights of ironwork spiral stairs, nothing as neat as the straight lines used in the relevant scenes in TEH, and definitely only to be indulged in on Saturdays, not weekdays! I could hardly ask her for the sketch, because I would not have resisted the temptation to post it here, and how could I do that without the artist's express permission? But I feel fairly certain that the gentleman in question, having published some of his own artwork, even sold some for charity, would have been impressed by her speed, her dexterity and her skill!

[J.P.]

You could just ask her for permission. :P

 

Crowded as it may be - the tube is a part of a lovely memory.

[HeroinOrHeroine]

When you ask your friend if she wants to travel to London (from Alberta) in January with you "just because" then mumble something about Speedy's Cafe under your breath.

[Carol the Dabbler]

... if you have to get off at Russell Sq. there's only the lift, or climb up interminable flights of ironwork spiral stairs....

 

Having innocently climbed down those stairs once, I can only shudder at the thought of climbing UP them!  There's a sign (at the bottom, gee thanks!) saying that there are as many steps as in a 15-story building.  The station has no escalators, only those truly interminable stairs or the lift, and I don't do elevators / lifts (because what if the power goes out?).  The bottom line is, the only way I will ever enter / exit Russell Square station again is on a through train.

 

The park upstairs is, however, lovely, so I have absolutely no objection to revisiting the spot where John Watson encountered Mike Stamford!

 

[Inge l-w]

Dear Carol,

Needs must when the devil drives! I was with a fellow student once, who, like you, doesn't do lifts! Russell Sq. it had to be, since it was closest to the Tropical Diseases department she needed, and closest to the Historical Archive of UL for me, so we climbed flight after flight of those torturous steps, taking short stops to catch our breath and continue! Fortunately there were light fixtures along the stairwell, and one of my niggling concerns was if there were a power outage and we were left completely in the dark, clinging to that life-saving handrail all the way going up. When we reached ground level, we exchanged a high-five, just for making it!

[J.P.]

Someone's caring of the Londoners' fitness then. Who need a workout when you have Russel Square station? :P

[Carol the Dabbler]

It could be an Olympic event!  :D

[J.P.]

The Yearly Russel Square Stair Marathon In Honor Of The Meeting That Started the Most Remarkable Friendship in History, Not To Mention a Certain BBC Show.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

When you rewatch TRF for the first time in ages and you hear Moriarty's voice and for some reason it reminds you of your uncle's voice ????

[J.P.]

Be careful. As next you think you are related to Jim. :D

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

No way that can happen, though. I'm 100% Asian. xD

[Carol the Dabbler]

Jim could be like 1/8 Asian.  I know a fellow who's 1/4 Japanese and 3/4 German, and looks sort of Polish.

 

[Van Buren Supernova]

You know your obsession is bad when you think someone might be related to a fictitional character he plays, not the actor himself. :lol:

[Arcadia]

Jim could be like 1/8 Asian.  I know a fellow who's 1/4 Japanese and 3/4 German, and looks sort of Polish.

Whereas I am 100% Irish-English-German, and have had several people tell me I look Mediterranean or Hispanic. Go figure.

[Shadow Dweller]

DNA testing, Arcadia. Who knows, maybe they succeed to trace your ancestry to either Africa or Asia continent, lol.

[Arcadia]

Oh, of course! That would explain why I look Mediterranean or Hispanic!

[sittything]

 

Jim could be like 1/8 Asian.  I know a fellow who's 1/4 Japanese and 3/4 German, and looks sort of Polish.

Whereas I am 100% Irish-English-German, and have had several people tell me I look Mediterranean or Hispanic. Go figure.

 

 

I always get told I look Eastern European and yet my mother's DNA test showed 80% British, and a smattering of other western European.  The closest she got to Eastern Europe was less than 1% from the Caucasus Mountain region, which could be an anomaly b/c it's so low.  lol  I'd look at my dad's side, but all genealogy on that side points to UK only (British, Scottish, Irish).   So genes are weird.

[Arcadia]

I'm not sure if it's the genes that are weird, or the people who think I look like something I'm not! :D

 

In at least a couple cases they were trying to place my accent and simply shot really wide of the mark. Those romantics, always trying to make someone more exotic than they actually are....