GERALT AND JASKIER in THE WITCHER SEASON 2
Premieres Dec. 17
The person who writes news tickers in Sun City, AZ when llamas are let loose one day: I’ve been waiting my whole life for this…
This scene was actually when I went from feeling more or less neutral on Joan to actively disliking her.
Because wow, that was patronizing.
I loved that scene in Elementary.
1) Firstly, because it immediately deconstructs the “hero throws and breaks something in frustration” cliche (Sherlock throwing a glass slide in HoB, anyone?) it might even be seen as a parody of that cliche.
2) Secondly, because the dynamic is different between a man and a woman than it would be between two women or two men, the visual of a man smashing something in a temper in front of a woman can be taken as threatening or borderline abusive. Joan Watson immediately shows that she is not intimidated by Holmes’ behavior.
3) Lastly? One of the running themes of Elementary is the deconstruction of Sherlock Holmes as the solitary, antisocial genius, and his becoming a member of a community. Holmes’ gifts are given their due respect, but no one in Elementary plays the game of Because Sherlock Holmes is a Bloody Genius He Can Do Whatever He Wants So There. When Sherlock goes after Moriarty (“M”), Captain Gregson suspends him. When Sherlock doesn’t want to talk about his addiction, Alfredo says “You’ve got to get over yourself.” And when Sherlock behaves like a spoiled child, Joan tells him “Use your words.”
You see Joan patronizing Sherlock. I see a member of Sherlock’s community teaching him how to behave like an adult member of that community.
More of this sort of thing please.
this fucking movie i swEA R
my last four brain cells at any given time
Frodo may be Bilbo’s actual adopted nephew, but Merry and Pippin are his
younger cousins, and Sam is his old gardener’s son whose family he
clearly has a soft spot for and who he taught to read and write, and
Gimli is the son of one of his old adventuring friends, and Legolas is,
similarly, the son of the Elvenking who named him an elf-friend, and we
know Aragorn is canonically his friend as well, who he very possibly
could have met as a small child in Rivendell when he passed through, so
really, like 7/9 members of the Fellowship are people he can employ
weird elderly relative (or the honorary equivalent thereof) energy on if
he wants to and I think that’s very powerful.
the fellowship is 7 people who Bilbo Baggins can employ weird elderly relative energy onto PLUS 1 person who can employ weird elderly relative energy onto Bilbo Baggins PLUS Boromir.
please don't call centuries-old epic poems "franchises"
Might as well post this.
there’s nothing funnier than twitter and tumblr official accounts gloating at facebook-insta-whatsapp collapse i swear-
this is going to be historical i promise
they’re having the time of their lives
Great now I ship Twitter and Tumblr.
tbh the funniest part in the fellowship of the rings is when pippin drops the helmet down the well in balin’s tomb and we’re just listening to it drop while everyone stares at him and he flinches at every clang and then when it’s over gandalf goes after his whole life i die every time
