I have a weakness for AUs that aren’t what they seem, and I’ve had an idea kicking around my head if you’d like to have it! Coffee Shop AU that isn’t actually a Coffee Shop AU. The coffee shop is a front for the “terrorist” organization of Dwarves out to reclaim Erebor. Bilbo is an actual customer mistaken for an ally. Probably Gandalf’s fault.

bendingsignpost:

With bleary eyes, Bilbo pushed open the heavy wooden door and shuffled into the mirky dimness of the first coffee shop he saw. Which was the one on lower 14th Street. No, not the one with the absurd line and people shivering at the outdoor tables, even at this time of year. Not the cramped Starbucks either, or the other, slightly less cramped Starbucks.

The other one.

Yes. That one.

Such was the degree of Bilbo’s caffeine deprivation. 

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bakerstreetbabes:

postcardsfromtheoryland:

So I’m currently looking through a collection of pictures of William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, and I had to stop and laugh when I came to this one, because I –

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Just look at it. Bask in the gloriously MASSIVE side-eye Watson is giving him.

He’s just like, “damn you, Holmes, and your flouncy dressing gown, I had shit to do.”

I’m still laughing at it.

Some things never change 😀

knitmeapony:

28weekslaterhater:

knitmeapony:

ravenclawslibrary:

smurflewis:

DONT ASK ME THIS, THIS IS HOW THE TROJAN WAR STARTED, I DONT WANT THIS MAN

Right away, Aphrodite popped into my head.

And then I’m just like, “DAMMIT, DID YOU LEARN NOTHING FROM PARIS? YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT, AND NOW ALL THE TROJANS ARE DEAD. I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY.”

If you are ever actually in this situation, pro-tip: name Persephone.  Half the goddesses will be too surprised to smite you immediately and while Hades won’t do you any favors he may at least high-five you while your on your way down.

Another tip: name Mesperyian. Not only will you shock everyone, including her (since Aphrodite was a jealous ho who burnt half her face off), but you’ll win Hades’ favour. As his most beloved daughter, anything that praises her will make you a kind human to her, an okay human to him, and a genuinely good person to anyone else.

I heartily endorse this alternative answer.