He could hear the humming even from afar and it grew louder the nearer he got to the little copse of trees at the end of the lawn. And there he found Sherlock, sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of a row of beehives, his back to the house. John kept a respectful distance and watched in fascination as bees swarmed around Sherlock, occasionally landing on his hair or shoulders, crawling around in circles and taking off again. He didn’t seem to notice while working away on a tablet computer.
‘Don’t you ever get stung?’ John asked.
Sherlock froze. For a few moments he sat totally motionless, then made a gentle shooing motion which rendered him bee-free within seconds and slowly turned around. He looked up at John. ‘And why would they sting me?’ he said. ‘I don’t harm them.’
So, that was what a holidaying Sherlock looked like. His hair was tousled and its rich, dark colour shimmered auburn in the sunlight. His cheekbones and the ridge of his nose showed a bit of sunburn. The black eye had faded to blotchy shades of green and yellow still marring his face. He wore a collarless, wide-cut shirt that looked old, as if it had been washed and dried in the sun so often that the material was broken down to feathery softness.
Commission for ‘Destination Unknown’ by cloudmelon – thank you so much!
shoutout to george, fred, and especially ron weasley for realizing that harry was stuck in abusive and unhealthy household and, in spite of the massive trouble they knew they could get in, taking immediate steps to personally see him removed from that environment, something no adult in harry’s life did.
Ok, but this is really even better because Ron realised that something was wrong with Harry, and he went to Fred and George because they would know what to do. He knew that the twins weren’t only smart enough to think of something to do, or reckless enough to do it, but that they would listen to him. And they did. Because, despite the jokes and the mocking, the twins are really good brothers who pay attention to their younger siblings. Ron asked them to help harry, and they did – not because he was Harry Potter or because he was famous, but because he was their little brothers best friend.
shoutout to george, fred, and especially ron weasley for realizing that harry was stuck in abusive and unhealthy household and, in spite of the massive trouble they knew they could get in, taking immediate steps to personally see him removed from that environment, something no adult in harry’s life did.
No, the “bugger” in “full of bugger all” is not swearing. Nor would it have been swearing for Aziraphale to have publicly discussed the Bugger All This Bible.
People have looked on this post askance and maintain that it is swearing. However, they are wrong. I know they are wrong, because when Terry Pratchett and I turned up late one night in late 1990 to do the Hour 25 show with Joe Straczynski on KPFK, the programming director came over and told Terry and me that we were NOT ALLOWED TO SWEAR. She explained that English people often swore and that no swearing was allowed to occur on live radio or they would lose their broadcasting license. So Terry and I naturally and immediately asked if we could say bugger, because there was the Bugger All This bible in the book, and we might mention it, and she went away to ask. She was gone quite a long time, but when she came back she said she had taken it all the way to the top, and it wasn’t swearing, and we could say Bugger on the radio.
He’d categorically refused to smile, but watching John’s pleading for a photograph must have amused him, since something warm twitched the corners of his lips.
Dear young females, if a man ever interrupts you say “excuse me I wasn’t finished.” and finish ur statement. The looks u get and his mortified reaction will make u unstoppable. demand respect.
Bringing back this prime advice
I do this to male professors including my advisor and honestly it made them all actually listen to me in lab meeting.
Agent Director Peggy Carter in the 21st century AU where she’s living in Avengers tower and ‘Oh look, Thor’s left his hammer on top of those files I need. Silly bugger.’
Thor and Steve walk into the room as she picks it up, retrieves her stack from the coffee table, nonchalantly places mjolnir back down. “What are you two gaping at!?” Thor shakes Steve’s hand and proceeds to parade her around the tower on his shoulders, loudly declaring her worthiness.
why is this not on my feed????
When they ask why she’s unruffled, she responds with “I know my value.”
Lady Karasu 