valeria2067:

—All of this starts in early childhood for both of them. 

—John’s home life is already unstable, thanks to his father’s drinking, so he knows even then to hide it, not just from his parents, but from Harry, too.  

—Mycroft scolds young Sherlock for being so “boring” and “typical” as to invent imaginary friends, but the mocking hides a real concern that perhaps Sherlock is mad, or…. even more frightening… that perhaps Sherlock is not.

—John manages to get a seat near the window in his most difficult science classes. It’s not so he can stare out at the sky; it’s because Sherlock can explain most things to him better than any teacher or professor.

—Sherlock takes to carrying a small, foldable magnifying glass and using it in anything and everything during investigations. He doesn’t actually need it. What he needs is to see and hear John smiling and saying “fantastic!” when the others around him are calling him a freak.

—John enlisting and going to Afghanistan nearly ends their relationship. Sherlock doesn’t want to see John die, and he fears (nearly as much, if he is honest) that there will be less time for them, fewer opportunities, no privacy.  It is only dumb luck that one window of a nearby parked jeep is clean and smooth enough for John to catch a glimpse of Sherlock’s frantic warning – otherwise, the bullet would have pierced John’s heart, not just his shoulder.

—Every time Sherlock hears someone complain about “folk these days doing nothing but staring into their phones,” Sherlock smiles to himself. It is the greatest social shift in history, as far as he is concerned. John is with him almost constantly, now, staring at a somewhat less expensive phone somewhere in another universe.

—They may say they keep the brightness low on their smartphone screens because of privacy issues or battery conservation, but Sherlock and John both know that’s not quite true. Sherlock also says that the sleek, shiny phone is more than a tool for his work; it IS his work.

And as anyone can tell you, Sherlock Holmes is married to his work.

sapphichands:

hobbitcreampuff:

But what about vampire history teachers. Vampires who read something from a text book then proceed to light the book on fire and throw it out the window because “No. that’s not even close to what really happened. Listen up nerds I’m about to teach you what really happened in France during the revolution”

I need this as a series

thebaronessofbooks:

broadwayandfandomsandfeelsohmy:

robottko:

tavoriel:

whimsybrain:

A group of Slytherin students camping outside the common room because the password is something bigoted and they refuse to say it

a group of Slytherin students having a sleepover in the Hufflepuff dormitory because the Hufflepuffs found out

A group of ravenclaw students trying to magically change the doors password when the hufflepuffs tell them

a group of Gryffindors trying to forcibly remove the door when they finally find out

This post got better since I’ve last seen it.

foxy-and-fazbear:

vaudevillellain:

Have you ever been listening to Rainymood and thought, “Yeah, this is good … but it would be nice if I could customize the sound more, or if there was a little more choice.

Let me introduce you to MyNoise.

MyNoise is a customizable sounscape looper with so many options, even within each soundscape.  So say, for instance, you really love rain sounds when you write or study or relax.  Anything.  I know I’m a big fan of rain sounds.  They have a page for that.

But say you like really high, pattery rain, and LOTS of low thunder.  Here’s where MyNoise really stands out: you can customize that.  See those sliders with all the cute colors?  That is your equalizer. You can adjust the levels based on what you want to hear more and less of.  Here’s how it looks when you want high, pattery rain and low, rumbly thunder:

But say rain isn’t really your jam.  Say you want something a little more ambient, a little more background noise-y.  Something with people.  Well, they have customizable coffee house chatter that even has the levels listed for things like “kitchen,” “babble,” and “table”:

Or say you miss the ocean.

Or say you miss your cat.

Or say you miss your spaceship.

Or say you miss the dungeon where you and your team of scalawag adventurers used to explore and face off against, say, dragons.  In the dungeon.

This site is seriously so helpful, and those are just a fraction of every kind of sounscape the site has to offer.  The best part is that if you want to layer it with music (for instance, I’ll layer a playlist + rain + coffee shop if the scene I’m writing takes place in a coffee shop), you can adjust the master volume, meaning all of your layers stay at their respective volumes, just louder or quieter.

Enjoy!

Yeyeyeyeye

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 –

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.