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leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 8h

Only one good thing happened today and it's this

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

Danielle Fishel honors 98-year-old William Daniels, aka Mr. Feeny, during her #DWTS routine

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 18h

Me going for a run this morning: YEAH gonna get BACK IN THE GROOVE gonna make GOOD CHOICES gonna be CONSISTENT IN MY PERSONAL GROWTH

Me hobbling home after a plantar fasciitis flare-up within a half-mile: Life is SUFFERING bodies are MADE TO DECAY death is a BLESSED RELEASE FROM UNENDING TORMENT

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

If knowing the end of a story ruins it, the story was already bad

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

I will say I'm bummed that there's no closed captioning or the like, that seems like a big oversight? But otherwise this is delightful so far.

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

I'm now watching the Mamdani rally and I am so charmed by the aggressive theater kid energy almost every speaker has brought so far. More nerdy MFA grads in politics please.

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

Today as I was making dinner I heard the Disney app start up and came out to find my dog with her front feet on my coffee table sniffing my beer—or more correctly, with one foot on the table and the other foot on my remote, which has app buttons for... Disney, Hulu and Netflix.

CASE CLOSE

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

BTW: I recently canceled my Disney, Hulu and Netflix subscriptions, but despite repeatedly deleting the apps from my Roku, every few days they'd pop back onto my home screen. I've been fully convinced that there was some corporate sneakery afoot (yes I have been watching more Sherlock Holmes)

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

What's the weather like here? I opened the front door to take my dog out for a walk, she promptly turned around and went to my bedroom and curled up in a resentful ball on my bed.

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 1d

Reposting for working week crowd!

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

New chapter of "A War of Seasons," in which Stannis gets to deal with several women who irritate him and hears (albeit unknowingly) about another one who's going to cause definite problems, on top of the all the other problems he has:

archiveofourown.org/works/575977...

"The Brotherhood without Banners, Your Grace."

Stannis might have scoffed, but Maester Brenett did not strike him as a foolish man. "The riverlords who've bent the knee to me have spoken of them, but in the same way they speak of the ghost of High Heart or snarks or giants." Though Stannis himself had seen the corpses of two giants, mangled and bloodied in the battle for the Wall. The wildlings had set fire to them and chanted some prayer in their ancient tongue, and the bonfires had burned for days afterward.

"The Brotherhood are real enough. Two years ago, Lord Frey's great-grandson Petyr went to a brothel near Fairmarket and was kidnapped. A ransom demand arrived, one hundred gold pieces to be paid at Oldstones, but the message made clear that only a Frey could deliver it. Lord Frey sent another one of his grandsons — I cannot recall his name — to pay, but weeks passed with no word and finally he sent his bastard Ryger to discover what happened, this time with a full guard. He found them, all right: hung and gutted in the godswood of Oldstones, a bannerless pike stuck in the ground beneath them. Since then there have been sightings; the servants speak of them quietly, where no Freys can hear."

"And what do they speak of?" Stannis asked.

"Vengeance, Your Grace."

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

I just realized why all the versions of Lestrade as an antagonist who's jealous of Holmes have bugged me, and it's because I imprinted on Colin Jeavons's Lestrade and the lovely speech he gives at the end of "The Six Napoleons," where he tells Holmes he's proud of him and Holmes nearly breaks down.

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

I've been sitting here like all day going "who IS that fucker" and about five minutes ago I was like "hold on HOLD ON" and sure enough

Photo of Charles Gray as the Criminologist in Rocky Horror Picture Show, looking super dapper with a cigarette holder

Screencap of Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes, with sideburns but still looking dapper as fuck

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

OK was someone going to tell me that the actor who plays Mycroft was also the Criminologist from Rocky Horror Picture Show or was I just supposed to imdb that myself

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

I'm watching "The Priory School" and once again, British media shows that there is nothing so terrifying to an Englishman than another Englishman from about five miles away

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

Stannis has 99 problems and a bitch is like at least 73 of them

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 2d

New chapter of "A War of Seasons," in which Stannis gets to deal with several women who irritate him and hears (albeit unknowingly) about another one who's going to cause definite problems, on top of the all the other problems he has:

archiveofourown.org/works/575977...

"The Brotherhood without Banners, Your Grace."

Stannis might have scoffed, but Maester Brenett did not strike him as a foolish man. "The riverlords who've bent the knee to me have spoken of them, but in the same way they speak of the ghost of High Heart or snarks or giants." Though Stannis himself had seen the corpses of two giants, mangled and bloodied in the battle for the Wall. The wildlings had set fire to them and chanted some prayer in their ancient tongue, and the bonfires had burned for days afterward.

"The Brotherhood are real enough. Two years ago, Lord Frey's great-grandson Petyr went to a brothel near Fairmarket and was kidnapped. A ransom demand arrived, one hundred gold pieces to be paid at Oldstones, but the message made clear that only a Frey could deliver it. Lord Frey sent another one of his grandsons — I cannot recall his name — to pay, but weeks passed with no word and finally he sent his bastard Ryger to discover what happened, this time with a full guard. He found them, all right: hung and gutted in the godswood of Oldstones, a bannerless pike stuck in the ground beneath them. Since then there have been sightings; the servants speak of them quietly, where no Freys can hear."

"And what do they speak of?" Stannis asked.

"Vengeance, Your Grace."

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 3d

Whenever Watson deduces anything, Holmes is so pleased even when (and possibly especially when) Watson completely fucks it up. Brett has Holmes practically wriggling with pride and it's SO CUTE

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 3d

Plans with friends fell through today because it's gross out, which on the one hand: bummer, I like my friends, but on the other hand: first hot chocolate of the season PLUS I'm back on my Granada Holmes bullshit, it's gonna be a nice day

At some point I should probably do some homework but whatevs

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah that tracks, also I really want him playing Watson in a new period sherlock (no more modern adaptations pls I've had enough)

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 3d

Awwww

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

I looked at the menu and was like "I want one of everything"

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

Yes exactly! He can definitely be rude/thoughtless at times, but he's gracious when reminded to be and Brett captures the weird push-pull of "I want justice" and "ugh this crime is BORING" that most adaptations can't quite manage (Elementary imo is runner up but makes Holmes a little too earnest)

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

Then I defer absolutely to your expertise (also I agree wholeheartedly)

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

I gotta get a microscope

and some cocaine

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know if there were Watson Wars like there were Ray Wars, but I love both David Burke's and Edward Hardwicke's versions. Burke is more "oh you rascal you" whereas Hardwicke is more "I will die for you also you're wonderful" and both work great with Brett's "oh you lovable dummy" affection

leupagus @leupagus.bsky.social · 4d

omg