I love the passion you put when you talk about Benedict C. So I would like to know 5 things you love about him (physically or his personality) take your time. Thanks!
Hello! This kind of ask is always sohard to answer! But also fun, so sit back and relax…it’s going tobe a long one!
Personality: I have had a few celebcrushes throughout my years and none have ever stuck, quite like Bcand it’s because of his personality, his charisma. I have never seena celebrity as real as Bc is. This dude can’t hide his dorkness tosave his life and I love that. He’s not pretending to be goofy ornerdy, this man IS a legit dorkus malorkus. And he’s never ashamed ofthat. Sure he can pull it together to be suave and sophisticated whenneeded, and who doesn’t love that kind of ‘batch that swoons are madeof, BUT he can’t hide his playfulness and his childlike wondermentfor the world around him.
He’s photo bombed, he’s been moved totears, his PDA with Sophie because he’s so proud to have his girlbeside him is just so sweet!!, and if he’s outraged, you bet he’sgoing to have his say. This man manages to move about the world likenobody is watching him, even when all eyes are on him!! and that tome is amazing. He is always himself.
Regardless of what ishappening in the world, Benedict always comes across as beinggrateful for being alive. I’m sure it has to do with his near deathexperiences that make him really live the life he’s always wanted.You can’t just throw the word privileged out there and say well hegrew up privileged and so he had the upper hand in the world. I don’tagree with that. I know people who have had all the privilege anddone nothing with it. I know of people who have had nothing and haveaccomplished so much. It all comes to how you see the world, and Bcknows there is bad in this world, he knows we as global citizens arein trouble, but he doesn’t let that stop him from living and working,and from lending a hand via monetary, personal items, vocal or histime, to support whatever charity causes he can so they can getthings accomplished. That is the power of Benedict Cumberbatch. Hejust cares and he is always trying to be the best human being he can.I don’t practice that a lot in my own life, but watching Bc andsupporting him, it gives me so much encouragement to keep living andto keep striving to be the best person I can be and to always staytrue to myself.
His Work Ethic: I think ifanything is synonymous with the name Benedict Cumberbatch, it’s gottabe his work ethic. The man never seems to take a break! He goes fromone job to the next and he still manages to fit in time with thisfamily. But most importantly he builds up rapport with everybodyhe works with. The Collective have never heard a bad word fromanybody that has worked with Bc. His costars seem to grow to love himand I mean how can ya not…just read above and try not beCumberbatched! To me, Bc doesn’t just see this as a job, as a careerthat he’s in to make money. He loves  to act, he loves to research andlearn all about what and whom he is playing. He doesn’t just put onthe Belstaff coat and bam! Hes Sherlock, he doesn’t just put on theCloak and bam! He’s Doctor Strange, he didn’t just do Smaug’s voicein a recording booth and call it a day. He actually got on the groundand became Smaug, he used his entire body to create that voice.
When Benedict uses hisentire body to make the characters come to life it is just amazing.Listening to Cabin Pressure, he is Martin Crieff!! You can’t see him but just hearing him as Martin and imagining that he is the hapless but well meaning young pilot who’salways getting the short end of the stick and being bested byDouglass. It’s more than just the pitch of the voice or the accent,it’s more than just the costume he puts on. You HEAR it, you SEE it through hiseyes, his hands, his facial expressions. Using all of the body’s movements and senses, that is the Cumberbatch way! Because he takesbecoming these characters very seriously, he works damn hard at creating thisworld of fiction to come alive. Even more so when he is playing somebodywho existed in real life, like Alan Turing and Billy Bulger.
Anybody can act. You justwalk in, learn the script and repeat the words, right? Well not ifyer Benedict Cumberbatch. That man will walk in, learn the script,ask questions, repeat the words and floor everybody in the room,because he gets right into the heart of what the character is feelingand thinking. He made me fall in love and sympathize with his Richardiii, he made me cry when lil Charles was getting berated by his mother, he madescream in pain at stephen’s first look at his damaged hands and hemade me wish I could hug and comfort his Alan, at the thought of himlosing his Christopher. So yes anybody can act, and anybody can workat acting, but you have to be Benedict Cumberbatch to be able to pullit off, flawlessly!
His love for Sophie: We allknow that Bc is such a romantic. He learned it from watching his ownfather adore his mother. Bc made it known early on that what hewanted more than a successful career was to have his own family. Tobe married and be a father. To add children to enhance his already growing and richlife. He finally found that with Sophie Hunter and nothing in thisworld makes me happier, than to see Benedict with Sophie. You cannotdeny that the boy has it BAD for that girl and that is why he put aring on it and started banging out (pun intended LOL) Cumberbabieswith her!!
You cannot tell me that whenBc floated down that red carpet with Sophie during the Oscars 2015,it was only because he was excited he was nominated for Best Actor.NOPE. That man floated because he was carrying sunshine wherever hewent and that was because not only was he was being recognized forhis work, but mama was carrying precious cargo in her belly. Ofcourse Benedict’s work makes him happy, but the life he created withSophie, the children they have, is what keeps that sweet man goingbecause it’s all he’s ever wanted and I’m so glad and grateful toSophie for keeping our boy full of sunshine that it radiates from hisentire body and it affects us all in the most beautiful ways. He andSophie make relationship goals more than just a hashtag. They make ita must for all that believe that true love is real and available toall those who seek it :)
His Face: The eyes. Thoselips. That hair. And the cheekbones you could cut yourself on!sighhhh I don’t have fancy words to describe Bc’s face. All I know isthat when I look at his face, the words ugly, weird, alien, otter orsloth never come to mind. I see beauty in it’s most perfect form.Â
TheBc during Sherlock s1 was so young and fresh and pretty but as theyears went by, the young and fresh went to dramatic and breathtakingto older and wiser and to tired with stories to tell. Benedict is anage chameleon. In his middle 30s he could look in his early 20s. Nowin his early 40s he can easily look as if he was in his late 20s! Hecan make Sherlock look like he’s been through hell and back, (not tomention the sexiest fucked up of a mess that shezza can be) and hecan make Sherlock look at peace and happy like that little pirate he once was before his innocence was drowned.Â
Bc can go from model ready forthe cover of vanity fair, to hipster hanging out with friends, or todad on casual day at the office. He is the man with a thousand looksand faces and all of them are beautiful and real. Bring on the agebecause I can’t wait to see how much more this man will drive us wildwhen he’s in his 60s!
His Humanity: All the thingsthat I mentioned above, would not be possible if it wasn’t forBenedict’s humanity. He thinks and applies being altruistic in allthat he does. He cares about his fans, he cares about the world, hecares about speaking out for those who don’t have a voice. Hishumanity is what generates through him to project andpromote, togetherness, love and understanding. His humanity is what makes him the most attractive human being on this earth.
To be a member of theCumberCollective is something special. I don’t always follow theright path and I shoot my mouth off way too much,( I can’t help it, it’s who I am lol)  but that doesn’tmean I don’t care about my fellow human beings. It’s hard forsomebody like me to care for people when people have been shitty tome my entire life, but Benedict makes me want remain on this planet and to be a member of this group of fans that are better than me,that can show me the way to try to be a better human being. I fail so muchat that, but having friends in this fandom that practice that and getit right on a daily basis (like @elennemigo  and @sobeautifullyobsessed ) seeing Benedict interact with his fansat events or even on the street, these things matter to me and ithelps me to see that the end of the day, even somebody like me, just might be…human :)
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