dark academia

- chris - It seems that the only time I have for myself is those late late night hours when everybody’s sleeping.

[theordinaryweirdkid]

Dónal Finn has Ancient Greece beauty.

[ammyle]

(Tumblr made the word "I" really hard to see for some reasons...)

[weathergirl01]

Yeah sooo another little detail I noticed in Young Sherlock (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED IT)

SO: Sherlock is with Silas in his study after Sherlock steals his financial records and is trying to play it cool by asking Silas to let him borrow a paper he wrote for James.

Silas says: smart boy, he has a bright future ahead of him, I can always tell.

His eyes when he says that almost look unfocused which you could interpret as him reminiscing on his own life.

-> As the viewer is watching the series for this first time, they'd think: oh he's just seeing parts of his scientific career in James, his curiosity ressembles mine - bla bla bla - he's like some successful people I met in my life ; this is the pattern of someone who' s gonna become an accomplished person in life. (I mean yeah makes sense, James is quite sharp and smart)

HOWEVER

-> When you understand who Silas is - essentially a manipulative and gaslighting criminal mastermind - the bright future and the fact that he can always tell HAS A DOUBLE MEANING: He can tell that James is like him... in becoming a criminal mastermind of his own.

And we know that he does - Silas was spot on.

Silas can see the patterns in James' behavior that ressemble his own.

Silas clocked James' future before Sherlock.

Then, Silas' death is like burying that secret... until Sherlock uncovers it all over again.

I can't get over how well the show foreshadows - makes me wonder what else I'm missing

[oddandalarmingsexualfeelings]

'something, or someone, is not straight'

well lads i think the answer is staring you in the face just look at you two

[oddandalarmingsexualfeelings]

the homosexuality on display is immense

[marinosno1fan]

In defence of Gleb Vaganov………

Here’s the thing, Gleb is the antagonist of Anastasia the Musical, but can we really say he’s a villain?? Yes, he’s working against Anya’s ideals, yes he is told to retrieve her and kill her if necessary, yes he believes his father ‘did a proud and vital task’ but he never wanted to hurt her. In fact, when we first meet him, Gleb shows kindness to Anya offering her a helping hand and some time to recover from her fear. Then later he is disappointed when he finds out that it is Anya who is claiming that she is the Grand Duchess Anastasia and he invites her to his office to talk it through with her, explaining how dangerous her fantasy is and how it could kill her. He doesn’t want her to get hurt and sings The Neva Flows as a way of trying to convince her not to go along with Dmitry’s schemes. When he is then tasked with hunting her down, he struggles with the conflict of head over heart, even singing ‘my heart and mind at war’ understanding that he has a conflict of interests. It is unknown whether he is in love with Anya or just simply does not want to kill her because she is naive and innocent but his duet part with Dmitry later in Quartet At The Ballet suggests the former, ‘someone holds her safe and warm……’ Finally when face to face with Anya, his earlier question of ‘could I have pulled the trigger, if I’d been told’ in The Neva Flows is answered. In fact he is unable to do what his father did and decides not to shoot Anya, realising that it could do more harm to his cause if he did kill her. His good nature wins out and he lets Anya leave, reporting back to his commander that there never was an Anastasia and that it was simply a rumour.

So to conclude, Gleb is in fact just misunderstood and doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, learning along the way what he should in fact be doing. And we can clearly see that he never once harms anyone in pursuit of Anya as no one else is his target, so he is not a selfish villain intent on causing chaos. He is a misguided soldier following orders and eventually betraying them. In fact it is actually Anya, Dmitry and Vlad that can be blamed as they are breaking the law to begin with. So I suppose what I am trying to say is Gleb is in no way a bad person and that we should all appreciate his character as a loyal and hardworking comrade. And that perhaps the real villain of the show is the girl who tells Gleb about Dmitry’s scheme in the first place.

Thank you for paying attention to my essay!!

[raincloudbubble]

me trying to figure out the plots of musicals by just listening to the soundtracks:

[minzart]

Guess who just watched Anastasia the musical, me

This whole scene was so fucking funny, Gleb imediatly ditching the intimidating officer pose to go crush boy was hilarious, only to three seconds later shut up, realize they aren't alone and silently dismiss the soldiers, who I bet MONEY WHENT SINGING "there's a new rumor in ptersburg" I SWEAR IT

Their final confrontational???

"Then finish the job! I am my fathers daughter!"/"and I my fathers son!"

THE CLOCK OF THE GUN WHEN SHE ANSWERS WHO SHE IS?! THE GHOSTS OF HER FAMILY ON THE WINDOWS! THE TENSION OF GOING FROM HER HEART TO HER HEAD! AND THEN HE LOWERS THE GUN?! HOLLY FUCKING SHIT MAN

[stealingpotatoes]

do you ever think about how much of the original trilogy artoo spent silently watching the drama go down with popcorn

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[flinsgrave]

happy enoltaire day to all who celebrate 🍷🇫🇷🌿

[dasloddl]

It does not matter which Sherlock Holmes adaptation you consume, there’ll always be moriarty/holmes yaoi

[oddandalarmingsexualfeelings]

jesus christ i fucking love james moriarty

[animentality]

[spicegirlmoonheist]

RIP to the absolutely incredible, gorgeously kind and enthralling Anthony Head. I hope wherever he is, he's playing his pink Nintendo DS.

[her-soliloquies]

I can kiss Guy Ritchie on the mouth for making sheriarty more popular than before.

[goblin-eating-bugs]

Every Sherlock adaptation they make him gayer without explicitly making him gay which I didn’t think was possible cause I just got whiplash from the new Young Sherlock show where Sherlock almost kisses a male hooker. I think this may even be explicitly gay at this point what other reason could there possibly be to add that?

[asexual-amanita]

As summer is approaching, I’d like to remind everyone that you are not entitled to ask someone to cover up their scars, self inflicted or not. I don’t care if they’re big, I don’t care if they’re noticeable, or purple, or all over their body, or what. You can’t police people’s bodies.

[asexual-amanita]

This also goes for my friends with feeding tubes, ostomy bags, central lines and urinary catheters. People are allowed exist in bodies that stray from the expected norm.