December 2011
86 posts
Reblog if you love Irene Adler.
…yes.
New Theon chapter. →
winteriscomingbitch:
I haven’t read it because I don’t give a shit but I figured some of my followers would be interested. I’m more amused by GRRM’s website tbh. Update that shit!
I hadn’t heard about this til just now…thoughts? Maybe GRRM should just post the whole book in pieces on his blog. Break up the wait, you know? Lol.
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This is pretty much how it always goes with GOT...
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Ok so I’ve been watching Game of Thrones at Andrew’s urging and at first I was all
But then I made my self keep watching and I liked it a bit more.
Then I kept watching and some shocking things happened and I was all
And then I finished the season and I was all
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Star Wars=Official Religion for 15000 Czechs
Yes, that’s true. About 15,000 Czechs wrote in that they were “Knights of the Jedi” when asked about their religion on a recent census. Read more here. Apparently that’s still a long way to go to challenge the Catholic Church for supremacy in the country, but it is now a real social movement (or something). I just want to know if I can move to the Czech Republic and...
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #2: We Run Out Of Ideas...
Ha, just kidding! That will never happen. Jayne’s knit hat alone probably has at least 10 more possible shirt designs left.
(Source: Dorkly)
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #1: An American Version...
It sounds crazy to imagine something so innately British being adapted to America, but with the recent seasons of Torchwood (a Doctor Who spinoff) being co-financed in America, it’s not too crazy. In case you hadn’t noticed, America loves stealing from the British and making it significantly worse (Skins, Free Agents,Coupling, etc). So why not Doctor Who? It’s one of the longest running TV...
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QUIDDITCH AT THE OLYMPICS
Exactly what it says: Our Muggle brand of Quidditch, which has been steadily rising in popularity (especially on college campuses, hell yeah) is probably going to the Olympic Games in LONDON!!
Here’s an official quote from Alex Benepe, commissioner of the International Quidditch Association (yes, that exists):
“Today it is my pleasure to lay out a road map for the future of the IQA and...
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I don't know if this is a good thing, or...
Apparently, MTV is sending out a casting call for a reality show about geeks. Now, their pitch looks very friendly, and actually appealed to me a lot—they’re pushing all the right geeky buttons to attract sincere geeks. I mean, come on, wanting to attend Hogwarts or Xavier’s School? Not even a question for most of us.
….But, of course, there’s a catch. The people...
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #3: More Asimov/Dick...
Can you think of a shitty sci-fi film (not directed by George Lucas) that you’ve seen in the past 20 years? There’s an extremely good chance that it was based on a book by Philip K. Dick or Isaac Asimov, two of the greatest sci-fi writers of all-time (right up there with Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and whoever writes the Halo novelizations). Let’s go through a quick list: I,...
Spoiler~ Azor Ahai
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twinflam3s asked: You'll be hearing from me when Adler resurfaces in 2 years time. We shall have a drink.
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #4: Half-Life 3 Never...
Well, it has officially been 4 years since the release of Half-Life: Episode 2. In the meantime, we’ve enjoyed a number of additional episodes, each released between 6 to 8 months between each other – OH WAIT. Nevermind. That was the world we had expected to be living in, not this horrifying dystopic future we find ourselves in. Well, okay, maybe that’s a bit hyperbolic (we do have Breaking...
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #5: (Another)Joss...
Months before Dollhouse premiered, fans were starting petitions to save the show (a reasonable fear, since it was canceled after two short seasons). After being burned with Firefly (the original pilot was never aired, the episodes that did air were out of order, and not even all the episodes were aired), fans knew what to expect. That being said, despite the cancellation after year two, Fox was...
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Art and soul: Shame of Shadows →
hollyloli:
When it comes to having authority on Sherlock Holmes I feel that I am near the bottom of the list compared to most of the people I follow on Tumblr. I have only read one small anthology with a few of his adventures in it (Including the Red Headed Club and the story featuring Irene Adler), and have…
An excellent post. I especially agree with how you point out that female...
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #6: The Avengers...
First of all – let’s realize how crazy it is that The Avengers is a real thing in the first place. Marvel had to launch 4 individual characters in 4 films (5 if you count the Eric Bana Hulk, which no one ever would for any reason), weave SHIELD into the story (even if they didn’t do too great of a job), and make sure all of the films felt as though they could exist in the same universe. That’s a...
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IRENE ADLER IS NOT DEAD
Um…spoilers, sorry :P
First of all, she’s not allowed to die because she’s my favorite. TT__TT
Okay now the real reasons.
First of all, think about how her ‘death’ is handled in the movie. It’s anticlimactic and broken up, with more and more pieces of the scene being revealed throughout the movie. It’s practically begging for you to think...
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #7: Kids Liking the...
The only nightmare worse than kids seeing the prequel trilogy first is them liking the prequel trilogy more than the original trilogy. How are you supposed to deal with that? The fact is that kids are dumb. They like bright lights, explosions, and farts (all of which are, admittedly, pretty great things) – they like them a lot, and the PT has them in spades. Sure, the Obi-Wan/Vader lightsaber...
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Thoughts on The Hunger Games
The novel, obviously, not the movie….also obviously, massive spoilers below.
Okay so I just reread the book on a plane flight in one sitting, and can I just say that HOLY SHIT it is such a roller coaster? Suzanne Collins is not very good with tenses and her sentences are far from elegant, but it fits—though at first Katniss’s narrative style always jars me, once you fall into...
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4 Awful Ways the Internet and the Real World are... →
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #8: Kids Seeing the...
Parents, generally, want the best for their children. They want them to have all of the best experiences possible while minimizing the amount of negative ones. Unfortunately, George Lucas has created a tough world for any prospective nerd parent. On the one hand, he’s given us some of the greatest films of all time – films that captured the imagination of nearly every child who saw them. Who...
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Mom, look, I'm on FIRE.
peetas-buns-are-in-my-oven:
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The 9 Greatest Nerd Fears: #9: GRRM Dying
One will be posted every day for the next 9 days! So stay tuned.
If I had to describe George RR Martin, I would say something like “HIV-Positive Santa Claus” or “Gandalf After Getting Kicked Off ‘The Biggest Loser’ For Trying To Eat His Own Beard.” Neither of those things are sterling pictures of good health exactly, but they do more or less accurately describe the overweight, rapidly-aging...
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I can't go out tonight. I'm dead.
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credit to this deviantArt: ~kvothetheraven
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Irene Adler would totally live here. And so would...
This loft in Brooklyn used to be a clocktower!! And now it’s an apartment containing the the coolest window ever.
tbh I imagine Irene Adler living here.
More details on the place here.