Meme: Five Last Lines and Five Persons Tagged

coloringthegreyscale:

conversationswithjohnlock:

distantstarlight:

ghislainem70:

I was tagged by the lovely @saki101, thank you!  Five of your favorite or most recent last lines of your fic, and tag five other writers.

The Omega Sutra:  Sherlock’s skin bruised purple and gold now, the ichor making a fascinating pattern that John could watch unfold forever, and he promised himself that he would.

The Catherine Wheel: He reached out his fingertips and touched cold glass, and caught a glimpse of the stars, faintly twinkling.

Korengal Calling: 

Then the cold sea overtook him, and he was falling down into dark waters where the only point of light was Sherlock Holmes’ eyes.

Full Fathom Five: Lestrade grinned, and loudly sang out in his fine deep voice, a Scottish tune he’d picked up at the pub in Loch Buie: “I know where I’m goin’, and I know who’s goin’ with me, I know who I love, and my dear knows who I’ll marry, Some say that he’s poor, but I say that he’s bonnie,Fairest of them all, is my handsome winsome Johnny.”

The Bells (Hannigram: 

It took everything young Hannibal had to control them, but control them he did.

Impossible to pick 5 writers amongst my mutuals but @random-nexus

@msdisdain  @conversationswithjohnlock  @redscudery @alexxphoenix42

@distantstarlight  @starrysummer-nights @fuckyeahfightlock @smirkdoctor  @doctornerdington and all of my writer followers consider yourself tagged:

do I just continue on? Because I am:

John Of The Dead:  “We’re going to stay and we’re going to remain together no matter who says what to us alright? So far I’ve been kidnapped, one of your cousins thinks I can walk through walls, another one thinks I’m one of the Little People and another one thinks I’m here to kill everyone because my hands are too small. I really need a drink.”

For the Betterment of Humanity:  John was so thorough! Normally this would please Sherlock, but right then it was annoying as hell. Ill or not, he was trying to work out how to seduce the man, not have his charts updated! “There isn’t any swelling! I just don’t feel well.”

The Good Box:  They practised living together as a couple. Sherlock and John understood that their old habits had to change if they wanted to maintain a supportive and mutually loving relationship, but at the same time they didn’t want to dramatically change one another. It was against Sherlock’s nature, and far too great a part of John’s but together they learned to compromise.

Murder By Death:  John was acutely aware that a man lay next to him. Sherlock was shapeless, long and lean without a hint of softness to him. Well, except for two places, Sherlock’s lips and his arse. John thought about that.

Fuzzy Logic:  Donovan and Anderson were particularly annoying. Anderson’s knickers were in a bunch because John’s skills had now outstripped his by a considerable degree and being outshone by a brilliant madman was one thing, but being outshone by a frumpy doctor in a badly made jumper was too much for the over-proud Yarder

@geekishchic, @myfirstisthefourth, @darlingpetao3, @atlinmerrick @conversationswithjohnlock

Fun! I’m on my iPad, so no hyperlinks for me. You can find these on AO3 under username CWB.

The Johnlock Collection:
Sherlock spends weeks preparing his wedding vows. The final version is twenty minutes long and includes a slide show, multiple props, and a flame thrower.
When it’s John’s turn he simply steps forward, takes Sherlock’s hand in his, and says, “Sherlock, my love, deduce this,” then slips the band onto Sherlock’s finger.

I Just Want You For My Own:
Sherlock let go.

Taste This:
Take special note

as Sherlock passes the test

but surely it’s Watson who’s scored?

Emperor Tales of the Frozen South:
Pobeda will bear witness to their lives, and long after they’re gone, emperors will learn the legend and pass down their names. Maybe, he thinks, when he joins Erebus and Selvic and all the others who will have flown before him, he will look down and see the work of their lives on the wings of their descendants, and that one word will resonate and bind them together: aumārire.

John in His Arms:
Sherlock pushed the door open and moved to step out. He hesitated, then swiveled back, grabbed John by the back of the neck, and pulled them together. He kissed John, hard and fast, got out of the truck, shut the door, and disappeared into the crowd.

@ewebie @librarylock @coloringthegreyscale @tiltedsyllogism @ghislainem70 (oops, ghislainem, you just did this!)

Wow. I never expect to get tagged in things like this, and yet it continues to happen. Thank you!

I’m going to try to keep as little TSB as possible on here, but I have to do at least one, since that’s my bread and butter.

And They Humor His Desires (With Pleasure)
“You’re not alone in this, you know… this case,” James remarked and he vaguely felt a very weak nod from Sherlock. “Sherlock, if this person is threatening you… us? We… we take care of it together.”
John quietly agreed and added for good measure, “You don’t fight these things alone anymore.”
Sherlock smiled in spite of himself before he whispered his genuine agreement.
They were right, after all – it wasn’t just him, now. From now on, it would always be ‘they’.

Bit by Bit
And that’s when he said it, that feeling that had built within his chest and pressed against his ribs in a way that bordered uncomfortable and brilliant. It slipped from him in a sigh and he was startled by the sound it made in his own voice.
“I love you…”
And his ears rang bells of celebration as James returned them back to him in a declaration of his own.
“I love you, too.”

Deducing a Watson
Sherlock followed her down the stairs and to the door, unsure of what to say next, so all he could offer was, “I won’t tell him. That you were here. So don’t worry about that”
“He wouldn’t believe you if you did. I’ll tell you what you can do, though. Let yourself get it. Because you’re smart.”
Sherlock felt his heart clench and he dropped his eyes before he nodded slowly.
Because he did get it – and that’s what hurt.

I Substitute My Own! (also known as ‘Bree tries really hard to fix TFP with a mass of compiled notes’)
Sherlock offers a hand to help John to his feet, and John accepts it, smiling at the tiny kiss his partner decides to sneak onto his lips. “Your daughter is on the move. We better hurry to catch up.”
“Lead the way.”
As they dart off after Rosie, the camera pans back to show the sign for “Rathbone Park”
To The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

What Happens When Things Are…
“I wouldn’t have expected less,” he dropped his hand as he leaned down and captured Sherlock’s lips in a quick kiss. “I love you, Sherlock.”
“I… love you too, John.”
“I’ll ignore the pause.”
“That’s probably best.”

Now the hard part. Who do I tag?
I guess… @astudyinsnoggy @havetardiswilltimetravel @amythe3lder @beltainefaerie @daringlydomestic? What do you think?

How fun! I’m not sure I have any favorite last lines, so this is just a few.

F*** me

“I can’t believe we’ve wasted a perfectly good year together not.”
John laughed, then kissed Sherlock. “Well, we certainly won’t waste another.”

Paris Retreat

I like to think that if he finds this, he will understand.

A little more than the last line so it makes sense: I Should Have Told You

“I love you, too, John,” Sherlock whispered in his ear when they finally broke apart.
After that it was a flurry of activity. The boxes were loaded and they were ready to head off. He took a last look at the place, pleased that something good at least had happened in that house.
As he was locking up, Jacky bounded back and leaned in and whispered, “I’m glad you got to tell him.”

Sustain Me

“Doctor’s orders?” Sherlock smiled back, eyes twinkling. “I think I can manage that.”

Stealing is a Serious Offense

From outside his door, Sherlock heard John shout, “Sherlock? Have you seen my gun?”

@tiger-in-the-flightdeck, @merindab,  @besina, @hums-happily, @reclusiveq

Reblog if you’d watch the Wonder Woman movie if Wonder Woman wore a hijab

avidbeader:

naamahdarling:

were-all-queer-here:

were-all-queer-here:

My dad tried to make an anti muslim argument saying basically that hijabis can’t be included in parts not originally written out for a hijabi. But I think, why not? Rock your hijab girl. Reblog to prove his ass wrong!

My dads gonna be real mad when I tell him about this post 😂😅

That’d be awesome. Bring it.

My son and I were going into a grocery store this week and a woman in a hijab was coming out. She had her freaking phone shoved in next to her ear so the hijab would hold it and she had both hands free to carry her bags.

I ached to tell her just how cool I thought that was but didn’t want to interrupt her conversation. Once my son and I were inside, he turned to me and said, “She was AWESOME.”

Wonder Woman would still kick ass in a hijab.

leavesdancing:

jaimistoryteller:

leavesdancing:

trappist1-tony:

sarahthecoat:

obotligtnyfiken:

byjovewhataspend:

obotligtnyfiken:

byjovewhataspend:

obotligtnyfiken:

mmmaxi:

byjovewhataspend:

So i worked with veterans for a few years.

To me, John is absolutely reminiscent of a lot of the… slightly scarier vets? 

Like he absolutely is hyper vigilant

Like… people only picture that as like scared and eyes darting all over the place, panicky, but … it also manifests in a much… slower… more deliberate way of looking around. Walking into a room and taking a quick scan of it to pick out the best way to escape, the most likely looking people to start trouble, mood of the room so you know if you need to play it cool.

So he walks through the door, quick glare at everyone, then a forced smile as he loosens his posture and plays it cool. But the SECOND anything starts turning he isn’t remotely startled, just moves right towards that stack of beer bottles he noticed on his way in, palms it and positions himself where he needs to be in order to take someone out. When the situation cools he’s reluctant to put the bottle down, but he does it anyways. Either spends the rest of the evening hovering near the bottles or else purposely stays away from them, while being incredibly aware of how far away they are.

JOhn’s the type of vet that seems pretty much to be fine, but his family will say hes secretive and more intense than he used to be. 

John is the kind that stays completely calm and quiet while someone yells at him, but everything in the set of his jaw and the way he’s shifted his balance, screams out silently ‘please give me a reason, any reason, you have no idea who you’re picking a fight with’

i ADORE john but anytime i see a fic where he is nothing but sweet and understanding, all i can think is how much, to me, JOhn is playing the role of a civilian. He knows how to do it, and most people probably think he plays it flawlessly. 

(((sorry mycroft, you have no idea what you’re talking about. PTSD manifests in a lot of ways, and John’s particular version isn’t even rare)) 

I love this and agree it is so, so John. I come from a military family and there is so much about him that I recognise.

Thank you for writing this! I know next to nothing about PTSD but I’d like to know more.

If you don’t mind me asking: What is your take on John beating Sherlock in The Lying Detective?

First paragraph is my background, skip it if you want to hear my extended John thoughts. Long as SHIT because i have STRONG feelings on the subject and I am a rambler

My job included occasionally interacting with Vets in-person and make scheduling phone calls if staff was tight, but about 95% of my work was reading therapy notes, nightmare diaries, letters, incident reports, and the confidential stuff even the patients don’t get to see. Things like ‘find every single page in this 7,000 page file about their mental state as related to the X incident in X’ so i would have to ACTUALLY READ all of it, it was heavy, i had a breakdown after 3 years, etc, another worker committed suicide doing it, another went gun crazy in the building. HARD job. After all that, my level of empathy here is VERY HIGH, especially since i would follow peoples life-long recovery, so WARNING I GUESS for strong opinions about stuff

In my opinion, John has a form of PTSD that is lifelong, changes the way you see the world so you have to judge everything on the basis of ‘threat’ and ‘not a threat’ and ‘potential threat’. I think he needed help, and while John hadn’t opened up to Ella after a few months home, many vets dont open up for YEARS but they still need the support system. They need to find stability and safety, and as much as i believe he loves Sherlock, sherlock’s life could only exacerbate the problem. His house might be blown up at any minute, he might be thrown in a fire, his friend might shoot guns at the wall.

So John ALWAYS had a near-guarantee of eventually having an ‘episode’

The Fall was traumatizing, Mary turning out to be a Secret Threat was traumatizing, forcing himself to trust her at Sherlock’s reassurances (sherlock telling him that he’s SAFE with her, shes not a threat, shes a comrade-in-arms) and then to have her bleed out? INCREDIBLY traumatic.

I know people dont like the phrase ‘trigger’ but thats the REAL WORD and it doesnt always mean ‘break into sobs’ and it doesnt always mean ‘right now’.

So John, not sleeping, recently in a shoot-out again, had another comrade-in-arms die on him, Sherlock didnt come for him (he said he thought sherlock would but hadnt been interested), John is having auditory and visual hallucinations. He knows he cant trust what he’s seeing or doing, isnt safe, sends Rosie away to somewhere SAFE because he doesn’t know what he will (or wont) do.

Tries to go to therapy, only for the world to crash in on him and tell him he needs to be responsible, sherlock is his responsibility. Sherlock appears to be in an altered, untrustworthy state, John trusts him anyways. 

Smith is taunting him, threatening, threatening women and children and doctors and nurses, mocking them, takes them to the morgue, plays with the dead body of a woman in front of him, suddenly Sherlock appears to snap and go into his own episode, wielding a knife, no longer trustworthy

John tries to disarm him, goes too far, locks into fighting, locks into his feelings of not being safe, of being surrounded by threat, having no one trust, not trusting himself, thinking ever since ghost-mary arrived that hes Not Safe

And goes too far

and EPISODE

I know yall think that it was ‘a beating’ and ‘abusive’ but from what i’ve seen (and ive seen a LOT) ptsd vets can do some wild shit that only barely makes sense to them, even afterwards. Thats usually the sort of thing that makes them admit they need help and go to get medication and finally submit themselves to therapy, the therapy John has needed for YEARS. And they almost ALWAYS improve with it, or at least do better, even if thye never get back to ‘normal’

JOhn was left completely adrift with no support system, and honestly beating up a friend that was ALSO having a breakdown while brandishing a knife???? that shit happens so often in active warzones that John probably wouldnt even go off-duty for it. 

Tensions are high and John has been taught to treat London as a war zone.

Then afterwards he doesnt beg forgiveness, because he doesnt think he deserves it, doesnt say he wont ever do it again because he didnt intend to do it in the first place. He just tries to push himself away from sherlock (just like rosie, who he also doesnt feel safe with) and get help.

I think when sherlock said ‘maybe we are human– even you’ i think he meant that JOhn had done well trying to hold himself together without any support for so long, and that cracks were inevitable. It is, quite literally, impossible for John to not have ptsd after all that he went through, and the fact that he held together this long is AMAZING and i do NOT judge him for losing control. His control is ALWAYS on, 100% all the time, CONCIOUS control, in martins voice ,eyes, stance, hands, and overall mannerisms. Hes HOLDING himself together. Since Day 1.

HOLDING himself together, CONTROLLED, active effort, not passively ‘fine’ without trying.

He goes right back to therapy days afterwards, too, he doesnt CANCEL his appointment despite ghost-mary going away and sherlocks forgiving him for irrational delusions, he still knows he needs help.

And what happens?

Wow, thank you SO much! This explains so much.

The thing is, I really feel that Martin Freeman has been able to convey all that to me emotionally without me even knowing the first thing about PTSD. I am even more in awe of his acting now.

he does an AMAZING job of conveying it, thats part of what got me into it. Even if the writing, the script itself, doesnt show much evidence of PTSD, Martin jsut freaking /nails/ it, he’s super amazing.

If you would be interested in doing some sort of collection of signs of John’s PTSD as played by Martin Freeman or something like that (maybe with some added info on PTSD?), I would love to do and infographic of it. You can check out the stuff I’ve made so far at www.obotligtnyfiken.se or (less organised) my Tumblr. It would be really nice to use these fandom experiences to help spread awareness or knowledge. Or just Martin Freeman appreciation, there isn’t enough of that in the world. 🙂

RB for additional discussion.

@byjovewhataspend, @sarahthecoat, @obotligtnyfiken, @leavesdancing, @mmmaxi, @merindab and everyone on my fucking dash and every single one of my followers

This post is fucking offensive and I’m tired of fucking seeing it

None of you are fucking veterans

I am a god damned veteran

WE DON’T LIKE BEING CALLED “SCARY”.

WE’RE NOT FUCKING SCARY IF WE HAVE PTSD

STOP FUCKING DEMONIZING/ROMANTISIZING VETERANS AND PTSD

FUCK

OFF

I am a god damned veteran, @trappist1-tony. 23 years, Army and Navy. @merindab is a veteran, too. She didn’t serve as long as I did, but that’s not the point. She is a veteran.

You’re more than welcome to fuck right off and block this post. Hell, block me, too. That’s the beauty of this site- you can block shit you find offensive. I know plenty of people that have stuff blacklisted so they aren’t exposed to it. I do, too. That’s called taking responsibility for your online experience.

PTSD can be scary – both to those who have PTSD and to those whose loved ones have PTSD.

There are people on this post talking about their own experiences with veterans who were dealing with PTSD.

This post is analyzing a character, who is a veteran, who has PTSD, and people see things in the character that ring true – and Martin Freeman is a damned good actor to be able to convey these nuances.

@trappist1-tony​ I hate to be the one to tell you this, but no two vets or people with PTSD react the same way. There are those who are scary, it’s a fact. It’s not a happy fact, but it is a fact. 

I have PTSD, I am not a vet. My step-dad has PTSD he did a tour in Iraq. We both have each and every one of those traits. We both scared other people because of it. We both got treatment, because the people around us tried to be supportive rather than trying to make us ashamed. 

There are those vets who don’t get treatment for their PTSD and end up killing someone, accidently more often than not, on instinct. It is a side of PTSD that is not often spoken of, that doesn’t make it any less real. Instead of trying to shame people for having a different experience, try offering compassion. Those who have that type of PTSD need help, not to be made to feel like they can’t be fixed or should hide it. That just makes things worse. 

*hugs* @jaimistoryteller. I’m sorry you have to deal with that. I know folks with PTSD, both field-related and non-military. It can be scary, and it can be embarrassing, and it can be sad. I’d like to see more PTSD awareness for people to get help when they need it.

oswinstark:

trashmouse:

brinconvenient:

sabbatine:

atsirhc:

smalllittlekitty:

The man holding this #BlackLivesMatter sign is Richmond (CA) police chief Chris Magnus, whose department has not lost an officer or killed a citizen since 2007, the year after he took over. This is not an accident, this peacefulness is the direct result of his leadership. Police departments across the country should be looking to his department as an example to be followed.

‘Chief Magnus changed the department from one that focused on “impact teams” of officers who roamed rough neighborhoods looking to make arrests to one that required all officers to adopt a “community policing” model, which emphasizes relationship building.

“We had generations of families raised to hate and fear the Richmond police, and a lot of that was the result of our style of policing in the past. It took us a long time to turn that around, and we’re seeing the fruits of that now. There is a mutual respect now, and some mutual compassion.”’

the interview is pretty awesome if you want to watch it: https://www.yahoo.com/news/richmond-california-police-chief-chris-magnus-talks-community-policing-in-katie-couric-interview-044448393.html?ref=gs

They also do regular officer trainings with roleplay scenarios and airsoft guns to teach them how to de-escalate, how to avoid firing when fired upon, and how to deal with people with weapons in a way that doesn’t end with a shootout.

They also apparently go through the details of officer-involved shootings elsewhere, picking them apart and using them as teaching tools for what NOT to do or what the officer could have done to avoid shooting the person.

Essentially, they take a proactive approach to not shooting people and put time, money, and effort into it. Richmond isn’t a low-crime area. Other cities could follow their model and almost certainly see results.

Who’d have thought it would take so much work to learn how to just … NOT shoot people

These are the sort of police officers who deserve respect.  The ones who take the time to build a relationship with the community they’re supposed to be protecting, and work to actually protect people instead of just shooting anyone who looked scary.

In before anyone tries to say that the only reason this works is because Richmond is probably like “not as bad” as other places in the US

I grew up here. I’m close to Richmond. It used to be one of the most dangerous cities in America. Literally. In 2006 it was #11 in the Most Dangerous Cities in America. 

Now? It doesn’t even break the top 100.

What changed? This guy became police chief in 2007.

IT’S SO FUCKING WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS! *looks pointedly at every other police force in America*

IMPORTANT

ungwitch:

Barnes and Noble is selling books on their website/in their stores such as “A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality” and “Stop Autism Now! A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Reversing Autism Spectrum Disorders” and I am pissed. Not only are these books scientifically inaccurate, but using “parenting guides” as a way to masquerade around behind the scenes with hate and bigotry is absolutely disgusting. Children of parents who read these books and employ their methodology will be at risk for a host of mental illnesses, not to mention drug use and suicidal tendencies. I will (sadly, bc I love books a lot) be boycotting Barnes and Noble until these books are pulled from their inventories, and would appriciate it if y’all would share/do the same. This hatred needs to be stopped.

yamino:

thebiscuiteternal:

clarawebbwillcutoffyourhead:

there’s more and you should read it all.

https://twitter.com/milknmuffins/status/861092198728609793

i’ve defended SAFES in the past because t IS one of the few or only women’s shelters where you can get a bed same night and they accept trans women but never again. I had callers tell me they would rather go back to jail than spend the night in SAFES.

When I was still religious and churchy, I assisted with food donation drives for one of the local Salvo shelters and their yearly toy drives at Christmas. I don’t know if they still do it, but at the time, they had people who would actually pick out any food donations deemed “too indulgent” and any toys that were considered too high-dollar for the request that had been made would be replaced with something more generic. Like because people had been poor enough to need donations, they didn’t deserve spices to go in their food, or a real Barbie instead of a dollar-store doll.
My dad still insists on bellringing for them every year, but we both quit working the drives because of that and went to doing other local charity stuff that *didn’t* treat the needy like undeserving shit.

One thing they do still do is boot everyone back out on the street at dawn, no matter what the weather or the condition of the person. There’s a highway overpass outside the gates for people to hide from rain and snow or sun, but nothing protects from the winds or cold or heat, and there are ambulances picking people up off the street because they’ve collapsed from something or another almost daily. It’s a nightmare.

Re-reblogging for this commentary. 😦