Tag: seriously. this.

‘Suddenly it was like Beatlemania’ – how we made Cabin Pressure

merindab:

Okay look, I like Cabin Pressure too, and I find it hilarious. And I got there via Sherlock too. But I get so tired of the “oh no (teenage) girls are showing up for the thing, will they even know how to behave?”

“We recorded live and there was a pretty good take-up for tickets. But the third series was post-Sherlock. Suddenly the audience was 90% female, mostly under 25 and they were queuing round the block. It was like Beatlemania. I was worried they just wanted to be in the same room as Benedict and that this would throw things off, but I was completely wrong. They listened and laughed at the other characters as much as they did at Martin. I suppose the sort of teenager who decides Sherlock Holmes is their idol is the sort of teenager who’s going to enjoy Cabin Pressure.”

Like, maybe they listened to your show because of Benedict. But then maybe they also fell in love with it. Maybe being female and under 25 means that you can like a thing for more than one reason like any other human being.

Not to mention that there are plenty of Sherlock fans of all ages and gender identities.

The same shit happened when Benedict did Hamlet. “Oh no there are teenage girls in the theatre, will they even know how to behave?”

Yes. And also teenage girls are not a monolith, nor are they subhuman.

I’ve watched/listened to plenty of things because I liked an actor in it. Sometimes the thing is good, sometimes it’s not. Quit assuming that if teenage girls like a thing it doesn’t have value, or that teenage girls automatically ruin everything. Or that teenage girls only like something because they find someone hot.

‘Suddenly it was like Beatlemania’ – how we made Cabin Pressure

roughknuckles-victoria:

gaybluesargent:

me, every single time i get a kudos on ao3: someone liked my writing. one real irl human being read something i wrote and enjoyed it. they thought it was good enough to read to the end and click the button. an actual person. they liked it.

This is why I have a folder in my in-box that saves every single comment and kudo notification I get. It helps on the bad days when I feel like shit and need to be reminded that someone, more then one someone, liked what I did.

“I Need A Dom”

empiresprincess:

scrumptiousangst:

instructor144:

thestoryofaslut:

danipup:

instructor144:

So this happened in my Inbox the other day …

“I need a Dom. Are you available?”

Me: “You sound like someone working through the Yellow Pages looking for a plumber.”

Here’s the deal, ladies. That kind of behavior is the sub equivalent of “Here’s a picture of my dick, kneel and call me Daddy!” This is not good. It says several things:

I need “a Dom,” not an individual, not a person, just someone to serve a “function.”

I am a fucked up mess, and I need you to fix me.

I have zero social skills.

I have zero self-respect.

Is this really the first impression you want to make on someone?

I spend a lot of time dope-slapping wannabe “Doms” for their clueless antics. But once in awhile, the wannabe “subs” out there need a whack upside the head as well. This would be one of those times.

preach.

For a lot of Dominants, they are not looking for ‘the perfect submissive’.  They aren’t looking for someone to obey every sexual whim and then be put in a closet somewhere between uses.  What does the submissive bring to the relationship?

“Oh, well, i’m good at obeying…”

Anything else?  Do you have creative skills?  Can you cook?  Do you have a hobby?  Friends?  What kind of music do you like?  Do you play RPGs or video games?  If so, what kind?

“uh… well… i can serve you…”

Ok, fine, you want to go there?  How would you serve me?

“i can do sex and stuff, and i’ll always obey you-”

Yeah, we covered that.  What do you have experience with?  What are your likes and dislikes? What are your limits?  What will you not do?

“i’ll do anything you tell me to do…”

So you’re a Stephenie Meyer character.  Utterly boring, one-dimensional, pointless, and not worth the time.  You aren’t a submissive, you’re acting out the Def Comedy Jam platonic ideal of a submissive.  Go do some actual research into what D/s actually is, and then message again when you’re actually over the age of consent.

And maybe i’m being a little harsh, i’m sure there are some Dom/mes out there looking for subs like this.  But for a lot of us, D/s is a ‘relationship’.  They are looking for a partner, not a cardboard cutout.  So when you get asked questions like this, it’s to determine compatibility.  And if you can’t answer them, then you aren’t compatible.  

i and my Master are more than just our D/s relationship.  i paint miniatures, i write, i run this blog, i play video games, tabletop games, pen-and-paper RPGs, i cook, and i read a fair amount of fanfic.  i can also swear in four languages.  Master plays video games, likes Warhammer… you get the point.  We are more than Dom and sub, Master and pet, we are people.

Be a person.

Reblogging for this outstanding reblog comment! All it lacks is a solid ~mic drop at the end.

*sub drop* ooooops. *aftercare*

thi is like the plot to the first marketplace book

vulgarweed:

mikkeneko:

violent-darts:

handypolymath:

mominmudville:

soyeahso:

There are a couple of things about current shipping culture that confuse me.  

1. The focus on whether or not a pairing will become canon as a reason people should ship something or not.  Do you not understand what the “transformative” part of “transformative works” means?”

2. This idea that saying “I ship that” means “I think that, as presented in canon,this is a perfect, healthy relationship that everyone should model their relationship after.” 

Sometimes shipping something does mean that.  Sometimes shipping something means “Person A is a trash bag who doesn’t deserve person B but I would love to explore how Person A might grow to deserve Person B.” Sometimes it means “I want these characters to live together forever in a conflict free domestic AU.”  Sometimes it means “I want Person A to forever pine after Person B.  Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.”  And sometimes it just means you like their faces and want to see Person A and Person B bone in various configurations and universes. 

Listen to your parents, kids.

This really should be one of a handful of Public Service Announcements randomly and chronically inserted into one’s dash.

Hell man sometimes it means “these two are TERRIBLE and I want to watch them burn like a catastrophic forest fire as a proxy for all the shit I don’t actually want in real life (like to light my own apartment on fire and scream) and then laugh at the destruction at the end.” 

All “I ship it” really means – really – is “I think there’s a story in those two, and I want to hear it.”

Sometimes it means “these two characters never met but wouldn’t it be HOT if they did” or even “these characters don’t live in the same universe and don’t have remotely compatible anatomy but goddammit I love a challenge.”

Fanfic is about the “what if” and the “what the hell, why not?”