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Anna. Finland. I just want to make art and help people. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*: ･ﾟo*:･ﾟo After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor— And this, and so much more?— It is impossible to say just what I mean! (sidebar gif by the lovely Em – so please don't steal!)
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oldshrewsburyian
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“[Keanu] Reeves said a recent conversation about “The Matrix” with a 15-year-old put things into a terrifying perspective. The actor explained to the teenager that his character, Neo, is fighting for what’s real. The teenager scoffed and said, “Who cares if it’s real?” “People are growing up with these tools: We’re listening to music already that’s made by AI in the style of Nirvana, there’s NFT digital art,” Reeves said. “It’s cool, like, Look what the cute machines can make! But there’s a corporatocracy behind it that’s looking to control those things. Culturally, socially, we’re gonna be confronted by the value of real, or the non-value. And then what’s going to be pushed on us? What’s going to be presented to us?” “It’s this sensorium. It’s spectacle. And it’s a system of control and manipulation,” Reeves continued. “We’re on our knees looking at cave walls and seeing the projections, and we’re not having the chance to look behind us.””

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Keanu Reeves Slams Deepfakes, Film Contract Prevents Digital Edits - Variety

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invertprivileges
Source: variety.com
#i will never be embarrassed about being a keanu reeves fangirl back in the day#and this is one of the reasons why#because he very much has a point#keanu reeves#jono or queue
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teaformrholmes

a facet of Holmes’s character that is just the sweetest little thought to me is the fact that he seems to care so much about his information/methods being available, accessible, known.

He never seems to have shirked from explaining his processes, and was perfectly happy to do so for clients - in the ‘red headed league’, if i remember right (at least in the Granada show) he jokes he’ll have to stop talking through his deductions because once people do have it explained to them they consider it ‘absurdly simple’. which, at least to me, implies Holmes must do that often. and it also gives the impression imo that if you would like to know, all you have to do is ask him.

Add to that all of his articles and monographs and books; the fact he’ll openly admit to referring to past cases and cite the ones he did use to help piece this new mystery together. And he actively recommends it as a method! he doesn’t allow people to think that his abilities exist in some kind of vacuum, or that they’re some kind of unobtainable gift he just happens to be born with - I mean he has a talent for it ofc, and it takes a lot of work, time, and patience, but it’s still reasonably attainable for the dedicated.

Like he really said ‘hey! I can do this thing! It’s really cool!! And so can you!’

More selfish people would have hoarded that information like a gold mine, I’m sure, if only for the notoriety (and therefore wealth) it would bring, never explaining anything so they can leave others to attempt desperately to figure it out. They’d try and probably succeed in staying on a pedestal.

But Holmes went, no, this knowledge can help people. It can improve methods, it can save lives. so I’ll share it. Because that matters more to me.

(Which as an aside the fact he will so willingly do things for free, reduce his fee, or allow clients plenty of time and leeway to pay him ties into this quite nicely, because it’s the same kind of idea. He wants to help people - from all backgrounds - and again rather than put barriers around himself to become hideously rich, he’s kind, considerate, and patient. he would rather do good, his morality and compassion far, far outshining any sense of greed. the only time (to my memory) we see him prioritise money, rather than stepping back to consider who the real victim might be, is in ‘A scandal in Bohemia’, which interestingly seems to be the first time Holmes had come into contact with such a ridiculous amount of money. And, well, it cost him. Maybe he learnt more than one lesson from Irene Adler).

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afterthenovels

!!! From The Reigate Squires (bolding by me):

“I am afraid that my explanation may disillusion you but it has always been my habit to hide none of my methods, either from my friend Watson or from any one who might take an intelligent interest in them. (...)”
#i love holmes so much#he is such a goodun#sherlock holmes#jono or queue
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