*sees literally one mention of Achilles or Patroclus*

My brain: hoe, don’t do it

Me:

Brain: don’t you dare

Me:

Me: Well looks like it’s time to reread TSOA all over again

Above us, the constellations spun and the moon paced her weary course.. ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

Trying to find something to motivate myself and I found this little line from Van Gogh

THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE!!!!

then why did you run?????

idk how you watch catws and not pick up on the fact that sam is absolutely a mirror of steve… they even straight up say it in the film.

“I do what he does, just slower”

okay we gonna do this because Sam is a reckless motherfucker that absolutely mirrors Steve’s characterization and i’m goddamn tired of people grossly misinterpreting his character b/c it fits in better with their two dimensional therapy dog version of him

Sam doesn’t like taking orders, he’s not pliant or obedient. He does what he believes is right and damn the rules (sound familiar??). Theres a reason they fucking hit it off so well right from the start.

Following that we have Steve turning up on his doorstep looking like a building got dropped on him. And what does Sam do?

Yeah sure… I’ll let a couple of avengers who just told me everybody is out to kill them into my house. Sounds like a good time. It’s also a bit telling that Sam knows exactly where his suit is. Ten bucks says he’s actually tried to steal it before but couldn’t quite manage it on his own. 

And then we start getting into really no holds bar Sam:

Y'all like to forget Sam brought a two inch knife to a gun fight and won. Not to mention, he clearly walks around with a knife on him at all times… not just in his car, but on his person. 

Sam gives no fucks and will take you out. Winter soldier? Bitch try it

Some hydra fool who won’t stop talking Nazi nonsense?

Fuck this guy. he’ll take him on in nothing but a fucking t-shirt. 

Oh and remember that building that Steve jumped out of? Might as well top that by jumping out of the same one, just about 20 stories up.

Cool, cool, cool. 

Going feet first towards the rotor blades of a helicopter, knowing if you miss your legs are mulch?

No problem. 

Steve wants to track down an international maybe still brainwashed assassin?

When do we start?

And of course, this wouldn’t be complete without the penultimate Steve/Sam comparison. 

So to everyone who trashes him, or does him a disservice by making him out to be nothing more than a therapist who can fix Bucky and Steve I have one thing to say. In the immortal words of the legend Samuel Thomas Wilson himself, “Man, shut the hell up.”

and this, kids, is why Sam Wilson should be the next Captain America.

“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!“

It was worth a wound — it was worth many wounds — to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask.

The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Perfect.

Not that anyone asked, but here’s my list of Sherlock episodes from favourite to ‘burn in hell’:

Some controversial choices, I’m sure (even I feel bad for putting TGG that low), but I have my reasons. This will almost certainly change over time.

Interesting. I rate ASiP fairly high, too, because it was so wonderful how they came together; a great beginning. But I love the angst and puzzles of TGG and TRF. And I know I’m meant to be offended by TBB but it’s one of the few with a case that makes sense, it’s quite funny, and our men look GORGEOUS all through it. Now I want to rank my own faves to least faves! So I will.

I’ll play. My list will seem all over the place. I share the love of TBB for all the same reasons. Baskerville appealed to the canon nerd and the X-Phile in me. I’m shallow and I like “just plain cases” and no Big Bad. HLV can die in a fire for, I think, sending all the plot irreversibly off the rails. And I have a low tolerance for Jim Moriarty (sorry).

1. A Study in Pink 2. The Hounds of Baskerville 3. The Lying Detective 4. The Blind Banker 5. A Scandal in Belgravia 6. The Reichenbach Fall 7. The Sign of Three 8. The Abominable Bride 9. The Great Game 10. The Final Problem 11. The Six Thatchers 12. The Empty Hearse 13. His Last Vow

I’m the same way with wanting to watch just “plain cases” like you said. I like it when there’s a sort of low-key but still interesting mystery throughout the show, rather than having a villain be so larger than life that they seem to overshadow everything. Anyway, I’ll put my list as well :)

I’ll play, too.  Yeah, I prefer a show that is at least ostensibly a case fic, but mostly I like it when the boys are on screen doing stuff together.  Way too little of that in the last four on this list.

My turn to play ^^! ( I seem to have pretty controversial tastes compared to what everyone put before )

Sherlock and John - to hell and back.

You fail to connect actions to their consequences.

Look, just solve the bloody thing, will you? It’s driving me nuts!

2017: a pictorial letter for the New Year.

so I found another elephant