i am no bird

stopandsmellthedata:

fishingboatproceeds:

bbc-bestbromancecompany:

Nerdfighter Benedict? Or just failed Vulcan?

As far as I can tell, there are eight possibilities here. (I’ve spent a fair bit of time thinking about this.)

1. Benedict Cumberbatch is a hardcore nerdfighter and when Martin Freeman threw up a gang sign, Cumberbatch was like, “I have one of those.”

2. Cumberbatch, who obviously has a relationship with Star Trek, just naturally adapted the Vulcan sign (pulling in the thumbs, turning the palms inward, crossing the arms) in precisely the same way that I happened to adapt the Vulcan sign when I first made the nerdfighter sign in the halcyon days of 2007.

3. One of the interns on set who has gained the trust of Benedict Cumberbatch was like, “If you do your hands like this, the Internet will get really excited.” And so he did.

4. BBC, in their infinite wisdom, staged the entire photo and Cumberbatch was taught the nerdfighter sign (I MEAN LOOK AT THE PERFECTION OF HIS NERDFIGHTER SIGN! He seems so comfortable and confident in it, almost as if it is muscle memory, almost as if he has flashed it to his laptop screen on hundreds of occasions in the past, but I digress) and this photograph was staged to get people psyched for Sherlock, although what tiny segment of nerdfighteria is not already psyched for Sherlock? Also, if this is the case, who is Martin Freeman trying to advertise to? Residents of the West Side?

5. Benedict Cumberbatch has a relative or a friend who is a nerdfighter and so he is passingly familiar with nerdfighteria and liked what he has seen and wanted to make us all very happy.

6. The nerdfighter sign also happens to be the hand sign of some obscure English gang with which I am unfamiliar called like The East London Wanderers or The Slightly Intimidating Liverpudlians or whatever.

7. Nerdfighteria actually figures in the plot of the new season of Sherlock. Perhaps a nerdfighter has been (wrongly no doubt!) accused of a murder.

8. Benedict Cumberbatch was playing some kind of British version of Rock Paper Scissors against two invisible opponents, and he went double scissors (as any smart person would).

the fact that John Green gets as obsessively in-depth with theorizing about fandom- and Benedryl Cabbagegrocer as we do just makes me really, really happy.

jenneralgrievous:

thelilnan:

starfleetgrad:

aileine:

I couldn’t help myself.

hey look it got even BETTER

Spock is basically the entire Trek fandom and Jim is some poor unsuspecting outsider that just accidentally said “Star Trak, the one with the light sabers?”

Tyrion Lannister

“You look nice, my lord.”

“Ah yes, husband of your dreams.”

you have no idea…

vardaesque:

moriarty:

rumbleroars:

starfleetgrad:

haaheien:

raggedydean:

sherlockcrashedthetardis:

IM TRYING TO CREATE A GIF SET BUT I CXANT STOP LAUGHING

someone please reverse this gif

here you go

Please Please Please PLEASE
someone photoshop pizza flying into his mouth

girl i gotchu

IT GOT BETTER

Khaleesi is one bad ass mother fucker

Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, Last of the Targaryen’s, Game of Thrones

Arya Stark, Game of Thrones