Scribbles & Stuff

Mark Helprin, Winter’s Tale

(Source: aseaofquotes)

cumberbatchweb:

Benedict Cumberbatch in Twelve Years a Slave courtesy of USA Today

Look at that charmingly curly hair!

Twelve Years a Slave is out in the US on 27 December 2013.

sherlocked-with-thebeatles:

doctorwhoslostcompanion:

initiallyiwantedtobeapirate:

consulting-mcbender:

atropabelladonna1120:

Okay, this is going to be sappy, so you’ve been warned.

I look at this photograph and I’m reminded that there’s one other thing that makes Benedict stand out among other actors and celebrities of his generation.

There is a fundamental innocence about him.

I don’t mean that in a sexual sense, although for someone who probably has women (certainly female fans) falling at his feet, he strikes me as being remarkably unassuming about his attractiveness. (Even when he’s been photographed with a girlfriend, I’ve never seen him look smug or act like a lady’s man; he just always seems genuinely happy to have this person, whoever it is, at his side).

Here is a man who has grown up around famous names; walked dozens, if not hundreds, of red carpets; been styled and photographed and interviewed countless times. He’s traveled the world, taught English at a Tibetan monastery, been abducted by thugs and lived to tell the tale.

And yet for all that, he’s remarkably guileless and open and decent. Doesn’t he strike you as being such a decent man?

Someone who sees good in most people in spite of having been stuffed into the trunk of a car and not knowing if he’d make it out of there alive.

Someone who, in the commentary for ASiB, could have taken a joke about Lara Pulver’s nudity (a joke that Lara herself started) and run with it, but who chose instead to steer the conversation toward safer ground.

Someone who sincerely wishes a friend well, even when that friend has taken on the same role in a rival production.

I look at this picture and I see all of this. I see the focus, but I also see that remarkable guilelessness, that fundamental innocence and decency, that essential … unspoiledness, if there is such a word.

Yes, that’s it. He’s unspoiled: by fear or trauma, by fame and celebrity. When he sings, “Come with me, and you’ll be/In a world of pure imagination,” you can really see that this could be close to what his inner life is like: that sense of wonder, of gratitude at being alive and being able to do the things he loves.

And I hope that never changes.

The accuracy of what you just wrote is incredible. He’s genuinely humble and completely unaware of what it is that makes us all love him so much. There’s so much to love and admire about him that it always amazes me when he’s surprised by our attention. This is why I love him.

Benedict needs to find this!

SIGNAL BOOST

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sleeplessart:

sheeponmars:

Oh, look, it´s a giveaway!

I don´t have a the slightest reason to do a giveaway, but hey! Let´s have some fun!

What you can win:

I hate this picture of Captain Martin Crieff with bees and a dead sheep in a tree, but people seem to like that picture of Captain Martin Crieff with bees and a dead sheep in a tree.

So I´m giving away two prints of Captain Martin Crieff and a dead sheep, plus alotalotalotofbees (and a tree).

Two prints of a limited edition of four, A4 photographic paper, numbered, and what might interest you the most, Print 1 (and Print 1 only) was signed by John Finnemore, our supreme commander, himself. (I told him I want to give them away and he was ok with it, just in case you want to be sure of that.)

The rules:

I have been thinking a lot about this.

I want to say thank you to all the people who stayed with me all this time even though I´m mainly complaining about stuff. But I don´t want to exclude other people totally, if they are interested.

So here is how it will be done:

1. Reblog this.

2. Winners will be picked by random number generator because I don´t trust myself enough to not get distracted by compliments, nice usernames and the lot.

3. If anybody of you is actually interested, I will make sure that Print 1 goes to somebody who was already following me before this giveaway. And if I have to draw winners for half a day, so be it.

4. Print 2 is open to the public. No need to follow me. Really, no need at all. I´d rather have people not following me than people sneeking in for the giveaway and unfollow as soon as I picked a winner. (If you absolutely feel you need my humble attempts on writing a blog on your dash, you are of course free to follow nevertheless. ;)) Print 2 will go to absolutely anybody amongst those who reblogged.

…………..

I plan to ship worldwide, as long as the post office lets me.

Giveaway ends on our dear Mr Cumberbatch´s birthday, 19th of July, 6 pm British Summer Time.

If lack of interests speaks for an earlier end, I´ll be sure to let you know with a post.

Hope you like this little giveaway and best of luck if you want it!

I want this because of reasons - and you all should, too.

Go and reblog this now, little chaps - Arthur would too!

Seriously.
I want this because of reasons (and because I ultimately love it just saying). Not just because sheep rhymes with sleep and therefore somehow with my username, but for reasons that are quite obvious, some that I won’t name because I don’t want to persuade the number generator or anyone in particular and did I mention you are invited to my birthday party?

willietheplaidjacket:

As the shoddy piece of editing above may subtly suggest, I have reached 500+ followers and wish to show my gratitude.

So, I’m doing a give away for your chance to receive either a piece of fine or digital Sherlock-based art. The rules are as follows:

• You must be following. Obviously, I’d appreciate it if you don’t just follow for the give away and then unfollow as soon as it’s finished. It’s not fair to the people who have been with me since the beginning and have been really supportive.
• To enter, you can like or reblog this post. Obviously, you can only ‘like’ once, but feel free to reblog as many times as you please.
• The give away will run for one week, finishing at 11.59pm (British Summer Time) JUNE 23rd.
• I will pick TWO random winners and contact them via their ask box, so if you enter, make sure your ask box is open. If the winner doesn’t reply within 3 days, I’ll pick someone else in their place.
• The winners can request one piece of either fine art (e.g. pencil sketch, watercolour, oil painting etc) OR one piece of digital art (completed using my tablet). The request can be an original idea or it can be a portrait (such as the images above). For the fine art option, the difficulty of the request will depend on which medium I use simply due to my own confidence in my skill level. 
• Upon completion, if the piece is digital I will e-mail it to the winner. I won’t upload it to my blog, but if the winner wishes to do so then they can and I’ll reblog it. Likewise, if they want to keep it private they can do that too. If the piece is fine art, I will send it to the winner, anywhere in the world, and similarly won’t up load an image of it to my blog, it is up to the winner if they wish to do so on their own blog.

And that’s about it. You can see examples of my stuff in my arts and requests sections of my blog.

Any questions, drop me an ‘ask’.

Good luck!

befferonie:

Part of a Sarah Manning character study I’m working on.