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Sad Literary Quote Prompts

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1.  “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” (Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

2.  “I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.” (John Green, Looking For Alaska)

3. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart…I’ll always be with you.“ (A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh)

4. "If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled?”(Jodi Picoult, 19 Minutes)

5. "I was too young to know how to love her.“ (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince)

6. "Rudy, please, wake up, Goddamn it, wake up, I love you. Come on, Rudy, come on, Jesse Owens, don’t you know I love you, wake up, wake up, wake up…”(Markus Zusak, The Book Thief)

7. "He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.“(Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain)

8.  “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities)

9.  "Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died.” (Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife)

10. "You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.“ (Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe)

So, I think elementary is perhaps my favorite Sherlock adaptation. Very underrated, and I highly, highly recommend.

the absolute best thing about elementary, besides the entirety of it, is sherlock's humanity.

he is not an arrogant asshole. he is not a "all of you shall bow before me." does he have moments where he acts superior and puts people down? yes. but it's never a fundamental part of his being. he is clever and skilled, yes, but it is not his personality. he isn't just excused to be an asshole. it's not just "oh that's sherlock, the complete dickhead." sherlock season 1 and sherlock season 7 are hardly the same person.

he admits his mistakes, hell, he fucking apologizes for them. he changes to be kind to people. his asshole arrogance is portrayed as a defense mechanism because he's so lonely. he learns to be kind. he learns to love and he learns to be polite for the sake of it. he hates marriage, hates it, absolutely hates it, but he buys an expensive glass of champagne for a man proposing to his girlfriend, people he doesn't know, without even hesitating. he comforts survivors of assault and does his best in being non-threatening whenever there's someone who is in a delicate state of mind. he helps a girl who lied to him (to put it mildly) chose a new name and identity, to move on. he helps a victim of assult get revenge. he is willing to frame a murderer to stop him from killing others. he solves murders because he thinks it's unfathomable not to.

he dates an autistic woman, and I'm not saying this in the "oh wow look he should be praised!" sort of way, i mean, he changes how he acts in order to make her more comfortable, he buys her a limited gift, he does things he isn't comfortable doing, like clearly stating his feelings, in order to make her feel better. he reassures her when she needs it.

sherlock cares. he so fundamentally cares, about people he doesn't know, about people he does. he threatens to kill his own brother if joan is even mildly hurt. he beats a man who hurt his friend, alfredo. he breaks the law in order to help friends of friends. he tries so hard to understand normal convention.

it isn't like the majority of sherlock's I've seen and read about. he deeply truly cares, he wants to be a part of functioning society, he helps because he can't imagine not doing it. he tries to express his care and concern for people and fails sometimes because he can't communicate with them.

it's kind of stated that he's possibly autistic and it fits in with his actions. his antisocial behavior isn't because he's a dick and thinks he's better than everyone, it's because there are so few he can express himself to, no matter how hard he tries.

he names a bee after watson. he calls her extraordinary and makes an effort to be kind to her.

he hates humanity, or he tries to, at least, but he loves people. he's tried to fit in, to be someone people could be friends with, and got rejected, and now that he's older, he's trying to help people from the outside, trying to connect with people in a different way. he's a tragic character in that sense, but it's shown, it's quite literally basically stated over and over, sherlock needs people.

he's desperate with it, really. he wants to talk to people but the majority don't understand or aren't willing to listen, so he finds shelter in other outcasts. he doesn't hate the people who don't understand him. he tries so hard to communicate with people.

and to sum this all up, here are some of the quotes im talking about.

S: It has its costs. W: What does? Learning to see the puzzle in everything. They're everywhere. Once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. It just so happens that people, with all the deceits and illusions that inform everything they do, tend to be the most facinating puzzles of all. Of course, they don't always appreciate being seen as such. Seems like a lonely way to live. As I said. Has its costs.

a friend of sherlock's: You can't expect Sherlock Holmes to relate to you the way another person might. The moment you do, he'll migrate out of your life, and you'll be the poorer for it.

W: I texted you. You didn't have to come. S: As I explained the other day, there's nothing more hazardous to my health than boredom. Besides, I thought it might be nice to meet the ex. W: I'm pretty sure he's not going to show. S: And here you sit. W: I'll give him ten more minutes. If there's someplace else you have to be... S: Not tonight, Watson. Not tonight.

Sherlock, after joan thanks him for making her family understand her job as a sober companion: I simply told them what they wanted to hear. They're nice people, your family, but they are, at their core, conventional. You make an effort to appear conventional, but I know, Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the humdrum routine of ordinary life. Your family will never understand this, so I gave them some words that they would understand.

S: Realizing that you were in physical danger was difficult for me. If anything ever happened to you, I'm not sure I could forgive myself. W: Okay, this is not how you express concern for someone that you want to keep safe. Quite right, so I've reached out to a handful of martial artists who reside in the city, each one of them an expert in his or her fighting style. My hope is some combination of them will agree to train you.

these are all just from the first season.

and a few more, my personal favorites.

Misanthropy was so easy, Watson. Elegant. I miss it sometimes.

I was dying, and no one could see it but you.

S: You could have killed Agent Mattoo. And from your perspective, it would have been the expedient thing. Moriarty: And yet, to you, it would have been repugnant. Tell me, is that how you learned to be one of them? By learning to care how your actions seemed in the eyes of another? S: I'm not sure I am one of them.

W: You're not the same person I met a year and a half ago. You're- S: Good to you? Yeah. For the most part. I consider you to be exceptional. So I make an exceptional effort to accommodate you.

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Sexuality: Not Straight. Queer. Literally the most definitive answer I can give at this time. Possibly pan? Maybe bi? Lesbian? Also ace? I seem to be getting gayer. I'm more confused by this then you are, I promise.

Hogwarts House: Slytherin and proud🐍

Fav animal: I love everything from dogs to snakes to horses and cats and salamanders. Really anything. My fav mythical animal is a Griffin, though dragons are a close second.

Avg hrs of sleep: Either 2 or 14. There is no in-between.

Current time: 12:03 AM. This is normal.

Dogs or cats: I Love dogs, but I have an adorable cat named Buttercup (I named her WAY before hunger games came out by the way) so cats.

# of blankets I sleep with: 2 electric, 1 sheet, and 2 more blankets. I am currently in the mountains (I hate it) and I'm always cold.

Dream job: Starfleet officer, or dragon expert in the wizarding world. Alternatively: a writer

When I created this blog: at the beginning of the year. But I'm constantly thinking of just starting over, cause I didn't really know how to have a tumblr, and I'm learning more.

Follower count: it says 26, but I only see 12. I have no idea how and I love all my followers❤

Why I started this blog: I've been ghosting on tumblr for years. I love the fandom madness and it's really my only way to connect to others about a lot of topics (nerdy interests, I'm still very closeted at home, etc...) so I'm learning to make more stuff and actually put my work out here and submit to The Mortifying Ordeal Of Being Known. And also stop apologizing for everything

How I came up with my URL: I wanted to start with a cool word I dont hear a lot. So it started with requiem, and then it was a game of what Tumblr would let me have. But this is subject to change, so we'll see :)

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Fav animal: komodo dragons (they are kind cute though)

Avg hrs of sleep: 6? School has fucked me

Current time: 1:55am, still doing homework🤡

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Number of blankets you sleep with: i think 3? It is veeeery cold rn

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When I created this blog: one year ago but reactivated it like two weeks ago...

Follower count: 12 (how i even got one?)

Why I made this blog: because i freak out so much about the things i like (such as Star Trek, Sherlock, ancient Greece, etc) and im very shy so i dont share it with my fellow friends because of the fear of being seen as a weirdo. So i just do it on internet where i know there's people that also like what i like and freaks out even more than me :)

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On the subject of Alternative/Parralel Universes

I wonder if the Spyfall story or even the rest of the season will involve the topic of Alternative/Parallel universes.

When the Doctor decodes the alien message it shows the locations of the unknown spy aliens on earth, but not just this earth other earths. Alternative, parallel earths. 

The aliens want to take over the universe, but considering the alien map, could this mean they want to take over all the universe’s. All the different earths with different outcomes. 

The topic of Alternative universes has been brought up before in Doctor Who such as when The Tenth Doctor, Mickey and Rose materialised in a parallel world where Pete Tyler never died or how the Timelords said that Gallifrey would be stuck in another universe (Day of the Doctor).

Considering we have what appears to be a new Master, does he come from this universe or from another entirely different one. The Master has a  somewhat complicated timeline of regenerations and I wonder where this new Spymaster fits in. 

The last time we saw Missy she had “died” from her previous incarnation zapping her with his Laser Screwdriver and he was mortally wounded by her hidden blade, so it’s possible that Spymaster is an incarnation that appeared before Missy as we never saw a regeneration for the simm master.

But from the new Spyfall part 2 trailer it seems as if this new Spymaster has the never-ending DRUMS still (in the trailer the 4 beats can be heard one after another especially when he is bashing a button to it).

This completely confuses the Master timeline as the last time the drums were mentioned was in The End of Time Part 2 when it was revealed that Rassilon had embedded the drums in the Master’s head as a child in order to bring the end of days into motion. The Masters drums were connected to the White Point Star and once the Doctor destroyed it, it looked liked the drums were finally gone.

In the episode The Doctor Falls the Master seems to be drum free considering that he never mentions them again nor does he absent mindlessly tap out his rhythm of four. When he was taken back to Gallifrey it seems that they fixed him up and got rid of his “sickness”. Missy also doesn’t show signs of the drums so placing this new master is going to be damn difficult.

I wonder if this spymaster is from another universe where his drums were never removed. An alternative pathway, a different outcome.

I also have weird inkling that the unknown aliens could be the timelords from another universe, a universe where their genocidal mission of their species happened and they had become what they wanted to be, or rather what Rassilion wanted to become.

Rassilon: We will initiate the Final Sanction. The End of Time will come, at my hand. The rupture will continue until it rips the time vortex apart! The Master: That’s suicide! Rassilon: We will ascend, to become creatures of conciousness alone - free of these bodies, free of time, and cause and effect - while creation itself ceases to be.

Maybe in doing this the plan worked in their universe and so they are wanting to take over the other universes that exist. Maybe in travelling through different universes they met another version of the Master, who they could use to their advantage. Maybe they can’t be detected by the doctor because their species is not recognised in this universe. The Doctor can sense them, like how timelords can detect their own kind though smell but she doesn’t know what they are.

Graham: It’s coming through the wall! How can it do that?

Thirteen: “Well physical boundaries don’t stop it. It’s still not used to this planet, or maybe even this reality.”

_ _ _

Thirteen: Where are you from? 

Creature: Far beyond.

Thirteen: So you can communicate, then. Beyond where?

Creature: Your understanding!

Thirteen: Is this your native form, wherever it is you’re from? Is this what you look like at home?

Creature: We take this form to mock you. Your shape amuses us.

Thirteen: Very funny

Creature: We are stable now. We are ready.

Thirteen: What does that mean, stable? Ready for what?

Creature: To take this.

Thirteen: To take this what? Hut? Country? Planet?

Creature: Universe.

Who knows maybe the character Daniel Barton is another version of the Master who’s part human part Timelord? Or the creatures are The Eternals? Or maybe I’m just trying to scrape the barrel for more ideas.

April 23rd, 2020

Today, Data drew a picture of Spot using crayons.

Blue the adventure cat

Happy Birthday Jensen Ackles, Born March 1st 1978

Things to do in quarantine (other than writing)

Make long, drawn out descriptions of your characters

Create moodboards, playlists, art, or anything else to do with your WIP

Write a dumb au- just for yourself. No deadline, no pressure of quality. Just write.

Figure out the perfect circumstances to write- do you like to drink coffee? Tea? Table, or lap? Music, TV, silence? Try out new things, too!

Clean up your workspace, if you have one. Decorate it. Make it home.

Go for a walk and listen to your muse playlist.

Try to cosplay one of your characters, no matter what you have at home.

Understand your MC better. Imagine them in quarantine- what's their favourite food? Their favourite music? Their favourite pastime? How do they sleep? How do they clean?

Make a shitty rendition of something from your story. Build a character from clay. Sew someone's outfit from scratch. Make a prop from tinfoil. Recreate a room with Lego.

Have stupid fun! Get to know the world of your story, get stuck in Wikipedia holes, scroll shopping websites for hours.

Just have fun, and feel happy knowing it'll help your world, even if you're struggling.

What we need right now is entertainment. Not stress.