The Sherlock Sleuth

watching dated tv is great cos most of the time it feels very normal and hardly different at all (as in you sink into that world and don't notice the enormous phones and fax machines) but every once in a while you get absolutely ejector-seated out of the narrative by the sheer shock value of watching robbie lewis pay £1.98 for two pints of beer

love the end of the two towers where gandalf looks into the sunset talking bout "yea frodo had to go it alone it was his destiny and there is no changing it he will be ok 😌✨" and aragorn is like "sam went with him btw" and gandalf is like "oh fuck thank god"

audiences have no idea how to be uncomfortable anymore

watch movies that make you uncomfortable read books that make you uncomfortable go to plays that make you uncomfortable watch tv that makes you uncomfortable look at paintings and sculpture and artwork that makes you uncomfortable. it is spiritually and morally and ethically and artistically really really good for you. think about why you are uncomfortable. what biases do you bring to art? what biases does the art bring to you? how do you reconcile this? how does your worldview grow and expand and change? all this and more will be answered and available to you if you just engage with art that does not coddle you and treats you like an intelligent human being that can sit through discomfort

idk why some people hate rose tyler. She has a great smile and first thing she does on every planet is ask about working conditions and start an union