#hamletbatch

Thank you so much for the many, many likes, my dear - it's been wonderful looking back at older posts of My Beautiful Obsession when they come up in my notifications, as well as rediscovering some of the sauciest tags and other things I've written about him! Benedict is a gift that keeps on giving, and I (like most of the fandom) find that he just gets more delightful & delicious with each passing year.

If you haven't already discovered his large body of work (I'm guessing you've seen his Doctor Strange & Sherlock Holmes), you should check out his Khan from Star Trek: Into Darkness

as well as the series Patrick Melrose and Eric, both on Netflix, and the movies The Courier and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to name just a few. He's such an amazing, talented Actor that I adored him for his talent well before his sex appeal enthralled me.

Of course, I'm now & forever an admirer - and have penned tens of thousands of words in fics based on his characters. Though I'm currently in a long bout of writer's block😔😔, Benedict remains My Constant Muse; the very reason I rediscovered I could write at all, inspired by his creativity.

(I call his Hamlet 'my sweet ginger prince'😍)

And please allow me to thank you for your patience awaiting a reply - I never mean to fall into such untimely delays, but oftentimes Real Life gets in the way. Please accept a loving Stephen to make up for the long wait.

For you @sobeautifullyobsessed!

I never understood Hamlet until I saw BC’s version...I’ve read the play a million times, scene every production and movie you can think of but he was always unreachable until I finally saw and I’m....still processing the powerhouse performance. 

I’m rubbish at making gifs but I had to try....I can’t get over the absolute intensity of the scenes above. Especially BLOODY BAWDY VILLAIN and the way he rotates with every word, the anger and despair in his eyes. 

Holy shit B.

Damn, @strangelock221b - that is a toughie!

After sleeping on it 😉 I'm still having an incredibly tough time deciding. While Stephen tops my list by a mile, there are several vying for second place. I can't even turn to my fics to help me decide because there are certain characters I've not been moved to write about, for various reasons. Would it be cheating to name a handful?

I'm going to assume it's okay to cheat, and give you these names, not entirely in order:

Khan Noonien Singh

Greville Wynne

Hamlet

The Creature

Christopher Tietjens/Major Jamie Stewart (that's a two-fer ya just gotta give me...please)

Peter Guillam

Richard III

Victorian Sherlock

The Grinch

Looking at it now, Khan and Grevilla are really too close to call. And this list tells me that I'm very drawn to those characters experiencing a lot of angst. But I'm betting if Benedict ever made a romantic comedy, I would fall in love with that character simply because I am starving for such a one.

me, discussing Benedict C., with @thehiddenlawyer...because how could he not, seeing his work brought to life with such searing, gorgeous truth?