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Please restore my faith...

This year's Fandom March Madness took a nasty turn against one of my favorite doctors and the actor who plays him. :(((

So, please tell me good things about Mr. Martin Freeman and/or why Dr. John Motherfuckin' Watson is a BAMF. Or, barring that, spam me with loveliness in the Sherlock/Watson/Martin Freeman variety...any Watson... Any Freeman.

Thanks in advance!

♥
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Why John H. Watson is Flawless

[identity profile] pennswoods.livejournal.com 2012-03-18 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
He has a strong moral center, is a crack shot, and has nerves of steel in combat and dangerous situations (Study in Pink). He is also a man of strong faith and loyalty and patience. He stands up for himself and gives as good as he gets when his best friend is being overly arrogant and face-punch-worthy. He can smooth over those awkward moments Sherlock is so often causing and can make the ladies open up with his smooth sweet smile and lovely warm conversation (Baskerville). As has been often observed, he's a wonderful boyfriend, for Sherlock (Scandal), and he is the heart to Sherlock's head.

And for all these reasons and more, he is the catalyst that pushes Sherlock to open himself to sentiment and friendship and love, for which he is willing to sacrifice everything (Reichenbach).

Re: Why John H. Watson is Flawless

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

I had to watch the whole series over again to watch the vile taste of those haters from my mind.

Not really that much of a hardship really.

♥♥

I feel sorry for people who don't get it. :((

[identity profile] evila-elf.livejournal.com 2012-03-18 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
http://br0-harry.deviantart.com/art/kiss-animation-monochrome-285981690

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
sdjfal;sjfa;slf

God, thanks for the reminder!!

That ART! I gotta tell you, that gif is what finally broke me down to join Tumblr, ngl. SO AMAZING!

[identity profile] drarryxlover.livejournal.com 2012-03-18 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well I don't watch Sherlock but I hate hearing that things got nasty so to cheer you up I thought I'd let you know that I got some boots today and the guy who served me looked like Martin Freeman :)

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
fjasjfas;f

That did help, thanks. :))

I'm just going to imagine Martin sells shoes in his spare time.

[identity profile] foxestacado.livejournal.com 2012-03-18 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no! I am sorry to hear that things got nasty, and am sort of glad that I didn't read all of the comments, because I would have been enraged.

John Watson is the best friend anyone could ever have. He and Sherlock are meant to be together, whether that is platonically or romantically. He and Sherlock are epic together, and they have stood the test of time. And I mean this with every ounce of me. Of all of the literary and non literary characters that I have come across and read and studied and loved, John and Sherlock is a pairing that shines above all others.

Sherlock would be a lesser man without John Watson by his side, always.

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it wasn't pretty. I'm glad you didn't read them.

He is sort of amazing isn't he? Like on his own and also what he brings to the relationship and how he makes Sherlock a better person-- a fete within itself.

♥

[identity profile] ragdoll.livejournal.com 2012-03-18 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
I saw that shit and seriously, it made me ill. I will never go near Downton Abbey fandom again (not that I really did, but I like the show. However, Michelle Dockery's fans need to be gagged and bound, and not in the good way)

I don't know anything about Freeman personally so all I can say is...

BILBO!
BILBO!
BILBO MOTHERFUCKIN' BAGGINS!

TIM FROM THE OFFICE (UK)!

BILBO MOTHERFUCKIN' BAGGINS!

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Right? They were a scary bunch. I haven't seen the show and have been leery and now I'm just over the hype of it. :((

I don't know anything about him personally either, and am just going to assume those quotes they were pulling out are out of context or were said a long time ago when he was young and maybe sort of dumb... idk. I'm just going to sit in a corner and think of all the lovely that he is responsible for.

♥ Arthur Dent
♥ Tim
♥ Dr. Watson
♥ Bilbo Motherfuckin' Baggins ♥♥♥

[identity profile] ragdoll.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
They were horrible horrible people. I don't remember the FMM ever being so nasty or personal before this year but it really has turned me off to even following it in future.

I love DA, but the fandom is honestly scary. Plus it's one of those cases if you don't love character X or pairing Y over all others, you're not a real fan or...something. I enjoy the show, but will not touch the fandom now.

I honestly don't know about those quotes either. Loads of people say stupid things from time to time, then regret them later. Until he shows up at a National Front rally or whatever, I'm going to discount them. Plus I really don't know/care about his personal life. I like him as an actor in the things I've seen and will be seeing (omg THE HOBBIT!) and am ignoring everything else unless it's something HUGE AND UNAVOIDABLE (like raping puppies on the internet...)

I also thought he was adorable in Love Actually. So that's another one.

Bilbo Motherfuckin' Baggins FTW! :)

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
I LOVE YOU!!

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
ALJFAS;FJAS;FJ

OMGOMGOMG

I love you sooooooooooo much!

THANK YOU!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
ext_92849: woman standing in water with arms crossed over her chest (watson)

[identity profile] kath-ballantyne.livejournal.com 2012-03-19 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god really?
I CAN'T EVEN

Got too long for a comment so I've posted on my journal.

http://kath-ballantyne.dreamwidth.org/696455.html?#cutid1

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
You are truly the very bestest!

♥♥
ext_92849: woman standing in water with arms crossed over her chest (holding hands)

[identity profile] kath-ballantyne.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want to know what went down do I?

[identity profile] tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably not. He got in the way of making it an all female final four by taking out a character from Downton Abbey and they got PISSED.

First they went after the character as boring and uninteresting (and of couurse white and male) then they went after Martin as a person. There was a monster smear campaign that freaked me out because they took supposed quotes from Martin that sounded sort of racists and at best LGBT insensitive and at worst, homophobic and that's when shit got real and I went running from the whole thing. I don't know in what context, or how long ago they were made, but I was just heartbroken that I could neither defend or explain (or even be revolted by) because it was then that I realized tha I don't really know him at all.

Which also pissed me off because it wasn't supposed to be about whether or not the actor playing him is a tool (which I can't believe) but about how amazing Dr Watson is and how well he is protrayed by said tool.

:(((

PS... Sorry about all the typos and mess this comment probably is, the font on my phone is so small, I can barely make it out.
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