Benedict Cumberbatch rumors

So, rumor has it that Benedict Cumberbatch might play ( spoiler! )

in the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. I'm not a big fan of DW, I only really like the latest incarnation, but this? THAT WOULD BE SO COOL! Seriously! As this article - beware of possible spoilers! - says, "it’s felt Benedict is the perfect choice if schedules can work." I totally agree!

But reading the comments below the article... (ETA: Looks like the comments were removed. But try any other article and you'll see plenty of them!) I'm so tired of hearing ordinary people - and reporters too, which is even worse - bash Benedict's name and/or his looks. Are people really so shallow that if someone doesn't have the flawless, plastic surgery like Hollywood looks, they automatically deem him ugly? And even though I understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I don't understand how anybody...


... can find this man ugly *hands*

Sometimes, I really despair at the world *sigh*

Podfic rec: Sherlock

"Everything Is Chess" by earlgreytea68, read by themusecalliope | Gen | In which Sherlock asks Mycroft for a favor. | 11 min.

The only times I have ever wished for a manual have involved Sherlock. Sherlock is the only thing I have ever looked at--in my entire life, on this entire planet--and not known immediately how to win. Which I suppose is somewhat acceptable, as I suspect I fulfill the same role for him, and somehow, through the mutual unease we provoke in each other, we have reached an uneasy detente. Still. When my mother taught me everything is chess, Mycroft, I wish I knew whether she was including Sherlock in the "everything."

Lovely! So, so lovely. It's a whole series, mostly set after 203. This part - the first one and hopefully, not the last one that themusecalliope will read! - is told from Mycroft's POV and it reveals so much about his relationship with Sherlock! Go, listen to it! It's fantastic!