hair, H/W, W/T, sleep

[wisdomeagle]

Today, in my biannual hair-removal ritual, I cut myself shaving for the first time. This led immediately to thoughts of feminism, the social construction of beauty, and my feeble attempts at making a political statement that usually culminate in hacking off all my body hair when I'm procrastinating something. Thus, shaved legs are not so much a socio-political statement, or even an aesthetic one. They say, pure and simple, "I'm bored. Lick me."

But all my thoughts about feminism and body image flew out the window when I was inspired to slap together a H/W desktop background and I had to find the official Slashiest Quote Ever from the entirety of Sherlock Holmes:

Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me, and he was leading me to a chair.

"You're not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!"

It was worth a wound--it was worth many wounds--to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.

"It’s nothing, Holmes. It’s a mere scratch."

He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.

"You are right," he cried with an immense sigh of relief. "It is quite superficial." His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. "By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive. Now, sir, what have you to say for yourself?"

THEIRLOVEISSOCANON. THEIRLOVEISSOCANON. THEIRLOVEISSOCANON.

Ahem.

*watches Willow/Tara clips*

Now their love really is so canon.

Obviously, I've done no actual work all day, but I keep on meaning to. That has to count for something, right?

And I did take a shower and do the laundry, so I'm feeling somewhat better, but still... yes. Prepare for several weeks' worth of angst.

Has anyone ever mentioned how simultaneously sweet and tragic Willow/Tara is?

Yes, anyhow, I got all of three hours of sleep. I should be working or sleeping, definitely not watching depressing vidclips.

Comments

[mislight.livejournal.com]

i don't particularily understand this canon thing.

*blushes*

explain?

[wisdomeagle]

Canon is whatever's published. For Sherlock Holmes, canon is the four novels and the hundred odd short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. For Stargate, it's all the aired episodes. For Harry Potter, it's every word that JKR wrote in the five books, but not blurbs, anything JKR said in an interview, someone's interpretation of it, or the latest Harry/Herminone fic that's out there.

Canon is the source material; it's what we start with. What's "true" in a fandom is determined by interpreting canon.

"theirloveissocanon" is a catchphrase that started over in the Harry Potter fandom that basically means, "The subtext is so blatant that no one in hir right mind could deny that they're together." It's sometimes used more facetiously than other times.

[wistful-fever.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks, man. Now I'm going to go find Sherlock Holmes slash fic.

::sighs dramatically::

[wisdomeagle]

Start at Sacrilege!, the offical though unupdated H/W archive. (Or it WOULD be the official archive if it didn't appear to be down at the moment. *is irate*)

You can also try here; I just found this today, but it looks like a pretty thorough list of every H/W fic ever written. Of course, most of the stuff is on Sacrilege! so it's probably un-get-at-able at the moment.

But man. It's so PRETTY. *swoons*

[missfaith.livejournal.com]

oh their love really *is* so canon *bless*

[wisdomeagle]

Oh yes it is. :D