Title: The Universe's Only Consulting Time Detective
Wordcount: 655
Rating/Warnings: G, none
Characters: Sherlock, the Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who)
Description: Sherlock has a chance encounter with an enigmatic Time Lord ‒ a second time.
A/N: I haven't written a fic in over two years, so this was a one-off thing I pulled out of me in about ten minutes. Inspired by two graphics I made on Tumblr, which are behind-the-cut. I really don't think I'll continue this beyond a one-off since, as you can tell, I'm a bit rusty.

( It was a novel thing to see a blue phone box appear and disappear out of thin air in less than an instant. But if anyone would take any notice, it would be Sherlock Holmes. )

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[17] John Barrowman (Retro)


( Why this car is automatic, it's systematic, it's hydromatic! It's greased lightning! )

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[14] Matt Smith (Locarno Film Festival)


(  The party don't start 'til I walk in. )

Someone always has to piss on my cheerios.

I'm ill, I worked 9 to 5, I'm fucking constipated, and now apparently I'm homophobic.

No, honey. No.

The Doctor. No question.

"All of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will. Where do you wanna start?

'Nuff said.

I liked making my last picspam so much that I jumped into making another one. This is also for Challenge 19 over at picspammy.

Okay, so I know this is going to sound crazy obsessive, but I l love casting real actors' lives and setting them to film formats. It's just how I do it in my head. With John Barrowman, for whom I am a massive fan of, it is no different. I am constantly thinking of people who are like him or could play him.

Having read both his books, I know a fair amount about him and a few of the special people in his life. John has always been open about his life, his family, and his background. At a distance, of course. So I've gone over and tried to remember as much as I can to make a dramatic storyline. Hope you enjoy.

Spoiler warning for John's eps of Desperate Housewives.



( life's not worth a damn til you can say, hey world, i am what i am! )

Yaay! My first challenge for picspammy in foreverballs! I picked Interview with the Vampire for picspammy's Challenge 19 Second Change: Casting. Had it on my mind for a while, and with a bit of help via teamharkness, it came together instantly.



( Don't be afraid. I'm going to give you the choice I never had. )

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[15] John Barrowman (Desperate Housewives)

SPOILER WARNING!


( There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with shit and the vermin of the world inhabit it - but not for long. )

First off: YAY! I made fandomsecrets!

Secondly: Who the fuck? Seriously, I know it was someone on my friends list, so out with it. If it bothers you that I post spoiler quotes as LJ cuts? Remove me as a friend. It's as simple as that. Or how about just sending me a message on LJ or - gasp - DROPPING A COMMENT. Seriously, people. I don't like finding out that I've made fandomsecrets through a friend. It's not the way to get shit done. I mean, sure, I'll be more mindful now, but my real point is...

If you made this secret, at least have the decency or, gosh, who would think it?, THE BALLS to actually say it to my "face," not in the form of some lame, cryptic secret.

Believe me, the floor is still open, because this genuinely is going to irk me some.

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[70] Doctor Who (5x03)

Another awesome episode. I was getting really sick of the Daleks, but I thought this was a different spin. I'm actually looking forward to any future Dalek stores, rather then dreading it like I usually do. Although I have to admit that I had a good laugh when the Village Daleks appeared, lulz. YAY!

SPOILER WARNING!


( I am the Doctor, and you are the Daleks! )

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[85] Doctor Who (5x02)

What an awesome episode. Sure, not perfect, but fucking hell, it's Doctor Who. It's not supposed to be serious. Anyway, this has become a bit of a habit, hasn't it, me making an excessive amount of icons? I just SIMPLY love Eleven and Amy. So enjoy.

SPOILER WARNING!



( What if you were really old and really kind and your whole race dead, no future? What couldn't you do then? If you were that old and that kind, and the very last of your kind, you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry. )

SPOILERS: The Beast Below (Doctor Who, 5x02)

Not really episode spoilery. Just screencaps via The Medusa Cascade.

( Why the Doctor can't get a girlfriend )

And yet another Eleven video on its way, set to a portion of "Let It Rock."

Obsession is bad and yet so, so good.

Spoilers for 5x01, obv.

( Work-in-progress so far. )

SPOILERS: The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who, 5x01)

( My crack. Not yours. )

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[68] Doctor Who (5x01)

Mostly Matt Smith-centric, with a few icons of Karen Gillan thrown into the mix!

SPOILER WARNING!



( Amy Pond, there is something you better understand about me because it's important, and one day, your life may depend on it. I am DEFINITELY a mad man with a box. )

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[19] John Barrowman (Desperate Housewives)

SPOILER WARNING!



( As he came into the window, it was the sound of a crescendo. He came into her apartment, he left the bloodstains on the carpet. She ran underneath the table, he could see she was unable. So she ran into the bedroom. She was struck down, it was her doom. Annie are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay, Annie? Annie are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay Annie? Annie are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay Annie? You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal. )

I would never do this under normal circumstances, and I'm not trolling you guys. But this is my reaching out, and I need your help.

I'm game to study abroad in London for the fall 2010 semester, thru AIFS Abroad. I have been wanting to do this for years, and I have finally boned up the confidence to do it. I have completed just about all of the application, sans the $750 deposit, which I am waiting for from the federal government.

Due to the CA budget cuts, I am not able to receive financial aid thru Cal State San Bernardino, as they have capped admissions for the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters. The same goes for all state schools. I am raising the money for tuition and some living expenses on my own and need all the help I can get. Although I hold a part-time job, that is not enough to meet the roughly 8 to 10,000 dollar tuition that I must meet by August.

So, if you feel it within yourself to make a small donation of any kind, you may do so at my giving page HERE, or here:

I am also game on making icons and wallpapers or more (I have additional web design knowledge and am a wiz at Wordpress, if anyone needs any assistance) for a pledge starting at $1, and my work can be seen here or at my journal.

Honestly, I feel uncomfortable asking for hand-outs, but under the circumstances, I absolutely must. If anyone knows of any other websites or communities where I can do this, please let me know!

Yeah, so I'm usually not one for shameless pimping (oh who the hell are we kidding), but erm, do follow this Twitter would you?

http://twitter.com/hdinews

It's for HughDancy.info, my fansite for Hugh, and it's a brand new addition added, well, today.

HI BTW! *waves*

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[26] John Barrowman (La Cage aux Folles)



( I am what I am, I am my own special creation. So come take a look, give me the hook or the ovation. It's my world that I want to have a little pride in, my world and it's not a place I have to hide in. Life's not worth a damn, til you can say: hey world! I am what I am. )

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[17] Adam Lambert (retro)



( people say i'm the life of the party cause i make a joke or two. i know i may be laughing loud and hearty, deep inside i'm blue. so take a good look at my face, you'll see my smile looks out of place. if you look closer it's easy to trace, the tracks of my tears. i need you, i need you. )

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[01] Torchwood CoE "Day Four" wallpaper
[10] Torchwood CoE "Day Four" icons

BIG TIME SPOILERS!!!

Preview:
( Icons + wallpaper preview and sizes behind the cut )

First off, the John Barrowman concert last night was EPIC EPIC EPIC. He sounded great, looked great, charmed over the audience... oh, I just had a ball, but I wont bore you with the details. All you might want are the pictures. These are not the best, I could only get them from pretty far away and the ISO is kicked up to the highest level and all that bad stuff, but I can show that I was there. I also got a couple pictures of Daniel Boys.

Here are the shots...

( Buaha )

Now on to tonight... how should I put this... oh wait, I know.

I MET DANIEL BOYS!!!

So tonight I went to see Avenue Q with the mom, which was everything I could have ever wanted and awesome and I loved it and I swear didn't want to cry during it. The whole cast gave it 110%. And of course seeing Daniel two nights in a row didn't suck either. Anyway, to make a long story short, the show ended, I rushed over to the stage door, met the cast, met the man. And some kittens, too.

I wont bore you with all the details unless you really want to know. Suffice to say Danny was very kind and exactly what I expected. We ("we" being the tour I was with at the Royal Albert Hall tour the day before) managed to frighten the shit out of him while he was doing his sound check before the JB concert. We were up in the standing gallery a million feet in the air and when he completed his sound check, we all cheered and whistled and probably sounded like ghosts whooping from the rafters. When I told him I was a part of that group he had a good chuckle.

Anyway...

( This is what came of it )

So I've been reading a lot about Kris Allen on the internet today, about how he's the most anticlimactic win ever and it's an "Idol upset" and Adam should have won and yadda yadda. As if he's just some untalented, redneck tool that took Adam's golden crown.

Now I'm not going to be a schmuck. Of course both guys deserved to win. For fuck's sake, they both won. They're both 19E gods and goddesses now, so it doesn't make a difference. But from the beginning, Adam had all the makings of a winner with that edge at the same time. I frequently got goosebumps. I'll admit, while he was in the competition, I made it about his sexuality, too. Wow, first big gay American Idol that isn't Clay Aiken! And he wears platform boots! And by the end, I realized that's why I wanted him to win... not because I thought he'd sell records (I don't even think ADAM knows what kind of record he's gonna put out), but what he symbolized. But at the same time, I always loved Kris. I love a subdued underdog that is strong to his roots and knows the kind of music he's here to produce. The man never got enough credit for his arrangements and his emotional connect to a song. I'd been saying all season not to rule him out. He came up from behind (heh) because he had more talent in his little finger than most of the Idol contestants combined, excusing Allison and Adam, who were his equals.

A lot of people are saying it was the fundies that got him through to the top. So many people couldn't vote for the "be here or be queer!" Glambert in the end because his gayness would sweep over the nation and ruin us all! Yadda yadda. Yet somehow they (the fundies AND the Glambert fans) forget that the wonderful Adam Lambert, with all his swagger and guyliner and racy photos on the Internet, managed to make it to the #2 spot on American Idol. That is no mean feat, gay or straight or hermaphrodite or whatever. And the man will be successful. Name me one current American artist like him, openly gay (and yes, I consider him open, although he hasn't come out and said it exactly, he's not denying it either) and taking risks all in platform pumps. Well, guess what? Kris takes risks, too, and took a lot on the show, some failing and some soaring. He just did it with a lot less nail polish. There is room in this world for BOTH OF THEM.

I guess I'm tired of seeing it being called an "upset" when it's quite the opposite. It isn't an upset for anyone - for America, for the gay community, for Adam, for Kris... no one. Revel in the fact that the least likely winner of American Idol won the whole damn show. And sounds like warm butter.



So hugs to Kris!



Adam is happy!



KRADAM is still complete. :D

All in all, a good night.