Nerdfighter Benedict? Or just failed Vulcan?
As far as I can tell, there are eight possibilities here. (I’ve spent a fair bit of time thinking about this.)
1. Benedict Cumberbatch is a hardcore nerdfighter and when Martin Freeman threw up a gang sign, Cumberbatch was like, “I have one of those.”
2. Cumberbatch, who obviously has a relationship with Star Trek, just naturally adapted the Vulcan sign (pulling in the thumbs, turning the palms inward, crossing the arms) in precisely the same way that I happened to adapt the Vulcan sign when I first made the nerdfighter sign in the halcyon days of 2007.
3. One of the interns on set who has gained the trust of Benedict Cumberbatch was like, “If you do your hands like this, the Internet will get really excited.” And so he did.
4. BBC, in their infinite wisdom, staged the entire photo and Cumberbatch was taught the nerdfighter sign (I MEAN LOOK AT THE PERFECTION OF HIS NERDFIGHTER SIGN! He seems so comfortable and confident in it, almost as if it is muscle memory, almost as if he has flashed it to his laptop screen on hundreds of occasions in the past, but I digress) and this photograph was staged to get people psyched for Sherlock, although what tiny segment of nerdfighteria is not already psyched for Sherlock? Also, if this is the case, who is Martin Freeman trying to advertise to? Residents of the West Side?
5. Benedict Cumberbatch has a relative or a friend who is a nerdfighter and so he is passingly familiar with nerdfighteria and liked what he has seen and wanted to make us all very happy.
6. The nerdfighter sign also happens to be the hand sign of some obscure English gang with which I am unfamiliar called like The East London Wanderers or The Slightly Intimidating Liverpudlians or whatever.
7. Nerdfighteria actually figures in the plot of the new season of Sherlock. Perhaps a nerdfighter has been (wrongly no doubt!) accused of a murder.
8. Benedict Cumberbatch was playing some kind of British version of Rock Paper Scissors against two invisible opponents, and he went double scissors (as any smart person would).
File Under: Reasons I love Benedict Cumberbatch, John Green, and The Interwebs.
Today feels like sunshine after a winter’s rain and the clarity of summer nights on the shore.
It feels clean. It feels free.
I can breathe today.
Is benedict cumberbatch unintentionally doing the vlog brothers sign here?
What is happening…where is this from…people don’t just UNINTENTIONALLY do the Nerdfighter sign…either he was told to do this or…or…
OR HE IS A NERDFIGHTER, HANK. (Source.)
I CANNOT EVEN. I AM COMPLETELY INCAPABLE RIGHT NOW.
John composed a string quartet, and posted it to YouTube to confess his love for me before we even started dating.
My little (17 year old) sister’s piano recital. This was the song played when I walked down the aisle for our wedding, River Flows In You, by Yiruma.
I love this song, and she plays it so beautifully ^.^-
in an adventure that I am arranging,
and it is very difficult to find anyone.
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Mumford & Sons - Lover’s Eyes (iHeart Radio Series)
Sometimes I put my fingers against my neck just to feel my pulse. I need to be reminded that I am still moving blood, still breathing air, and still feeling something.
I’m fragile, and some days the weight of my existence seems like too much for my frame. I have to remind myself that my body can take the pressure of my living.
