My friend @bobsytherabbit offers a piece of solace in establishing the following verb…
to rickman:
to apply sarcasm in menacing, but friendly manner, a tiny eyeroll included.
Can’t paint him. Never could. The first and the most difficult person to do a fan piece of art of, in all my experience. The only angel image that could bring my nightmares away. In my memory, always.
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Throwback to the good old days of AngryBeige’s most excellent comics. NEVER OVER.
Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye.
What I remember most in this moment of painful leave-taking is his humour, intelligence, wisdom and kindness. His capacity to fell you with a look or lift you with a word. The intransigence which made him the great artist he was—his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. I learned a lot from him.
He was the finest of actors and directors. I couldn’t wait to see what he was going to do with his face next. I consider myself hugely privileged to have worked with him so many times and to have been directed by him.
He was the ultimate ally. In life, art and politics. I trusted him absolutely.
He was, above all things, a rare and unique human being and we shall not see his like again.
- Emma Thompson on Alan Rickman (via miurt)
(Source: Newsweek)
“And it’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.”
Goodbye and thank you Alan Rickman (21.02.46 - 14.01.16)
“If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.”
— Alan Rickman: February 21, 1946 - January 14, 2016
You will be greatly missed.
I’m devastated. Rest in peace, Sir.
David Bowie 1947 - 2016
Today we mourn the loss of the greatest singer, performer, actor, songwriter, and innovator ever to fall to earth. He once said, “As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I’ve got left?” More than most people, David did as much as he possibly could with the time he had with us, and gave more than anyone could have asked. The world thanks you, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Thin White Duke, T. J. Newton, Goblin King, David Robert Jones. David Bowie.
This man saved lives.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, rare footage of the interview with him, available in Flicker Alley’s Sherlock Holmes DVD with William Gillette himself!
Christmas is coming so you know what to gift a Sherlockian in your life with.
Oh hey fellow Sherlockians, just dropping by to say YOU GUYS, YOU NEED TO WATCH THE LIBRARIANS. I mean the first season was huge fun and it filled a hole left in my heart after Leverage was cancelled (and returned the fun I used to have with Doctor Who, unpopular opinion here but The Librarians actually managed to keep the fun part while DW lost it ages ago imho, even if my love for Peter Capaldi knows no bounds).
The second season of The Librarians, as far as I can tell from the two part premiere and sneak peek - I don’t want to spoil it so I will only tell you again - just WATCH IT. And then thank me afterwards. :)
Shakespearean bunch among you will also be most satisfied with it, ahem. :) If you are after some lighthearted fun which sometimes rips your heart out, couldn’t recommend this show more.
(yes sorry I have been rather absent on Tumblr and xkit not functioning doesn’t add to my willingness to come back but I am still around-ish) ;)
Lots of love,
Sigita/shaddicted
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