”[…] when an extremely rare bee miraculously unexpectedly finds a compatible partner.” (x)
(via caterinasforzas)
you said there was only one person in the world who could surprise you. turns out there’s two.
Elementary/Luther crossover
“In 1988, two psychologists published an article arguing that positive self-deception is a normal and advantageous part of most people’s life. It turns out people lie to themselves about three things: they view themselves in implausibly positive ways, they think they have far more control over their life’s than they actually do and they believe the future will be better than the evidence of the present can possibly justify. But we’re way beyond that now; we’re on the other side of that particular mirror.”
(via arthurdarvilll)
“Do you remember the rare bee I was given? Osmia avosetta is its own species, which means it should not be able to reproduce with other kinds of bees. And yet, nature is infinitely wily.”
“So, box bee got another bee pregnant?”
“Quite so. Which means, they should be reclassified as an entirely new species. First newborn of which is about to crawl its way into sunlight. As the discoverer of the species, the privilege of naming the creatures falls to me. Allow me to introduce you to Euglassia Watsonia.”
“You named a bee after me? … You named a bee after me.”
“Should be dozens more within the hour. If you’d like, I could come and get you once they’re all here.”
“That’s all right. I think I’ll just watch.”
(via fyeahjoanlock)
#all the hilarious attempted manipulation #and joan not having it #oh my dear moriarty #joan isn’t just any human
(via jetgirl78)
“You talked to one of my lieutenants. He has, over the years, played the role repeatedly and with great conviction. More often than not, he’s done so to protect my identity. Other times, it was because I suspected a potential client might.. struggle with my gender. As if men had a monopoly on murder.”
let me explain to you how genius the deconstruction of Irene Adler isbecause in making her a conscious manipulation; an artful and purposeful creation by moriarty in order to ensnare sherlockthey have destroyed The Woman; the one individual who eclipsed the whole of her sex and at whose feet Sherlock fellthey’ve taken the goddess down off her pillar and revealed the woman in the fridge was a doll all alongIrene Adler is only a story; can only ever be a story; because there is no Womanonly womenand they are villains as well as heroines and they are clever even when they make mistakes and they can hold the world togetherwhether to take advantage of it or to save it for the people they lovebut there is no Womanthere never could beand Sherlock had to learn thatelementarythe best goddamn showyour favs could never
