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May 24

May 18

Come play Cards Against Humanity with me! -

Look for Waterflame’s game!

May 08

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May 05

A Guide to Writing Sherlockian-Biscuit Habits

enigmaticpenguinofdeath:

Or Why John Would Dunk a Biscuit in His Tea and Not Cover it With Gravy

A reprint of the Reminiscences of enigmaticpenguinofdeath, a Tea-Drinking Englishwoman (who has never knowingly turned down the offer of a biscuit with her cuppa).

I was lacking in Sherlock screencaps involving biscuits, alright?

So from the popularity of my previous post, it seems that there were many Sherlock fans out there across the world who were clearly baffled about how British people drink tea and thus flailing around and having characters get up to all sorts of nonsense with microwaved teabags, sweetened iced tea and goodness knows what other affronts to nature. Hopefully you have now been shamed/educated into how to include tea drinking in your fics more accurately, and may even apply the common sense rules to your own beverage choices in real life – your tea-drinking souls could still be salvageable.

However, I don’t feel that I can leave you all only half way along this journey, for there is another side to the great British love affair with tea. I speak of biscuits.

This guide will follow the pattern of my tea ramblings; being an initial introduction to how the British view biscuits, and then moving on to look at some examples of how biscuits may be correctly and incorrectly included in Sherlock fics. The first section is likely to be primarily written with US readers in mind since you guys are the weird ones with the deliberately obtuse and incorrect language around biscuits/cookies, and I have a solid understanding of where you are going wrong. Other countries have their own ishoos but I’m not as au fait with them. There are other guides on the interweb from ex-pats and biscuit specialists that can probably clear up specific confusion with other locales – get thee to Google!

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A Guide to Writing Sherlockian-Tea Habits

enigmaticpenguinofdeath:

or How to Prevent Your British Readers Thinking “wtf is John doing with that lapsang souchong?”

A reprint of the Reminiscences of enigmaticpenguinofdeath, a Tea-Drinking Englishwoman.

First off, I am not a tea sommelier. I don’t sell or work with tea, I have no professional qualifications in anything to do with tea. But I do drink tea, and I am British – English, to be more precise (and yes people from far-off lands, there is a difference, but I’ll stick to British for now). This means I am as well placed as anyone from this little island to be arrogantly judgemental about how some poor misguided people who aren’t fortunate enough to be British write strange, wtf-inducing descriptions of the consumption of tea. I am writing this with particular reference to Sherlock fanfiction and characters such as John, Sherlock, Mycroft and Greg, but some of my points are applicable to wider British-set-fandom fics in general.

It’s alright now, poor confused tea-worriers; I am here to help you. Not everyone likes to be individually Brit-picked so here is a primer in tea to set you on the right path. Let’s get down to business.

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May 02

Kat Waterflame's Gift Registry -

I created a birthday gift card registry, because I know I have friends that live far away and can’t send presents. This way, they can send me a gift card that I can use!

Apr 23

Pretend You're Xyzzy -

I’m playing Cards Against Humanity again! Come join me!!

Final tally was 95…

Apr 22

Hmm…

Seriously… Am I forgetting something?

It’s April 22… I feel like I’m forgetting something…

Apr 18

Wanna play a game of Cards Against Humanity with me? Online? Come join me!

http://t.co/OYPe6mjdgg Just look for Waterflame’s Game!

Apr 11

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