Oh, British people...

[awanderingbard]

Things one learns while listening to British radio: alarm clocks that made tea used to be very popular in the UK. The idea is that it will wake you up and you will have a cup of tea waiting for you.

I feel like Q is very sad that this isn't really a thing any more. Or perhaps he has made himself a better version.

In other, "I'm Sorry All I Talk About is Tom Hiddleston" news: this literally made my day. Followed closely by this.

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[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

I like Hiddleston's shades.

I hope those shades are for the film. I kind of feel like they make the entire outfit. I'm really liking the overall steampunk look everyone's got. It's Victorian with an edge.

I like coming up with context for what they might be talking about.

Oh good. So I'm not the only one. I imagined he and Jessica Chastain were discussing what their go to fighting techniques might be should they ever get into a fight.

TH: I'd probably scratch. Like this?
JC: I think most people would expect me to scratch. But I'd go for a punch using my super strong arm.
TH: (impressed laughter)
JC: It'd be a straight to the face punch. Like this.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I hope those shades are for the film. I kind of feel like they make the entire outfit. I'm really liking the overall steampunk look everyone's got. It's Victorian with an edge.

I saw a different set of shots, and he does seem to have them on constantly throughout the scene. I'm assuming his and Jessica's characters are in mourning. Or totally not subtle about the fact that they're evil. Although, if Mia is supposed to be married to Tom, she should be in mourning too. Jessica is playing his sister, so if they lost a parent, they should both be in mourning. Unless the action takes place before Mia and Tom get married.

Okay, I'm going to stop being Sherlock now. I even deduced, while knowing nothing of which character is which or the plot or who is married or in love with who, that Tom and Jessica must be playing brother and sister because they were both in mourning, like Sherlock of Sherlock. And then I Googled, like Sherlock of Elementary.

There's another useless skill of mine: solving Victorian mysteries I have created myself. Another line on the CV!

TH: I'd probably scratch. Like this?
JC: I think most people would expect me to scratch. But I'd go for a punch using my super strong arm.
TH: (impressed laughter)
JC: It'd be a straight to the face punch. Like this.

Ha! Oh, I could actually see Tom scratching in real life. Just flailing scratches in hopes of not actually having to hurt the person, and they might go away uninjured, and they could sit down with a cup of tea and talk it out.

TH: *flailing* I'm terribly sorry about this misunderstanding! Did I draw blood? I'm sorry, I would get you a handkerchief if you would just stop punching me long enough. Oh, yes, my cheekbones are quite hard, I hope you didn't hurt your hand!

I've always wanted an excuse to put Alec in a fight, because I feel like his basic response would be 'defend Molly, defend Molly' and then his follow up would be 'oh, I'm so sorry, here, let me help you'.