Thank you, Jimmy Fallon.
Last night, while watching Benedict on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy started talking about #letsdrawsherlock, and I was immediately wary. I’m sure any fan watching was expecting a repeat of the Graham Norton fiasco, where Norton pulled out explicit Johnlock fanart to show Martin on the show, clearly making fun of the art, the artists, and the ship.
Instead, Jimmy was nothing but respectful and impressed with the fanartists’ talent. As you can see in these caps, that’s even the title of Benedict’s segment on Fallon’s website - “Benedict Cumberbatch Has Talented Fans.” Let’s count the things Jimmy Fallon did right that are in direct opposition to what Norton did wrong:
- He chose art that would be easily recognized as “good” by non-fans. This isn’t to say that the art Norton showed was bad, but there is a lot of fanart that is less technically skilled because, well, it’s done by non-professionals who are still honing their craft. Other fans appreciate it because we understand the intent and emotion that went into it and often watch artists develop over time, but a non-fan mainstream audience might not see anything special. Jimmy chose pieces that are technically awesome - he put fanart’s best face forward, so to speak. Nobody can use the technical skill as something to laugh at here.
- He kept shipping out of it. I ship johnlock as hard as anyone, but a non-fan mainstream audience doesn’t understand ships, much less slash. Regardless of the fact that there are some technically awesome and beautiful johnlock works in Let’s Draw Sherlock, much of Jimmy’s audience would laugh at them instead of appreciate their beauty. Again, Jimmy is specifically avoiding works that would be easily laughed at.
- He showers them with praise. They’re awesome, the fans are great and talented. Not once does he encourage either the studio or home audience to laugh at either the art or the artist. He is impressed, he wants his audience to be impressed. The studio audience responds in kind - they seem to come into it expecting to see things to laugh at, but are startled and a bit quiet when Jimmy pulls out the Van Gogh. They do laugh with Rosie, since that one clearly has a bit of humor in it. And they cheer for King Tut.
This is how you present fan art on your show respectfully. There was still a little humor with Rosie, it didn’t get overly serious. The studio (and likely home) audience were clearly entertained. Benedict wasn’t embarrassed. Hopefully the artists are pleased with how their art was presented (I haven’t seen anything from any of them).
I’ve often been lukewarm on Jimmy Fallon, but this earned him a new fan.
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20 Reasons Why The Cult Of (Benedict) Cumberbatch Is The Internet’s Strongest
J.J. Abrams. Zachary Quinto. Chris Pine. Zoe Saldana. Alice Eve in her underwear. And yet all anyone can talk about when it comes to Star Trek Into Darkness is its batches of cumbers, in the form of Benedict Cumberbatch. In the past year or so, the Sherlock star, who plays an unspecified role in Abrams’s movie (meaning, I don’t want it spoiled) has became an Internet cult sensation — he even has his own fan club, the Cumberbitches.
Don’t look directly at the image! This much beauty has been known to sear retinas.
Image is truly gorgeous and goes with Atlin’s awesome fic “Shave and a haircut”
If Sherlock was an animated show.
I took random screencaps from A Scandal in Belgravia and redrew them as cartoons.
This is glorious
Share a Coke with Sherlock
“Share a coke with Sherlock” is some pretty unfortunate phrasing given what we know about the guy’s drug habits.
I snorted.
So did he.
Omfg DYING
marielikestodraw:3patchproblem:theneverendingdrums:
and-afez:cumberqueen:themajorkey:use the ‘pause’ button, okay?
THIS MADE MY DAY. I CRIED.
oh my god THIS IS PURE AND UTTER PERFECTION.
OMFG THIS WINS ON SO MANY LEVELS. It reminds me why I love this fandom so much and God knows I needed that today…
I HAVE KILLED MANGO IN COLD BLOOD
Whoever did this is my friend now. You are my friend, and you have no say in the matter.
cumberbatchedandhiddlestonedgeek:
It’s John in the background that is just perfect. There must be so many times when he does that!
Absinthe Sherlock
For Let’s Draw Sherlock, based off of the Absinthe Robette poster by Henri Privat-Livemont (one of my favorite pieces of art in existence, and the fact that it was made as an advertisement doesn’t detract from its value at all, in my opinion.) I couldn’t not attempt this image. Bonus - tiny John and that sneaky wallpaper! This was somehow both the most tedious and most enjoyable thing I’ve drawn in a long time!
This is the most insane thing I’ve ever drawn. *faints from exhaustion*
Various coloured pencils and ink pen in Moleskine sketchbook.
5” x 8 ¼” (13x21 cm)
Oh. My. God.
This is an AMAZING piece of art! I honestly thought it was a screencap. You are EXTRAORDINARILY talented.
..whoa this is drawn
I
Oh man have my feels
THIS IS A DRAWING.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GRAPHIC
THEN IT WASN’T
AND
NO
JUST NO
