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The Benedict Cumberbatch Situation

There’s a situation happening all across the world and so far, only the British news media seems to have reported upon it.

Right now there are numerous intelligent women across the land who are presently in crisis mode. It’s all due to an actor whom you may or may not be aware of named Benedict Cumberbatch. You’ll probably be very aware of him soon. He’s currently shooting the new Star Trek movie, he appeared inTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and War Horse, and he is the eponymous star of the BBC detective serial,Sherlock.

You also should know that Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t a man. He’s a situation that me and most of my friends are all having.

Since the last series of Sherlock aired, perfectly nice and law abiding ladies have been feverishly pirating copies of “The Reichenbach Fall” and posting dreamy GIFs of its climatic moments on tumblr. Clips from YouTube of Mr. Cumberbatch reading children’s stories, imitating Alan Rickman and dancing to “Thriller” have been flooding Gmail inboxes across the globe. For my part, I actually built myself a “Cumbernest” this past weekend. Instead of leaving the house and meeting actual men, I surrounded my bed with wine, water, and British chocolate all in preparation to watch Cumberbatch star in the BBC movie Hawking. I then sent a friend multiple texts that essentially broke down to “Have you watched Hawking yet?”, “Watch Hawking. Watch Hawking. WatchHawking.”, and finally, “MY NERVES.”

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(via mywholebohemiansoul)