News of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s engagement to actress and director Sophie Hunter came out this morning in the very old-school form of a small, tasteful announcement in the UK’s Times.
His rabid fan base subsequently lost their minds, weeping into their cups of tea and, presumably, watching this on repeat:
As so-called “Cumberbitches” the world over mourn their idol’s impending nuptials, their tweeted grief can be broken down into categories.
There’s the suicidal:
Aggressive:
Artistic:
Disbelieving:
Accurate:
Date-appropriate:
Putting it in perspective:
Personal:
Threatening:
Political:
Making it a ‘Sherlock’ in joke:
A certain swath of “Sherlock” fans, of course, have been hoping for a different sort of union involving various pairings of the show’s stars:
In the meantime, one paper offers inconsolable fans a 10-step guide to keeping calm and carrying on.
And if all else fails, check out this clip from a BBC nature documentary. Ask yourselves one important question, Cumberbitches: Did you really want a man who can’t pronounce the word “penguin,” anyway?
