I'm sorry to ask, but why tumblr had all that commotion with bret mckenzie winning the oscar? I'm not familiar to his work (I just know that he worked in lotr, or something?), so don't take my question as an offense ;__;

Yeah, he had a small part (and I mean very, very tiny) in LOTR, but that’s not what most people know him from nowadays.

Bret is in a band called Flight of the Conchords with Jemaine Clement. They had a TV show on HBO for a couple years, they’ve put a couple albums out, and they still tour sometimes. They’re basically comedians/musicians, so they do a bunch of song parodies (which is much funnier than it sounds, trust me). They’re a bit of a cult hit, really, which might help explain why they’re so popular here on tumblr. If you’re interested, you can listen to their albums on their website.

I was actually really surprised to see how many people were supporting him here. Before I came to tumblr and started obsessing over Sherlock, I spent most of my time on a little message board obsessing over FOTC. So it was kind of a shock for me to see all these Sherlock fans on my dash talking about Bret!

Anyway, yeah. Bret is an awesome, hilarious, talented guy. I’ve been a fan of his for years. I’ve also met him several times and he’s just the nicest person in the world. So I can’t speak for anyone else, but that’s why I was rooting for him to win. :)