Benedict Cumberbatch has some of the scariest fans I've seen. Look up the story of Raks Patel and prepare to be terrified.
This shocked me out of lurkdom, I think I have met her. I had friends who were massively into Sherlock and tagged along to a meet up or similar with them, was very aware *something* had gone on but no one would tell me what, it was such a weird atmosphere that I ended up leaving early. It's been one of my unresolved mysteries for years! For the record if it's the person I'm thinking of she seemed alright, in the few seconds where I interacted with her
is there a link to a write up or something? I can't find anything online.
PS and yeah, the fanbase seemed on the whole incredibly obsessive (I was a half arsed casual viewer at best). I remember someone tweeting about watching cumberbatch through the windows of his own home and then leaving him a homemade cake ON HIS DOORSTEP in apology for being a stalker?! Who does that?