Benedict Cumberbatch and his fiancée Sophie Hunter confirmed yesterday that they are expecting a baby.
And it's safe to say that people are collectively losing their minds over the news. There was complete hysteria.
God was thanked.
Some people lost control of the caps lock with excitement.
Some lost control of the entire keyboard.
#CUMBERBABY !!!! AsdfghjklasdfghkklASDFGHJ!!!
OMG A CUMBERBABY IS COMING DO U HEAR ME SCREAMINGAGSDH
OH MY FUCKIN' GOD.
I FUCKING CALLED IT.
There were just so many feelings.
OMG A CUMBERBABY IM NOT OKAY SOMEONE HOLD ME OH LORD MY FEELINGS
And mental battles.
I'm like,"YAY CUMBERBABY!" But simultaneously, "please please please please still do Hamlet" and then "support your future wife you nob"
As well as confusion.
There were tears.
So many tears.
I am literally crying a little bit right now because I'm so happy #cumberbaby
THERE'S REALLY A CUMBERBABY COMING OH MY GOD I'M SO HAPPY FOR SOPHIE AND BENEDICT I'M CRYING THIS IS THE HAPPIEST THING EVER
And a bit of violence for good measure.
There were puns and rhymes.
As well as some not-at-all-weird fantasising.
And some enthusiastic forward-planning.
I'm abandoning college and all career plans to be the nanny for the Cumberbaby
i'm going to marry the cumberbaby
Others decided they had parental rights.
Some people just collapsed on the floor.
Others had trouble breathing.
#cumberbaby is everywhere every magazine every newspaper I'm having trouble breathing
Ovaries exploded.
Congratulations to Benedict Cumberbatch who is having a baby! A CUMBERBABY! *ovaries EXPLODE*
Everybody was ON THE BRINK of a breakdown.
Having a bit of a breakdown. #cumberbaby can't be born in the first two weeks of August, at the risk of him not Hamleting on 14th.
A lot of people made this observation.
Even the Cumberbaby is coming before the next episode of Sherlock. ....
Even the cumberbaby came before Sherlock!
Even the cumberbaby is arriving before Sherlock comes back ... #cumberbaby #BenedictCumberbatch #SophieHunter
Even a Cumberbaby came before Sherlock S4. 😂
And finally, this happened.
I just couldn't help myself!! #cumberbaby
Well done, everyone.
