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[purplefringe]

Puncture Repair
edited by purplefringe
fandom: Elementary
characters: Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson
music: Puncture Repair - Elbow
summary: I leaned on you today (and I have promises to keep)
content notes: Spoilers for the whole first series
notes: Made from scratch in a 48-hour burst of sleep-deprived creativity, in order to be finished in time for such_heights's birthday yesterday. ♥ Thank you for getting me to overcome my initial scepticism and finally watch this stupid show about stupid people with stupid faces and their stupid (beautiful, complex) relationship. I may have some Thoughts about them at some point, but right now everything I have to say is in the vid.


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Lyrics

I leaned on you today
I regularly hurt but never say
I nearly wore the window through
Where was air sea rescue?
The cavalry with tea and sympathy
You were there
Puncture repair

I leaned on you today
I regularly hurt but never say
You patched me up and sent me on my way
I leaned on you today

Comments

[happydork]

This is beautiful and amazing and exactly right. I love it so hard.

[purplefringe]

:-) Thank youuuuu! (I blame you and Amy both for squeeing so much about this show that I mainlined it in about a week whilst she was away). Sherlock and Joan! <3333

I don't think I've commented on your Morstans post, btw, but it's SO GREAT. The picture of Danny Pudi may just be the most adorable thing ever.

[calvinahobbes]

MY EMOTIONSSSSS ;____________;

I was clutching my chest the minute they started handing each other things. URGH! And then your sequence of distressed!Sherlocks sort of ramping up in frustration until car crash and thrashing things. SHERLOCK JUST HAS A LOT OF FEELINGS OKAY! And the parellels between the Manhattan constellation and Irene's freckles ;___; And the one between the heroin syringe and the tattoo needle OMG!

The handcuff clip made me think about how ~SYMOBOLIC this is of Sherlock's condition, how he is so obsessed with being able to 'break free' on his own, don't need no stinkin cavalry don't need no help no sir he quits his own damn drugs/handcuffs.

But then Joaannnnnn and "puncture repair" brb dying. OKAY I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE BYE D: D: D:

[purplefringe]

*pats* I'm sorry I made you feel those things! (...I'm not sorry.)

Thank you for such a lovely, in-depth comment! It's always so great to get detailed feedback - particularly when it highlights things I hadn't even thought of myself. I really love what you said about the handcuff bit - it's funny, because what I was actually thinking about was the dialogue that accompanies that scene (I think a lot about the context of the clips when I vid....maybe too much) - that's the scene where he tells Joan that 'seeing the puzzle' 'has its costs'...it's isolating. There is no cavalry coming because he has pushed them all away. But it works both ways!

The Manhattan constellation and Irene's freckle constellation...I was really pleased with that parallel. :-) But I debated whether or not to put it in - it initially felt a bit strange to see Irene in the vid, when it was otherwise such an intimate look at Joan and Sherlock's relationship, and Sherlock's psyche. But then I realised (a) Irene/Moriarty IS such a key part of what makes up that psyche that it was no different from showing his drug addiction, and (b) I would have been really annoyed if I'd seen that parallel show up in another vid :-P

tl;dr: Thank you! I hope you've recovered.

[calvinahobbes]

Hee, you should not be sorry! You should totally treasure the knowledge that you made me wibble :D

I just... am still not quite sure how you packed so much punch into such a short vid. But you really did!

that's the scene where he tells Joan that 'seeing the puzzle' 'has its costs'...it's isolating.
Ah, that's right! I had forgotten. But yes, I think that's the other side of the coin, really, because I think what Elementary does such a good job showing - and what you vid shows! - is that Sherlock is WRONG about his job/intelligence being isolating. It's also his choice, in some way, and the show is all about dismantling his idea about not needing anyone. He needs Joan! He is better with her! (Voice-overs are a bit of a pet peeve for me, but you made it work because it was 100% topical.)

I think you are completely right about Irene - I definitely didn't think it turned the vid somehow shippy or moved the focus from Sherlock and his relationship to Joan. Because the way you used that clip made it clear that it was so much more about how Sherlock saw/puzzled out Moriarty, than it was about how he saw Irene... If that makes sense...

[purplefringe]

Sherlock is WRONG about his job/intelligence being isolating. It's also his choice, in some way, and the show is all about dismantling his idea about not needing anyone.

Yes! Quite. 'Seeing the puzzle' doesn't have to be isolating at all. Quite the opposite in fact - seeing all the connections between things could help him to be a wonderfully empathetic (is that a word?) person if he wanted to. (See the scene where he sends a bottle of champagne over to the newly engaged couple). It's mostly his own choice/his own destructive behaviour that is isolating, not his abilities. Joan takes none of his shit and helps him to accept that other people can be a Good Thing.

I'm not usually that keen on voice-overs either. I think they shouldn't really be necessary...but I love that quote, it's so simple and heartfelt, and it felt right to use it here.

[silverhare]

Actually started crying. *thumbs up* Superb vid.

[silverhare]

Turns out I love all your vids, so I've added you to my DW circle. :)

[purplefringe]

Aw yay, thank you! I'm really glad they bring you joy :-)

[frayadjacent]

Gahhhh this is as lovely and wonderful as I expected when I saw you'd made an Elementary vid! I love love love your use of inanimate objects to convey meaning, set mood, and as symbols. Wonderful vid! And 48 hours -- I'm so impressed!!

[purplefringe]

Omg, I'm never making a vid in 48 hours again. I am SO SLOW at clipping and everything, it usually takes me ages...but this was in the name of my favourite person's birthday, so had to be done :-) (would have been easier if I'd thought of the idea sooner, but shhhhh)

Thank you thank you thank you for your lovely comment :-) I'm really glad you enjoyed the symbols and objects...this whole vid is a bit different from how I normally make things, I think, and I'm pleased you felt it worked.

[sol_se]

Love this!

[purplefringe]

Thank you! :-)

[maidmarian158]

I'm going to have to actually watch this show now, aren't I?

[purplefringe]

:-D yes, yes you are! I promise you won't regret it.

[scintilla10]

Ahhhhh this is lovely.

[purplefringe]

Thank you so much!

[sophinisba]

Oh gosh I started tearing up about 15 seconds in. So awesome! I love all the small movements and how they go with the music and their hands and their FACES AHHHHH.

[purplefringe]

:-) Thank you! I'm really pleased you enjoyed all those small moments...I think beyond the big obvious moments, there is a lot of subtlety in Sherlock and Joan's relationship. That, and THEIR FACES and also THEIR HANDS eeeeeeeee!

[klb]

This is beautiful, emotional, and did my favorite thing that a vid can do: helped me conceptualize parts of canon in a different way. The juxtoposition of the tattoo needle and the heroin needle, and the way you used the escaping from handcuffs in the midst of Sherlock's various struggles, are moments that I suspect will stick with me for a long time. Probably other moments, too, as I see more and more in it—I've watched the vid three times so far and I only discovered it about 10 minutes ago!

[purplefringe]

<3 Thank you so much. It's really lovely to hear that something you've made resonates with someone so much. The thing with the needles, and the handcuffs (and also the stars, and Angus-the-broken-head and the various other objects) is that Sherlock sees everything, all the connections between seemingly random things, and so on some level he would definitely see all the links I tried to bring out in the vid. All these objects are symbolic of things in his life, and he would notice those connections, those ironies.

[klb]

I love this comment. Thank you for explaining that <3

[ladymercury_10]

This is really sweet and very fitting.

[purplefringe]

Thank you so much!

[laliandra]

Oh, this was just gorgeous, it absolutely brought a lump to my throat. It absolutely got me right from the opening sequence of them moving closer and closer together and by the end I was bound right up, from my heart to my stomach like when someone is telling you something terribly important. I usually get that when someone confesses love in media and in a way that felt to me like what this vid was expressing, the way that they love each other, and come to that love through gradual work and trusting and really, Sherlock could never express love any other or more profound way than saying that he is better with another person. Anyway, this was so sparse and so intimate and so perfect, thank you so much for making it!

[purplefringe]

Oh, thank you for such a lovely comment!

and by the end I was bound right up, from my heart to my stomach like when someone is telling you something terribly important.

<333

And yes, you are absolutely right - Sherlock is so sure of his own cleverness, so certain that the NYPD/Scotland Yard/any crime victims are better with him, that admitting that *he* could be better with someone else is a huge deal.

[brownbetty]

I really like the way you used the motion in the clips to tie them all together.

[purplefringe]

Thank you very much! :-)

[zahrawithaz]

So lovely and so smart in its parallels.

Also, a great celebration of a great person's birthday!

[purplefringe]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I <3 parallels.

I also <3 such_heights, who is the bestest of friends and flatmates :-)

[kaberett]

FEELINGS. TEARS. FFFFFFFFF.

THEIR FACES.

I just - handing each other things. The handing each other things. <333

[purplefringe]

FAAAAACES. <3

I AM SORRY THERE WERE TEARS. EXCEPT I'M NOT SORRY.

I'm glad you enjoyed the handing each other things! I thought it was pleasingly symbolic of the different ways they support each other, and how they learn about give and take in an adult relationship...

[kaberett]

Yep I am still crying happy tears every time I watch this. And being ever more bowled over by ways you've put things together that are obviously, obviously perfect, so perfect that I didn't even notice them on the previous watch-throughs.

[echan]

The FRIENDS feels were so strong in this, these two folks are definitely in it together.

[purplefringe]

Holmes and Watson, in it together, always :-)

[revolutionaryjo]

How did I miss the memo on this until just now?! This is absolutely gorgeous and beautiful and everything I love about these two.

[purplefringe]

Yay, thank you so much! :-) They are such gorgeous, beautiful characters, they needed a vid about their awesomeness.

[subluxate]

I'm not an Elementary fan, but the vid is lovely. The music choice is perfect, and you used exactly the right clips to evoke the mood. Thank you for sharing it.

[purplefringe]

Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm really glad this struck a chord with you even though you don't know the show. (though you should definitely watch the show - it's wonderful).

[subluxate]

I watched most of the first season. It just didn't work for me for various reasons, but I see why other people are such fans of it.

[purplefringe]

Ah, sorry, I see. Fair enough! It's sometimes hard when you don't like a thing that everyone else is squeeing about.

[frith_in_thorns]

This is really sweet! I loved it :)

[purplefringe]

:-) Thank you for watching!