treat for acorn_squash: Crayola Doesn't Make a Color

[holmesticemods]

Title: Crayola Doesn't Make a Color
Recipient: acorn_squash
Vidder: rachelindeed
Verse: Multiverse
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: G or a very tame T (there's a kiss?)
Warnings: none
Summary: Sherlock Holmes, there is no way that we can possibly describe you.
Note: acorn_squash, you said you'd like a gift that incorporated material from a lot of different Holmes canons. I done what I could :-)

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Or on Youtube: Crayola Doesn't Make a Color

Comments

[helloliriels]

absolutely brilliant!

[rachelindeed]

Thank you so much, I'm so happy you enjoyed it!!

[iwantthatcoat]

This was a joy to watch! You even threw some new ones in there that had me scratching my head. And the lyrics/vid choice synch was the best!

[rachelindeed]

Thank you so much, I'm so happy it was fun to watch!! That was 100% my goal :) Ha ha, I did go searching for some new ones to add in where I could -- once I have a little time and energy post-holidays, I'll add a source list so that people can see where everything came from. So happy the little lyric/image jokes came across, woot!!

[write_out]

I love how you put all of our beloved Holmeses and Watsons together so perfectly with the song! Using the kitten!Holmes end credit cracked me up. So fitting. :) Thank you so much for sharing this!

[rachelindeed]

Hee hee, thank you so much! I've been vidding for Holmestice for long enough now that I do have a lot of different adaptations saved on my hard drive, but I did go out looking for more this time around just to throw in a few unexpected additions :) I roamed through everyone's sign-up requests to get ideas about what might be out there that I hadn't scrounged up yet, that is how I found kitten!Holmes and some of the video games in particular. So happy you had fun watching it, that was 100% my goal! :)

[acorn_squash]

Oh my gosh, thank you! I love how much this vid is centered on Watson's gaze. It really hammered in that each Holmes is a different character, who really do all have their own eye colors, but they all have that ineffable Holmesian quality. Plus, it's such a neat way of kind of translating the Canon conceit and POV into vid form. His stories are such a love letter to Holmes, and an inadequate attempt to capture what he loved most about Holmes. I really like that you begin by interpreting the opening lyrics in terms of John & the blog. The shots of writing and drawing were gorgeous as a way of communicating that every Watson is in their own way trying to capture Holmes's image. The boxer scene was such a punchy way of visually capturing what the lyrics were saying! I love that you incorporated some print & video game stuff too, including my beloved G5 Sherlock - the quotes you selected fit so well! Ending on just Holmes's name was such a powerful statement.

[(Anonymous)]

(Not the creator) It doesn't actually end on just Holmes's name. There's a few seconds left. Watch all the way through, you'll be glad you did. :)

[acorn_squash]

I did watch that 😺scene😺, just interpreted it as more of a coda *g*

[rachelindeed]

Thank you so much for your lovely and thoughtful comment; I'm so happy you enjoyed watching this! I really love making multiverse Holmes vids, and I got terribly excited the second I saw that you had asked for something like that in your sign-up this round. I wound up making most of this vid during the sign-up phase before assignments went out, and it was by looking through your sign-up, as well as everyone else's, that I was able to find some new sources I wasn't familiar with, like the G5 Sherlock game and kitten!Holmes, LOL! (I had hoped to be able to include all the verses in your sign-up, but unfortunately the Charlotte Holmes book covers were so text-based, rather than illustration based, that I couldn't figure out how to work them in. There's always one that gets away!)

I have added an AO3 post for this vid now, and once I have a little more time and energy post-holidays I will add a little post-script listing all the sources so that they'll be easy to find if any of them spark curiosity.

Thanks so much for the thought and appreciation you put into the vid's larger themes -- it's a light little thing, but I truly did want it to celebrate the idea that, amid all the dazzling variety of Holmeses and all the unlimited ways the character can be, has been, and will continue to be imagined, the great constant is that all the Watsons will forever be gazing at their Holmeses in wonder and trying somehow to capture their brilliance and celebrate it. There is no single way that either Watson's love or Holmes's character can be defined -- but that's a good thing, because it means there's room for everyone!

So happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for being such a generous creator and commenter throughout the fest, too!! It's been lovely getting to know you a bit through your thoughtful reactions. Wishing you very happy holidays :)

[acorn_squash]

Aaaah you're wonderful!! I'm amazed that my sign-up sparked all of this!

I truly did want it to celebrate the idea that, amid all the dazzling variety of Holmeses and all the unlimited ways the character can be, has been, and will continue to be imagined, the great constant is that all the Watsons will forever be gazing at their Holmeses in wonder and trying somehow to capture their brilliance and celebrate it.

This is so incredibly well-put! Yes!