{"id":252729,"date":"2013-10-06T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/10\/06\/mid0nz-how-to-ship-johnlock-without-really\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:30:17","slug":"mid0nz-how-to-ship-johnlock-without-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/10\/06\/mid0nz-how-to-ship-johnlock-without-really\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

tumblr_mop933KWBr1rx7w9h<\/a><\/p>\n

mid0nz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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How to Ship Johnlock without Really Trying<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n

I. The Soundtrack Does It<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen to this audio clip. The notes you hear are the\u00a0motifs<\/a>\u00a0for \u201cJohn Watson\u2019s Theme\u201d (first) and for \u201cSHERlocked\u201d (second.) \u201cSHERlocked\u201d is the music that plays during the scene in the Battersea station between Irene and John and continues playing while Sherlock is walking down Baker street as he opens his eyes.<\/p>\n

Both pieces have four note motifs<\/a> (but they\u2019re different chords) and\u00a0very similar contours<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The very musical themes that stand in for John and Irene, that color their characters on screen and jerk our emotions are quite connected but different- just like their relationship to a certain consulting detective. (I dare you to listen to John\u2019s theme and not feel a pang!)<\/p>\n

II. The Editing Does It<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(a longer clip of this scene<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s yet another example of why the editing of Sherlock<\/em> is so damn good. Irene enigmatically says to \u00a0John, \u201cI don\u2019t think so, do you?\u201d and the camera jump cuts from Irene to a very still John. Then there is a slow fade out over John\u2019s face to total black\u2014 as if we\u2019re looking at him and closing our eyes on his unmoving, and fraught face. \u00a0The next edit is a jump cut to Sherlock opening his eyes as the music titled \u201cSherlocked\u201d swells. These three are so intertwined\u2014 by shot selection, editing, music\u2014 that beautiful music that wells up in them all, in us. \u00a0Irene is outspoken about her sexuality and desire and she\u2019s outspoken about John\u2019s. He does not contradict her when she says \u201cLook at us both.\u201d In fact, she has seen right through John. He\u2019s not gay\u2014 on the whole. But he is Sherlocked. Irene knows what John likes. They are a little jealous of each other. Sherlock intentionally lets them know he\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

The scene has opened Sherlock\u2019s eyes. Not because he didn\u2019t know Irene\u2019s true feelings, not because he is in love with Irene, not because he is touched that she is still alive- remember John says that the moodiness Sherlock is enacting is what he normally does anyway- doesn\u2019t eat, plays sad music, etc. Sherlock has no sentiment towards her. She intrigues him and at this point is winning the game. Irene was easy to see though emotionally\u2014 well Sherlock proves her attachment by cooly taking her pulse. No\u2014 the eye-opening moment for Sherlock is that he begins to see John\u2019s<\/em> attachment\u2014 not that he understands it. \u00a0In Hounds<\/em> he says he has no friends but smartly reconsiders when he sees he has wounded John (as he had Molly before). \u00a0In Reichenbach<\/em>, Sherlock can\u2019t understand why John would be upset at disparaging things people say about him. But I happen to think that by the time he makes his final call to John from the roof, he does care.<\/p>\n

This short little edit, this blink-and-miss-it moment is the exact point in time that the CAMERA ships Johnlock\u2014 not in the sense of them having actual sex in canon\u2014 but in the sense that their bond is real, mysterious and eye-opening. Strong enough to last their whole lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

tumblr_mop933KWBr1rx7w9h mid0nz: How to Ship Johnlock without Really Trying I. The Soundtrack Does It Listen to this audio clip. The notes you hear are the\u00a0motifs\u00a0for \u201cJohn Watson\u2019s Theme\u201d (first) and for \u201cSHERlocked\u201d (second.) \u201cSHERlocked\u201d is the music that plays during the scene in the Battersea station between Irene and John and continues playing while Sherlock … <\/p>\n

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