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6x09 Nobody Lives Forever  Joan Watson

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Lucy Liu in Why Women Kill (2019)

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Today's Curiosity Poll:

any kind of "blorbo tag" included: fandom characters, original characters, this is so x, this looks like y, etc. no nuance option pick the one you agree with most

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So if at times I seem overprotective of the system that we’ve built, if I worry that the resentments of others might disrupt it, I have good reason.

#what elementary did with it’s 100th episode was a testament to the kind of show is #to the kind of show #the kind of holmes adaptation - it has tried to be from the start #what they chose to do with their milestone episode is the epitome of all the ways it stands in stark contrast to any other adaptation #any other show not just any other sherlock adaptation but any other chime procedural would have pulled out the big guns#and dealt their leads a huge case and packed it full of guest stars or notable minor characters #for sherlock stories specifically no one could begrudge you for assuming moriarty would play a key role #but that has never been what drives elementary #the 100th episode offered all it’s emotional significance to what has always been the core of the show #that sherlock is better because of the people he surrounds himself with #that there is no true reward in playing the lone genius cut off from society/humanity #and his partnership with joan is the finest exemplar of that #yes the bit with marcus in the opening was nice #and gregson’s little speech at the end pulled at my heart strings #both because of it narrative significance and the subtext of it being written for the cast and crew’s dedication to the show bts #but it always comes back to this #one holmes #one watson #the single fact that elementary is fundamentally about sherlock valuing human connections and interpersonal relationships #over solving the puzzle #will forever set it apart from any other sherlock adaptation #and that might be a criticism for some #but it will forever be one of the key reasons that i cherish and adore it

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Lucy Liu in Elementary season 6 episode 14 “Through the Fog” (2018) 

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Elementary: The Final Season  Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes

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Elementary: The Final Season  Lucy Liu as Joan Watson

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Elementary: The Final Season  Sherlock. Joan. Marcus. Captain Gregson.

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Elementary: The Final Season  Jon Michael Hill as Detective Marcus Bell

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Lucy Liu in Elementary season 4 episode 11“Down Where the Dead Delight” (2016) dir. Jerry Levine

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Lucy Liu in Elementary season 7 (2019)

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“⭐Lucy Liu⭐ isn’t just a badass with brains… She is a badass with brains, a beautiful heart, with a deep loving soul, and a damn good sense of humor!”

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lucyliu  Tango streaming now @cbsallaccess BTS #whywomenkill

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Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu attending the 8th Annual Women In Hollywood Awards Luncheon, 2001

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all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin' 🐝

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[fic] Nerve and Knowledge

I promised @amindamazed I would publish a thing if she signed up for Holmestice. Here is a thing. Perhaps just a snippet of something larger, perhaps not. Whump and melodrama, all the way down.

Joan hadn’t even shut the garden door when Sherlock came pummeling down the stairs. “Watson, thank god you’re here, Gregson tried to pull me off the case. Claims I’m compromised by our partnership, acting as if I’m some besotted–” At the bottom of the stairs, Sherlock swung around the newel post and his eyes finally landed on her.

He stopped, uncertain. He frowned, and then he twitched, his head jerking to the side as he visibly pushed aside some thought. He twitched again.

Joan grimaced, suddenly exhausted. This was a mistake. She should have gone straight to the station. This would have been easier with pexiglass.

As abruptly as he had stopped, Sherlock was moving toward her again, urgent, his hands reaching for her. “You shouldn’t have come here, this is the first place Gregson will look for you. I have a bolt-hole near the bridge, you can go there for now.”

She stared at him, incredulous laughter bubbling up in her throat, the sound stopping him in his tracks. She had expected denial, protests, even rage, but it had taken him only six seconds to accept the fact of Joan Watson, Murderess, and move on to practical matters. Six seconds. What had he known about her, that she had not? She reached into her pocket for her phone as something in her died keening.

“What are you doing?” he hissed.

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