Gift for Milly by VesperRegina (Elementary)

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Title of vid: Pandora's Aquarium
Recipient: Milly
Vidder: VesperRegina
Fandom: Elementary
Music: Pandora's Aquarium by Tori Amos
Summary: "Boy, I think you're confused, I'm not Persephone."
Content notes: I prefer not to give content notes (viewer proceeds at their own risk: could be anything)
Signed length: 04:47

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
Pandora,
Pandora's
aquarium.
She dives for shells
with her nautical nuns
and thoughts you thought
you'd never tell.
Pandora,
Pandora's
aquarium.
She dives for shells
with her nautical nuns
and thoughts you thought
you'd never tell.
I'm not asking you to believe in me;
boy, I think you're confused,
I'm not Persephone.
Foam can be dangerous
with tape across my mouth.
These things you do
I never asked you how.
Line me up in single file
with all your grievances.
Stare, but I can taste
you're still alive below the waste.
Ripples come and ripples go
and ripple back to me,
back to me.
Pandora's,
Pandora's
aquarium.
She dives for shells
with her nautical nuns
and thoughts you thought
you'd never tell.
Line me up in single file
with all your grievances.
Stare, but I can taste
you're still alive below the waste.
Ripples come and ripples go
and ripple back to me,
back to me.
I am not asking you to believe in me.
Boy, I think you're confused,
I'm not Persephone.
She's in New York somewhere
checking her accounts.
The lord of the flies
was diagnosed as
sound.
Pandora.

Comments

[calvinahobbes]

This vid is so beautiful -- I really dig your use of filters. And that song is such an amazingly great fit for Joan. Awesome!

[faith_girl222]

the use of colour filters is really effective. joooooan ♥♥♥

[cuffs]

Lovely! I needed a push to start watching Elementary and your vid was it, so thanks for that!

[leanwellback]

Such an unusual song, but you made it work beautifully. I'm not normally a fan of filters but you used them in a very cool way here and I love the effect. Really great Joan vid, well done!

[metonymy]

Holy shit, this is gorgeous.

[teaotter]

This is gorgeous! I love the filters, they give a beautiful texture to the vid along with the cuts. Your clip choices are amazing.

[vivien]

I'm not good at reviews, but I love this video a lot. The "waves" of light and color seemed to draw the focus to Joan being her most incredible, and that mesmerized me. Beautiful vid!

[laurashapiro]

This is very beautiful to look at. I don't know the show at all, but I feel like I really know this character and her world now.

[kouredios]

This was really great. This is one of Tori's songs that I had never paused to listen to the lyrics. Now I've gotten all thinky about it, and Joan. Thank you!

[cathexys]

Utterly gorgeous and such a perfect vid for Joan. Wow!!!!

[mresundance]

Oh, this is ambitious, with all the effects and the widescreen cropping, and vidding TORI AMOS (*flail*), but it works. It's beautiful, and a wonderful ode to Watson in this series. :)

[lithiumdoll]

SO. MUCH. LOVE! This is amazing, I adore the everything!

[lokte]

I love the focus on Joan. I think the treatment and feel match the song perfectly.

[settiai]

Oh, wow. This was gorgeous! ♥

[ghanimasun]

This was so pretty and so emotional. Awesome job!

[felis]

Oh, wow, this is a surprising but ever so brilliant Joan vid. Love what you did with the song choice and the colour effects, and the mood is fantastic. There are so many great moments, but the "ripple back to me" really got me for example, and I loved the ending. Amazing job!

[cesperanza]

Wow, this was so great! Thank you so much!

[echan]

The colors added so much to the shape and mood of this vid.

[franzeska]

The water thing is really interesting at the beginning and end.

[hmmyeahokay]

Beautiful.

[debris_k]

This was super awesome, I loved it. Kudos!

[fan_eunice]

Very cool, really interesting use of effects that work well with such an intriguing song choice. <3 Joan.

[skygiants]

I love the way you use light and imagery here - pictures, reflections, waves, ripples. It's so cool, and such a fitting reflection on Joan.

[livrelibre]

This was absolutely beautiful!

[verity]

This is far and away my favorite vid this year. What a beautiful character study. I liked your use of filters - the changing colors gave static shots a lot of momentum.