Gift for Franzeska by bironic (Chee & Leaphorn Mysteries)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: Two is the loneliest number
Recipient: Franzeska
Vidder: bironic
Fandom: Chee & Leaphorn Mysteries
Music: One by Three Dog Night
Summary: Girlfriend turns out to be a bad match. Boyfriend turns out to be evil. Where's a guy to turn? His partner and his partner's wife, obviously.



For franzeska, who said she'd love an OT3 vid. (If only Joe Leaphorn would SMILE once in a while!) (if only the three of them would be in frame at the same time!) Contains Jim Chee/Janet Pete, Jim Chee/Dr. Stone, and Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn/Emma Leaphorn. Spoilers for "Skinwalkers."
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:00
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Lyrics
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

Two can be as bad one

It's the loneliest number since the number one



No is the saddest experience you'll ever know

Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know

'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest number, whoa worse than two



It's just no good anymore since you went away

Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday



One is the loneliest number

One is the loneliest number

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest

One is the loneliest

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

Comments

[franzeska]

:D :D :D :D :D

Best use of erectile dysfunction ever!

Err, I mean, I like how you recontextualized footage. :D LOLing forever at your parenthetical comment there. Joe is very bad about smiling. It is so true, and finding a two shot, never mind a three shot, is a pain in the butt. Ahaha.

ALL OF MY FEEEELS!

[bironic]

>>Best use of erectile dysfunction ever!

:D So glad you liked that bit. I was very happy to discover how well that scene worked in that spot, hee. As well as that thing where apparently Joe likes to hang out across the river and watch Jim pour water over his half-naked body. I was only sad not to have been able to include the GQ shot of Joe with his suit jacket slung over his shoulder, leaning on the tree branch.

Thrilled to have made this for you and thrilled that you appear to have enjoyed it. <3

[cupidsbow]

Well, that's just happymaking. :)

[bironic]

Glad you found it so! Thanks for watching. I was pleased by how many people either knew the movies or gave the vids a try anyway.

[sanguinity]

HATS OFF.

I have been looking at Franzeska's Chee and Leaphorn OT3 prompt for literally years now, trying to figure out how to make it for her, and just never managed to make any progress with it. (As you say, Leaphorn hardly ever smiles, and catching them all in a frame together, omg!!)

But you managed it, and you made it a delight. I am grinning this big. Hooray, hooray!

[bironic]

Thank you so much! I didn't realize until this year that I'd seen the series - I only knew them by their individual movie titles. I'm glad I clicked through to Franzeska's Dear Festividder letter or else her request probably would have gone another year unfilled.

Anyway, I'm so glad you enjoyed the vid, and that you share the pain of wrestling with the way the films were shot, ha.

[isis]

Aw! OT3 yay!

(and yes I kinda shipped Chee and the doctor in that episode...)

[bironic]

Hee, me too! Er, obviously. So glad to find another person who saw and enjoyed the movies, and also glad you had fun with the vid itself.

[sakana17]

Very fun and enjoyable! Really impressed with how you made it work.

[bironic]

Thanks very much!

[deelaundry]

I have a soft spot for OT3s, so had to watch even though I don't know the source at all. "Two can be as bad as one" -- how lovely that you caught that line and saw how great this song would be. \o/

[bironic]

<3

[no_detective]

Wow, impressive and DELIGHTFUL!!!

[bironic]

Thanks! <3

[purplefringe]

Awww! I don't know the source at all but this was very cute!

[bironic]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for trying it out.

[semielliptical]

Perfectly enjoyable! Just the right combination of angst and happiness. :)

[bironic]

:) Very glad you thought so! His little teary face, aww.

[ghost_lingering]

This is a great ot3 vid! I love the beginning section with all of the striking out and ill-fated relationships, that segues into polyamorous happiness!

[bironic]

Thanks very much! Franzeska is right that the movies easily support the threesome reading, but it's so darn hard to vid it that for me the only workable way was to start with showing how Chee is unlucky in his other attempts at love. Glad it worked for you!

[frayadjacent]

Oh wow, I love this! OMG the way you repurposed the clips was so perfect! The crying! The knowing looks! The nods! <3

[bironic]

Joe's voyeurism! Jim's little teary face! :D Thanks! So glad you enjoyed. And so glad to find another person who saw and enjoyed the movies.