#I've been stalled on a Jamie/Sherlock story for almost a month now and I think this might be exactly what I need to get through the block

[leafenclaw]

Hey! Long time lurker. Noticed on a post that with a video that the music was Ólafur Arnalds' "Take my leave from you" and I just wanted to ask if you listened to the other two lyrical songs he made for the show Broadchurch, "So Close" and "So Far." I think both fit so nicely with the relationship between Jamie Moriarty and Sherlock, and if you haven't seen Broadchurch, I highly recommend, you might enjoy it. Hope you're well and just your posts make my quarantine ever more bearable. Bye.

*Double take*

Wait, I have lurkers? Jamie/Sherlock lurkers?? Anon, you made my day. Until today I truly thought the only people reading my blog were either the ones I reached out to first, or those following me for any number of the other things I post. Considering the reputation this ship has on Tumblr, I assumed most of them were either ignoring or just plain blacklisting my Jamie/Sherlock content. I’ll stop before I get too emotional about this, but thank you. It means a lot. Probably more than you know.

So, Broadchurch! A few different friends of mine recommended it, but it also came with extremely vague trigger warnings that were also apparently spoilers, so I’ve been waiting for my mental health to be a little less shaky before I give it a shot. But it’s on my list of things to watch so I might as well bump it up a few notches now. Thanks for the rec! ^^

As for the songs, I’ve had “Take my leave of you” in my writing playlist for a while but for some reason never thought to look up what else the artist did. By all accounts this was a mistake.

I’ve just listened to "So Close” and “So Far” and omg. YES. Absolutely. It fits them so well, both lyrically and musically! The best thing I think is, depending on how you interpret the lyrics, it can fit them both (rather than being from only one of their point of views). And that’s so rare. It makes me want to explore the whole soundtrack for that show, see if there aren’t some instrumental gems to find there, as well as the rest of Ólafur Arnalds’ work because it’s such an intense, interesting atmosphere.

Thank you so much for sharing! ^^ Your comment brightened my day and will definitely remain one of my highlights for this month (if not this whole year). Please feel free to reach out any time you wish, on anon or by slipping into my DMs if you have a blog here.