*hugs vid* I actually gasped out loud at one point at an unexpected connection. GUYS I CAN'T BELIEVE DOCTOR WHO GOT SO MUCH BETTER HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!

Watch this vid! http://such-heights.dreamwidth.org/268993.html

Lullaby For A Stormy Night
fandom: Doctor Who
character: Amelia
music: Vienna Teng
summary: Little child, be not afraid.


Also, locals, brunch at my place tomorrow, ping me for details.

I highly recommend "Princess Tutu" and "Revolutionary Girl Utena". These shows are excellent, they are about growing up, about love, and friendship, and the relationships between women, and about the nature of stories, and transcending those boundaries, and <3 <3 <3

And arefadedaway found possibly the perfect song to use for this shows, OMG.

http://arefadedaway.livejournal.com/312174.html

To quote the vidder: They’re about some of the most classic and basic themes in storytelling: fear and courage and pain and hope and friendship, destiny and identity and free will. And they’re told from not only such an explicitly empowering and feministic viewpoint, but in a way that subverts, deconstructs, and challenges not just fairy tales, but the very way stories themselves are told. Because Ahiru, Rue, Utena, and Anthy craft their own stories. They overcome every obstacle in their quest for autonomy and happiness; the domination and control from the individuals around them, their own insecurities, the end of the world, and even, in the case of Tutu, the sadistic narrative tragedy they are acting out. Their lives, their identities, and their stories are their own, and they live them on their own terms, not according to the whims of outside forces. It’s a celebration, it’s a battle cry, it’s hope, and I sob with joy every single time I watch them.

I could get all metatastic and talk for paragraphs, but at its heart this vid is a love letter overflowing with love for these shows, these women, and their stories. It’s meant to be a celebration, and I hope it comes across as one. The sheer wealth of both narratives was intimidating to vid because there’s no way to capture all the complexity in three minutes, but I hope it speaks for itself.

By the talented calapine, to Enya's "Wild Child". It's beautiful and awesome and YAY. http://calapine.livejournal.com/593641.html

Made for halfamoon, the twoo week celebration of female characters going on now.

Go watch go watch it's lovely.

http://fan-eunice.livejournal.com/184709.html

eunice has made a really beautiful vid about having a beloved pet, and losing them, in honor of her dog Cody. I somehow thought I wouldn't cry? If this doesn't make you cry, I don't need to hear about it. I really want to watch it again, but, well, at work.

The source is "Marley and Me".

I'm so glad festivids gave eunice her vidding mojo back. :-)

(Also, I appear to be terrible at this friends only thing, but I want to spread this vid as much as possible)

I love this vid... like I love candy. :-) It is sweet and warm and full of longing and love and history and newness and it's lovely. I love this movie and I love this vid.

You can download it and tell talitha78 how great she is here: http://talitha78.livejournal.com/206414.html

Vid information as listed by talitha78

Title: Apple Candy
Song Artist: Ben Lee
Fandom: Star Trek XI aka Reboot
Relationship: Kirk/Uhura/Spock and permutations thereof
Summary: James T. Kirk believes in having it all.



Lots of people commented on the vid that they wished someone would write this, exactly this, into a fanfic, and someone did! http://lunabee34.livejournal.com/237185.html And! Independently, someone else had used this song for a K/S/U podfic previously! http://wintercreek.dreamwidth.org/611096.html BECAUSE THIS SONG IS PERFECT FOR KIRK/SPOCK/UHURA, THAT'S WHY.

I wanna know what he knows
I wanna feel what he felt
I wanna go where he's been

I wanna know what he knows
I wanna hear your secrets
I want you and I want him

Oh, threesome song!

And thanks to thefourthvine for pointing me towards this vid to begin with! http://thefourthvine.livejournal.com/114740.html

A feature which I've been meaning to start up ever since vividcon, but honestly, I was kind of vidded-out for awhile after that, then moving, et cetera. (And I can't find my vividcon DVDs OR my program, which has many things I want to rec.)

Anyway, here is a fanvid, to a fandom that might be the most accessible possible fandom to my friends list: THE OBAMAS! I first saw this at Club Vivid at vividcon. I was drunk, I'd been dancing for hours, and I was SO PUMPED. I screamed, I danced, I laughed, I shouted "YES WE CAN!" and "OTP!!!*" The energy in the room was just... overwhelmingly awesome. So much happiness and enthusiasm and dancing and just wow. Sadly the creator, sdwolfpup, couldn't be there because she was rather a lot pregnant at the time, but we were thinking of her!

Link to the entry, which has a download link: http://sdwolfpup.livejournal.com/513510.html

Vid info, as written by sdwolfpup:

Title: Say Hey (I Love You)
Song: Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Say Hey (I Love You)"
Fandom: The Obamas
Spoilers: I'm not sure if you know this, but he won the election.
Summary: A song about a boy and a girl.



I know the Obamas do not have a perfect relationship, I've read stories, but who does? I see love when I see them together. Can you think back 4 years and imagine that someday we'd be making romantic fanvids about the first family? I never thought this day would come! (Now I was a president or a first spouse who vids. :-)

And as a bonus, a video of a baby trying to dance to "Single Ladies" that I saw at sdwolpup's journal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTxfIDYx6Q SO ADORABLE. Even Peter agrees.



* OTP = One True Pairing, fandom term for your favorite couple EVAR. Applying fandom terms to the Obamas amuses me to no end. :-)