wanderings

I am sorting out the paper in my life, and living in this bold new future where coding people's names is much simpler (thanks for pointing that out, Punk) - it's weirding me out. It's good, but I'm so used to my old ways that I had to catch myself a fair bit, writing this entry, but it is so much easier. Anyway, these are all vids. Happy Canada Day.

Hot in Herre by sweetestdrain
Cabaret | 2:54 | PG-13
Music: Hot in Herre by Nelly
Berlin, 1931.
+ This does a really good job of matching the source, so it is a bit disturbing.

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt by laurashapiro
Community | 2:42 | G | Troy/Abed
Music: Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt by We Are Scientists
The day you move, I'm probably gonna explode.
+ One of those perfectly executed song choices. There's a lot of tension and action in this.

You Belong with Me by sisabet
DCU | 3:52 | G | Lois/Clark
Music: You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
Summary: Clark Kent is jealous of Superman.
+ This is a Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman vid, and it does exactly what it sets out to do.

All In Together by odessie
The Great British Bake Off | 3:13 | G
Music: All In Together by Professor Elemental feat. Nick Maxwell
Celebrate your oddities, your art, your own insanity
+ This is Bake Off. Perfect. Full of joy.

I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything by chaila
Harry Potter | 3:45 | PG | Minerva
Music: I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything by Dar Williams
Summary: "Come over here, kid, we've got all these books to read." Professor Minerva McGonagall, memory, war, resistance and hope.
+ I don't really have words for this. I somehow got through it without crying but ended up with a throat like I'd been dry-sobbing.

Rise Up by cosmic_llin
Hidden Figures | 4:10 | G | Mary & Dorothy & Katherine
Music: Rise Up by Andra Day
I promise we'll take the world to its feet
+ Anthemic, emotional, probable tears.

too peculiar for love by thingswithwings
Leverage | 1:50 | PG | Alec/Eliot/Parker
Music: Has Anyone Ever Liked You by Serafina Steer
these three beautiful losers
+ Jagged edges and squishy bits and hugs.

Start the Commotion by danegan
Leverage | 2:35 | PG | Alec/Eliot/Parker
Music: Start the Commotion by The Wiseguys
Summary: Geek power, baby
+ Alec-centric, fun.

Breathing Underwater by killabeez
The Magicians | 3:46 | PG-13
Music: Breathing Underwater by Metric
I can see the end, but it hasn't happened yet.
+ Gorgeous and fascinating, made me want to watch the show. There's a lot of really excellently visual magic in this.

Get Better by absternr
Marvel | 1:52 | PG | Kate & Clint
Music: Get Better by Frank Turner
Summary: I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best.
+ I'm always impressed by vids of still sources. (Matt Fraction's hawkeye comics run.)

I Was Made for Sunny Days by thirdblindmouse
The Thin Man Series | 2:45 | PG | Nick/Nora
Music: I Was Made for Sunny Days by The Weepies
+I am so fond of this vid and these people.

So Vividcon was two weekends ago now and this past weekend I had Fannish Time With Sines and decided to put together a vid playlist for her. This is it.

( Here. )

(I read other things, really.)

X-Men
For Now (The Fuck Waiting Remix) by Katherine
Rating: R
The pairing I get from X-Men is Rogue/Logan; it's just so very much there, but the thing about it is that it doesn't actually work.  So, how do you get to a point where it does?

Harry Potter
In Exchange For Your Tomorrows by lim 
Rating: PG
This is the vid I use to explain what fanvids can be, and why they're worth watching.  It's beautifully layered and takes some insignificant bits from the films and makes them absolutely fascinating.  Snape and Harry centric.

House M.D.
Distancing by astolat
Rating: NC-17
There's some wonderful cynicism and perversity in this fic; I like it.  House has a plan for the long game and Wilson, is Wilson.

Iron Man
People Who Know My Sins by atrata 
Rating: PG-13
Pepper Potts and Tony Stark.  Their relationship as a fascinating combination of blurred and hard lines.

The Kids Aren't All Right by samdonne 
Rating: PG
An analysis of Tony Stark.  It's an article in Vanity Fair and there are images and fake pages which are quite beautiful.