new vid: (now that I can) Dance
vidder: ladymajavader
music: "Do You Love Me" by the Contours
fandom: Legend of the Seeker
spoilers: up to 1x05 "Listener" (and promo for "Elixir", but it's no spoiler that Richard is hot, is it)
warnings: enough shirtlessness and sword-twirling to make some fangirl ovaries explode and possibly NSFW sword-innuendo
genre: shippery dance!vid bordering on crack
details: size: 17MB .wmv or 29MB .avi, lenght: 1:52
summary: Richard tries to impress Kahlan with a combination of flying leaps, pervasive shirtlessness and funky new dance moves he learned just for her. But does she love him (now that he can dance)?
much thanks to mresundance for the quick not-beta (since, for all intents and purposes, he's still on a betaing sabbatical :)
useful piece of advice: never skip the credits. Apart from containing important information (like where credit is due), they're often full of nice easter eggs for the patient. I'm just saying.
download: (on mediafire) very-shiny xvid .avi (29.4M), regular .wmv (17.5M) or small .avi (14.5M)
or alternatively .wmv on megaupload
stream: embedded under the cut or youtube
I don't have much to note on this vid, other than that the 9th Doctor taught me that dance is a metaphor for sex, and since fight choreography and dance choreography are so close, in my mind dance was always a metaphor for fight scenes too. So basically dance=sex=violence. At other times the violence part of the equation bugs me (there's a vid concept about it festering in my head already for a few months), but in Legend of the Seeker the violence is so unrealistic and so choreographed I give myself leave to simply enjoy it as eye-candy.
password: seeker
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
lyrics:
You broke my heart
'cause I couldn't dance.
You didn't even want me around.
And now I'm back
to let you know
I can really shake 'em down.
Do you love me (I can really move)
Do you love me (I'm in the groove)
Ah do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance (Dance)
Watch me now (hey)
(work, work) Ah, work it all baby
(work, work) Ah, shake 'em, shake 'em down
(work, work) And just a little bit of soul now
(work)
I can mash-potato (I can mash-potato)
I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Do you like it like this (Do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Ah, do you love me (Do you love me)
now...
(work, work) Ah, I'm working hard baby
(work, work) Well, you're driving me crazy
(work, work) Ah, and don't you get lazy
(work)
(work, work) Ah, hey, hey baby
(work, work) Well, you're driving me crazy
(work...)
If you're surprised this show even exists, catch up quick! It's the most fantabulous cheesy fun/epic (love) story to hit our screens in a long time.
If you feel the need to objectify shirtless Richard some more discuss this show with friendly and non-whining fans, join us at the Confessor and Seeker Society!
And if you'd like to watch dancingvader for updates, feel free! :)