[fandom] things
There's a bunch of teenagers taking pictures in the hallway outside my apartment. I'm guessing there was probably a birthday party or something. They sound terribly adorable (if a little loud, but that's teenagers for you!) and I keep having to smother my laughter.
(OMG THEY ARE SO CUTE! They are trying to convince the parents to let them stay, and they talk about how they're all black kids with dreams of fun, and then one of them leaps out and says "I have a dream of staying in this black man's house." They are all so sad to be saying good night and they are ADORABLE and I really, really love my neighbors. Between them and the awesome guys downstairs with their Obama love during the election and the people with the gorgeous dogs upstairs, I don't know how I lucked out with these neighbors. The people downstairs are new this year and either the people upstairs are, too, or their dogs are. Across the hall have been here since before I moved in, because they have decorations on their door.)
This isn't actually why I came here to post, but it was so cute I had to write it down.
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Vid Recs
Charmax's multi-fandom vid "Destiny Calling" is awesome. Superheroes are wonderful and seeing them all here together made my heart swell with love for these source materials I've loved for so long. Also the song is great; I'd never heard it before, but the chorus really gets to me: "Here we come / this is our destiny calling / we're freaks / this is our destiny calling." There are moments when I get chills. I love the way the vid highlights the way that so many superhero films use the same movements, the same basic actions, and the way these things have built into this epic hero myth which is bigger than any one source material. The repetition could be considered lazy or stereotypical or overdone in the individual sources but in the video they come together to be this repeating litany of how strange the life of a superhero would be, and at the same time highlights how incredible these powers are when they are used well.
Like I said, it gave me chills.
(Also, for writing purposes, I am so inspired by this: Don't believe the adverts / don't believe the experts / everyone will sell our souls and Tell us when our time's up / show us how to die well / show us how to let it all go.)
Eruthors and Thingswithwiths' multi-fandom vid "One Night Fandoms: A Tribute to Yuletide" is also awesome. I'm really intrigued by the idea of one night stand fandoms versus relationship fandoms and how a lot of my one night stand fandoms I don't actually think about as one night stands (and many of which I've written for Yuletide and which are included in this vid) and how we can relate personal opinions on relationships with how we discuss fandoms and monogamy and one night stands, etc.
But mostly I just love seeing all the various sexy bits of fandoms brought together. Again with the similarity of images - kissing and hugging and touching, but also playing guitars and bondage and smoking. I think it appeals to my love of the commonality of stories and imagery, the way things echo within the world.
I may have recced this before, but even if I have, it deserves another rec: Flummery's "Handlebars" is a Doctor Who vid that is creepy and delicious. I don't even watch DW. I don't even like DW, honestly; I tried one episode awhile ago because it had a werewolf, but it didn't do anything for me. This vid, though, is glorious.
Mostly I love the song, and am inspired to write, but I also love the way Flummery builds the images up to follow the driving danger which goes along with the song. I mean, the lyrics build from something not dangerous into an apocalypse, and apparently DW does the same thing, at least based on this vid. It's incredibly well done and it makes my breath catch. It makes me want to watch the show, because it makes the show look overwhelming and unbelievable.
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Links
"Nevermind Zombies - I've Moved on to Werewolves. Come to werewolf country, it's a lot of fun! I love vampires and zombies, but werewolves are my favorites.
Awesome link from that article: Werewolves are Running the Asylum in Hollywood". Despite the fact that I've read and enjoyed 30 Days of Night, I hadn't heard of Welcome to Hoxford which is a comic about, well, werewolves running an asylum. I need to track this comic down, but even better, 1492 has acquired the film rights. Come on, werewolf movie! I need a new one!
I think thrace_ has figured out why I now love Fringe so much. I didn't start out loving it; it took months for me to make it all the way through the first episode, but by the time I finally watched through to the hiatus, I had fallen in love with it, and I am so giddy that it's back that I can't really put it into words. (Link has some spoilers for a recent episode.)
(I should say that bad, unbelievable science isn't a turnoff for me. I'm pretty much the ideal bad, unbelievable science viewer. As long as you can convince me in the story that the science is supposed to work, I'll believe it. So Fringe didn't lose me based on that, like so many people I know complain. Same deal with Bones, honestly.)
But I think thrace_ has it.
I love this formula:
Olivia = muscle
Walter = brains
Peter = cracks wise
Plus I love Olivia being badass FBI one minute and this loving, smiling, basically wonderful aunt the next. I'm not even a big fan of kids (individual kids are fine, but kids as a group, not so much something in which I'm all that interested - despite the way I opened this post), but the ability to be badass one minute and then all happy family the next is something I love. (People, I am even a fan of The Pacifier.)
(OMG THEY ARE SO CUTE! They are trying to convince the parents to let them stay, and they talk about how they're all black kids with dreams of fun, and then one of them leaps out and says "I have a dream of staying in this black man's house." They are all so sad to be saying good night and they are ADORABLE and I really, really love my neighbors. Between them and the awesome guys downstairs with their Obama love during the election and the people with the gorgeous dogs upstairs, I don't know how I lucked out with these neighbors. The people downstairs are new this year and either the people upstairs are, too, or their dogs are. Across the hall have been here since before I moved in, because they have decorations on their door.)
This isn't actually why I came here to post, but it was so cute I had to write it down.
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Vid Recs
Charmax's multi-fandom vid "Destiny Calling" is awesome. Superheroes are wonderful and seeing them all here together made my heart swell with love for these source materials I've loved for so long. Also the song is great; I'd never heard it before, but the chorus really gets to me: "Here we come / this is our destiny calling / we're freaks / this is our destiny calling." There are moments when I get chills. I love the way the vid highlights the way that so many superhero films use the same movements, the same basic actions, and the way these things have built into this epic hero myth which is bigger than any one source material. The repetition could be considered lazy or stereotypical or overdone in the individual sources but in the video they come together to be this repeating litany of how strange the life of a superhero would be, and at the same time highlights how incredible these powers are when they are used well.
Like I said, it gave me chills.
(Also, for writing purposes, I am so inspired by this: Don't believe the adverts / don't believe the experts / everyone will sell our souls and Tell us when our time's up / show us how to die well / show us how to let it all go.)
Eruthors and Thingswithwiths' multi-fandom vid "One Night Fandoms: A Tribute to Yuletide" is also awesome. I'm really intrigued by the idea of one night stand fandoms versus relationship fandoms and how a lot of my one night stand fandoms I don't actually think about as one night stands (and many of which I've written for Yuletide and which are included in this vid) and how we can relate personal opinions on relationships with how we discuss fandoms and monogamy and one night stands, etc.
But mostly I just love seeing all the various sexy bits of fandoms brought together. Again with the similarity of images - kissing and hugging and touching, but also playing guitars and bondage and smoking. I think it appeals to my love of the commonality of stories and imagery, the way things echo within the world.
I may have recced this before, but even if I have, it deserves another rec: Flummery's "Handlebars" is a Doctor Who vid that is creepy and delicious. I don't even watch DW. I don't even like DW, honestly; I tried one episode awhile ago because it had a werewolf, but it didn't do anything for me. This vid, though, is glorious.
Mostly I love the song, and am inspired to write, but I also love the way Flummery builds the images up to follow the driving danger which goes along with the song. I mean, the lyrics build from something not dangerous into an apocalypse, and apparently DW does the same thing, at least based on this vid. It's incredibly well done and it makes my breath catch. It makes me want to watch the show, because it makes the show look overwhelming and unbelievable.
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Links
"Nevermind Zombies - I've Moved on to Werewolves. Come to werewolf country, it's a lot of fun! I love vampires and zombies, but werewolves are my favorites.
Awesome link from that article: Werewolves are Running the Asylum in Hollywood". Despite the fact that I've read and enjoyed 30 Days of Night, I hadn't heard of Welcome to Hoxford which is a comic about, well, werewolves running an asylum. I need to track this comic down, but even better, 1492 has acquired the film rights. Come on, werewolf movie! I need a new one!
I think thrace_ has figured out why I now love Fringe so much. I didn't start out loving it; it took months for me to make it all the way through the first episode, but by the time I finally watched through to the hiatus, I had fallen in love with it, and I am so giddy that it's back that I can't really put it into words. (Link has some spoilers for a recent episode.)
(I should say that bad, unbelievable science isn't a turnoff for me. I'm pretty much the ideal bad, unbelievable science viewer. As long as you can convince me in the story that the science is supposed to work, I'll believe it. So Fringe didn't lose me based on that, like so many people I know complain. Same deal with Bones, honestly.)
But I think thrace_ has it.
I love this formula:
Olivia = muscle
Walter = brains
Peter = cracks wise
Plus I love Olivia being badass FBI one minute and this loving, smiling, basically wonderful aunt the next. I'm not even a big fan of kids (individual kids are fine, but kids as a group, not so much something in which I'm all that interested - despite the way I opened this post), but the ability to be badass one minute and then all happy family the next is something I love. (People, I am even a fan of The Pacifier.)