Vid: "For My Girls" (Multi-Fandom)
Title: For My Girls
Music: "Apply Some Pressure" by Mark Ronson feat. Paul Smith
Fandoms: High School Musical 3, 30 Rock, Life, Leverage, The Fall, Big Apple, In Plain Sight, The Monkees, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Pretender, Earth 2, Send Me No Flowers, Psych, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blades of Glory, Mad Men, Deadwood, Criminal Minds, Foyle's War, The Simpsons, Around the World in 80 Days, Gosford Park, Calamity Jane. Oh, and Josie & The Flamingoes.
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Inspired by such_heights's amazing vid "Glorious", and the equally fantastic meta behind it, I was inspired to honour my girls through the magic of vidding.
My fandom loves have always been erratic - a bit of sci-fi, a lot of procedurals, many, many partnerz, slap-stick, rom-com - you name it, I've loved it.
The similar thread, however, through these fandoms has been an attraction to strong, feminine, capable women. Ever since baby's first fandom - Moonlighting, natch - to the ones I've picked up recently, the women have been charming, exciting, ravishing, intelligent, worthy, genuine, different, funny, angsty, broken, together, loving, dangerous, sexy, well-dressed, trusting, wary, brilliant and beautiful, all in their own ways, and all on their own terms.
A lot of the women in this vid are, basically, my heroes. Miss Parker and Devon Adair were the fictional influence on a growing Pieces; Doris Day, my champion for life; and recently, Dani Reese, Juliet O'Hara, Liz Lemon and yes, even Sharpay Evans - they encompass different parts of my personality, of my fandom history, for the good and the bad.
The song, "Apply Some Pressure", has the line:
What happens when you lose everything?
You just start again
Start all over again
It fits all of these women to a tee - and myself, to be frank. The song captures both the overwhelming sadness and, more importantly, the joy - and I hope I did these ladies justice in showing those emotions. I hope I showed them for the characters they truly are - and that it's okay to dress up, kick ass and have respect for themselves and others.
But enough about emotions. such_heights said in her vid meta, "They're women, and they're glorious." Darn tooting. Let's celebrate!
(Yes, even Kathy Geiss.)
Music: "Apply Some Pressure" by Mark Ronson feat. Paul Smith
Fandoms: High School Musical 3, 30 Rock, Life, Leverage, The Fall, Big Apple, In Plain Sight, The Monkees, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Pretender, Earth 2, Send Me No Flowers, Psych, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blades of Glory, Mad Men, Deadwood, Criminal Minds, Foyle's War, The Simpsons, Around the World in 80 Days, Gosford Park, Calamity Jane. Oh, and Josie & The Flamingoes.
Download from MegaUpload (mp4, 35mb)
Imeem Link
Inspired by such_heights's amazing vid "Glorious", and the equally fantastic meta behind it, I was inspired to honour my girls through the magic of vidding.
My fandom loves have always been erratic - a bit of sci-fi, a lot of procedurals, many, many partnerz, slap-stick, rom-com - you name it, I've loved it.
The similar thread, however, through these fandoms has been an attraction to strong, feminine, capable women. Ever since baby's first fandom - Moonlighting, natch - to the ones I've picked up recently, the women have been charming, exciting, ravishing, intelligent, worthy, genuine, different, funny, angsty, broken, together, loving, dangerous, sexy, well-dressed, trusting, wary, brilliant and beautiful, all in their own ways, and all on their own terms.
A lot of the women in this vid are, basically, my heroes. Miss Parker and Devon Adair were the fictional influence on a growing Pieces; Doris Day, my champion for life; and recently, Dani Reese, Juliet O'Hara, Liz Lemon and yes, even Sharpay Evans - they encompass different parts of my personality, of my fandom history, for the good and the bad.
The song, "Apply Some Pressure", has the line:
What happens when you lose everything?
You just start again
Start all over again
It fits all of these women to a tee - and myself, to be frank. The song captures both the overwhelming sadness and, more importantly, the joy - and I hope I did these ladies justice in showing those emotions. I hope I showed them for the characters they truly are - and that it's okay to dress up, kick ass and have respect for themselves and others.
But enough about emotions. such_heights said in her vid meta, "They're women, and they're glorious." Darn tooting. Let's celebrate!
(Yes, even Kathy Geiss.)