Vid: "In a Barrel at Sea" [Fringe, Olivia/Peter]

[icepixie]

Have I mentioned lately how happy I am that there exists a show where the epic romance is key to the very sci-fi story arc? Because I love that. And I love Olivia, and Peter, and Olivia/Peter. Thus, this vid.

Title: In a Barrel at Sea
Artist: Hem
Pairing: Olivia, Olivia/Peter
Length: 1:48
Summary: "Let the storms keep rising wherever I go / As

Comments

[always_a_queen]

Sweet and simple and it made me smile. The song was beautiful and the editing was equally lovely. :)

Also, the epic romance that is key to the sci-fi plot is one of the reasons why I love this show as well.

[icepixie]

Thank you! :) (This song! The band is my very favorite, and the song is one of their best, IMO.)

Also, the epic romance that is key to the sci-fi plot is one of the reasons why I love this show as well.

I remember watching S2 (...basically all at once) and S3 and just growing more and more amazed by how integral the romance was to Olivia's powers, the machine, and the war between the universes. So many other SF stories throw in a romance because they think they need one on the side, or spend all their time preventing one from growing. It's incredibly refreshing to see a show not only giving a love story the same level of development as any other important plot point, but making so much of the rest of the story arc depend on it.

[always_a_queen]

I've never heard of the band before, but methinks I need to check them out. (My RL friends ask me where I find all this awesome music...I don't have the guts to tell them it's from all the epic fanvids I watch on youtube.)

It's incredibly refreshing to see a show not only giving a love story the same level of development as any other important plot point

This. Because way too often, it's like the writers of sci-fi's think they have to slap it on the main plot in order to keep people invested. Which in my opinion, they don't if they do their jobs right. Good shows shouldn't necessarily need a romantic B plot to be good. But a well-written romantic arc skillfully written into an already intriguing A plot? That's like icing on the cake for me.

What boggles my mind with Fringe is the fact that throughout the whole first season, during all the interviews with the cast, directors, writers, etc, practically everyone (or everyone I was listening to, and yes, I'm looking at you, Joshua Jackson) was saying, 'they'll never get together

[icepixie]

I've never heard of the band before, but methinks I need to check them out.

You can listen to basically everything they've ever recorded at Grooveshark. They haven't ever made a bad song, IMO, but some of my favorites are "Pacific Street," "Redwing," "Strays," "He Came to Meet Me," "Half Acre," and "Leave Me Here." /pimping :D

But a well-written romantic arc skillfully written into an already intriguing A plot? That's like icing on the cake for me.

I feel the same way.

And...I just don't get all the denial during S1, unless they don't have things as well planned out as I wish they did.Wasn't there quite a bit of creative turn-over at the end of S1? I seem to recall reading that Abrams and several others left to make other shows then. Maybe things changed. I don't think they'll give us a horrible downer ending where Peter/Olivia is concerned, though; not only do so many of the episodes end rather hopefully for a series that can be kinda grim, but they probably know they'd have a bunch of pissed off fans beating down their

[rowdycamels]

Saving the world with FEEEEEEELINGS!

[icepixie]

FEEEEEELINGS make the universe(s) go 'round!

[clarice]

Hem has been one of my favorite groups for a long time and this is a really nice pairing of song & clips. Nicely done.

[icepixie]

Eeee, another Hem fan! I've pimped them to people I know with considerable success, but it's rare that I meet someone who already knows about them. :)

And thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.

[beccatoria]

I'm not really a Peter/Olivia shipper, but I enjoyed this anyway because it's a great vid. I like the way you give examples of Olivia's powers and the world shifting around her space within the vid - going with the tempo of the music was kind of against the feel of those moments and the juxtaposition worked really well. Especially when you did it with some of the less iconic moments - whole beats for an exploding light bulb, or a hand, let go. Nice work. :)

[icepixie]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, and I'm especially glad you told me specifically what you enjoyed.

going with the tempo of the music was kind of against the feel of those moments

Hee, with the quick way this show is often cut, I was a little worried I wouldn't have enough footage in spots to linger like the music demanded. I'm happy the relatively slow pace worked for you.

[spatz]

OLIVIA. PETER. ♥

I like the cleanness of the editing and your clip selections - you showed just the moments needed, at just the right pace. You gave them time to breathe, if that makes sense. It really suited the understated, quiet tone of their romance on the show - which I love, and which persists no matter how much crazy epic stuff is going on around them ;)

[icepixie]

Thank you!

You gave them time to breathe, if that makes sense.

It does make sense. Part of that was my own laziness, because I didn't want to bring more clips than I had to into iMovie :), but it was also a deliberate response to the music, which demanded lingering shots in places.

It really suited the understated, quiet tone of their romance on the show - which I love, and which persists no matter how much crazy epic stuff is going on around them ;)

I love the understated nature of their romance as well. Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story, rather than trying to take over or getting entirely shunted aside by other plot events, and theirs is usually note-perfect.

[spatz]

Part of that was my own laziness, because I didn't want to bring more clips than I had to into iMovie :)

*laughs* Reminds me of learning to edit on 16mm film - *actual* film, with the razors and tape and everything. It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)

Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story

Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization! Melodrama is antithetical to Olivia's personality, and I always think of the pilot, where she wasn't able to tell John "I love you" until well after he told her, and after bracing herself up for it. Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.

[icepixie]

*laughs* Reminds me of learning to edit on 16mm film - *actual* film, with the razors and tape and everything.

Oh maaaaaan. I could never do that; I like my "undo" function and saving multiple drafts of things way too much. :)

It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)

Indeed! There are plenty of little clips in my vids that are the result of, "Okay, I need something for this half-second here, but I don't know what...let's see what I've already got imported."

Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization!

This too! I'm so glad the characterization on this show doesn't really allow for melodrama, at least in this department.

Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.Peter could be a bit of a drama queen back in S1, I thought. Just a bit, though. And I agree, he'd never be one with Olivia; a couple of the "seriously?" looks she usually directs at Walter would knock him right out of that