Look, Ma, More Vids! (Part Three)

[thefourthvine]

The sad part is, I'm still not done. But this is part three of the Insane Vid Recs Project (no, I did not pick January for this just because of all the Insane January Vidding Projects going around; it's just a happy, crazy coincidence). Feel free to truck on back to parts two and one. You will particularly want to read the explanation of why you

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[thefourthvine]

But it's possible they were all centered around Amanda.

Ooo, Killa has some excellent Amanda ones, too. (Which was confusing for me when I started watching vids. I only knew what I remembered from confused viewings of the movie, which was back when I did not really understand movies. Unsurprisingly, it turns out I was mostly wrong about what I did remember. So I was all - who is this? I ended up liking her, though, because she does not seem to be all emo about immortality.)

I am, tragically, on dialup

*installs broadband in your house using only the power of her mind*

Scully isn't looking at Mulder fondly so much as you are deeply fucked and this is for your own good. And then she NURSES him back to HEALTH. Sort of. In reality she shoves him in a car and drives him to New Mexico, but SAME THING.

Oh my god. I now have an OTP in a fandom I have never read and likely will never read. You are so evil. But...but...she shoots him (And, I mean, it's the girl who uses a gun like that - how cool is that? How much does it totally make her the take-charge, level-playing-field kind of woman I want in my het? Or maybe that's just my imagination.) and then drives him to NM. I just - I. Oh. Oh.

[runpunkrun]

All I knew about Amanda came from what little HL fic I'd read, and all of it seemed to involve her in threesomes with Duncan and Methos, so...I was totally lost while watching the vids. She's apparently a master of disguise?

Scully and Mulder were my first OTP -- back in the dark ages before "OTP" even existed -- and they had a very slashy dynamic, lots of yearning, lots of soulful looks, but they couldn't! because they worked together! they were partners! also Mulder was prone to doing stupid shit like drilling a hole in his head in order to access the lost memories of his missing sister! and Scully was too reasonable to put up with that kind of insanity! Even though she totally did because Mulder might have been an idiot, but he was her *partner* and she'd do anything for him.

They were equals. Scully was totally kick ass. She had to rescue Mulder just as often as he had to rescue her...if not more. Once a season they'd touch hands and we'd all go nuts because it was proof of their Deep Abiding Love. Oh, good times, good times.

[laylah]

Amanda is -- has apparently been, for centuries -- a thief. So she gets to do lots of fun things with disguises and sneaking around places and having Brilliant Schemes that often don't quite work. Because her episodes are usually more comic than angsty, which is one of the reasons to be happy when she shows up.

My favorite vid about the three of them -- Amanda, Duncan, and Methos -- is Killa & Carol S.'s "Opportunities," which is a constructed reality thing in which all three of them run around stealing stuff together, and it's adorable.

*two cents*

[thefourthvine]

OMG Opportunities is just the best vid ever. Constructed reality, and just - ooo. I didn't rec it here because it's kind of confusing to have a constructed reality be the only vid you rec for a fandom, but oh how I want to rec it at some point in the future. Because it is so cool.

You've seen the better quality version of it, right? Because Killa uploaded one to her page a while back, and while the vid is good at any size, it's just really wonderful to see it all big and shiny.

(Shameful confession: I totally want to read fic based on that vid. I don't even read actual Highlander, and yet I want to read about three people merrily stealing their way through immortality. I...I am a very bad person, obviously.)

[laylah]

Ooh, no, I downloaded it ages ago, so if there's a new higher-quality one I should go snag that. yay!

I would totally read fic based on that vid, too. Especially if it were by, say, elynross, who has a great feel for the HL characters in playful situations. I only flirted with the fandom really briefly, but I would still go back and read some of her stuff just for its own sake. Like Whistling in the Dark, which is one of my all-time favorite stories about having a good day in whch everything goes wrong. Requires next to no canon knowledge and totally demonstrates why she has totally the sense of humor that would be necessary to write "Opportunities" fic.

[thefourthvine]

also Mulder was prone to doing stupid shit like drilling a hole in his head in order to access the lost memories of his missing sister!

...He did what, now? They showed trepanning on television?

*eyes Mulder warily, for clearly he is far crazier than any vid has yet suggested*

Also, I want you to know that I am apparently very suggestible, as I am now swooning from the Mulder/Scully love. Being totally unfamiliar with the characters is apparently something I'm willing to ignore! Because she's sensible! And he's, um, sort of crazy! And they love each other so much OMG.

Okay. I need to lie down for a bit. Obviously. This hysterical Mulder/Scully fangirling must stop now. (But OMG they can't love each other but they do anyway! Eeee!)

Once a season they'd touch hands and we'd all go nuts because it was proof of their Deep Abiding Love.

Yes! And in the vids I've seen, they both look so uncomfortable with touching, like they would much rather just get shot again, and so they'll, like, hug, and it will look like the biggest deal ever.

Although, wait. Didn't they take this into the canon at some point? Because I totally prefer my pairings implied but never realized. Plus, it would take a lot of the good out of this if they stopped, you know, resisting the love.

[azurelunatic]

Watch up through the movie and you will be so satisfied. I think the season after the movie is decent too ... anyway, keep watching up until Mulder disappears off the regular cast and they get that Dog-guy in.

Watch, adore, and prepare to scream as Chris Carter taunts you with the potential of seeing your OTP have their UST resolved, but taunts so very unfairly.

... and if I go on like this much longer I'm in danger of watching Fight the Future when I should be out doing things.

[runpunkrun]

Mulder is batshit. Not only did he drill a hole in his head that ep, he was high on ketamine or something, and tried to shoot Scully. And not in the OTP way.

Although, wait. Didn't they take this into the canon at some point?

The answer to this is...sort of. There was the one ep that showed Scully skulking out of Mulder's bedroom mostly dressed, leaving Mulder mostly naked and tangled in his sheets. They NEVER explained that. That was the ep Gillian Anderson wrote and directed, so god (i.e. Chris Carter) only knows if that's considered canon or if it was just a fluke or what.

Scully, mysteriously, ends up pregnant in the later seasons. NO ONE takes responsibility for this. Even in the credits it's listed as "Scully's baby."

So, basically, up until, well, the last two seasons or so, the UST is still there, going strong. Mulder and Scully totally make out in the series finale, but it's still kind of thrilling because it's mostly the first time they've done anything like that.

I think it's safe to say their UST lasts at least six seasons, if not longer.

[rydra_wong]

And, I mean, it's the girl who uses a gun like that - how cool is that? How much does it totally make her the take-charge, level-playing-field kind of woman I want in my het? Or maybe that's just my imagination.

This is another reason why you have to watch Farscape. Because Aeryn, at a similar moment, smashes John across the jaw with her gun and knocks him out cold.

[thefourthvine]

See, and yes. This is why I have love for Aeryn. (And I loved John pretty much from the moment he walked onto the bridge and said, "Hi!" He's enthusiastic! He's read too much SF! He's a total geek! You have to love that. Plus he fixed the little scutter-thing. So very, very wonderful.) She kicks his ass, and he uses his brain; it doesn't get any better than that.

So, I mean, I really liked the first episode.

I just...bad things happen to them, and I am greatly afeared. Plus I hear that even worse things happen to them in the fic; Farscape is rumored to be a rather dark fandom. And I like my happy endings, I'll have you know.

But. Okay.

*takes a deep breath*

I'll watch another one. The second one. This weekend.

*hopes you are deeply impressed with her courage*

Because they really are wonderful characters. And surely the canon will not be, you know, totally cruel. Right? Right?

[rydra_wong]

*hopes you are deeply impressed with her courage*

*is deeply impressed*

Actually, most of the first season is "Farscape Lite" (to quote the sagacious Ben Browder), so you can ease into it. The show didn't really hit its stride and start on the big arcs until towards the end of the first season.

Plus he fixed the little scutter-thing. So very, very wonderful.

Ah, John's relationship with the DRDs (the little scutter-things) is a whole ongoing saga of wonderfulness.

And surely the canon will not be, you know, totally cruel.

Um. How can I put this?

Not ... totally.

Really bad things do happen to the characters, and there are consequences and permanent effects and there's no "everything back to normal for the next ep" re-set button. You need to know this.

But it's not a depressing show to watch, at all. It's cruel, not bleak. And the characters just get more and more wonderful, and the whole show shines like this beautiful fractured crazy diamond, and they ended it right.

And I hate to gush like this.

But.

Dude.

Such a fantastic show.

[cofax7]

What she said.

And you know, sure, there's dark fic in Farscape. But you don't have to read it... (::hides all of my FS fic except for Holiday::)

[blue_meridian]

Scully is awesome. She had the best "What the fuck are you thinking?!" looks on tv, I swear. And she never, ever screams like a girl. That's Mulder's job.

I'm also among the poor, dialup users but am chipperly crippling the hell out of it to download some of these. Gah. Can't.. resist...

(Thank god for download managers. *g*)

[thefourthvine]

Scully is awesome. She had the best "What the fuck are you thinking?!" looks on tv, I swear. And she never, ever screams like a girl. That's Mulder's job.

NO MORE MAKING ME LOVE THEM. I mean it. This must stop. (But - OMG, Mulder screams like a girl! Scully seems like she might be sarcastic and skeptical! Eeee!) I cannot possibly watch the X-Files. I cannot possibly back-engineer the canon. No X-Files for me! I am not kidding!

I'm also among the poor, dialup users but am chipperly crippling the hell out of it to download some of these.

Yay! I mean, boo for dialup, but these vids are well worth the download.

*sends your connection speedy, speedy thoughts*

[alpheratz]

Mulder is way more sarcastic than she is (not to say that Scully lacks a sense of humour, but Mulder dry wit is really something), but Scully is very skeptical. She kicks ass -- in the first season or two she was moderately restrained with The Eyebrow, but after that, it went mostly like this:

Mulder: *spouts off insane theory, which usually turns out to be right on the money, but no matter*
Scully: *eyebrows* *pwns him with Science*

Pretty much everyone crushes on Scully.

[azurelunatic]

You've got to tell me there's a vid somewhere with Scully doing just this to "She Blinded Me With Science".