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Anime Vids: It's So Easy

Aug 12, 2006 19:46

So. I have, like, three almost-finished fan fiction recs posts, and - yeah. I just am not getting there on any of them, in part because, well.

See, last night BB pointed out to me that my posting has pretty much not happened lately, and I said, woefully, "I don't have braaaaaaain." (I mean it. If I tried to commit, for example, an act of FF ( Read more... )

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cupidsbow August 13 2006, 03:51:42 UTC

Just dropping in to thank you for the rec for Urban Ragnarok. I adored it! I've only recently come to songvids, so it is a brave new world for me. I'm slowly working my way through your recs, and this latest batch sounds wonderful.

Also, if you haven't seen the SGA vid "Dreams" by newkidfan, you must go and download it at once. It's gonna get the Blue Ribbon on rec_room in my next set.

thefourthvine August 13 2006, 04:48:55 UTC

I've downloaded it but not yet seen it. (I have a complicated and mostly random system to determine which vids I actually watch in any given period of viewing new vids.) I'm looking forward to it, though; she's been doing some amazing work lately.

And, um - you probably already know this, but I have a vids tag that should get you all the posts in which I've rec'd a vid. I mention this because I recommended some of my favorite vids in all of ever in January of this year, and you totally should not miss them. (And I have yet to find a way to rec some of my other favorite vids, sadly. I have many megabytes of vids waiting for me to magically develop the ability to a) assemble them into a set and b) explain why they're so good. I need another mechanism like the one I used in January - something to allow me to rec without rhyme or reason, basically ( ... )

cupidsbow August 13 2006, 10:34:21 UTC

I do indeed know of the wonderful vid tag! It's very handy. While scanning your back-entries, I've also downloaded and enjoyed the James Bond vid by Lithiumdoll. That's it so far, as I'm a bit random when it comes to choosing what to download. I know I'm going to like what you rec, so it's a secret treasure trove--I don't want to use it up all at once ( ... )

thefourthvine August 14 2006, 20:03:17 UTC

Arg. I had a thoughtful (for me) response to this written up, and then my browser crashed. And Opera saves all my tabs, but even it, wonderful though it is, can't save the content of text entry boxes. Dadgumit ( ... )

cupidsbow August 15 2006, 09:05:50 UTC

To clarify - when you talk about your ideological objections to permissions, etc., you're talking about the high value you place on the free, easy, and rapid exchange of ideas (including commentary, artwork, etc.) in fandom. Is that right?

Take off the 'in fandom' and yes, it works as a summary.

I've come down with a 24 flu, so I'm not thinking very clearly, but I just know if I don't answer this right away, my brain is going to worry at it for hours. So this may not be brilliantly succinct. Or make sense.

The download cost issue: the few times I have asked permission to rec songvids, it's been when I've recced them in high traffic places like crack_van, where the likihood is high that the rec will significantly increase bandwidth. At present rec_room has a relatively small readership; in addition, every one of the vids I've recced there a) I found through some one else's rec, and b) is listed on an 'open' site ( ... )

cupidsbow August 15 2006, 09:06:30 UTC

TPTB: I respect people's fear about this, and would remove a rec immediately if an author asked (because while I think crit is valid whether authors like it or not, I recognise there are *people* behind the author constructs, and I'd rather do no harm than stick to ideological dogma). Again, I've only recced vids that are already publicly listed, and I got there through other recs. I'm comfortable that I'm not significantly increasing the risks ( ... )

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