Vid Recs: Multiple & Various
Without rhyme or reason, I present a set of recs of videos that fit no theme except for having been watched by me recently.
Creepin' Up On You by WafflesnBrains
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar - Slashy
I'm recommending this video because it appeals to my guilty pleasure, which is creepy!love. It's a Sylar stalks Mohinder video, with more recent footage than is in a lot of better Mohinder/Sylar vids, to a song that I have a strange fascination with. It's not quite crack, so I won't describe it as such, but it does have element of like, a 1980's horror love story.
It's definitely a video that re-contextualizes the source (my favorite kind!), so leave most of what you know about the series at the door and you will have a blast, promise.
And the ending is my absolute favorite part. Once you see it, you'll know why.
Shake It by analeian
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Pairing: None, really.
The vidder says this was vidded to capture the emotion, "joy!" and I totally agree. I fall in and out of love with the Big Bang Theory, but this video captures everything I love about the show. Its high intensity, and seems like a longer video than it actually is. Some of the effects are a little distracting, but you know what, WHATEVER, everyone's mileage varies and all that. It's a good happy-making video.
Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking by Cursd818
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Morgan/Reid.
Morgan/Reid? Oh fuck yes, please. My newest attention stealer. So, the video does have some flaws admittedly, which are very very fixable and it's mostly about what might be distracting to you, me, someone (there is an overlay throughout that I don't understand the choice for, and the artists name is plasterd across the bottom of the video...something I've done myself by the way), but I don't think it takes away from the enjoyment of the video.
It has a really solid story idea that it follows, in which Derek Morgan has not quite realized how much power he has over Spencer Reid, but is beginning to understand. There is this undertone of threat to the video that pervades throughout. It's a really emotional video, and Reid's delicacy really comes through int his video. He's almost like a baby bird here, somehow, such potential contained in this easily damaged package. This video is Derek's struggle with that. I also think it has a really interesting style the video, a definite fingerprint of youtube, that might making it refreshing to some who are used to watching vids from one school of style.
When You Fly Too Close To The Ground by 404ing
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: None
A character study on Castiel. Gorgeous style and flow. With the first clip it caught my complete focus. There is this very brief, wrenching overlay at 00:38 that took my breath away with how perfect it was. This is not just a video about Castiel, it is a video that *feels* like Castiel. It has his conflicted heart in every clip. It examines his relationship with Dean, Anna, and Uriel. There are some beautiful transitions which morph Castiel into Dean, a beautiful metaphor for the videos theme of an Angel getting too close to humans. There is nothing I don't love about this video.
Oh and the coloring. I have a weakness for pretty visual effects. Just... let me be able to do that, please.
Creepin' Up On You by WafflesnBrains
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar - Slashy
I'm recommending this video because it appeals to my guilty pleasure, which is creepy!love. It's a Sylar stalks Mohinder video, with more recent footage than is in a lot of better Mohinder/Sylar vids, to a song that I have a strange fascination with. It's not quite crack, so I won't describe it as such, but it does have element of like, a 1980's horror love story.
It's definitely a video that re-contextualizes the source (my favorite kind!), so leave most of what you know about the series at the door and you will have a blast, promise.
And the ending is my absolute favorite part. Once you see it, you'll know why.
Shake It by analeian
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Pairing: None, really.
The vidder says this was vidded to capture the emotion, "joy!" and I totally agree. I fall in and out of love with the Big Bang Theory, but this video captures everything I love about the show. Its high intensity, and seems like a longer video than it actually is. Some of the effects are a little distracting, but you know what, WHATEVER, everyone's mileage varies and all that. It's a good happy-making video.
Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking by Cursd818
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Morgan/Reid.
Morgan/Reid? Oh fuck yes, please. My newest attention stealer. So, the video does have some flaws admittedly, which are very very fixable and it's mostly about what might be distracting to you, me, someone (there is an overlay throughout that I don't understand the choice for, and the artists name is plasterd across the bottom of the video...something I've done myself by the way), but I don't think it takes away from the enjoyment of the video.
It has a really solid story idea that it follows, in which Derek Morgan has not quite realized how much power he has over Spencer Reid, but is beginning to understand. There is this undertone of threat to the video that pervades throughout. It's a really emotional video, and Reid's delicacy really comes through int his video. He's almost like a baby bird here, somehow, such potential contained in this easily damaged package. This video is Derek's struggle with that. I also think it has a really interesting style the video, a definite fingerprint of youtube, that might making it refreshing to some who are used to watching vids from one school of style.
When You Fly Too Close To The Ground by 404ing
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: None
A character study on Castiel. Gorgeous style and flow. With the first clip it caught my complete focus. There is this very brief, wrenching overlay at 00:38 that took my breath away with how perfect it was. This is not just a video about Castiel, it is a video that *feels* like Castiel. It has his conflicted heart in every clip. It examines his relationship with Dean, Anna, and Uriel. There are some beautiful transitions which morph Castiel into Dean, a beautiful metaphor for the videos theme of an Angel getting too close to humans. There is nothing I don't love about this video.
Oh and the coloring. I have a weakness for pretty visual effects. Just... let me be able to do that, please.