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nvrbnkisst

I Love Buffy

Feb 14, 2011 05:12

So, I'm working on quite a few vids lately. (sometimes not a good thing when it comes to getting anything finished lol)

But there has been a lot of discussion lately about Buffy's depression in season six.

Buffy in season six is MY HERO. Because, like her, I've dealt with depression and/or depressing times in my life. I don't like admitting it ( Read more... )

vidding, vidding: video/btvs character study/buff, tv: btvs, i am: in love with buffy

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moscow_watcher February 14 2011, 11:41:01 UTC

Terrific vid - heartbreaking yet hopeful. I love the rhythm of editing that flows along the music.

nvrbnkisst February 15 2011, 08:38:37 UTC

heartbreaking yet hopeful

Thank you!

aerintine February 14 2011, 15:24:38 UTC

I just woke up and watched this first thing, and HOLY. MOLY. Starting out my day crying profusely with love - not too shabby a beginning. :) This is stunning and your heart is amazing. Everything that comes from your brain leaves me in awe! I want to hug you so hard right now. Your love for Buffy is inspiring. WELL DONE.

nvrbnkisst February 15 2011, 08:41:33 UTC

SOoooo. I was awake when you texted me. In fact I didn't fall asleep until 8am. But I was laying in bed, and I knew I had to try to sleep in order to be at all coherent for work. So yeah.

I LOVE YOU AND I WANT TO HUG YOU TOO!
*misses her Jamie*

YOUR HEART IS AMAZING!

blackfrancine February 14 2011, 19:34:50 UTC

Oh my gosh. This is fantastic. I actually gasped at the scene of Buffy grasping the ghost/demon in Afterlife, and it evaporating in her hand. Gah! That's such a potent image and I would never have noticed it if not for this vid.

And the whole thing is just lovely. My throat is now all closed up from wanting to cry. Dammit. You capture the mood perfectly, down to that tentative optimism at the end of the season. Beautiful.

Btw, I've watched it 3 times already.

And--as a sidenote--I can't tell you how giddy it makes me to look at my friends list, and see the title "I Love Buffy." It does my heart good. ♥

ever_neutral February 15 2011, 06:38:09 UTC

I actually gasped at the scene of Buffy grasping the ghost/demon in Afterlife, and it evaporating in her hand. Gah! That's such a potent image

WHAT YOU SAID. ALDFJAS;LF

blueteainfusion February 15 2011, 07:55:32 UTC

I actually gasped at the scene of Buffy grasping the ghost/demon in Afterlife, and it evaporating in her hand. Gah! That's such a potent image and I would never have noticed it if not for this vid.

Yeah, I feel the same way. But what I noticed was "St. Theresa of Avila in Ecstasy" vs. Winged!Buffy. Stunning visual and unexpected connection. Absolutely love it.

You love Buffy and so do all of us!

nvrbnkisst February 15 2011, 09:11:06 UTC

I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD NOTICE THAT!

Like I've mentioned in other comments, the filming and connectivity of this season with all Buffy's going through is so subtle yet poignant.

Another image I had wanted to include (but didn't cause of the quality of the clip I had) was the very beginning of OMWF. Buffy is sitting in the magic box drawing and at first glance it just looks like this lead covered page, but then you notice this box of light she's left unfilled with pencil and it looks like this darkness is overwhelming this little light space. And it's so meaningful! She's been brought from the light back into darkness and it's suffocating her.

I may be just finding meaning where there's actually nothing significant, but it feels significant to me :)

Thank you!

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louise39 February 14 2011, 20:14:38 UTC

Lovely. You picked so many shots of an unhappy Buffy fighting and 'going through the motions' and coming through and I liked the soft sound of the music and the blending.

nvrbnkisst February 15 2011, 08:45:04 UTC

Thank you! Buffy just breaks me this season and I LOVE HER!

angearia February 14 2011, 21:03:17 UTC

It's STUNNING to me how you can make vids, so many, and they each feel so different and new.

Anne, this shattered me. I'm crying here after watching it four times again and again. The clips you chose were so resonant, like Blackfrancine said the one where she tries to grasp the ghost, and the one that destroyed me on the fourth time through was when she glanced up at Giles while he was hugging her and she looked so hopeful. It just breaks me. How she feels so alone, so lost, so tired, then to see her FIGHT back. And Dawnie, oh Dawnie.

This is so beautiful.

*goes back to sobbing in a good way*

nvrbnkisst February 15 2011, 08:50:16 UTC

It's STUNNING to me how you can make vids, so many, and they each feel so different and new.

THANK YOU! I love vidding so I doubt I'll ever stop but this is one thing about vidding the same fandom that makes me nervous. The thought that eventually everything I make will be just be a copy of something I or someone else has already done.

I LOVE YOU!
*goes back to sobbing in a good way*
Tears were def shed in the making of this video. That look she gives her friends after killing the demon in 'Normal Again' that looks that says 'I messed up and I'm SO sorry, I don't deserve forgiveness' just breaks my heart! She is SO just asking for understanding there and they just don't and OMG my heart!