Vid: Hope on Fire (Buffy)

[usuallyhats]

Title: Hope on Fire
Fandom: Buffy
Character/Pairing: Buffy-centric ensemble
Music: Vienna Teng
Content notes: none
Summary: "I'm fairly certain I said 'no interruptions'."
Notes: Thanks to silly_cleo and purplefringe for betaing!
Downloads: larger (3:45 minutes, 166MB) | smaller (3:45 minutes, 63MB) | subtitle .srt
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"Buffy - Hope On Fire" (Watch on YouTube)

gotta fight gotta strike
cause there's no turning away
from what you don't want to know
gotta see gotta be
if they're all going astray
don't let them take you in tow

you're a one man shift in the weather
you're the woman who just won't sell
climbing up and ringing the bell

ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

gotta leave gotta bleed
you've gotta stop lying still
cause this is no kind of life
you don't need guarantees
you just want something to build
before you turn to the knife

when the streets are aflood like a fever
it's a holiday of the new
we're coming closer now to the truth

ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

we're running out of time
they're closing in on us
taking it all
we're running out of time
they're closing in
but we'll stand tall
we'll dance it down
we'll burn it bright
before we fall

gotta move gotta choose
you've got a difference to make
don't watch it happen again
gotta change rearrange
something's bending to break
it's just a matter of when

ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

ooh you're gonna make your mark this time
ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

ooh you're gonna set your hope on fire

Comments

[such_heights]

AHHHH BUFFY. HEROOOO. OMG JENNI THIS IS SO GOOD. *FEELS*

[usuallyhats]

Thank you! She's my hero. ♥

[raven]

Oh, lovely, lovely.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[chaila]

Aw that was really lovely. I love how it started out with Buffy alone, and then kept widening the scope of the team of the good guys!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[goodbyebird]

love the movement in this, and THE FEELS.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[sol_se]

That was fantastic!!

[tree_and_leaf]

Brilliant!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[metonymy]

Man, I was getting chills, and then all the Potentials and I STARTED TO TEAR UP. This was spectacular.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[lynnenne]

Beautiful and inspirational.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[purplefringe]

Eeeeeeeee Jenniiiiiiiiii this is SO GOOD! SO MANY FEELS! *flailyhands* All the comments in my email still stand - I love the flowing motion, the musicality, the gradually broadening focus from Buffy to the other Slayers to all the Potentials (and Robin!)…and then the way it spirals back down again at the end, back to just Buffy, because when everything is stripped away from her, that is what is left <333

[usuallyhats]

Thank you! <3

[endeni]

OMG, so gorgeous!!!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my goodness this is so wonderful, ahhhhhhhhhh! \o/ I love how much it's all about Buffy's (and the slayers') particular brand of heroism that's so much more than just killing things.

[cosmic_llin]

That was me... ;D

[usuallyhats]

Thank you! :D

[frayadjacent]

Late comment here, but what I lack in timeliness I will hopefully make up for in pure squee!!

First off, you vidded my favorite show, my favorite character, and some of my favorite things about both! And you did it so well. I love how you started with Buffy and expanded from there, but kept her as the tether holding the characters together. I loved how you timed the motion with the music. The way you matched clips with the melody and harmony, with moments of building and moments of ...not build (I don't know music!) is super lovely. The clips felt so fresh, too!

The way you connected stories and themes across seasons was also so great. And the ending, where she dusts off her hands had me cheering!

Basically all the Buffy feels ever in this vid. <3

Also I'm thrilled that people who aren't me are still vidding BtVS in LJ/DW circles, and I loved this one.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you! Really glad you liked it. :D

[rosaxx50.livejournal.com]

Buffy + Vienna Teng + awesome, awesome scene choices? This is amazing! I love the progression from Buffy turning away, to eventually leading the Slayers-in-training. The final sequences with slayers past and present was my favourite part.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[thisbluespirit]

That's gorgeous - such a wonderful Buffy vid, and it's got such a sense of motion, energy and purpose in it. Brilliant! ♥

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was amazing!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

The song choice is absolutely perfect. I love the progression from Buffy herself standing tall to leading the other Slayers. The editing is great. Everything about this video is wonderful.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[amber-protocol.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favourite Vienna Teng songs, so that was a great choice to start with. I love the clips you've chosen and I now really want to rewatch the series again.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

It's absolutely amazing vid!

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

Here from buffyversetop5

[yourlibrarian]

Very enjoyable look at slayers in the series!

Re: Here from buffyversetop5

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

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[littlecatk]

Great vid!
thanks for making and sharing this

Re: sending love

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!

[shallowness]

Buffy Anne Summers, Slayer, hero, human being. Great vid.

[usuallyhats]

Thank you!