a vintage year for scoundrels

Title: Got the Time
Fandom: The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Music: Joe Jackson
Content notes: Some fast/jerky cuts. Contains brief depictions of police, though it's not visually obvious that's who they are if you're not familiar with the source.
Summary: No such thing as tomorrow, only one, two, three, go!
Notes: Festivid for alwaystheocean <3
Download: here (2:56minutes, 111MB) | subtitle .srt
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: King and Lionheart
Fandom: The Wheel of Time
Characters: Lan and Moiraine
Music: Of Monsters and Men
Content notes: None
Summary: "As the world comes to an end, I'll be there to hold your hand."
Notes: Premiered at VidUKon 2022! Turns out that what it took to break my three year vidding block was a beautifully filmed show with only eight episodes, featuring a very important platonic friendship. Many thanks to alwaystheocean, cosmic_llin and walkthegale for feedback and cheerleading! Also if you like vids to King and Lionheart about powerful women whose coiffure reflects their emotional state and their quietly loyal bffs, I strongly recommend cosmic_llin's Voyager vid about Janeway and Tuvok, it's wonderful. <3
Download vid (2:08 minutes, 81MB) | subtitles (.srt file)
Also at: Youtube (with subtitles) | AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: Rainbowland
Fandom: Critical Role
Music: Miley Cyrus feat. Dolly Parton
Content notes: None
Summary: Is is Thursday yet?
Notes: Uses footage from campaign one, campaign two (up to episode 51), Bunions and Flagons, Crash Pandas, Critical Role and the Club of Misfits, Honey Heist 1, The Screw Job and Thursday by Night
Download: here (3:23 minutes, 184MB) | subtitle .srt
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: Soon Love Soon
Fandom: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Music: Vienna Teng
Content notes: Depiction of suicide. (Please feel free to ask if you want more details.)
Summary: To be a part is to be truly whole.
Download: Vid and subtitles here (2:37 minutes, 99MB) (I've been having some issues with Mediafire, lmk if this link doesn't work!)
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: Confident
Fandom: Ghostbusters (2016)
Music: Demi Lovato
Content notes: Some bright flashes
Summary: You can't make me behave.
Notes: Premiered at vidukon_cardiff 2017.
Download: here
(2:41minutes, 100MB) | subtitle.srt
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Equinox went live yesterday and I got two AMAZING Star Trek Beyond vids:

- We Are Who We Are, a fantastic ensemble vid full of energy and fun and warmth.

- Alive, a really moving Jaylah character study.

I love them both SO MUCH. :D

Title: What About Everything
Vidders: usuallyhats and silly_cleo
Fandom: MCU
Character/Pairing: Ensemble
Music: Carbon Leaf
Content notes: Some fast cuts and bright flashes, some violence.
Summary: "I am not in need."
Notes: Thanks to cosmic_llin and purplefringe for betaing, and to sol_se for Agents of SHIELD help!
Download: here (3:44 minutes, 163MB) | subtitle .srt
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Title: Anthem
Fandom: Star Trek Beyond
Character/Pairing: Kirk, Enterprise crew
Music: Delta Rae
Content notes: none
Summary: "Give me something I can hope for."
Notes:
1. Thank you to such_heights for betaing! ♥
2. I am almost certainly going to remaster this when the DVD comes out, because that's the sort of thing I'm into. ETA: and indeed I did. All links should now be updated; give me a shout if not!
3. So I went on a weirdly similar emotional journey to Kirk while I was watching this film. I've been pretty glum about a lot of my fandoms recently, specifically in a way that's made it hard to be enthusiastic about new canon; and then this film, for which I had no expectations at all, came along and just captured my heart and made me feel like hope wasn't such a silly idea after all. ♥ So, in conclusion, this vid is as much about me as it is about Kirk.
Download: here (1:24 minutes, 60MB) | subtitle .srt
Also at: Youtube | AO3 | Tumblr

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Festivids is live! :D And I received the most amazing Supergirl vid about the Danvers sisters, Saved The World Today. It's SO GOOD and also I cried a lot whilst watching it. SISTERS. ♥

Herein find a selection of recs for some of the other vids that I liked:

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For those who like guessing, I made two vids this year! I think they are both deeply obvious, but then I know which ones they are.

Cut down (and somewhat rewritten) version of the fandom meme, because I didn't feel like doing the whole thing:

Biggest fannish surprise of the year: How much I loved Supergirl! I was always planning to watch it, but I wasn't terribly enthusiastic, since I've never particularly connected with the character, and DC is really not doing much for me at the moment, but then the sneak peek came out and I fell for it completely. ♥ ♥ ♥ I love how it's unafraid to be silly or earnest, I love how Kara can be sweet and kind and also a complete powerhouse (I love her confident superhero walk), I love how much it seems to like its characters and how much they like each other. I love its cheerfully unsubtle feminist anvils. Watching it just makes me happy.

I was also... pleasantly surprised isn't quite right, but something like that, by Jessica Jones. ( I wouldn't call this paragraph spoilery at all but just in case )

Not quite a surprising thing, per se, but an honourable mention goes to Steven Universe for consistently living up to the hype. ♥

(Also, there was some musical about American history or something, idk.)

Biggest fannish disappointment of the year: Clariel and Convergence: Batgirl #2 were strong contenders, but for the sheer magnitude of the drop from the heights of excitement to the depths of despair, it has to be The Force Awakens. :(

Biggest fannish anticipations for next year: New stuff wise, I think it's just Luke Cage? Oh, and Sarah Rees Brennan's Tell the Wind and Fire! Probably there is also stuff happening that I don't know/have forgotten about. Otherwise, it's mostly more of what I already love: Supergirl, Agent Carter, Brooklyn 99, the last Raven Boys book, the new Captain Marvel comic (which is going to have ABIGAIL BRAND IN IT YESSSSSSS). And catching up on stuff from this year that I haven't got round to yet (Ancillary Mercy, your time is SOON). And going to see Hamilton! :DDDDDDD

Vidding meme:

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