VID: Out of the Woods (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley)

[such_heights]

Out of the Woods
by such_heights
fandom: Good Omens
ship: Aziraphale/Crowley
content notes: shot of a snake at 01:45 ('we decided')
music: Taylor Swift
summary: Are we in the clear yet?
download: 292MB .mp4 | 151MB .mp4 | 48MB .m4v
notes: Good Omens was my first fandom after the gateway drug of HP. Then the miniseries happened and I swan dived right back in. I've read more fic in the last month than in the last year?? I'm back on tumblr?? I'm having a wonderful time. Here is a vid full of my feelings about one of my very first OTPs. I'm so happy to have such beautiful visual source to use now!

Many thanks to purplefringe and happydork for beta comments. Also on AO3 and tumblr.

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GO - Out of the Woods - such heights (large) from such heights on Vimeo.

password: woods

lyrics:

Looking at it now
It all seems so simple
We were lying on your couch
I remember
You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered
The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color
And I remember thinking


Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet? Good

Looking at it now
Last December
We were built to fall apart
Then fall back together
Your necklace hanging from my neck
The night we couldn't quite forget
When we decided, we decided
To move the furniture so we could dance
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying
And I remember thinking

Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet? Good

Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?
Twenty stitches in a hospital room
When you started crying, baby, I did too
When the sun came up, I was looking at you
Remember when we couldn't take the heat?
I walked out and said, "I'm setting you free"
But the monsters turned out to be just trees
When the sun came up, you were looking at me
You were looking at me
You were looking at me
I remember
Oh, I remember

Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet? Good

Comments

[out_there]

This is so great! I love the tension building, I loved that wonderful moment of "looking at me" and the fondness on their faces. I loved the black and white lyrics actually overlaying heaven and hell, that they're both organisations with strict rules but not exactly "good" for the earth/humanity, and the shot of Crowley and Aziraphale being in colour.

Also the line about making decisions and it going all the way back to Crowley and Aziraphale in the garden, both influencing humans.

(Meanwhile, I'm very amused that two of my favourite A/C vids are both Taylor Swift songs. Hee. There's a nice match of tone there, but I couldn't say what it is precisely.)

[such_heights]

Thank you so much! I think TSwift is often there for us when you need a deeply emotional love song.

[out_there]

True, but there's also something quite... hmm. Earnest maybe isn't the word, but her love songs are hopeful and so free of cynicism and I think that's why it feels right for these guys.