we're all stories in the end

Dear Festividder

2024-12-02T21:03:10Z

First of all, this is absurdly late, I am very sorry! In no way should this affect your existing vidding plans in any way, I can't wait to see what you've made. But in case it's helpful, and for anyone who might want to make a treat, here's my Festivids signup. You can see previous signups here as well (a lot of the below is copy and paste anyway).

Some kinds of vids that I like include: vids that explore the world of the source, swishy dancey action vids, emotional character-driven vids, vids about awesome women whether focused on one individual or a group of them, vids about people who love each other, vids exploring big thematic ideas and imagery, vids about comedy hijinx.

Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, Dropout TV [UMBRELLA], Dimension 20 (Web Series) RPF, Make Some Noise (Web Series), EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV), Spy (2015) [SAFETY], Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Concert Film) [SAFETY], Stardew Valley (Video Game), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies)

Critical Role (Web Series) RPF
I love these nerdy-ass voice actors, and I love how much they love each other. I'd be delighted with anything here, including guests and the wider CR/LA ttrpg scene (if you felt like a crossover with Dimension 20 I'd be thrilled!). I love Matt, Brennan and Aabria as a trio of DMs with their own takes on Exandria, the ways in which the show and the cast has grown and changed over time, and how it still feels like they're just getting started.

I'd appreciate you not using footage from any of Brian Foster's shows on the network.

Dimension 20 (Web Series) RPF
Oh I adore this show. I love every season, but particular faves include Unsleeping City, Escape from the Bloodkeep, The Seven, Starstruck Odyssey, A Court of Fey and Flowers, the Ravening War and Mentopolis. Anything focused on a particular season/world or celebrating the anthology nature of it all or anything else you heart desires would be just wonderful.

Dropout TV [UMBRELLA]
I adore these weirdos so much. Dimension 20 has been my point of entry but I also deeply enjoy the rest of their output and I'm very fond of the whole core cast - Brennan and the Intrepid Heroes, Erika, Sam, Grant, Lily, Trapp, Rekha, Ross, Izzy, the whole gang. I'd love anything about this, whether something about absurdly funny they all are or an ode to the little streaming service that could.

EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
EPIC is a concept album based on The Odyssey, that's being released in a series of 'sagas' of a few songs each. It's all out now apart from the final saga, due soon. I love the music and also the cast and community around it, there are so many amazing animatics etc. I'd love to see whatever you did with this, including incorporating other adaptations of The Odyssey or anything else!

The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV)
I love cozy making things competition shows, and I think this one is one of the best. Keith's frequent tears alone make it incredibly touching, but I love the contestants on every series and how much they grow as artists, plus all of the friendship and camaraderie.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies)
These films are far more charming than I was expecting! The video game jokes alone really tickled me, and while I went in expecting to love The Rock and Karen Gillan's characters, Jack Black as a teenage girl was also surprisingly touching? I'd love an ensemble vid or a vid about Martha and/or Bethany.

Make Some Noise (Web Series)
Another Dropout offering, this is probably my favourite of their shows after Dimension 20. I love all the shenanigans very much!

Spy (2015) [SAFETY]
This is pretty much my favourite film of all time. It makes me laugh so much, and also seeing Melissa McCarthy not just be a brilliant comic actor but also getting to be an action star as a fat woman makes me so so happy. I love Susan, I love Susan and Nancy, and it truly is Jason Statham's greatest film role, I'd love a Rick Ford vid too.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Concert Film) [SAFETY]
I don't have a very specific vision of what a vid of a concert film could look like but I'd be excited to find out!

Stardew Valley (Video Game)
I have spent an ungodly number of hours playing this game over the years, it's just so soothing and delightful.

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VID: All The Magic We Made (Critical Role)

2024-02-11T17:17:49Z

All The Magic We Made
by such_heights
fandom: Critical Role
content notes: none
music: Long Live (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
summary: I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.
download: download as 482MB zipped .mp4 and subtitles.
notes: Many thanks to usuallyhats for beta.

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:
I said, "Remember this moment"
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age

Long live the walls we crashеd through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was scrеaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered

I said, "Remember this feeling"
I pass the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishin' for right now
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, "This is absurd"
'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world

Long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, "Long live that look on your face"
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered

Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
Will you take a moment? Promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children some day
When they point to the pictures
Please, tell 'em my name
Tell 'em how the crowds went wild
Tell 'em how I hope they shine
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you

Long, long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
And I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Singing, "Long live all the mountains we moved"
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered

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Love meme!

2023-12-01T16:38:41Z

✨ holiday love meme 2023 ✨
my thread here

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Dear Festividder

2023-10-22T21:07:30Z

Hello, festividder! Optional details are optional, but if some more info would be helpful then here it is. Recycled from previous years but still relevant!

Some kinds of vids that I like include: vids that explore the world of the source, swishy dancey action vids, emotional character-driven vids, vids about awesome women whether focused on one individual or a group of them, vids about people who love each other, vids exploring big thematic ideas and imagery, vids about comedy hijinx.

Seeing one of these sources come to life in your vid is going to be awesome, I'm so excited. Musically, I haven't met a genre you can't make an awesome vid out of.

Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, Dimension 20 (Web Series), Dropout TV RPF [UMBRELLA], Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies), The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV), Spy (2015) [SAFETY], Barbie (2023) [SAFETY], Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare Performances & Adaptations [UMBRELLA], Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) [SAFETY], Shakespeare in Love (1998) [SAFETY]

Critical Role RPF
I love these nerdy-ass voice actors, and I love how much they love each other. I'd be delighted with anything here, including guests and the wider CR/LA ttrpg scene (if you felt like a crossover with Dimension 20 I'd be thrilled!). I love Matt, Brennan and Aabria as a trio of DMs with their own takes on Exandria, the ways in which the show and the cast has grown and changed over time, and how it still feels like they're just getting started.

Much as it pains me to write off the whole of Talks, I'd appreciate you not using footage from any of Brian Foster's shows on the network.

Dimension 20
Oh I adore this show. I love every season, but particular faves include Unsleeping City, Escape from the Bloodkeep, The Seven, Starstruck Odyssey, A Court of Fey and Flowers, the Ravening War and Mentopolis. Anything focused on a particular season/world or celebrating the anthology nature of it all or anything else you heart desires would be just wonderful.

Dropout TV RPF [UMBRELLA]
I adore these weirdos so much. Dimension 20 has been my point of entry but I also deeply enjoy the rest of their output and I'm very fond of the whole core cast - Brennan and the Intrepid Heroes, Erika, Sam, Grant, Lily, Trapp, Rekha, Ross, Izzy, the whole gang. I'd love anything about this, whether something about absurdly funny they all are or an ode to the little streaming service that could.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies)
These films are far more charming than I was expecting! The video game jokes alone really tickled me, and while I went in expecting to love The Rock and Karen Gillan's characters, Jack Black as a teenage girl was also surprisingly touching? I'd love an ensemble vid or a vid about Martha and/or Bethany.

The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV)
I love cozy making things competition shows, and I think this one is one of the best. Keith's frequent tears alone make it incredibly touching, but I love the contestants on every series and how much they grow as artists, plus all of the friendship and camaraderie.

Spy (2015 movie)
This is pretty much my favourite film of all time. It makes me laugh so much, and also seeing Melissa McCarthy not just be a brilliant comic actor but also getting to be an action star as a fat woman makes me so so happy. I love Susan, I love Susan and Nancy, and it truly is Jason Statham's greatest film role, I'd love a Rick Ford vid too.

Barbie (2023) [SAFETY]
What an unexpected weird, hilarious, poignant film! I loved everything about it and would love a vid about any aspect of it that sparked joy for you.

Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare Performances & Adaptations [UMBRELLA]
I keep thinking that I've seen this play enough times for a good long while, then another amazing cast is announced and here we go again! I am mostly here for the Beatrice/Benedick of it all, but also #JusticeForHero - I've always loved that in the BBC Shakespeare Retold version she doesn't get back together with Claudio at the end.

I love both the 1993 and 2012 films, as well as the glorious 2011 David Tennant & Catherine Tate staging, just perfect. I list the following not really knowing if there's a filmed version readily available, but you never know, I've also adored Meera Syal and Paul Bhattacharjee in 2012 at the Globe and Tamsin Greig and Joseph Millson in 2006 at Stratford. I'll also be delighted to be introduced to other performances and adaptations!

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) [SAFETY]
What a joy of a film! I love how much it captured the spirit of playing D&D while also absolutely working as a fantasy film in its own right. I adored all of the nods to classic elements like mimics and gelatinous cubes, the whole speak with dead montage, as well as the found family of it all. I'd enjoy truly anything!

Shakespeare in Love (1998) [SAFETY]
As a lifelong Shakespeare nerd, I have such a long-standing fondness for this film, it's so charming. Much like Jason Statham in Spy, I truly believe this is Ben Affleck's finest work. I enjoy the central romance, but I also love the whole ensemble and everything about the haphazard magic of theatre.

"Strangely enough, it all turns out well."
"How?"
"I don't know. It's a mystery."

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VID: You're Losing Me (Good Omens)

2023-09-15T21:18:43Z

Friends, I had an awful lot of feelings about season 2 of Good Omens. I tried to vid some of them.

You're Losing Me
by such_heights
fandom: Good Omens
ship: Aziraphale/Crowley
content notes: none
music: Taylor Swift
summary: You might just have dealt the final blow.
download: download as 483MB zipped .mp4 or download as 216MB zipped .mov + subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork and thingswithwings for beta.

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:
You say, "I don't understand," and I say, "I know you don't"
We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't
Remember lookin' at this room, we loved it 'cause of the light
Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time

Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?
I'm getting tired even for a phoenix
Always risin' from the ashes
Mendin' all her gashes
You might just have dealt the final blow

Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
I can't find a pulse
My heart won't start anymore for you
'Cause you're losin' me

How long could we be a sad song
'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?
I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy
And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier
Fighting in only your army, frontlines, don't you ignore me
I'm the best thing at this party (You're losin' me)
And I wouldn't marry me either
A pathological people pleaser
Who only wanted you to see her
And I'm fadin', thinkin'
"Do something, babe, say something" (Say something)
"Lose something, babe, risk something" (You're losin' me)
"Choose something, babe, I got nothing" (I got nothing)
"To believe, unless you're choosin' me"

You're losin' me
Stop (Stop, stop), you're losin' me
Stop (Stop, stop), you're losin' me
I can't find a pulse
My heart won't start anymore

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VID: The End of The World (Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, festivids)

2023-02-04T22:00:03Z

The End of the World
by such_heights
fandom: Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
characters: The Ring of Brass
content notes: violence, character death, physical triggers including quick cuts and bright fades/dissolves.
music: The Rescues
summary: I am not afraid.
download: download as 307MB zipped .mp4 and subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork and usuallyhats for beta. Made for sandalwoodbox for festivids!

EXU Calamity is a Critical Role prequel mini-series, about the downfall of an ancient civilisation centuries before the events of the main show. It has entirely eaten my brain since it aired last summer. I was so excited to find this haunting cover of the song and had a great time making this. All fanworks used linked below the cut.

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

fanworks used:
Fanart used:

Smaller than grains of sand, kiframe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiHJZKRJ9l4

Laerryn and Loquatius, Linzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bGQGvUFgHQ

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity Finale, morbidnumbskull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhaZe-gsLE

Cerrit's Promise, Sander Goldman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZRlSNe0fqE

Art by Cersonality, Lap Pun Cheung, Japanne13, nicimonstart, EldritchBlep, tshortik here: https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-paradise-lost/

Art by Alexiel April, sharamaestache, MazieCrazyCloud here: https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-loves-design/

Art by lolthies, raedart, fey_wild, thatzombiecat and Lap Pun Cheung here: https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-the-devils-knell/

Art by terribleteacup amd kingcael here: https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-free-for-owl/

Art by I.M. Gibney, elahogn, Dungeons_and_drawing here: https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-questionable-taste/

Art by Cersonality
https://critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-wrestling-with-faith/

Art by Sakyora: https://twitter.com/Sakyora/status/1540360551284473856/photo/1

Art by caravaggio2000: https://twitter.com/caravaggio2000/status/1606027834702450688?s=20&t=ThfSynMYM6UC88GGuMcE5A

Art by nosnexus: https://www.tumblr.com/nosnexus/688318315767185408/the-ring-of-brass-endures

Art by Dungeon_drawing: https://twitter.com/dungeon_drawing/status/1540496896921329665

Art by domeddi: https://twitter.com/domeddi/status/1552056662592311296/photo/1

lyrics:
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine

It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

That's great, it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes and aeroplanes
But oh, I am not afraid
World serves its own needs
Listen to your heart bleed
Tell me, with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched

It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
And I feel fine

Time I had some time alone
Time I had some time alone
Time I had some time alone
Time I had some time alone

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine

And I feel fine

I feel fine

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VID: Black Tie (A League of Their Own, festivids)

2023-02-04T21:39:07Z

Black Tie
by such_heights
fandom: A League of Their Own
characters: Max, Carson, ensemble
content notes: none
music: Grace Petrie
summary: You will find the clothes that fit.
download: download as 462MB zipped .mp4 and subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork for beta. Made for kaydeefalls for festivids!

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:
Well, it's a jungle out there
The year 2018, I didn't think
We'd still be sorting babies into blue and pink
And all our progress
Well, I wonder what it means
That the only girls' clothes that work for me
Turn out to be boyfriend jeans

Well, that's fine
'Cause I decline
A narrow set of rules that just don't work
'Cause these red lines
Well, they're not mine
And if you need me, you can find me ironing my shirt

'Cause I'm in black tie tonight
Get a postcard to my
Year 11 self in a year 11 hell
Saying everything's gonna be alright
No, you won't grow out of it
You will find the clothes that fit

And the images that fucked ya
Were a patriarchal structure
And you never will surrender
To a narrow view of gender
And I swear there'll come a day (ah-ah)
When you won't worry what they say (ah-ah)
On the labels, on the doors
You will figure out what's yours

You will figure out what's yours
And that it's got
Nothing to do with fitting neatly in a box
That was constructed to make it seem
Like people come in just two teams
And anything that's in between ain't good enough
And you will love
And you'll be loved

And you're in black tie tonight
Get a postcard to my
Year 11 self in a year 11 hell
Darling, everything's gonna be alright
No, you won't grow out of it
You will find the clothes that fit

And the images that fucked ya
Were a patriarchal structure
No, you never will surrender
To that narrow view of gender
And there's folks you've yet to meet (ah-ah)
But you're exactly up their street (ah-ah)
And they've been waiting just as long
To hear someone sing this song

And better days are on their way (ah-ah)
When it won't matter what they say (ah-ah)
On the labels, on the doors
You will figure out what's yours
And girl, you're gonna be so happy
And girl, you're gonna be just fine
And girl, you're gonna be so happy
Down the line, down the line

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Love meme!

2022-11-29T13:15:56Z

✨ holiday love meme 2022 ✨
my thread here

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Dear Festividder

2022-10-23T17:34:45Z

This is the latest letter in the world, but posting in case helpful for any potential treat makers etc.

Fandoms:
BBC/Love Productions Reality Shows With Names Starting 'The Great' [UMBRELLA], Brennan Lee Mulligan RPF, Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, Dimension 20 (Web Series), Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Web Series), A League of Their Own (TV 2022), Pride (2014) [SAFETY], Spy (2015) [SAFETY], Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)

BBC/Love Productions Reality Shows With Names Starting 'The Great' [UMBRELLA]' is the incredibly clunky attempt to capture The Great British Bake Off, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and The Great British Sewing Bee!

I love these chill creative competition shows very much. Everyone’s just here to do their best! All the contestants are delightful! Most of the judges are also delightful (ugh, Paul Hollywood). Anything from any of these shows about the highs and lows, the camaraderie, or anything else that speaks to you would be lovely. If there was a way I could have framed the umbrella fandom to include the Great Canadian Baking Show as well I would have because that also delights me, so if you want to include it please do!

Brennan Lee Mulligan RPF

Brennan Lee Mulligan is a comedian and ttrpg actual play player/game master and I love him very much. I love his complete lack of chill, his incredible unhinged rants, his deep commitment to heartfelt storytelling and how much he loves gassing up his friends (and mom!), and he is SO funny.

I love his College Humor stuff like the CEO series, everything he does on Game Changer, and all the TTRPG series like Dimension 20, EXU Calamity, Battle for Beyond, TAZ etc.

Truly any vid would delight me. Some links to some favourite clips for inspiration:

Reciting the Declaration of Independence: https://youtu.be/0iv6-csRBBI
Escalating chaos monologues: https://youtu.be/Q7RmLYXvCmI
Brennan and Izzy being delightful: https://youtu.be/m13ORE0oeXk
The snacking rant: https://youtu.be/ZW3kw_P7Tvo
The CEO series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUwik-b70qjtUAUFDKzf3hREjb3JqNgVN

Dimension 20

I love every season, but particular faves include Unsleeping City, Escape from the Bloodkeep, The Seven, Starstruck Odyssey, and A Court of Fey and Flowers.

Critical Role RPF

Truly anything here would make me happy, whether you want to focus on the main cast, guests, the EXU casts, anything you like.

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity

Unsurprisingly given my previous fandoms here, I LOVED this. Such a phenomenal cast. I have watched the whole thing maybe four times now? It’s just such a rich story in only four sessions, everyone is at the top of their game, and it makes me laugh and sob every time. Absolutely anything you wanted to do, about the players, the characters, the world, would delight me.

A League of Their Own

QUEER BASEBALL LADIES. I loved everything about this. I’d enjoy a vid focused on any aspect, but one thing I loved was all the different friendships like Max and Clance, Greta and Joey and Lupe and Jess.

Pride

A film of my heart, it’s just perfect.

Spy

Another perfect film of my heart! I adore Melissa McCarthy in this, and truly everyone’s on point. Jason Statham’s finest role for sure, everything he does is hysterical.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

When I signed up I was confident I would have completely caught up, which I have not done, oops! However, I don’t mind spoilers at all (I’m halfway through season 2) and I love everything the show does.

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VID: My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (The Legend of Vox Machina, Vidukon Premiere)

2022-06-11T23:40:36Z

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
by such_heights
fandom: The Legend of Vox Machina
characters: Percy, Cassandra
content notes: graphic gun violence (animated), physical triggers (flashes)
music: Fall Out Boy
summary: My childhood spat back the monster that you see. Percy, Cassandra, and the price of revenge.
download: download as 475MB zipped .mp4 with subtitle file or download as a 287MB zipped .mp4 with subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork and usuallyhats for beta services. Premiered at Vidukon 2022. I feel like this is probably one of the darkest vids I've ever made? I just love the Briarwoods arc so very much. For the intrigued, this show is the animated adaptation of Critical Role's first campaign, available to stream as 12 25-minute episodes on Amazon Prime.

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:
B-B-Be careful making wishes in the dark, dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark
And besides in the mean-meantime, I'm just
Dreaming of tearing you apart
I'm in the de-details with the devil
You know, the world can never get me on my level
I just gotta get you out the cage, I'm a young lover's rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite

But my songs know what you did in the dark

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
In the dark, dark

Well all the writers keep writing what they write
Somewhere another pretty vein just died (Died)
I've got the scars from tomorrow and I wish you could see
That you're the antidote to everything except for me
Through a constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love then burn the ashes
In the end everything collides, my childhood
Spat back out the monster that you see

My songs know what you did in the dark

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
In the dark, dark

Hands, put your hands, hands, hands in the air
Hands, put your hands, hands, hands in the air

My songs know what you did in the dark
(My songs know what you did in the dark)

So light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
Light 'em up, up, up
I'm on fire
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
In the dark, dark

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VID: Bohemian Like You (Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede)

2022-04-23T18:19:40Z

Bohemian Like You
by such_heights
fandom: Our Flag Means Death
ship: Ed/Stede
content notes: non-graphic stabbing and general violence played for comedy
music: The Dandy Warhols
summary: No I haven't heard your band, 'cause you guys are pretty new.
download: download as 533MB zipped .mp4 with subtitle file or download as a 134MB zipped .mov with subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork for beta and cheerleading. I barely knew this show was even going to be a thing a month ago, and now I've lost my mind about it. It's *so* queer and funny and charming, what a joy. Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:
You got a great car
Yeah, what's wrong with it today?
I used to have one too
Maybe I'll come and have a look
I really love
Your hairdo, yeah
I'm glad you like mine too
See we're looking pretty cool, I'll get ya
So, what do you do?
Oh yeah, I wait tables too
No, I haven't heard your band
'Cause you guys are pretty new
But if you dig on vegan food
Well come over to my work
I'll have them cook you something
That you'll really love
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feeling so bohemian like you
Yeah I like you, yeah I like you
And I feel whoa, woo!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Wait!
Who's that guy?
Just hanging at your pad
He's looking kinda (bummed)
Yeah, you broke up, that's too bad
I guess it's fair
If he always pays the rent
And he doesn't get bent
About sleeping on the couch when I'm there
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feeling so bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I feel whoa, woo!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
I'm getting wise and
I'm feeling so bohemian like you
It's you that I want, so please
Just a casual, casual easy thing
Is it? It is for me
And I like you
Yeah I like you
And I like you, I like you, I like you
I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you
And I feel whoa, woo!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!
Woo-ooh-ooh!

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VID: We Got The World (Dimension 20, Festivids)

2022-02-05T18:04:19Z

We Got The World
by such_heights
fandom: Dimension 20 RPF
content notes: none
music: Icona Pop
summary: They say, "You're a freak," when we're having fun, Say, "You must be high," when we're spreading love. Say hi, intrepid heroes!
download: download as 413MB zipped .mp4 with subtitle file.
notes: For growlery in Festivids 2021. Clips from Fantasy High, The Unsleeping City, Mice and Murder, Misfits and Magic, The Seven, Shriek Week, and the trailer of A Starstruck Odyssey. Most Dimension 20 content is on their paid service Dropout, but they also have a lot of free stuff up on dimension20show if you're curious! It's a very good time.
Also on AO3 and on tumblr.

lyrics:

They say, "You're a freak," when we're having fun
Say, "You must be high," when we're spreading love
But we're just living life and we never stop
We got the world
We got the world

We can live fast, fly young
Everyday we celebrate just like we won
Only you and I, DIY
We found a way to live the dream until we die

Just come into my arms
I will get you love drunk
We'll be burning bright
Us against the world tonight

They say, "You're a freak," when we're having fun
Say, "You must be high," when we're spreading love
But we're just living life and we never stop
We got the world
We got the world

Black shades, bright nights
Back to back we'll do this 'til the end of time
You and I live, don't learn
Everyday we fire it up and let it burn

Just come into my arms
I will get you love drunk
We'll be burning bright
Us against the world tonight

They say, "You're a freak," when we're having fun
Say, "You must be high," when we're spreading love
But we're just living life and we never stop
We got the world
We got the world

They say, "You're a freak," when we're having fun
Say, "You must be high," when we're spreading love
But we're just living life and we never stop
We got the world
We got the world

We got the world

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Dear Festividder

2021-10-21T21:24:51Z

VID: Last of the Real Ones (Mass Effect, Fanworks Con premiere)

2021-09-05T21:52:05Z

Last of the Real Ones
by such_heights
fandom: Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
content notes: none
music: Fall Out Boy
summary: 'I know this whole damn city thinks it needs you, but not as much as I do.' Shepard and her crew.
download: download as 573MB zipped .mp4 | download as 149MB zipped .mp4. Download subtitles.
notes: Premiered at Fanworks 2021. Many thanks to walkthegale and usuallyhats for beta and encouragement. Also on AO3 and on tumblr.

lyrics:

I was just an only child of the universe
And then I found you
And then I found you
You are the sun and I am just the planets
Spinning around you
Spinning around you
You were too good to be true
Gold plated
But what's inside you
But what's inside you
I know this whole damn city thinks it needs you
But not as much as I do
As much as I do, yeah

'Cause you're the last of a dying breed
Write our names in the wet concrete
I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me
I'm here in search of your glory
There's been a million before me
That ultra-kind of love
You never walk away from

You're just the last of the real ones

I am a collapsing star with tunnel vision
But only for you
But only for you
My head is stripped just like a screw that's been tightened too many times
When I think of you
When I think of you
I will shield you from the waves
If they find you
I will protect you
I will protect you
Just tell me, tell me, tell me, I
I am the only one
Even if it's not true
Even if it's not true, yeah

'Cause you're the last of a dying breed
Write our names in the wet concrete
I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me
I'm here in search of your glory
There's been a million before me
That ultra-kind of love
You never walk away from
You're just the last of the real ones

I'm here at the beginning of the end
Oh, the end of infinity with you
I'm here at the beginning of the end
Oh, the end of infinity with you
I'm done with having dreams
The thing that I believe
Oh, you drain all the fear from me
I'm done with having dreams
The thing that I believe
You drain the fear from me

'Cause you're the last of a dying breed
Write our names in the wet concrete
I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me
I'm here in search of your glory
There's been a million before me
That ultra-kind of love
You never walk away from
You're just the last of the real ones

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Looking for multifandom vid recs

2021-07-20T22:20:08Z

Hello! I am VJing a multifandom vids show for Fanworks Con, and I would love vid recs! Especially for things made in the last few years, I think my collection is pretty weighted towards vids made circa 2010 - 2015. Self recs extremely welcome.

For the purposes of this, I'm defining multifandom as any vid that uses at least two different fandoms that don't have connecting canon, and where the vid footage represents its fandom and isn't being repurposed for a constructed reality vid or similar. In other words, a Doctor Who/Torchwood vid wouldn't count, and a book trailer for Ancillary Justice that takes footage from half a dozen sources wouldn't count.

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VID: Let Love Be Your Energy (Ted Lasso, Vidukon Premiere)

2021-06-20T18:17:50Z

Let Love Be Your Energy
by such_heights
fandom: Ted Lasso
content notes: physical triggers: rapid graphics & flash photography
music: Robbie Williams
summary: 'He thinks he's mad now, wait til we win him over.' 'He'll be furious!'
download: download as 261MB zipped .mp4 | download as 130MB zipped .mp4 Subtitles in the zip files and available on youtube.
notes: Premiered at Vidukon 2021 - many thanks to con attendees for your kind words during the Premieres show! Also many thanks to happydork and cosmic_llin for beta and encouragement. This is absolutely a recruiter vid - this oddball US/UK football sitcom has been a delight in a difficult time. Also on AO3 and on tumblr.

lyrics:

Out of a million seeds
Only the strongest one breathes
You made a miracle, mother
I'll make a man out of me

Daddy, where's the sun gone from the sky?
What did we do wrong, why did it die?
And all the grown-ups say 'sorry, kids we got no reply'

If you're willing to change the world
Let love be your energy
I've got more than I need
When your love shines down on me

Every tear that you cry
Will be replaced when you die
Why don't you love your brother?
Are you out of your mind?

Well, if you want it come and make a stance
So when it's in your hands
People show me love
Well, if you want it, come and make a stance
So when it's in your hands
People show me love

If you're willing to change the world
Let love be your energy
I got more than I need
When your love shines down on me
If you're willing to change the world
Let love be your energy
I can't contain how I feel
When your love shines down on me

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Memories of Phoebe

2021-03-08T16:30:55Z

I think news has spread pretty widely by now, but as I haven't posted this publicly here yet - purplefringe died suddenly in her sleep a week ago. My grief is beyond words.

A lot of Phoebe's non-fannish friends, and some of her family, knew about and really admired her vids, and generally were familiar with her fangirl activities. I'd like to find ways to tell them about all the things that Phoebe did in fandom, the friends that she made and the lives that she touched.

Whether you were close or only knew her vids or general fandom presence, if you have a memory of her you wanted to share I'd really appreciate it. Nothing is too brief (or too long). A favourite vid, a time running into her at a convention, a twitter conversation you had, anything at all will be a comfort at an awful time. If you need a refresher, you can find her vids on youtube and on ao3.

I've created a google form, alternatively you can comment below or email me at such.heights at gmail - if you could include your preferred name and where you live (country/region) that would be great.

Thank you. <3

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VID: recessional (The Half of It, Festivids)

2021-02-06T19:18:58Z

recessional
by such_heights
fandom: The Half of It
content notes: none
music: Vienna Teng
summary: And the words, they're everything and nothing.
download: download as 167MB zipped .mp4 | download as 90MB zipped .mp4 Subtitles in the zip files and available on youtube.
notes: Made for livrelibre for Festivids. Also on AO3.

lyrics:

"It's so beautiful here," she said
"This moment now, this moment now,"
And I never thought I'd find her here
Flannel and satin, my four walls transformed
But she's looking at me, straight to center
No room at all for any other thought
And I know I don't want this, oh I swear I don't want this
There's a reason not to want this, but I forgot

In the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder
Hair falling forward, mouth all askew
Fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
"Passengers missing, we're looking for you."
And she dreams through the noise, her weight against me
Face pressed into the corduroy grooves
Maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing
Maybe it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move

And the words, they're everything and nothing
I want to search for her in the offhand remarks
Who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
Who are you, echoing street signs?
Who are you, the stranger and the shell of a lover
Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time

Oh words, like the rain, how sweet the sound
"Well anyway," she says, "I'll see you around."

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VID: Teamwork (The Baby-Sitters' Club, Festivids)

2021-02-06T19:14:46Z

Teamwork
by such_heights
fandom: The Baby-Sitters' Club (Netflix 2020)
content notes: none
music: Mackenzie Ziegler
summary: All my girls unite.
download: download as 84MB zipped .mp4 | download as 200MB zipped .mp4. Subtitles in the zip files and available on youtube.
notes: Made for alwaystheocean as a Festivids treat. Also on AO3.

lyrics:

Small girl, big world, they might say to you
But I won't live by someone else's rules
When they knock me down my crew will pick me up
Yeah, we keep each other strong, keep each other strong
With love, love

All my girls unite, rockin' side by side
Watch my teamwork every day and night
Yeah we're shinin', we're shinin', we're shinin' with our teamwork
All my girls unite, now we do it right
With my teamwork every day and night
Yeah we're shinin', we're shinin', yeah

Don't be scared to say what's on your mind
Show them all your colors, show your pride
And no matter what they say, know you're a star
Go ahead and make it bright, go and be the light
In the dark, dark

All my girls unite, rockin' side by side
Watch my teamwork every day and night
Yeah we're shinin', we're shinin', we're shinin' with our teamwork
All my girls unite, now we do it right
With my teamwork every day and night
Yeah we're shinin', we're shinin', yeah

Oh-oh, gonna start a revolution
Show 'em all just how we do it
Oh-oh, gonna start a revolution
Show 'em all just how my teamwork
All my girls unite, ooh
Every day and night

Watch my teamwork
Watch my teamwork
Watch my teamwork

All my girls unite, rockin' side by side
Watch my teamwork every day and night
Yeah we're shinin', we're shinin', yeah
Watch my teamwork

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Fannish Year In Review

2021-01-11T21:29:19Z

Honestly the fact I vidded at all this year seems improbable, but I did!

+ Children's Work, Star Trek: Discovery, Michael & Spock, for Festivids 2019/20. This was a happy instance of having the song idea already and then it all coming together. It's a beautiful show to vid and the responses to this were very gratifying.

+ Raising Hell, The Good Place, premiered at Vidukon. For a relatively straightforward end result, this was a really torturous vid to make - I had multiple edits of the song, and a lot of stuff that got cut because I was trying to cram too much in before landing on focusing on seasons 3 & 4, so it's not quite the Good Place magnum opus vid of my heart I was hoping it could be. But I do like how it turned out.

+ Love You Like That (Crooked Media RPF, Jon Lovett/Ronan Farrow) - for happydork's birthday and also Fanworks Con. I maintain that I am not in fact in Crooked Media fandom, but I do like Ronan Farrow and after reading Catch and Kill, which alongside being a horrifying indictment of the way society enables powerful men to be sexual predators, also has this throughline that is a very endearing queer love story that Katy and I both love a lot, so I attempted to vid the thing. It's not my first RPF vid but it is the first one about an actual real romantic relationship in the world, which was weird and interesting to navigate! I think it's pretty cute.

Things I liked this year (many of these do not seem like they were in 2020, what is time):

+ The final seasons of The Good Place, She-Ra, and Schitt's Creek were all just what I wanted. Staged is incredible, we've just started the second season now, I wish for no other set in lockdown media, this one is perfect. Netflix was good to me with The Old Guard, Enola Holmes, The Half of It and The Babysitter's Club.

+ Doctor Who season 12 was great, and I have never been so unspoiled for so many exciting DW reveals, that was a rare and wonderful experience - what a difference when it's not front page news in the tabloids!

+ I have not watched any of this season of Star Trek Disco, which I'm sad about! I just struggle with any fiction that may cause Big Feelings at this point, which was very much the vibe I got for this season. In the last six months, nearly everything has either been rewatching or guaranteed to be very very gentle.

+ Critical Role remains a balm in difficult times. When lockdown started and I was first furloughed, I started rewatching the second campaign, thinking that there's a billion hours of content, it'll be interesting to see how far I get before this is all over. I'm now nearing the end of my rewatch of campaign one, and feeling pretty sad that I will probably run out of content before I can hug my friends again.

+ Animal Crossing was the perfect early-quarantine game, as we connected with each other and made things nice and beautiful in a space that we had control over. Hades has been the perfect 6+ months into quarantine game, as you struggle and fail and try again and fail but keeping pulling yourself out of a pool of blood and going on because maybe one day you'll make it to daylight.

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fannish holiday fun

2020-11-30T16:09:03Z

I'm in the love meme, and so so grateful for comments left so far, I think we all need extra kindness and affirmation this year.

holiday love meme 2020
my thread here

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I'm also hoping to send out holiday cards! If you'd like a card from me/happydork/the cats, fill out this google form or comment below with your name and address and shich holidays, if any, you're celebrating in Dec/Jan (comments are screened).

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God knows what fresh horrors await in the last month of the year, but I am so grateful as always to have had such wonderful people to endure it all with. Love to you all. <3

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New vid, festivids letter, me on podcasts

2020-11-16T11:37:48Z

Just realised that I backdated this vid to get the link and it won't have shown up on reading lists. I made a vid for Fanworks Con last month! For a relationship that has very little video footage together bc I make things hard for myself apparently.

Love You Like That
fandom: Crooked Media RPF
ship: Ronan Farrow/Jon Lovett
content notes: none
music: Dagny
summary: One look in my eyes and you should know the truth.
Links etc here.

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My Dear Festividder letter is also up - fandoms this year are Bomb Girls, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (movies), Paddington (movies), The Baby-Sitters' Club, The Good Place, The Old Guard, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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I've been on some podcasts!

Worst Bestsellers is a podcast by fannish pals Kait and Renata that I enjoy very much, it's very funny and is only ever truly harsh to books that really deserve it. The one I foolishly suggested was certainly that! We read Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, which you may remember caused a kerfuffle when it came out last year and he gave an interview suggesting that unlikely all of those frivolous sci-fi authors, he was going to write a book about robots that actually thought about ethics and the human condition. Which... famously... literally no SFF has ever done before... apparently.

It is also, bizarrely, a book set in an alternate 80s UK where we lost the Falklands War? Which would have been interesting if the book focused on anything in the world apart from its protagonist who is a deeply mediocre and obnoxious cishet white dude and I hated being in his head. I do not recommend this book, but if you want to listen to us recap and make fun of it for a bit then you can do that! We were very funny tbh.

Worst Bestsellers Episode 145: Machines Like Me. (also available via all the usual podcast sources)

I was also invited onto the podcast Strong Female Leads to talk about vidding! Available here: Fan of Fan Vids. I was on for the whole episode but the vids section starts at ~21:45. I will also say that earlier in the episode one of the hosts makes some inappropriate throwaway comments about Amber Heard's abuse allegations against Johnny Depp that I did not challenge at the time but wish I had, so warning for victim blaming earlier in the episode.

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Good to remember I have done some fun things during this hell year. I'm doing okay - grateful to be in a bubble with my mum, missing seeing my friends desperately, back on furlough from my job with no real assurance there will be a job for me to come back to but I'll figure something out. Delighted and relieved by the US election results - seeing a shift away from the worst possible outcome somewhere, even if it's not at home, makes it a little easier to keep going.

I'm having trouble watching things that are very emotional so have not started this season of ST: Disco yet though I'm excited to at some point. happydork and I have started watching The Untamed but I've run into a similar problem (we got halfway through episode 16 and I had to nope out) but hopefully now I have some selected viewing advice we can keep going - it's delightful! Wei Wuxian is a horrible goose who will cause problems on purpose and I love him!

Otherwise I'm rewatching a lot of Critical Role and playing Hades. If Animal Crossing was the perfect early-pandemic game, Hades seems like the perfect late(ish? hopefully?)-pandemic game, where you fight your way through trials and die and try again over and over, just hoping to catch a glimpse of something better at the end.

Much love to you all. <3

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Dear Festividder 2020

2020-10-25T19:35:58Z

VID: Love You Like That [Crooked Media RPF] [Fanworks Con premiere]

2020-10-11T15:54:47Z

Love You Like That
by such_heights
fandom: Crooked Media RPF
ship: Ronan Farrow/Jon Lovett
content notes: none
music: Dagny
summary: One look in my eyes and you should know the truth.
download: 217MB .mp4
notes: Made for happydork's birthday and premiered at Fanworks Con 2020. Many thanks to laliandra for help with source and cosmic_llin and soupytwist for beta!
Also on AO3 (locked to users) and tumblr.

lyrics:

You hate that I usually don't open up
I know when I say it, it doesn't say enough
With you close, I'm the happiest I ever was
I tend to avoid getting emotional
I'm not shutting you out
It's just the way I'm born
But I see myself next to you until we're old

You know how they say you got the real thing
When nothing else matters
I love you like that
All I wanna say is I got the real thing
And nothing else matters
I love you like that

I'm not always clever with the words I use
You want something deeper
Yeah, I know you do
But, right when I hold you, don't you know the truth?
One look in my eyes
And you should know the truth
You should know the truth
Yeah, you

You know how they say you got the real thing
When nothing else matters
I love you like that
All I wanna say is I got the real thing
And nothing else matters
I love you like that

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VID: Raising Hell (The Good Place, Vidukon Premiere)

2020-06-13T21:54:11Z

Raising Hell
by such_heights
fandom: The Good Place
content notes: none
music: Kesha ft. Big Freedia
summary: I don't wanna go to Heaven without raising hell
download: 175MB .mp4
notes: Premiered at Vidukon 2020. Spoilers for the whole show. Many thanks to happydork and purplefringe for beta and reassurance.

Also on AO3 and tumblr.

lyrics:

Ooh, oh, oh, oh
Let's go

Hands up, witness
Solo cup full of holy spirits
Something wicked (Ooh)
Speaking in tongues in my blood-red lipstick (Brrah)

I'm all fucked up in my Sunday best
No walk of shame 'cause I love this dress (Ooh)
Only God can judge this holy mess (Ah, ah)
Bitch, I'm blessed

Oh, if you couldn't tell (Oh well)
We can always find the trouble, we don't need no help
Singing oh, mama raised me well (Uh huh)
But I don't wanna go to Heaven without raising hell (Ah)

Get it
Drop it down low, hit it, hit the floor with it
Drop it down low, drop it down low
Drop, dr-drop it down low, drop it down low (Get it)
Drop it, drop it, drop it, drop-drop-drop it down, down low
Bounce it up and down where the good Lord split it

Ladies and gentlemen (Oh shit)
Let's shake what the good Lord gave us (Oh yes, baby)
Come on, let's go

Aw dang, this that shit (Uh huh)
Beat like this, wanna shake my ooh
Oh dang, this that shit
Beat like this, wanna shake my ooh
Aw dang, this that shit
Beat like this, haters, suck my ooh
Woo, Lord, feeling it
Beat like this, make me feel that power

Oh, if you couldn't tell
We can always find the trouble, we don't need no help
Singing oh, mama raised me well
But I don't wanna go to Heaven without raising hell

Can I get an amen? (Ha)
This is for the misfits of creation (Ha)
Take this as your holy validation (Let's go now, come on)
You don't need to hide your celebratin'
This is our salvation

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