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[carmen_lj]

Inclement Scottish weather prevented me from Touring Wilds of Scotland on shiny new bike, alas. So instead I made a new banner for my journal. Sadly, Time and Effort is not exactly reflected in finished effort, but on the bright side...um...Romana is on it. Yay.

So instead of being all active, I spent lots of today hidden under a duvet with a hotwaterbottle and watched vids. Here are some things what I thought were great:

We Didn't Start The Fire (BSG) by chaila43 - Oh, it is happy-making. It is all sharply edited and full of clever bits. The more you watch, the more stuff you pick up. Is dead good. (Also, that was the first time I'd heard that song and it hadn't been about Harry Potter fandom, ahem.)

Life In A Glass House (Merlin) by hollywoodgrrl - So, um, I really don't like Radiohead. At all. Sorry about that. But when one of the most awesome vidders I know vids to em and to my favourite new fandom and it's about my favouritest character in said fandom, I tots get over it quick. I still hate the song, but the lyrics are fabulously used for this vid's story, the editing's stunning and OH IT IS SO SAD AND ALSO BRILLIANT AND SAD OMG. Mostly I keep reminding myself that in the end Arthur and Morgana reconcile and she's one of the ones who help send him off to Avalon lalalah there are no other versions, ILU denial.

Unsteady ground (Merlin) by cherryice - But what is this? Another Merlin vid? About Morgana? Hurrahs! And well done Merlin!fandom. Soft, flowing and using movement beautifully, it's another vid taking ma cheerful, happy fandom and MAKING ME SAD. In the good way, yo.

And if, for some MAD MAD REASON, you are not watching the sublime telly that is Demons, you should tots read this totally legitimate original treatment that convinced ITV to make it, oh yes. Kindly supplied by ionlylurkhere.

Comments

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Hee, I heart both those vids so much. (Ack, need to leave FB.) BUT OMG SO MUCH WORD ON THE SAD. I'm not sure how Merlin manages to be my happy, cheerful, fluffy fandom considering, really. And everyone else seems v keen on the angst and it's like 'noooo, did you see where Gwen brought Morgana flowers?' ;D

Mostly I keep reminding myself that in the end Arthur and Morgana reconcile and she's one of the ones who help send him off to Avalon lalalah there are no other versions, ILU denial.

YES THEY DID AND IT'S NOT DENIAL. And if itis, I am Cleopatra, Queen of Same. Merlin was there anyway and Morgana went and got Gwen out of the nunnery and they all lived happily ever after in Avalon amen.
OT4ishly.

it's another vid taking ma cheerful, happy fandom and MAKING ME SAD

It is in the good way but the saad. When If When If Morgana breaks my heart I'll cry.

God, I love your icon.

Edit: Am idiot, didn't see banner till after I hit send. I actually heart it! :D Romana, nough said really. :D And that quote will never not be great applied to her.

Also awww, I am now bizarrely homesick for inclement Scottish weather.

[oltha_heri.livejournal.com]

they all lived happily ever after in Avalon amen

Given some of the interpretations of Pagan/Christian stuff going on in Arthurian legend, that kinda made me LOL. Even though IT'S TRUE.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Oh hee, I know, that was totally intentional. ;D AND IT IS TRUE DAMNIT.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Morgana will not break my heart. Mostly because I will just be on her EVIL SIDE YAY. She is prettier than Arthur thus down with Camelot, yes. Ahem.

Also awww, I am now bizarrely homesick for inclement Scottish weather.

BUT IT'S SO COLD.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Well yes, of course i'll always be on her (as you say, far prettier than Arthur's) side (WHICH WON'T BE EVIL, JUST NOT CAMELOT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE), the heart breaking will occur when IF Gwen and Merlin and Arthur aren't on her side.

BUT IT'S SO COLD.

*sighs wistfully* ;)

Hee, icon love again. I need moar morgana icons, methinks.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Morgana probably will recruit Gwen when Arthur gets all GRUDGEY just cause she was sleeping with Lancelot, yes. And then they will be happy and not!Camelot together and, um, somehow happy ending.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

I like how you think. :D

[oltha_heri.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that I have actually seen all of these, and loved them? We Didn't Start The Fire was kinda one of the best things ever. And those two Merlin vids, oh Morgana I love you so much, and they were really awesomely edited.

As for Demons: Having now watched it your analysis of Richard Wilson's performance, is now even more plausible.

And I actually really like the banner, I think it works really well with your layout and the text is kind of awesome.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

No, it is greatness! And proves their greatness and your good taste and all manner of good things like that, yes.

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ack! Ack! Rec! Yay! Thankees. :P

BUT WAIT! You no like the Radiohead??? And here I am vidding them nonstop, lol. Oopsies.

And this section of the comment is devoted for the FLAILING ABOUT MORGANA!!! OMG SHE'S SO AWESOME! OMG OMG OMG.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I like their lyrics. Ahem.

MORGANA MAKES ME HAPPY OMG.

[fyrdrakken]

Turns out all of those vids you recced are already lurking on my USB thumb drive waiting to be transferred to my home computer and eventually viewed. I really need to spend part of the weekend in my bedroom watching vids -- I've gotten quite a backlog, especially since I friended a comm that collects vid recs...

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Ooh, what is this comm?

[fyrdrakken]

veni_vidi_vids, which has some posts collecting links to recs and some posts collecting links to meta discussion.