LINKDING

Summary: You're the one I want to go through time with // A character study of Marcille's feelings about Falin and death. ➜ Dungeon Meshi fanvid, focused on Marcille's pov on Falin ➜ a gorgeous achy-sweet vid; slow but never tedious, and really brings out the emotions and the connection between these two ➜ Length: 2:30 ➜ Music: Time in a Bottle, by Jim Croce. No other audio mixed in.

summary: If you like women with strong shoulders, boulder and lead is the sport for you! ➜ from last year's festivids, a vid about women's rock climbing and bouldering ➜ such good energy in this vid, and excellent editing to build the emotional story it's trying to tell, as well as to match the feeling of the music! ➜ Length: 2:33 ➜ Music: "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches. No other audio mixed in.

Summary: <blockquote>"The game you taught me how to play, I won it." Marta, Helen, and Andi hold their own.</blockquote> ➤ about the heroines of Knives out and Glass Onion ➤ idk that I have anything insightful or interesting to say about this one but it's a good vid! I liked it! ➤ 2:27 in length. Music only, no added sounds/dialogue. No subtitles.

Summary: <blockquote>Mercutio's been magnetic since he was a baby.</blockquote> ➤ another Romeo + Juliet vid, this one focusing on Mercutio ➤ it's about how magnetic a character and a person Mercutio is and like. YUP. AGREED. ➤ 0:58 in length. Music only, no added sounds/dialogue. Subtitles are available.

Summary: <blockquote>Every day it's that same moby schtick.</blockquote> ➤ Moby Dick vid featuring as many different adaptations and inspired-bys that the vidder could fit in ➤ here it goes again! the story keeps repeating itself! you can't escape it! ➤ so much fun and so impressive ➤ 3:01 in length. Music only, no added sounds/dialogue. Subtitles are available.

Summary: <blockquote>Adventuring party? Check. Disaster? Absolutely.</blockquote> ➤ so I have not actually seen the dungeons and dragons movie yet but this vid about the adventuring party was just so fun and charming to watch ➤ upbeat and loving look at the characters and their various misfortunes as they make mistakes and keep going ➤ 3:12 in length. music only, no added sounds/dialogue. no subtitles.

Summary: <blockquote>“Ladies, it seems, seldom have strong feelings and, if they do, never never let them show. God’s thumbs! I always have strong feelings and they are quite painful until I let them out, like a cow who needs to give milk and bellows with the pain in her.” ― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy</blockquote> ➤ vid for the movie Catherine Called Birdy, about Birdy and her relationship with her parents ➤ I haven't actually seen the movie but I have loved the book for many years! ➤ and this vid felt like it exactly captured the feel and the mood of the story. It's lovely. ➤ 3:24 in length. music only, no added sounds/dialogue. no subtitles.

Summary: <blockquote>all I really want is some peace, man</blockquote> ➤ author's note: "doomed best friends who understand each other so deeply" ➤ an Untamed vid about Wei Wuxian & Wen Qing ➤ ahhhhhh I have SO MANY feels about them and this vid GETS them ➤ ouchy in the best way ➤ audio is solely the music ➤ no subtitles ➤ 4:41 in length ➤ thanks to lesbianwangyibo for the rec!

Summary: <blockquote>Vroom vroom, bitches. (This vid is sponsored by Wolong Nuts.)</blockquote> ➤ a Word of Honor vid. I have never seen any of the show and do not know who any of these people are and it's still so fun! ➤ stylish and snappily edited and confident ➤ audio is solely the music ➤ subtitles available ➤ 2:04 in length ➤ thanks to lesbianwangyibo for the rec!

no summary. ➤ fanvid about wei wuxian as the yiling laozu, set to the Lorde song Everybody Wants to Rule the World ➤ incredible ominous vibes threaded through with the pain of everything that happens ➤ beautifully edited! I was hooked from the start ➤ 2:33 in length ➤ thanks to lookitmychicken for the rec!

Summary: <blockquote>All I want to do is bicycle- bicycle- bicycle</blockquote> ➤ multifandom vid set to Queen's "Bicycle Race" ➤ no serious deep meaning, just a whole lot of different people bicycling in a whole lot of different fandoms! ➤ charming and fun to watch

Summary: <blockquote>Masculine Women, Feminine Men, which is the rooster which is the hen? It's hard to tell 'em apart today. An exploration of the queer characters and tropes of (mostly) pre-Code Hollywood.</blockquote> ➤ fanvid about queer movies from mostly pre-Code hollywood days ➤ a fascinating window into the way queer themes were portrayed in that era ➤ fun and thoughtful at the same time

Summary: <blockquote>Wei Wuxian & Jin Guangyao as narrative mirrors.</blockquote> ➤ the bit it says about how people often talk about how lwj and lxc both put all their love and trust into one man, and only one of them was right to - but actually before his resurrection wwx ALSO causes a lot of death and harm to loved ones

Summary: <blockquote>Clearly the AMV was always going to be about Victor's pre-canon depression - hearing the lyric 'well my heart is gold but my hands are cold' was what made me want to make this, because that is perfect for Victor and I need to steal it for a fic title some day. But it also ended up becoming about the intensity of media pressure on Victor. </blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>Undo this storm</blockquote> ➤ so I love the vid and it's clearly extremely well done, and I see why they chose the song they did, but....I HATE this particular style of vocals in music and it half-ruins the vid for me. For a lesser vid, the song would ruin it entirely. (I'm just glad there are subtitles, because otherwise it would be back to unwatchable!)

<blockquote>Look what you made Helen do.</blockquote>

<blockquote>you gotta put the pedal down</blockquote>

<blockquote>Reccer's Notes: Six years ago, twenty-five YouTube vidders came together with one song, maybe the most legendary song in the last fifty years, and brought it to life. It's a spectacular, modern take on the song, illustrating the lyrics with contemporary media, and bringing a fresh, if brutal, look at the story. Despite there being twenty-five editors, the cuts are clean, coherent, and have excellent flow. We've all heard this song, most of us can sing it by heart, but finally, here is the whole story laid out, as painful and frightening and magnificent as Freddie intended.</blockquote>

<blockquote>if you don’t believe him, just watch</blockquote>

<blockquote>I was hoping that you'd notice my despair.</blockquote>

<blockquote>War is an ugly business, even when you win. Jin Guangyao, Nie Huaisang, and all the destruction left in their wake.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Just as much Taskmaster fun and joy and chaos as I could fit in three minutes and thirty seconds.</blockquote>

<blockquote>at last / my love has come along</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I was coming home, in a yellow bus." The adventures that Ms. Frizzle and her class get up to in the Magic School Bus can be awfully hard to believe.</blockquote> ➤ to the tom chapin song "long way home"!

<blockquote>The tasks start coming and they don't stop coming.</blockquote>

➤ really wish there were subtitles bc I cannot follow the majority of the song's lyrics, but this manages to be good regardless, even if I think I could connect better with it if I knew what was being said posted here on tumblr by the vidder: https://cordeliachace.tumblr.com/post/651223946827612160/runs-in-the-family-the-untamed-x-please

<blockquote>these two crazy kids really did each other in didn't they</blockquote>

<blockquote>And my back is aching, my belt's too tight / I brought a chisel tip to this pencil fight</blockquote>

<blockquote>At the end of the day, you've just got to say It's all right</blockquote>