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I have spent the last days in a haze, wondering how I could possibly write what is in my heart, concerning my characters.

Now I don't have to because m_a_r_i_k_s gave it vid form in Movie Screens. So I can just sob my heart out to it instead.

( under the cut for spoilers specific to 2.2 (but just as a record of my mental state, nothing more interesting) )

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This episode review is coloured by the fact that I know spoilers for the rest of the season, so don't read it if you're not spoiled.

( good things happen to good people )

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Some asshole spoiled me (rightly or wrongly it doesn't really matter--pisses me off equally much) for Season 2 Lip Service, which starts today. In a comment to 'I'm not yours' on Youtube. Which... ok, I know comments sections on YouTube become more like public forums than LJ posts but it still feels like someone spat in my face after I handed them a bunch of flowers. :(

ME: 'Here, have my soul in vid form!'
THEM: *SPOILER*

I am so upset right now! :(((((((((((

This was the ONLY show that I thought might give me something I really care deeply about in the rest of this whole year ... TGW is gearing up for a Peter-focused finale (ugh), OUAT remains ludicrous, GoT is chronically disappointing to me ... I was so fucking THRILLED that I was getting a show I really loved back again.

And I'm sorry--I'm built like that, I care about not being spoiled when it's a show I really really love. I want to have a chance to live the whole journey. Of course there was every chance that season 2 wouldn't live up to the promise of Season 1, but regardless I wanted that experience...

( spoiler behind cut :(((((((((((((( )

PS. Yes, I will remind myself that probably that spoiling person was just in their own pain or whatevs and didn't mean to hurt or annoy others. Rational brain is rational. But waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

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Hmmmmmm. Yet another unpopular fannish opinion from moi. None of the contained-herein opinions are meant as offense to anyone (of the many millions!) who loves this show. Carry on! Be well in your fannishness! I am happy for you. But just can't agree. ;)

Summary of post: Game of Thrones, I'm not feelin' it. Season 1 was (just) OK. Season 2 is kinda tanking for me.

( thoughts up to 2.3 beneath the cut )

At this stage I think I'm going to bail on the show. I was kind of hanging on to see if Brienne would be the saving grace, because I did love her so much in the books, but it looks like she won't be.

I'm so sorry, queenofthorns! I sincerely hope you get your Jaime/Brienne vid... but looks like it won't be from me.

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m_a_r_i_k_s made a Lee vid that is the BESTEST THING of all BESTEST THINGS!!! (And I thereby recover my identity as primarily a Lee fan, vidding Kara notwithstanding! :p Apparently some things never change ... ;))

Послезавтра (The Day After Tomorrow) is full of charming, wry Lee humour (and yes, he DOES have a sense of humour!) and it's dense with detail to unpack which makes me twirly with joy.

It puts the biggest grin on my face! And sparks my love of the BSG universe, despite all its bleak content--it's about being human despite and through that.

I watched it first without subtitles, but the lyrics are GLORIOUS so I recommend using them. For anyone who is not used to them: You may need to change the file name of the subtitles to 'The Day After Tomorrow.srt' (if your player is like mine it will then play them automatically as long as they're in the same place on your computer).

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Title: No Light, No Light
Artist: Florence and the Machine
Source: Battlestar Galactica
Summary: "Tell me what you want me to say!" - Kara
Acknowledgments: Without m_a_r_i_k_s this vid would not exist. The work she did on it goes far beyond 'regular' beta-ing and audiencing. While it is my vision, it is m_a_r_i_k_s who gave me the space to create it and held that space for me when I faltered. Thank you, dearest!
Download: 76 MB mp4 (zipped)



Notes: These notes get lengthy, and I'd prefer if you didn't read them until you've watched the vid (and no need then either if not so inclined!. They're really a personal record of what it took to be able to make this. ( vidding Kara )

APOLOGY: Sorry to everyone that watched and downloaded the first version with the shitty aspect ratio! It is corrected now.

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*lays down four clips of new vid*

*cries inconsolably*

Oh Fuck. So that's how it is.

*procrastinates*

HI! :D

I never update my journal nowadays so but what the hell, I shall randomly do so today. :) What follows are where my fannish attention is these days...

The Good Wife
( thoughts to 3.18: in which Alicia alternately infuriates and delights me )

Nikita
( thoughts to 214: please don't axe it quite yet! )

Once Upon a Time
( to 1.16, seriously what the shit is this? why do I watch this crap?? )

Oh, and I got a tumblr: bopradar.tumblr.com

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( What's been going on for me in the last six or so months )

Vividcon... I rolled over my membership, so I can, in theory, attend this year (I'm registered) but financially it's going to be a streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch. I'm not ruling anything out yet though. It's cool to see everyone getting hyped for it anyway. :) And since I got over my Club Vivid anxiety last year (memo to self: always to just do it anyway, YOU ALWAYS FORGET, DUMBFACE!), I have signed up again for this year and am having a blast with my idea. I'm not completely convinced I'll actually have a vid by the due date but the journey is fun so far. :)

( shows and stuff )

( bonus anecdote: Bop re-enacts part of the BSG finale against her will )

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Title: New In Town
Artist: Little Boots
Source: Whip It
Summary: Bliss Cavendar is gonna take you out tonight!
Made for: theleaveswant for festivids


ETA:</a> You can now download the vid here (48 MB .avi).

Oh, and if you love Whip It, also check out Firework.

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