All of my vids can be found on LJ via the list below, by clicking on the vid tag, or at my site.

( Every vid I've ever made, with LJ links )

Thanks for watching!

1. Tabrett Bethell on the cover of Sci Fi Magazine. Thanks lrbcn!

From the article:
"(Cara) is a very ambitious and passionate and fearless woman, but it's quite interesting that she's actually incredibly vulnerable. For that I respect her a lot, because she does what has to be done through her own personal fears. I think that's where the audience can relate to her. I certainly can." - Tabrett Bethell

"If she wants to go and do something, she goes and does it. She's a 'do' girl. ... it's made the whole show more complex and it gives us as writers more to play with because we're able to put the characters in different combinations and explore different relationships. It's been fun to explore the relationship particularly between the two women, between Kahlan and Cara." - Ken Biller

2. The complete Legend of the Sneaker (really cracky spoilers through 2.10). aimsleydale seriously made my weekend with that.

3. This LOL WUT?? promo still from 2.13, "Princess". I think danito0o said it best: "I'm starting to don't understand anything, that's happening on this show." EXACTLY. :) This show IS fanfic.

4. This gif by halfabubble, which I've been watching an embarrassingly long time today:

( AWESOMEGIF )

5. The latest Gay For Kahlan par-taaaay! deej rules all.

So anyway, I'm finally going back and watching Legend of the Seeker season 1 - after having only seen season 2 so far - and I've got a complaint. A few, actually. Best illustrated in Mild Picspam Form.

( Spoilers... if you count outfits and kissyface as spoilers )

Fandomites are bored/creative/insane. Which produces an EPIC amount of crack.

To which I say


pic by deej

Some of the insanity from the last 12 hours(!) or so:

I seriously HURT myself in a bad way laughing at Kahlan's Not So Immaculate Conception Picspam/Fic by shipperfey. Should have sent a poet!

The perfect product for those cold Midlands nights by firstserve

Welcome to Hogwarts by pickgems

Cara Pokemon card by roniyuy. Seriously.

Lips & Boobs: A Cara Picspam by luckystar79

A not-quite-cracky but very impressive image-heavy recap of season 1 by pickgems

It's incredibly frustrating to be so head-over-heels, obsessively in love with a new fandom - thinking about it nearly every waking moment - and have absolutely NO close online or real life friends who are as into it as me. Almost none who even watch it.

So all of the people I see or talk to the most online and off? I just annoy the hell out of them 24 hours a day with my constant state of squee. I can feel it putting stress on friendships. And then the few people online that I'm just getting to really know who are into the show, are never really around LJ at the same time as me.

There are a few other Seeker fans who are almost as obsessed as me and are around on LJ when I am, but they barely even know me. And I'm like the only guy in any of the threads, so it's like, who's the random crazy dude? And everyone's in on all of these inside jokes with each other, and... I just feel so incredibly out of place and ignorant.

*whines* Why can't the whole world be made of Seeker?!?!?

Normally in this situation I'd just pour all of that into vidding the show. But I have to wait because the stuff coming up in the next few weeks is crucial to all of my vid ideas. It's like I'm stuck in some kind of weird fandom purgatory.

On a related note: I totally understand if you defriend me because you're sick of all the talk about this show. You won't be the first. Yes, I am aware of how insane I seem.

I am made of indecision and lack of time, but also Club Vivid love.

Poll #1519684 CVV10
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

Assuming I actually find time to make something for CVV...

Relevant links:

V song
Legend of the Seeker song
Caprica song
Heroes song

In lieu of reactions to Legend of the Seeker S2.10, I bring you a celebration of the Pretty, the Epic, and the Cracky that is the show and fandom, in mild episode picspam form. If you don't watch the show and you're wondering what all the fuss is about, here's the answer. At least for me.

8 pics and 2 gifs under the cut, with very very vague spoilers. The links next to the pics however contain very very specific spoilers, so click them at your own peril!

( Images from S2.10 - Perdition )

God I love this fandom.

I've just posted my final vidder profile before a six-month hiatus. It features my favorite vidder, my mentor, and my best friend, obsessive24.

You can stream or download the profile here.

I don't think anything I can say about Nicky will do justice to how much respect I have for her, her work, and what she has meant as a positive, motivating force on me as a person. Without her, I wouldn't be a vidder, period, and life would be a lot less entertaining.

The first five profiles are here:
August Vidder Profile featuring kiki_miserychic
September Vidder Profile featuring bananainpyjamas, aka dragonchic
October Vidder Profile featuring charmax
November Vidder Profile featuring dualbunny
December Vidder Profile featuring absolutedestiny

And that's a wrap! More in August.

So after the especially cracky Legend of the Seeker 2.8 this week, I pointed out a hilariously cracky connection in that episode to an SNL short - a connection that fivewhatfive originally made here.

Then kiki_miserychic went and made a vidlet based on that: I Threw It On The Ground

It could be the crackiest thing I've ever seen. Which totally makes sense if you've ever seen the show.

My friends are so awesome. And also insane.

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Just a reminder: The cutoff is Thursday for submissions to The Fourth Wall, the annual vid awards site run by obsessive24 and I. So if you were planning to submit a vid, now's the time. We look forward to seeing your work!

You think you're a little scared by how obsessed I am with this show? Imagine how I feel!

( Spoilers + 1 gif + 2 embedded videos )

Did I mention the part where I love this show a scary amount? How long til next Saturday??

In the meantime, Imma go stare at the four(!) S2.8 picspam recaps by deej, halfabubble, fidesangelus, and pirateygoodness.

So yeah. dualbunny and I had a discussion, which led to some taunting, which led to this awesomeness:

( Said awesomeness )

This may or may not spawn a new LJ theme.

Remind me not to taunt her again. Or to taunt her more often. I can't figure out which.

I keep trying to come up with an internet-approved mushedup word to describe this episode that combines the terms "epic," "cracky," "slashy," and "sexilicious." But that is beyond me, no matter how many exclamation points I use.

( Spoilers. Over/under on the use of the word awesome is 10. )

Btw, does anyone know how long it takes Netflix or Hulu to put these up for stream after they air? Kim missed this one.

The reason's below, in mild picspam form. Pics are from S2.3 and S2.4, with very vague but very very pretty spoilers. Also it kinda sorta of gives away my vid idea, but this obsession is burning a hole through me so I just have to share. I mean... GAH! Look at that!!

ETA: I didn't make these. Links to the original posts are at the bottom.

( 15 pics and gifs from the first two episodes I watched )

I just saw my first two eps of this series. (The two newest ones I'm assuming?)

HOLY GOD. I'm totally in love with it and shaking like an addict or something. Not sure why I feel so guilty about that. ... Must have something to do with the outfits. :P

Plus the fact that, predictably, I'm all about the Cara/Kahlan. Like crazy.

It's seriously been a long long time since I fell this hard for a new show or ship.

Gah. I'm gonna have to drop everything and go find/watch every episode like NOW. This sucks.

The Fourth Wall, an annual vid awards site run by obsessive24 and bradcpu, is now open for submissions through January 21, 2010. A vidder may submit any one vid he or she created in 2009.

We've added a fourth category this year, Achievement in Mood, to our original three core awards of Achievement in Vidding, Innovation, and Use of Music. You can read more about the categories here.

After picking a winner and a shortlist of honorees for each of the four categories, we'll post a transcript of an in-depth discussion about each vid. You can see examples of these discussions in the archive. Each judge will also pick an Honorary winner from all vids he or she saw in 2009, whether or not it was submitted to The Fourth Wall, and discuss why it was chosen.

obsessive24 and I look forward to seeing your best work from the past year.

The site was constructed by buffyann, and the award graphics are being made by thedothatgirl.

I've just posted the final vidder profile of 2009 over at the vid_commentary community. The series features an audio interview with a vidder over excerpts from his or her vids. This month's featured vidder is absolutedestiny.

You can stream or download the profile here.

absolutedestiny is one of the best AMV creators around, one of the most compelling live-action vidders around, and is a positive and prominent presence in both communities in terms of helping organize cons and sort out tech issues. Through it all, he goes through the same creative struggles as many of us. He's fascinating to talk to and has a really unique perspective on fan video editing.

The result of all of that? The profile is 12 mins. long. But he just has so many facets, so many great vids, and so many topics to cover that I couldn't cut out any more. I hope you'll find that it's 12 engaging minutes.

Earlier profiles are here:
August Vidder Profile featuring kiki_miserychic
September Vidder Profile featuring bananainpyjamas, aka dragonchic
October Vidder Profile featuring charmax
November Vidder Profile featuring dualbunny

The profile series will go on hiatus after the January profile is posted next month, returning with a "season 2" starting in August 2010. In the meantime, keep watching the vid_commentary community for a guest profile or two as well as new community challenges and discussions.

Ollie and Kim got stuff too, but it's hard to get excited about that. :)

Hope everyone's having a great day!

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Number fourish, does anyone know the submission deadline for Escapade? I'm working on something that I'm hoping to submit, but I've got no idea whether I'll be done in time.