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[labellementeuse]

thefourthvine is asking people to make vid recs to support an under-rec'd corner of fandom. [ETA: Um, by which I mean, vidders and vidding, not Angel or Supernatural. Um, bad phrasing ahoy.] I never rec, fic or vids, but I read TFV's recs religiously so I figure I ought to front up. :P So! Some recs. I picked these for one reason: I've watched them more than once after downloading them. Since I am an extremely sporadic vidwatcher, and read vastly more fic than I will ever watch vids (it takes a lot to get me to even download one), actually rewatching them is a huge feat in my books. So! Some Vids What I Have Liked.

Jesus Walks, by mimesere. Angel: the Series, Gunn-centric.
Okay. This has been rec'd absolutely everywhere, by everyone and his dog. But on the very very very off chance that you haven't seen this vid? Run, don't walk. You probably do need to have seen Angel, but if you have seen it? Yeah. Amazing. I can't be coherent about it, so I'm stopping.
Spoilers through S5, of course.

Living Dead Girl, by monkeycrackmary. Supernatural, Meg-centric.
I like Meg a lot and felt that she was never fully explored in the show (like, hmm, pretty much everyone except Sam, Dean and John.) So I really enjoyed this vid because it gives her some depth. It also gives screen time to some of the other women in Supernatural (yes, there really is three minutes' worth of footage of girls! No, honestly!) And, um, yeah, I like it! By the way, I also highly recommend her other SPN vids, especially A Year On the Road. Slick, good cutting, great lighting. *thumbs up*
There may be spoilers for the last few episodes of the season. Some of them I think you'd have to be pretty sharp-eyed to pick up (a little pun there, ha-ha. Um.) BUT nevertheless!

Fun With Slapstick, by ringwench. Supernatural, humour.
Fairly indescribable; hilarious.
Spoiler free!

Also! I would like to recommend a Doctor Who vid, "The Bohemians", to the tune of "La Vie Boheme" from RENT. It's by someone called Cat. But... I can't find the announcement anywhere, so I can't; but it's very funny, and if anyone happens to know where I can find it, I'd love a pointer. (Should you ever vid? For the love of pete, put your username or site details on the clip, or at least the file title. I am so not organised enough to remember where I find everything.)

Finally, not a vid rec: monkeycrackmary wrote an essay comparing Supernatural and Buffy, particularly with respect to tropes of masculinity and femininity. I really enjoyed it and there's fascinating discussion in her comments; particularly recommended to anyone who knows one or both shows and is interested in academic writing on fandom.

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[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

La Vie Boheme, Doctor style? Um, damn them for not putting a username there. *craves* Ever since I saw the HP version, I thought that'd be perfect.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

it's pretty funny! Um, I could send it to you. How un-kosher would that be, d'you think? Since I have no idea who made it but itdefinitely wasn't me.

... I might ask around, see if I can find out who made it.

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

Maybe ask on the Who fanvid community? Or that newfangled one especially for finding vids? vidfinder?

Might find someone who knows, anyway. *grin*

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

It was posted by superherogrlcat on T&C, but you need to be a member to find the link, as it was f-locked. I don't know if it was tagged or not, though, and it was quite a while ago, so....

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

I think the mods are pretty good with tagging things. Amazingly good, considering how much traffic that comm gets.

(I'm a member. I just haven't got it on my flist. ;) Aforementioned traffic really clogs up the flist.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

.... but I'm not a member of T&C, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't logged into your account. I haven't done that since you changed your password (er, not that I ever did it all that much before then...).

IT'S A MYSTERY.

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

You were, because I asked you to download it, and you couldn't see it, and we were all wtf? because it was there clear as day on my f-list, until I realised it was locked and logged in on your comp. I remember well the wtf.

[deutscheami.livejournal.com]

Nicky at Obsessive 24 (http://www.obsessive24.net/) makes really pretty FIREFLY vids-- she doesn't have it up for download anymore, but she did a Simon and River one to the Smashing Pumpkins song "Eye" that was absolutely gorgeous.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the rec! :)