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[permetaform]

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Welcome Home | .wmv (624x346, 36.1mb) | .avi (624x346, 43.9mb) | mirror here (thank you paranoidangel_!)
_{Source: Stargate Atlantis (Spoilers up to The Siege III)
Song: "The Blood of Cu Chulainn", by Mychael and Jeff Danna
Summary: Her, city}

Thanks: Much love and thanks to aurora_84, nel_ani, and sisabet for the feedback and advice, and also to lierdumoa and absolut3destiny for audiencing! =D

"Let us resolve that she shall dream dreams deeper than the sea and higher than the clouds of heaven, that she shall come forth crowned and transfigured with her statesmen and wizards and saints and sages about her, with magic behind her and miracle before her."

_{-Vachel Lindsay}

Notes: It's been awhile since I've let myself cut loose on the cutting, partially because I've been experimenting in style and effect and partially 'cause I was testing my threshold of pain/irritation with not molesting every beat. This vid felt like a sigh of relief after all that, what with the massive beat-whoring, finally getting the RAM able to handle the type of vid I've been wanting to make, and finding SGA. Which, just...::waves vaguely at old meta posts:: yeah.

Oh, and there's like huge numbers of things I tried to say about Elizabeth and Atlantis in the vid, all mixed up together, so there are a very many equally valid interpretations of the vid. Hell, I'm not even sure of all the things I put in there, but I'm very curious as to what themes or stories or impressions that those watching the vid might get, so don't be afraid to tell me what you think!

(I would recommend using VLC Player to play the vid, it's free, or you can look at this guide. Also, apparently there's a compatibility problem with playing the vid in Quicktime.)

Notes part 2: The wierd and uncomfortable feeling that occurs before the music starts? That's on purpose; it was my goal that Atlantis is creepy and uncomfortable and wrong...until the expedition came, woke it up, and let it breathe.

Notes part 3: Wow!



::bounces and glomps everyone::

Thanks to everyone who'd nominated and voted for me at the Stargate Fan Awards, it won for Weir's catagory!

Comments

[libitina]

Yay - Elizabeth as big momma on Atlantis - Elizabeth as Atlantis, Elizabeth/Atlantis - this was great. I liked the was you used her eyes to clearly state a theme in a very poetic way. And it was a jig! I don't know whether to file this in the folder for "good techinical work" or "crack"

I'm leaning toward the former

[permetaform]

=D yay! thank you for letting me know that reaction! I'm glad that it was clear for you because it's always sort of a throw in the dark with lyricless pieces!

It was a jig? o.0 wow, I totally hadn't realized that. I first heard "The Blood of Cu Chalainn" in the movie Boondock Saints so it's forever associated in my mind with protection and violence.

I'm glad it worked for you despite the cognitive dissonace! Thank you for letting me know that! =D

[libitina]

I felt like Riverdancing.

(also, I was just talking with vegetariansushi about this vid, and she mentioned that she had been two seconds away from reccing it enthusiastically to me... only her computer is dead, and she can't tell you. She says, "I mean, like seriously, I have watched that vid every night for the last two weeks."

[permetaform]

"I mean, like seriously, I have watched that vid every night for the last two weeks."

oh *wow*, umm, *wow*. Thank you for letting me know, that's...surprising and awesome and totally made my night. Thank you!