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_{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

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I love Atlantis - the show, the city, and my God, the fandom. I'm a little wary of watching instrumental vids, because I always have a hard time finding a narrative thread to pull it together, but this one felt more like mood than narrative and it worked BEAUTIFULLY. It was a love song both to and from the city of Atlantis.

Every time we get one of those aerial shots of the city in the show, my heart skips a beat - this vid was like that feeling cranked up and relentless, the sheer WOW of the Lost City being found and loved and gloried in. I had tears in my eyes for the second half and I don't even know why. Emotional overload, I guess.

I kept having to play bits over and over. The city rising from the deep! (I adore the music shift just as the city is breaking the surface - like the instruments are breaking out into sunlight too.) The ashes! (Definitely one of those tearing-up moments.) The puddlejumpers coming out of the city! (Whoosh! Wheeeeeee!)

Also, I love that song, and I loved your portrayal of the characters, especially Elizabeth. But it's all about the city for me. :)

Heh. I have the perfect icon for feedback on this vid. There really is no place like Atlantis.

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::HUGS::

this---eeeeee, wow. ::HUGS::

okay, bit by bit:

I'm a little wary of watching instrumental vids, because I always have a hard time finding a narrative thread to pull it together, but this one felt more like mood than narrative and it worked BEAUTIFULLY.

::nods:: I knew going in that it'll be difficult to catch some people 'cause instrumentals are hard to get a handle on. I'm really glad that it worked for you, then, especially because you mentioned that you usually have a hard time with them. I think you might be right about organization around mood, I think I'll go back and take a closer look at the vid to figure out what I actually did.


It was a love song both to and from the city of Atlantis.

::NODNODNOD:: yes! I just...the city itself ::waves arms:: I can't explain it, but that feeling about the city, that, is a major part of why I fell so hard for SGA. It's home and freedom and danger and lighted ceilings and darkened spaces and breathless air and dark water. It...::flails:: yeah.


this vid was like that feeling cranked up and relentless, the sheer WOW of the Lost City being found and loved and gloried in.

ohgod ::GLOMPS::


I had tears in my eyes for the second half and I don't even know why.

::hugs:: I...wow. Thank you, for letting me know such a compliment.


The city rising from the deep! (I adore the music shift just as the city is breaking the surface - like the instruments are breaking out into sunlight too.)

::nods:: that continues to be my absolute favorite bit of timing, it just...I still get shivers from those scenes, personally. And Letters From Pegasus, when Zelenka was talking, I just, I *cried* and I never cried like that at a tv show before...


The ashes!

::nodnodnod:: Before I Sleep made me choke up...just...her and the ashes...::shakes head:: ahh, SGA, how do you do this to me? ::tragic::

There *is* no place like Atlantis and I'm glad that you like the song, I've loved it ever since I'd heard it on Boondock Saints and was just SITTING on it forever...and then I'd discovered SGA and I'm like, "But it doesn't fit any character! ...wait. Wait...it fits the city." And then it just ate my brain until I'd vidded it. =) I'm glad that it seems to be so well recieved, 'cause I know that the source has been a bit overvidded and an instrumental is always more difficult. Thank you for letting me know how you felt about it, it energizes me and made me smile all evening.