I think what most offended me about that chart was the inclusion of Yoko Ono. A REAL PERSON IS NOT A FICTIONAL TROPE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
And yes, writing characters as real people = the way to go!
On the other hand, I giggle madly at your situation with the vid. This is almost exactly (okay - it was a fic, not a vid) how my thing for Delenn/Sheridan started. I was just minding my own damned business, and a fic (from Sheridan's perspective!) assaulted me. And ever since then I've been pathologically incapable of not sympathizing with him a bit. :P
Noooooo! I will not fall to Sheridan's puppy eyes! *stands firm*
Heh, actually there's a moment in this vid that could be read as, "Sheridan's kind of a jerk for going off on his Magical Mystery Tour of the Galaxy instead of spending his last days with his wife and child." Although I don't necessarily intend people to read it that way. (Not gonna object if they do...)
Mostly I'm just astounded by how quickly this came together. It was like I was possessed. Granted, I have been thinking about pairing this song and this concept for a couple months, but all my other vids have required days or weeks of outlining on a spreadsheet, then weeks of fiddling around in iMovie, adding things all out of order, replacing clips and moving them around until the vid looks nothing like my outline. This time I didn't even get to the spreadsheet; it was purely a case of, "Open iMovie, lay clips in complete linear order, reach end of song, go, 'Wait, WHAT?!' and make about two editorial changes." I am still boggling massively.
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Date: 2010-10-14 03:58 am (UTC)And yes, writing characters as real people = the way to go!
On the other hand, I giggle madly at your situation with the vid. This is almost exactly (okay - it was a fic, not a vid) how my thing for Delenn/Sheridan started. I was just minding my own damned business, and a fic (from Sheridan's perspective!) assaulted me. And ever since then I've been pathologically incapable of not sympathizing with him a bit. :P
Noooooo! I will not fall to Sheridan's puppy eyes! *stands firm*
Heh, actually there's a moment in this vid that could be read as, "Sheridan's kind of a jerk for going off on his Magical Mystery Tour of the Galaxy instead of spending his last days with his wife and child." Although I don't necessarily intend people to read it that way. (Not gonna object if they do...)
Mostly I'm just astounded by how quickly this came together. It was like I was possessed. Granted, I have been thinking about pairing this song and this concept for a couple months, but all my other vids have required days or weeks of outlining on a spreadsheet, then weeks of fiddling around in iMovie, adding things all out of order, replacing clips and moving them around until the vid looks nothing like my outline. This time I didn't even get to the spreadsheet; it was purely a case of, "Open iMovie, lay clips in complete linear order, reach end of song, go, 'Wait, WHAT?!' and make about two editorial changes." I am still boggling massively.