June 28th, 2013 
07:10 am VID REC: The Sentinel – Deep
Vidder: He1vetica4ever
Musical artist: This Mortal Coil
Characters: Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] helvetica4ever
Vidder's website: at AO3

Why this vid kicks ass: Because it gives us a view of what Blair experienced during the time he was dead in Sen Too.

In canon, the focus is primarily on Jim’s ability to access the spiritual plane and bring Blair back from the dead, including the memorable merging of their spirit animals. But what happened before that? Helvetica uses what people have reported about their near death experiences to answer that question. The coloring, the overlays, the cuts and the music all work together to provide a moody and moving piece.

Helvetica’s vids are as ethereally beautiful and evocative as her drawings of Blair and Jim are. She has illustrated TS stories, as well as inspired authors to write TS stories after viewing her art. If you’re unfamiliar with her work, you are in for a real treat. Enjoy.

Deep by He1vetica4ever


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10:07 am VID REC: Parks and Recreation - 5 Years Time
Vidder: DayIn3
Musical artist: Noah & the Whale
Pairing: Gen, with Leslie Knope/Ben Wyatt bits
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: Unknown

Why this vid kicks ass: The heart of "Parks and Recreation" is its ensemble. We all love the pairings and world-building and endless optimism about American politics, but the show is almost always at its best when it's everyone together. This vid embodies that--it's warm and wonderful and makes me smile every time. A lot of "Noah & the Whale" songs seem to suit this fandom for one reason or another, but this is definitely my favorite.

Five Years Time by DayIn3
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05:27 pm VID REC: Sherlock - 3AM
Vidder: [livejournal.com profile] daasgrrl
Musical Artist: Eminem
Length: 2.22
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] daasgrrl
Vidder’s Website:
Why this vid must be viewed:
Sherlock is a serial killer; John learns to cope.

I think this qualifies as a ‘dark’ au? The music makes it seem a little more light hearted than the premise seems to suggest- more along the lines of 'oops, I guess I slipped and became a serial killer'. There’s fantastic usage of Sherlock’s dark broody looks and smirks all over the place as John looks on, exasperated.

Youtube seems to have messed up the audio so I liked to their vimeo posting, but if you want to see the original lj post/comments, that’s here


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05:31 pm VID REC: SUPERNATURAL - CHANNEL SURFING
And comes the end to my month of Supernatural recs. I hope those of you who were interested found something to enjoy. Apologies to people who don’t find Dean/Cas their thing. It’s just 99% of the fic I read. I hope to see the fandom back on the comm sometime soon, and there’ll be more show in the future, so the famdom will be around for a while still.

Vidder: Miachan
Musical Artist: various show themes
Length: 4:50
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] maichan
Vidder’s Website: Youtube
Why this vid must be viewed:
Sam and Dean watch more TV.

I always have a huge weakness for “flipping through channels’ styled fanvids, and this one is done absolutely fantastically. Sam and Dean watch tv. Which basically is Supernatural done in the styles of various different tv shows. A lot of it is styled to look like various opening credit sequences (ex. CSI Miami, Parks & Rec, ect. The Dexter one is kind of gross and brilliant.) or like sequences from shows themselves (ex. A telenovela, a bit of Lost with brilliant use of Mark Pellegrino, ect.) Plus, some fantastic uses of other shows the actors have been on.


Channel Surfing
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09:07 pm Fluency by rageprufrock Rated G
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin friendship--could be slash if you squint
Rating: G
Word Count: 1965
Summary: Merlin tends to Arthur's hurts.
Why This Must Be Read: Beautifully written, this canon piece evokes the feeling of the servant for his prince.
Link: AO3
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11:56 pm VID REC: The Professionals - Mad World
I actually caught the Friday night drive-in!

Vidder: Bistokidsfan
Musical artist: Michael Andrews and Gary Jules
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] bistokidsfan77
Vidder's website: A Mobile Ghetto, Swiss Roll and Thou
Why this vid kicks donkeys: Even though the original Tears for Fears song would actually have been around when our lads had their car radios on, the Donnie Darko version of Mad World just fits so well with our lads (in a completely fic kind of way). It's the beautiful melancholy that you get in some of the best Pros stories, and there's meaning to every scene in the vid, through their connection to the episodes, so that it's a story in itself. My favourite kind of Pros vid - just a bit of heartbreak, but the lads are right there together all through...

Mad World (scroll down, second last vid in the list)
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