VID REC: Tour of Duty - Bring Me To Life

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Vidder: Kallie
Musical Artist: Evanescence
Pairing: Myron Goldman/Zeke Anderson
Vidder on LJ:  vidsalot 
Vidder's Website: Tour of Duty Vids.com

Why this vid kicks ass:

Admittedly, one of the most over vidded songs out there, yet in this case, it's stunningly appropriate for Lt Myron Goldman. He comes to Vietnam, very young, angry, hurt and running from a legacy that he can't elude. He shoulders a lot as platoon leader and there is no doubt that with each man he loses to the VC, it tears into him that much more. The one woman he wanted to marry walks away from him, the other is killed by a bicycle bomb right in front of him. And he finds out his father, a legendary WWII General is dying of cancer within a few months.

 

No one will dispute that he is becoming an alcoholic, it's the one thing he leans on to get through the hell that is the war. But through all of it, no matter how bad it gets, he has Zeke Anderson, his sergeant. It's clear he's not sure what to do about Zeke but the chemistry is amazing and undeniable.

 

Kallie manages to showcase the mess that is Myron Goldman and what got him there. And how he keeps coming back to Zeke who is always there through all of it.

BRING ME TO LIFE