RECS. (It was my birthday, yesterday!)

[beccatoria]

SO! Yesterday was the august anniversary of my birth. I am now old. Hoorah! Frankly last year sucked, so here's hoping 27 > 26.

One way in which the year is already looking up is the number of Awesome Things the internet saw fit to provide me with. Thus! A list of recs!

Vids:

Run With Me by chaila43 [Doctor Who]: River Song is magnificent, and so is this vid. Perfectly catches all the almost moments and in betweeny circularity of the way she teaches the Doctor everything he knows because she knows him after he's already learned it all. I still don't understand why I can't snap my fingers to open my front door.

For Your Entertainment by dualbunny [Battlestar Galactica]: We now move to a vid that is amazing for totally different reasons. This vid is about Chief Tyrol, to Adam Lambert, played completely straight, and is amazing for it. It shows how the song, like the Chief is actually violent and abusive when viewed straight, without pop cultural context about how we "should" take things or what narrative tropes are supposed to elicit what responses. It's the opposite of sleight of hand and it's remarkably cathartic as well as superbly edited.

U. R. A. Fever by kiki_miserychic [Fringe]: Olivia Dunham, BAMF. The use of motion in this is phenomenal. It has a rhythm and a pace that keeps you with it even as it disorients you right up until the end.

twinkle, twinkle by kiki_miserychic [Doctor Who]: Weeping Angels take over Amy's brain. CREEPY AS FUCK.

Falling For The First Time by glass_moment [Doctor Who]: Amy and the Doctor and Rory and Happy Adventures in Space and Time that, every now an again, smack you upside the head with a moment of Moving and your heart grows a few sizes.

Glass by cherryice [Watchmen]: This is just stunningly beautiful. I want to give it a huge write up but I kind of run out of words at that point and just want to aim you all at it.

Meta:

The Obligatory River/Eleven Feminist Manifesto by chaila43. There is nothing not awesome about being given a feminist manifesto for your birthday, I really recommend everyone try it at least once. IN OTHER NEWS, IT'S ALSO A SUPER AWESOME READ. And makes me feel about 15% less RIDICULOUS about my fangirliness!

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Happy Belated Birthday! I hope this year is made of win for you and lots more vids!

Oh, and I hope you had cake. If not, here is some virtual cake. :-)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Hee! Cake icon! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! <3

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!! OMG, I was going to post something on the day, but there was a sad story involving an attempt to come up with a substantive post to attach it to and then a forgotten laptop charger. Fail. But there may be something in the works. I'm not telling. :D

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Awww, no fail at all! Plus laptop chargers are important, I would die if I lost mine!

Your hints, however, have me INTRIGUED and v. v. excited cus if you're thinking about it, it must be superawesome!

[ghanimasun]

Happy Belated Birthday!

And thank you for these recs--all of those videos are stunning (haven't read the meta yet, but I'm quite excited to!)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I'm so glad you enjoyed the recs! :)

[chaila.livejournal.com]

Fangirling River isn't ridiculous, it is a SUBVERSIVE ACT OF FEMINIST ACTIVISM. Clearly. :)

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[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

OBVIOUSLY. Now the whole world just needs to realise this! ;)

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

Aww, just the idea of a vid to Falling for the First Time makes me grin.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, the song (and vid!) is just so sweet.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec! And a late happy birthday.