TSCC Vid: there's a war going on for your mind, sarah.

[beccatoria]

Happy birthday chaila43! Remember all those times you bugged me to make this vid and I said I never would (and you probably didn't mean it this literally)? I was lying. I was also lying that time I said I wasn't vidding anything right now. God, I'm such a liar. And rather shocked I didn't cave under the pressure and tell you about it long ago. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, YOU'RE AWESOME AND I LOVE YOU.

Title: there's a war going on for your mind, sarah.
Video: Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Audio: tracks from Fight with Tools // The Flobots
Summary: Sarah Connor and Catherine Weaver engage in a rap battle.
Vidder's Notes: Vidded as a birthday present for the always awesome chaila43. A loose remix of a previous BSG vid to the same music, but no knowledge of that vid is necessary for this one. Many thanks to pellucid for the beta.

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Comments

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

So. Amazing. *hearts*

I really love that this is the same song as your BSG vid, and not just because it gives me an excuse to go watch both obsessively and flail. ;)

The first section about the war that Sarah's always fought and the enemy she understands becomes brilliant when Catherine Weaver enters at "We are the insurgents". I don't know, the way I watched it's just so inclusive of Sarah too and I like viewing it as the larger war for her mind happens between that moment of empathy and the end when she chooses step back and make a new kind of move toward the same goal. /vague thoughts

Every time I watch I get another match-up that either sucker-punches or makes me flail with glee. *runs off to watch again*

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D I was honestly a little worried that people might think I was being a little weird ripping off my own song choice like that, but I also thought - not just as a present for chaila43 because it's always what she'd bug me about - but also as a fun way of drawing the comparison between robot apocalypse shows, so I'm really glad you enjoyed the decision.

Catherine entering at "we are the insurgents" is probably my favourite part of the vid! And another thing I was concerned about but seems to be getting a really positive reaction is the ending. I'm so happy that moment of empathy, the turtle and the stepping back, work well in juxtaposition as the culmination of Sarah's war and her growing understanding that Weaver is something more complex than simply her enemy. <3

Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback and hearing that it merits rewatching is pretty much the awesomest thing to hear. :)