NaViMaMo Vidlet: a thousand goodbyes [Doctor Who // River Song]

[beccatoria]

For tellitslant!

Okay, this one ended up SUPER LONG, like barely under my own self-imposed limit of two minutes, which is nearly twice as long as my general aim. Sorry to future prompters but you're unlikely to get something as long as this is... *facepalm* I blame the song choice, which I just feel in love with. Seriously, I meant to vid one verse and a chorus, but I couldn't chooooose so I chopped up the song to keep the gorgeous final rendition of the chorus and ended up with this:

Title: a thousand goodbyes
Video: Doctor Who
Audio: 1000 Goodbyes // Captain Tractor
Summary: For every hello there's a thousand goodbyes.

Direct download available here. 22 megs approx. RightClickSaveAs.

Password: vidses

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I will index and crosspost all vidlets at the end of November or when I've done all the prompts, whichever comes soonest.

Comments

[tellitslant]

OMG THIS IS AMAZING.

I love that you chose this song, and you used it so well - this is absolutely heartbreaking, as it kind of has to be! I love the clip choices throughout, but particularly for the "And things keep on changing for better or worse" verse, GAH. *makes whimpery noises* So brilliant! Thank you so much! :DDD Can I write you a ficlet in return?

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

Nope, perfect length. Which is to say it's very conveniently sized for me to watch it repeatedly and love it more every time. :) So, so gorgeous!! <3<3<3

[pellucid.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh, oh!!!!!!!! I LOVE this!!! I love the song, first of all! I thought Captain Tractor mostly did Alberta-ified versions of Irish drinking songs. Huh. Maybe I need to give them more credit! Because that is a great song. And the VIIIID!!!!!!!!! I adore the opening, and I adore the "for better or worse" match (*flappy hands*), and "I'm older and wiser than you'll ever know" with the Dalek (*increased flapping*). But I think it's actually the stuff with Ten that I like the best (which is weird, considering how much better I like Eleven in pretty much every way), but there's something about that first/last meeting in the library that hits the exact same emotion the song hits, and, well, yes. Love it!!!

(Note to brain: things I need to do tonight do NOT include rewatching Doctor Song eps. Alas, since that's now emphatically how I would prefer to spend my evening.)

[chaila.livejournal.com]

LOVE. As always with you vidding River, I love the mix of epic with tragedy. Though I rather love that it seems like River is the one always saying goodbye, I really like the little POV switches in the verses. The first couple verses feel much like Eleven's view of River and have great flashes of joy amongst the world-saving--like on the "perspective" lyric--as he knows her better. Watching this, the differences in River/Ten and River/Eleven really strike me. River/Ten is where the tragedy is; I know it's because she "died," obviously, but the whole context, with him not knowing her, is just SAD. River/Eleven still has lots of goodbyes and tragedy, but it's overall so much more fun and joyful. So it's all so much SADDER after you've reversed the timeline into River's perspective, when the death comes after the joy and the developed relationship. OH RIVER.

[tiredmomof2.livejournal.com]

Amazing vid. Love it.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

*makes high pitched squealing noises*

I LOVE IT!

I'm so glad you love them. Have I mentioned that lately? ;)

[fahrbotdrusilla]

Oh, I loved that!

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *flails*

[such_heights]

RIVERRRRRRRR.

[gabolange.livejournal.com]

pellucid told me I had to come watch this vid, because it was awesome and the music was awesome, and of course she was completely right.

The music is awesome! And I love the way this looks at the story from River's timeline POV, with the first meeting being the last meeting, and the first goodbye being the last goodybe, and . . . yeah. Much love for this! :)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I've watched this vid approximately eight million times now (give or take, obviously), and I wanted to make an actual comment instead of just running laps around my hotel room, flailing my hands like a lunatic. Because, really, this deserves comments. ;)

I sort of didn't read your comments the first time I watched the vid, and thus expected it to be over at a minute. And it kind of is over at a minute, because after Eleven flies into the sun, the story changes. And you've made basically two vids that are one vid, which is handy, because River and the Doctor have two stories. I also REALLY, REALLY adore the part where we get this version of the story (more or less) in RIVER'S order, because so far we've always come at it from The Doctor's.

I was unprepared for how much I liked the Ten sections, but when I went back and rewatched the library episodes (sometime after pellucid was converted, I think), I was struck by how much I didn't hate him (um...until the end, but we've talked about that), so I suppose it makes sense. He does give good sad face, and since we're following the story in River's Order, it's kind of the end.

I love the clip choices for "ten had been wrong" and "life looks much better in perspective" and the bit about the new verse. The whole first chorus JUST DESTROYS ME, particularly the bit where Eleven and the Fez materialize on the TARDIS, because I'm pretty sure if I wasn't already in love with him, that scene would have done me in the first time I saw it.

The shot with Rory's hand makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I've never had much tolerance for dismemberment. ;) But the DALEK! *hearts that scene to pieces*

And then the last "thousand good-byes" is just beautiful and sad. RIVER SONG! She is too awesome.

And so is this vid.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

That is a beautiful, beautiful thing. I may have cried slightly, ahem.

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, this is gorgeous.

[elisi]

Utterly gorgeous! And the song really is perfect... *sniffles*

[biichan.livejournal.com]

This is seriously amazing. I don't know where you found that song, but it's so them and wow. Beautiful.

[ghanimasun]

This is gorgeous. The song fits perfectly and you've managed to make the video seem longer than it is (which is a good thing!).

[longtimegone]

Here via calapine!

This is without a doubt, one of the most effective and moving River Song vids I've ever seen. This song is amazing and you use it so well to tell this story! I can't wait to watch it a few more times to catch things I surely missed.

Thank you!

[cinderbella333.livejournal.com]

That was fantastic!

[lady-with-cats.livejournal.com]

That... was amazing. :D :D :D :D

[rebellious_toes]

Here via your post at [Unknown site tag] (and I apologise in advance if I end up spamming your inbox a bit because of it).

This is just gorgeous. Such a wonderful song for them. I wish I could say more but I think you've broke me.

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

Oh, wonderful - what a perfect song for them!

[fantasticangel.livejournal.com]

Nice vid and an excellent song choice!

[tellitslant]

Raaah, I just came back because for some reason I didn't have this on my ipod and the file for download does not like my computer! It keeps crashing VLC and my conversion software doesn't even read it as a video file! Is the problem on my end or yours?

[talulahk.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of vids, but DANG you may have changed my opinion.

And am off to purchase a bunch of Captain Tractor- brilliant much? Thanks I loved it.