Doctor Who Vid: When I Was A Boy [Amy, Amy/Rory]

[beccatoria]

I originally planned to post this today in order to get it out there ahead of the new series premiere, but it feels wrong and conspicuous to do so, now, without mentioning Elisabeth Sladen. This is not a vid about Sarah Jane, but it is a vid about a show that would have been much lesser without Elisabeth Sladen. The universe, both fictional and real, is a worse place without her in it.

Title: When I Was A Boy
Video: Doctor Who
Audio: When I Was A Boy // Dar Williams
Summary: Amy Pond was a boy too.

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Cross-posted to vidding and dwfanvids.

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Comments

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I've loved this song for years, and I admit I was skeptical. But this really worked for me -- and I was quite moved in the end.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. It seems this is a song of great import to a lot of people here and I'm a little glad that I didn't know that ahead of time because I've been on the other side of that skepticism and would hate to fail to allay it for someone else. So it's really wonderful to hear that it worked for you, especially if it worked on a deeper emotional level. Thanks so much for letting me know.

[deaka.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is very awesome. And it pretty much captures the essence of everything that makes Amy and Rory so wonderful. <3

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D

[scintilla10.livejournal.com]

Like some of the comments above me, I was a little hesitant about the song choice, which I have loved for a long time, but you completely, absolutely sold me. I especially adored the opening sequence, but the entire thing was just utterly beautiful and I was tearing up at the end. Lovely lovely lovely.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm really thrilled to know that so many people entered the vid with trepidation on the song choice but left it convinced - that's an incredibly gratifying thing to hear. Thanks for letting me know you liked it - it means a lot to me. :)

[youraugustine.livejournal.com]

That made me cry. In the good way.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Aww, wow, thanks. :)

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

Came over here from the rec by such_heights.

To see a video that goes into how Amy and Rory's characterisations practically point and laugh at gender stereotypes- YOU HAVE CREATED CANDY FOR MY BRAIN. <3 SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS KIND OF META.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! What an awesome comment to receive! :)

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

Hi. Here from such_heights's rec. A lot of fanvids are just pure fun, but this one actually has Important and Fascinating things to say about gender roles.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D I'm really glad you enjoyed it on both levels. :)

[kazzy.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favourite songs, and I'm so glad to see it used so well! Taking and keeping.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I did the song justice. :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Lovely vid, and the song is amazing and perfect for Amy (and Rory)!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm so happy you enjoyed it! :D

[silverhare (from livejournal.com)]

Utterly beautiful.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[elisi]

Just wanted to say that I love this! ♥

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

That's really, really well dome. Thank you for that.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

Adorable ♥ ♥ ♥

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[isweedan]

:D Love this.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[lilka.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really enjoyed this. The Peter Pan stuff at the beginning I thought was particularly great for matching lyrics to images, but I found the whole thing really compelling. And then you did the shift to Rory's POV at the end and it made me cry. Thanks for sharing :)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you enjoyed it and that shift at the end worked for you; the imagery at the beginning and the shift at the end were the two things about the song that convinced me I ought to make the vid in the first place. :) Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed it.

[the-hatstand.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I love Dar Williams, I love how she can make me ache, and I love that song and didn't think it could possibly make me ache any more...

And then I watched Amelia's first meeting with the Doctor and you had me completely before the end of the opening line.

You win. You win so hard.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's lovely.

[stained_glass]

God, I cannot believe how perfect this is. It keeps making me tear up.

[tieleen.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think I'll have to start watching DW.

Even with never having seen even one ep of season 5 and only knowing general details, this is gorgeous and intriguing and touching. I love the way you fit the story to the lyrics, staying true to the original meaning while giving them all these extra new ones. Lovely.

[circury.livejournal.com]

;_; My face is wet dammit! Love this vid very much, and thank you for introducing me to the song.

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful - I love that song and would never thought to apply it to Amy, but you've made sense of her storyline and Rory's as well by using it. Thank you.

[cyborganize.livejournal.com]

aside from the fact that I hate lesbian music Dar Williams, this is so so perfect. :)

I'm obviously drawn to everything genderqueer about the Eleventy era, as well as to the capacity to read all its multifarious queernesses in terms of gender. this is the ultimate Amy/Rory ship vid! and River as Amy's mom = WIN (I can also see her as Wendy to the Doctor's Peter Pan).

also:

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

THIS. THIS IS. omg. okay. I watched it for the first time yesterday, again just now, maybe one day I will get more than three notes into it before I start crying and never stop but apparently not today! This vid, this song is exactly what I needed someone to say about Amy and S5/S6 and Amy/Rory and everything. Because it's about how she has to struggle to get to that place at the end, where she can be who she is and not have to fight for it or defend it. How it's so hard and lonely to struggle like that all the time, and the happy ending of the vid isn't just adult Amy being herself, but being accepted and loved as herself. I love how we get an implied window onto a similar struggle for Rory, how it's not just him learning to love and accept Amy's "boy"ness and strangeness but to give himself the same acceptance. The final part w/him is so essential because what makes the song not tragic is the last two lines--the beginning and middle are so isolating, with Amy under siege basically. And there's no winning that kind of fight, you have to find a way to escape--and the vid shows how Rory and Amy learn to be a safe place for each other from the stereotypes and limitations people expect of them. It kind of feels like she inspires him.

which is to say THIS IS WONDERFUL, I LOVE IT FOREVER.

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

Aww, precious. This song is perfect for them.

[laughingcamel.livejournal.com]

this was beautiful

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful...ohhh...

Think I'll go cry now.

*HUGS*