we're all stories in the end

First of all, this is absurdly late, I am very sorry! In no way should this affect your existing vidding plans in any way, I can't wait to see what you've made. But in case it's helpful, and for anyone who might want to make a treat, here's my Festivids signup. You can see previous signups here as well (a lot of the below is copy and paste anyway).

Some kinds of vids that I like include: vids that explore the world of the source, swishy dancey action vids, emotional character-driven vids, vids about awesome women whether focused on one individual or a group of them, vids about people who love each other, vids exploring big thematic ideas and imagery, vids about comedy hijinx.

Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, Dropout TV [UMBRELLA], Dimension 20 (Web Series) RPF, Make Some Noise (Web Series), EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV), Spy (2015) [SAFETY], Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Concert Film) [SAFETY], Stardew Valley (Video Game), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies)


Critical Role (Web Series) RPF
I love these nerdy-ass voice actors, and I love how much they love each other. I'd be delighted with anything here, including guests and the wider CR/LA ttrpg scene (if you felt like a crossover with Dimension 20 I'd be thrilled!). I love Matt, Brennan and Aabria as a trio of DMs with their own takes on Exandria, the ways in which the show and the cast has grown and changed over time, and how it still feels like they're just getting started.

I'd appreciate you not using footage from any of Brian Foster's shows on the network.

Dimension 20 (Web Series) RPF
Oh I adore this show. I love every season, but particular faves include Unsleeping City, Escape from the Bloodkeep, The Seven, Starstruck Odyssey, A Court of Fey and Flowers, the Ravening War and Mentopolis. Anything focused on a particular season/world or celebrating the anthology nature of it all or anything else you heart desires would be just wonderful.

Dropout TV [UMBRELLA]
I adore these weirdos so much. Dimension 20 has been my point of entry but I also deeply enjoy the rest of their output and I'm very fond of the whole core cast - Brennan and the Intrepid Heroes, Erika, Sam, Grant, Lily, Trapp, Rekha, Ross, Izzy, the whole gang. I'd love anything about this, whether something about absurdly funny they all are or an ode to the little streaming service that could.

EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
EPIC is a concept album based on The Odyssey, that's being released in a series of 'sagas' of a few songs each. It's all out now apart from the final saga, due soon. I love the music and also the cast and community around it, there are so many amazing animatics etc. I'd love to see whatever you did with this, including incorporating other adaptations of The Odyssey or anything else!

The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV)
I love cozy making things competition shows, and I think this one is one of the best. Keith's frequent tears alone make it incredibly touching, but I love the contestants on every series and how much they grow as artists, plus all of the friendship and camaraderie.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies)
These films are far more charming than I was expecting! The video game jokes alone really tickled me, and while I went in expecting to love The Rock and Karen Gillan's characters, Jack Black as a teenage girl was also surprisingly touching? I'd love an ensemble vid or a vid about Martha and/or Bethany.

Make Some Noise (Web Series)
Another Dropout offering, this is probably my favourite of their shows after Dimension 20. I love all the shenanigans very much!

Spy (2015) [SAFETY]
This is pretty much my favourite film of all time. It makes me laugh so much, and also seeing Melissa McCarthy not just be a brilliant comic actor but also getting to be an action star as a fat woman makes me so so happy. I love Susan, I love Susan and Nancy, and it truly is Jason Statham's greatest film role, I'd love a Rick Ford vid too.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Concert Film) [SAFETY]
I don't have a very specific vision of what a vid of a concert film could look like but I'd be excited to find out!

Stardew Valley (Video Game)
I have spent an ungodly number of hours playing this game over the years, it's just so soothing and delightful.

Friends, I had an awful lot of feelings about season 2 of Good Omens. I tried to vid some of them.

You're Losing Me
by such_heights
fandom: Good Omens
ship: Aziraphale/Crowley
content notes: none
music: Taylor Swift
summary: You might just have dealt the final blow.
download: download as 483MB zipped .mp4 or download as 216MB zipped .mov + subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork and thingswithwings for beta.

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

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Black Tie
by such_heights
fandom: A League of Their Own
characters: Max, Carson, ensemble
content notes: none
music: Grace Petrie
summary: You will find the clothes that fit.
download: download as 462MB zipped .mp4 and subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork for beta. Made for kaydeefalls for festivids!

Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

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This is the latest letter in the world, but posting in case helpful for any potential treat makers etc.

Fandoms:
BBC/Love Productions Reality Shows With Names Starting 'The Great' [UMBRELLA], Brennan Lee Mulligan RPF, Critical Role (Web Series) RPF, Dimension 20 (Web Series), Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Web Series), A League of Their Own (TV 2022), Pride (2014) [SAFETY], Spy (2015) [SAFETY], Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)  





BBC/Love Productions Reality Shows With Names Starting 'The Great' [UMBRELLA]' is the incredibly clunky attempt to capture The Great British Bake Off, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and The Great British Sewing Bee!

I love these chill creative competition shows very much. Everyone’s just here to do their best! All the contestants are delightful! Most of the judges are also delightful (ugh, Paul Hollywood). Anything from any of these shows about the highs and lows, the camaraderie, or anything else that speaks to you would be lovely. If there was a way I could have framed the umbrella fandom to include the Great Canadian Baking Show as well I would have because that also delights me, so if you want to include it please do!

Brennan Lee Mulligan RPF

Brennan Lee Mulligan is a comedian and ttrpg actual play player/game master and I love him very much. I love his complete lack of chill, his incredible unhinged rants, his deep commitment to heartfelt storytelling and how much he loves gassing up his friends (and mom!), and he is SO funny.

I love his College Humor stuff like the CEO series, everything he does on Game Changer, and all the TTRPG series like Dimension 20, EXU Calamity, Battle for Beyond, TAZ etc.

Truly any vid would delight me. Some links to some favourite clips for inspiration:

Reciting the Declaration of Independence: https://youtu.be/0iv6-csRBBI
Escalating chaos monologues: https://youtu.be/Q7RmLYXvCmI
Brennan and Izzy being delightful: https://youtu.be/m13ORE0oeXk
The snacking rant: https://youtu.be/ZW3kw_P7Tvo
The CEO series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUwik-b70qjtUAUFDKzf3hREjb3JqNgVN

Dimension 20

I love every season, but particular faves include Unsleeping City, Escape from the Bloodkeep, The Seven, Starstruck Odyssey, and A Court of Fey and Flowers.

Critical Role RPF

Truly anything here would make me happy, whether you want to focus on the main cast, guests, the EXU casts, anything you like.

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity

Unsurprisingly given my previous fandoms here, I LOVED this. Such a phenomenal cast. I have watched the whole thing maybe four times now? It’s just such a rich story in only four sessions, everyone is at the top of their game, and it makes me laugh and sob every time. Absolutely anything you wanted to do, about the players, the characters, the world, would delight me.

A League of Their Own

QUEER BASEBALL LADIES. I loved everything about this. I’d enjoy a vid focused on any aspect, but one thing I loved was all the different friendships like Max and Clance, Greta and Joey and Lupe and Jess.

Pride

A film of my heart, it’s just perfect.

Spy

Another perfect film of my heart! I adore Melissa McCarthy in this, and truly everyone’s on point. Jason Statham’s finest role for sure, everything he does is hysterical.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

When I signed up I was confident I would have completely caught up, which I have not done, oops! However, I don’t mind spoilers at all (I’m halfway through season 2) and I love everything the show does.

Bohemian Like You
by such_heights
fandom: Our Flag Means Death
ship: Ed/Stede
content notes: non-graphic stabbing and general violence played for comedy
music: The Dandy Warhols
summary: No I haven't heard your band, 'cause you guys are pretty new.
download: download as 533MB zipped .mp4 with subtitle file or download as a 134MB zipped .mov with subtitle file.
notes: Many thanks to happydork for beta and cheerleading. I barely knew this show was even going to be a thing a month ago, and now I've lost my mind about it. It's *so* queer and funny and charming, what a joy. Also at the AO3 and tumblr.

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Hello, festividder! Optional details are optional, but if some more info would be helpful then here it is. Recycled from previous years but still relevant!

Some kinds of vids that I like include: vids that explore the world of the source, swishy dancey action vids, emotional character-driven vids, vids about awesome women whether focused on one individual or a group of them, vids about people who love each other, vids exploring big thematic ideas and imagery, vids about comedy hijinx.

Seeing one of these sources come to life in your vid is going to be awesome, I'm so excited. Musically, I haven't met a genre you can't make an awesome vid out of.

Requests:

In The Heights (2021): This was such a visually stunning adaptation of the play. I loved the colour and movement of it all so much and would be delighted with anything.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies) These films are far more charming than I was expecting! The video game jokes alone really tickled me, and while I went in expecting to love The Rock and Karen Gillan's characters, Jack Black as a teenage girl was also surprisingly touching? I'd love an ensemble vid or a vid about Martha and/or Bethany.

Spy (2015 movie) This is pretty much my favourite film of all time. It makes me laugh so much, and also seeing Melissa McCarthy not just be a brilliant comic actor but also getting to be an action star as a fat woman makes me so so happy. I love Susan, I love Susan and Nancy, and it truly is Jason Statham's greatest film role, I'd love a Rick Ford vid too.

Critical Role (Web Series) RPF I love these nerds! Absolutely anything would be delightful here, though I do have a particular soft spot for Matt, Marisha and Taliesin's friendship (*cough* OT3 *cough*).

Dimension 20 (Web Series) RPF I also love these nerds! I've watched every season apart from A Crown of Candy and had a very good time with everything. I love the main cast and also all of the side quests, especially Escape from the Bloodkeep, Misfits & Magic and The Seven.

Totally optional crossover prompt: if you wanted to do something with Critical Role, Dimension and/or The Adventure Zone I would be into that!

The Good Place (TV) This show has my whole heart. I'd love a vid about anything - ensemble, character study, ship vid (I love Eleanor/Chidi and Jason/Janet), something about the worldbuilding of the show, anything you like.

The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC) This is a very adorable show in the vein of the Great British Bake Off etc. I particularly enjoyed s4 and s5 but they're all great.

Totally optional crossover prompt: if you wanted to do a crossover with this and other gentle making things shows like GBBO, the Great Pottery Throw Down etc I would love that! They've all been a big part of my pandemic viewing.

Hades (Video Game 2018) I enjoyed this game very much. If Animal Crossing was the adorable escapist game of early pandemic, Hades for me was the later pandemic game of grimly dragging yourself out of a pool of blood and trying again! I love Zagreus, I love Zagreus/Meg/Thanatos, and the storylines with Persephone and Achilles/Patroclus are so wonderful.

Hello! I am VJing a multifandom vids show for Fanworks Con, and I would love vid recs! Especially for things made in the last few years, I think my collection is pretty weighted towards vids made circa 2010 - 2015. Self recs extremely welcome.

For the purposes of this, I'm defining multifandom as any vid that uses at least two different fandoms that don't have connecting canon, and where the vid footage represents its fandom and isn't being repurposed for a constructed reality vid or similar. In other words, a Doctor Who/Torchwood vid wouldn't count, and a book trailer for Ancillary Justice that takes footage from half a dozen sources wouldn't count.

I think news has spread pretty widely by now, but as I haven't posted this publicly here yet - purplefringe died suddenly in her sleep a week ago. My grief is beyond words.

A lot of Phoebe's non-fannish friends, and some of her family, knew about and really admired her vids, and generally were familiar with her fangirl activities. I'd like to find ways to tell them about all the things that Phoebe did in fandom, the friends that she made and the lives that she touched.

Whether you were close or only knew her vids or general fandom presence, if you have a memory of her you wanted to share I'd really appreciate it. Nothing is too brief (or too long). A favourite vid, a time running into her at a convention, a twitter conversation you had, anything at all will be a comfort at an awful time. If you need a refresher, you can find her vids on youtube and on ao3.

I've created a google form, alternatively you can comment below or email me at such.heights at gmail - if you could include your preferred name and where you live (country/region) that would be great.

Thank you. <3

Teamwork
by such_heights
fandom: The Baby-Sitters' Club (Netflix 2020)
content notes: none
music: Mackenzie Ziegler
summary: All my girls unite.
download: download as 84MB zipped .mp4 | download as 200MB zipped .mp4. Subtitles in the zip files and available on youtube.
notes: Made for alwaystheocean as a Festivids treat. Also on AO3.

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