Fall Equinox Vids

[tafadhali]

Title: Another Town
Fandom: The Handmaiden (2016) and Fingersmith (2005)
Song: "Another Town" by Regina Spektor
Summary: In another town / A girl just like me. Two girls, two towns, two adaptations, two endings. A comparison of Sook-hee/Hideko and Sue/Maud.

AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube

Title: Fortunate Son
Fandom: Star Wars sequel trilogy
Song: "Fortunate Son" covered by Aloe Blacc
Summary: It ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son / It ain't me, it ain't me / I ain't no fortunate one. A Finn character study.

AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube

Title: Happily Ever After
Fandom: Disney animated films
Song: "We'll Never Have Problems Again" from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Summary: It's only smooth, smooth sailing from now on! An affectionate look at the happy ending factory. A collaboration with Periru3.

AO3 | YouTube

Title: A Little Bit Slower: A Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Fandom: The Princess Bride (1986)
Song: "Do It Again a Little Bit Slower" by Jon & Robin & The In Crowd
Summary: A kissing vid.

AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube

Title: La Noyée | The Drowned Woman
Fandom: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2020)
Song: "La Noyée" covered by Carla Bruni
Summary: Tu t'en va à la dérive / Sûr la rivière du souvenir / Et moi courant sur la rive / Je te crie de revenir. Héloïse floats away on the river of memory and Marianne calls to her to come back.

AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube

Title: Whatta Man
Fandom: George of the Jungle (1997)
Song: "Whatta Man" by Salt-n-Pepa
Summary: An effort to capture this Tumblr post in a vid.

AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube

Comments

[impala_chick]

Oh yay, I'll have to go check out your Star Wars vid.

[tafadhali]

Hope you enjoy it! :)

[brainwane]

Thank you so much for this post, which led me to "Happily Ever After" and to the rest of your CXG vids in particular! So fun!

[tafadhali]

So glad you liked them! My sister and I have been having a blast making them — the CXG songs lend themselves so well to the kind of tongue-in-cheek exploration of tropes that we really enjoy doing.

[mithborien]

Whoa, kudos on making 6 vids!!!

[tafadhali]

Thanks! I went a bit overboard but it was honestly a good distraction this fall and nice way to get a lot of vidding practice in (I only really picked it up during lockdown this year).