Gift Vid(s): Losing Our Religions - for Sanguinity

[chaila]

Title: Losing Our Religions
Recipient: Sanguinity
Vidder: ghost lingering
Music: Covers of "Losing My Religion" by Jacqui Naylor, The Huge, Anouk, Elin Swenson, Nina Persson, Tori Amos, Paola Lezzi, Elvis Jackson, Swandive, and YouTube user genper2009. Additional audio from The Conet Project, disc one. (For more information about The Conet Project, go here.)
Summary: Life is bigger. It's bigger than us.
Vidder Notes: Much thanks to the people who took a look at this as I was working on it. Couldn't have done it without your comments and cheerleading. (Leaving out names to preserve what anonynimity there may be.)

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Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Drought - for ghost lingering

[chaila]

Title: Drought
Recipient: ghost lingering
Vidder: hmmyeahokay
Music: Vienna Teng, "Drought"
Summary: Oh, Jesse... "And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth."

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Deep Red Bells - for fray-adjacent

[chaila]

Title: Deep Red Bells
Recipient: fray-adjacent
Vidder: chaila
Music: Neko Case, "Deep Red Bells"
Summary: "We lose everybody we love."

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Seamstress - for kiki_miserychic

[chaila]

Title: Seamstress
Recipient: kiki_miserychic
Vidder: chaila
Music: Dessa, "Seamstress"
Summary: They said you were past repair. Jesse/Riley
Notes: Contains depictions of suicide attempt.

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Her Cold Metal Hands - for Cara Marie

[chaila]

Title:Her Cold Metal Hands
Recipient: Cara Marie
Vidder: seekingferret
Music: "Che Gelida Manina" by Puccini, performed by East Village Opera Company
Summary: John/Cameron as Rodolfo/Mimi. Is it possible to objectify an object?
Notes: There are versions without subtitles, with English subtitles, and with Italian subtitles. If you're new to La Boheme, I'd recommend starting with the English subtitles. [Ed. Note: The English subtitled version is embedded here. There are links to view the others after the embed]. Unfortunately, vimeo doesn't support accessible subtitles so I hardcoded them into the video, but I can also make the .srt files available if people need them for accessibility reasons.

Thanks to sabaceanbabe for beta help.

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Strange Angels - for beccatoria

[chaila]

Title: Strange Angels
Recipient: beccatoria
Vidder: Sanguinity
Music: Laurie Anderson, "Strange Angels"
Summary: Heaven is a world that doesn't need you.
Notes: canon-typical violence

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Skynet: Life in the Balance - for ghost lingering

[chaila]

Title: Skynet: Life in the Balance
Recipient: ghost lingering
Vidder: seekingferret
Music: Philip Glass, "The Grid," from Koyaanisqatsi
Summary: "John Henry processes more information in a minute than we do in a lifetime. A millisecond for a supercomputer like this, it's almost like forever to us."

~Matt Murch, ZeiraCorp

A musical essay on Skynet

Notes: Warning for effects that probably count as strobing, albeit fairly slowly. Thanks for chaila for beta help.

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: The Monkey's Paw - for seekingferret

[chaila]

Title: The Monkey's Paw
Recipient: seekingferret
Vidder: Sanguinity
Music: Laurie Anderson, "Monkey's Paw"
Summary: Life is just a roll of the die, and a terminator can roll any number it wants.
Notes: canon-typical gore, no violence, spoiler-lite

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Mineshaft - for beccatoria

[chaila]

Title: Mineshaft
Recipient: beccatoria
Vidder: chaila
Music: Dessa, "Mineshaft"
Summary: The list of things I used to be is longer than the list of things I am.

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: The Dream Before - for ghost lingering

[chaila]

Title: The Dream Before
Recipient: ghost lingering
Vidder: Sanguinity
Music: Laurie Anderson, "The Dream Before"
Summary: To repair the things that have been broken.
Notes: canon-typical violence

Link: Link to signed vid post

Gift Vid: The Luddite Spy - for Sanguinity

[chaila]

Title: The Luddite Spy
Recipient: Sanguinity
Vidder: seekingferret
Music: Polski Fiat, "The Luddite Spy"
Summary: I can't deny I kissed the Luddite Spy. Sarah Connor, or maybe Sarah/Cameron.

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Another Life - for hmmyeahokay

[chaila]

Title: Another Life
Recipient: hmmyeahokay
Vidder: beccatoria
Music: Vienna Teng, "In Another Life"
Summary: The next time around, or perhaps the time before last. Cameron/Derek

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Gift Vid: Safe as Houses - for Nicole Anell

[chaila]

Title: Safe as Houses
Recipient: Nicole Anell
Vidder: chaila
Music: Deb Talan/The Weepies, "Safe as Houses"
Summary: "Will he still reach for you if the only dream you ever shared with him was a nightmare? Would he know my love runs through him like blood?"

Link: Link to signed vid post.