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.

Comments

[nicole_anell]

I'M ACTUALLY CRYING, IS THAT NORMAL? I watched this twice and teared up twice. This exchange is actually going to kill me, isn't it?

Gorgeous, gorgeous, I love the flow of this vid, I love the damaged love between Sarah and John, her need to protect him but being unable to help him being exposed to horrible things because of the war they're already fighting. I love the image at 1:12 of the loving moment between them and the hard look in his eyes a moment later.

The "TV news/New York skyline" bit was especially inspired, and I love the juxtaposition of violence and innocence using Savannah (and her ducks!) and Riley, the little girl in the first chorus, the Wizard of Oz book. Just a beautiful vid! <3

[chaila]

TOTALLY NORMAL. <3 I'm glad you like it! "Damaged love," yeah, that's pretty much the perfect phrase for them. Oh, Connors. I can't even deal with their emotions. :) I dithered a lot over the TV news/New York skyline bit so I'm glad that worked!