Dee Laundry

Dear Festividder and any treatmakers,

I'm very excited to be getting a vid from you!

( Robert Sean Leonard RPF )

( Sherlock & Co. (Podcast) )

( Ode to Joy (2019) [SAFETY] )

( Threesome (1994) [SAFETY] )

( Watson and Holmes (Comics) )

( Avenue 5 (TV) )



Music: I personally enjoy 1980s alternative and geek rock (They Might Be Giants, Dead Milkmen, Weezer, BNL, Devo, Paul and Storm, Jonathan Coulton) but am definitely open to other genres. I like vids that tell a story (or make a point, or tell a joke, or some combination thereof), and songs that tell a story lend themselves pretty well to that.

Dear Festividder and anyone who decides to make a treat,

I'm very excited to be getting a vid from you! This year's requests are all about the fun. <3

Robert Sean Leonard RPF

He's handsome; he's weird; all his pop culture references are from the 1970s. I'm 100% convinced he's autistic (one of us). The Tumblrinas have declared him gender goals. Perhaps some of that is how he can't grow good-looking facial hair?

I sincerely love him AND I enjoy mocking his foibles, which are many. There's not a lot of RPF footage of him because he's a homebody and he doesn't like working. Here is a YouTube playlist of publicly available interviews, behind-the-scenes videos, etc. and my stash of pictures. I really like two moments from the House MD Swan Song video Hugh Laurie made (6:17 RSL cuddling up to Hugh's stand-in and 28:55 RSL's pants with dogs on them) which is available for purchase on YouTube and not in other places such as people's stashes of pictures. The Festivids mods have said you can also use footage from his works to supplement, so here's his IMDB. bironic knows the extent of my obsession fannish interest.

BREAKING NEWS: Brand new video of him 12/18/23, which I've only seen in GIF form. He is losing his hair but not his fondness for out-of-date pop culture references; I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

( For music for your RSL vid )


Ode to Joy (2019) [SAFETY] - Cute romcom with an interesting (if a bit farfetched) neurodivergence plot.* Melissa Rauch is hilarious. Really open to anything, but I'm very curious what happened after the movie ended, so if you want to crossover with other Martin Freeman works (Breeders?) and Morena Baccarin works (Deadpool?) to show that, I would be forever in your debt. *OK, having An Emotion does not literally make me or perhaps anyone pass out/shut down. But having to manage your life extremely closely or otherwise Too Much is very relatable.

Overboard (1987) [SAFETY] - Does this movie make you squeal with delight? YOU, ME, AND REESE WITHERSPOON! (Did you see her shout-out to the movie at the Oscars? Awesome!) This movie is cute and sweet and funny and adorable, with a fun amnesia subplot! And, it's got major, disturbing consent issues (including forced servitude) AND it acknowledges that. A straight-up Dean/Annie romance vid would not work for me, nor would an "excusing Dean" vid. But there are still so many possibilities for chosen-family or who-am-I stories to tell.

Watson and Holmes (Comics) - In awe of anyone who can vid comics, so your idea will be better than mine!

The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV) - The styling of this show fascinates me; it's such its own unique world. That's what would appeal most in a vid -- focus on the visuals and how they are telling a story of their own.

Sliders (TV) - All the AUs! Parallel universes! The mpreg episode and the one where they bring up selfcest! Real-life brothers play fictional brothers who were separated at birth! I can't stand the Kromaggs/war subplot that took over the whole show zzzzzzzz; would love a vid looking at the "leap of the week" / multiverse aspect instead.

Music: I personally enjoy 1980s alternative and geek rock (They Might Be Giants, Dead Milkmen, Weezer, BNL, Devo, Paul and Storm, Jonathan Coulton) but am definitely open to other genres. I like vids that tell a story (or make a point, or tell a joke, or some combination thereof), and songs that tell a story lend themselves pretty well to that.

I dreamed last night about Festivids Reveal Day. It actually started at the kickoff of Festivids, when a number of us were in one large room starting the process of thinking up our vids. Except for at least me, the assignment was a video game instead of a fanvid. The room itself reminded me of a kindergarten classroom but sized for adults: thick, cheery rug; cozy oval tables seating three to five people each; simple, encouraging signs tacked up on the walls.

I was intensely jealous of someone else in the room, who had a great idea about a mentor helping a kid plan out activities to organize their life and achieve their goal, which was a better relationship with their dad (I was also jealous of this fictional kid because they had so much to look forward to), while I had no idea what I was going to do.

Then the dream jumped to Festivids Reveal Day, as they do, and I finally had the Festivids Reveal book in my hands! A printed and bound book, organized by vidder, that had a review of the vid or vids (or video games) that person created. These were looong reviews, with some background on the vidder and some discussion of their process before the main discussion on the vid(eo game). I was admiring different people's write-ups but not finding mine, and then got upset that I had been left out, but no! There I was! The review written about me started with a recap of how slow a start I'd gotten that first day (by someone else who'd been in the room -- the "teacher"? -- and had heard me talk about it) but that my video game was well worth it.

It was a remix/update of Defender, but your ship moved a little bit slower, not so dart-y, and the graphics were better (OBVIOUSLY), and the enemies you shot were ovals with words in them, for some reason.

The review was quite positive and I was quite happy, and then I woke up, the end.

Happy Festivids Reveal Day!

My Festivids vid is in! I don't know why I thought it wouldn't take that long to vid a non-safety fandom. ... Anyway, I may do a treat as well. Since I have to wait TWO WEEKS to see the vids. AAAAAA, it's so far away!

I fully understand the mods need the time. Just dying to see the Quantum Leap vid that's been submitted. All the others as well -- just, Quantum Leap was on my request list.

Thank you to the mods for assigning a buddy this year. Mine provided excellent feedback and positive support. <3

Festivids!

Wild Target. Found family! <3 <3 <3 Anything on that theme would be amazing. (Normally I'm a Martin Freeman fan but he's very peripheral to the best things about this movie. Also, those teeth, sheesh.)

Threesome. Eddy POV, please. Alex and Stuart are both great, but Eddy's the one I identify with. I like the physical touching in the movie, and the goofing around. Intercut that with the serious inner turmoil Eddy goes through, and you'd have a winner.

Archer. Can't put into words how wack-a-doodle this show is, in a mind-blowingly coherent way. The characters are insane, but quite competent in what they do, whether that's their actual job or running a railroad or racing drift cars. Any of the seasons would be good with me. Also, you could make a fabulous Lord King Bad vid to this source, if that's something you like.

Far From Heaven. Normally I don't even notice cinematography, but wow, this movie was beautifully shot. If you can use that to highlight some of the themes of friendship, love, persona, and identity, I would be grateful.

3 Percent. Anything you would do here would be great, as long as it doesn't focus on gore.

Partners. This was part of my awakening into the world of same-sex attraction as a young teen. I think for this one, a recap vid would be wonderful, making more people aware of this movie.

Quantum Leap. At one point, I had recorded almost all of the episodes on VHS tape, back when you had to do such things manually; that's how much I loved this show. (Until the last episode, of which we will never speak.) It would be great to see a vid focused on Sam's leaps into women and what he learned about gender as a result. Other themes and ideas are great too, although I am definitely less interested in Al and the other staff, and more interested in Sam (during leaps and out of them), or the people whose lives he interacted with during leaps.

Music: I personally enjoy geek rock (They Might Be Giants, Dead Milkmen, Weezer, BNL, Devo, Jonathan Coulton) but am certainly open to other genres. I like vids that tell a story (or make a point, or tell a joke, or some combination thereof), and songs that tell a story lend themselves pretty well to that.

I participated in Festivids again this year. My vid was for the movie Now You See Me, which is a fun and twisty whodunit with also TEAM and some interesting feels/philosophy and Bruce Banner as the lead and sparkly bondage. So. Definitely rec it. My vid, "Part of Me," does have a few spoilers but doesn't reveal who did the whodunit, and its theme is my favorite part of the movie: why do these magicians do what they do?

The vid I received is AWESOME and you should watch it if you haven't yet: Always on My Mind is by a vidder I hadn't met yet, Trutgras. Hope to see more by this vidder!

Please also go and give more love to bironic for her Interview with the Vampire vids.

1) My Festivid vid is turned in!

2) I watched the S3 Sherlock last ep. Talking about it with Nightdog over here: http://nightdog-barks.dreamwidth.org/1754673.html if you'd like to join us.

Dear Festividder,

Thank you for signing up for Festivids! And thank you for choosing one of these great sources to vid. (Or more. Don't limit yourself on my behalf.)

After submitting requested fandoms, I realized there were two telltale themes involved, both of which are huge narrative kinks for me.

( Competence and Identity Play in Archer, The West Wing, Dead Poets Society, Threesome, The Colbert Report, Overboard, Oceans movies, Scarecrow & Mrs King )


Music: I personally enjoy geek rock (They Might Be Giants, Dead Milkmen, Weezer, BNL, Devo, Paul and Storm, Jonathan Coulton) but am certainly open to other genres. I like vids that tell a story (or make a point, or tell a joke, or some combination thereof), and songs that tell a story lend themselves pretty well to that.

Final Word of Advice: Cut the song shorter to fit the vid you're making rather than stretching the vid to fit the song. "That vid would've been great if it'd been 30 seconds shorter" is such a sad thing for vid-watcher to have to think. Make your vid and roll credits!