Firefly: Results of Pimping

I have rarely had as easy a time getting other people to enjoy a show as I have with Firefly (Stargate SG-1 is also a really easy sell, though). All I need to do is show the real pilot episode, and people get hooked. Ended up going through the first two discs of the series with a couple of people tonight, because they kept wanting to see more (and they've expressed interest in seeing the movie, which, yay!).

Which is a thrillin' feeling. Firefly is a show with such a delightful cast of characters. There isn't a one of them that I don't love. And it's wonderful to see other people fall in love with them, too.

So, I rewatched from Serenity to Jaynestown tonight (It appears that Simon sheds the vests at the end of Jaynestown. At least, it's the first time that we see him in that sweater, I do believe. He's starting to adjust to the black.). The character continuity really does just blow the mind, when they're watched that closely together. It all makes so much sense, the way it spirals around.

Love this show. Love these people. Love this Whedon, man.

ETA: Just went out to the kitchen to grab a bite and they're watching more (they're up to Ariel). Very cool.

Vidding: Fandom, Focus

It's amazing how much feedback depends on fandom and focus. I think that I've only gotten better as a vidder in the past few months that I've been vidding. And I really do believe that If I Wrote You is currently the best vid that I've made, though I do hope to continue to improve.

Popularity-wise, Someone Else's Prayer is the vid that I still get requests to renew the link to. The fandoms are just so different. There's only one other Queer As Folk (UK) vid that I know of, while there are many more Firefly vids in existence.

Another thing to note is the focus. Someone Else's Prayer is about the popular couple of QAF, the one that everyone loves. The point of the series, in fact. If I Wrote You is a vid that is about a pairing that isn't terribly popular. Mal/Inara is often termed 'boring' or 'cliche' (I do love the underdog). There are plenty of people who just don't like the pairing at all, and there are enough vids in the FF fandom that people don't feel the need to watch every single one.

The two vids that I've gotten the least feedback for are for fandoms that are practically non-existent on lj. It really does make perfect sense.

Of course, an analysis such as this isn't going to change the way I choose what I vid. Because it's not so much a choice. Mal/Inara isn't my favorite FF pairing (Wash/Zoe, all the way). It isn't even my favorite Mal pairing (Mal/Simon! And recently, Mal/River, as well.). But when I heard the song, I could see Inara's face in my head and I knew that the song was about her and about how she feels about Mal. I knew that the 'spring that flooded all the streams' was Saffron. I could see it in my head, knew that canon had the right material for it. And I got the chance to play around with the beat, change in time with the music. It was just... delightful. Vidding is a lot of fun (it has its frustrating moments, too, but that makes the fun parts stand out more).

And... I'm not quite as insecure about vidding as I am about writing. I can watch a vid of my own and feel that it's good, and that's so hard for me to do with my writing. I can rewatch If I Wrote You and it hits me just the same way that it hits the people who are seeing it for the first time. It captures that longing that I feel in Inara, and when I watch the vid, I'm drowning in it.