New Xena vid: Everywhere (Xena/Gabrielle)

[frayadjacent]

A birthday present for lakedesire!

Title: Everywhere
Source: Xena: Warrior Princess
Song: "Everywhere (Paul Devro remix)" by Fleetwood Mac
Characters: Xena, Gabrielle
Relationship: Xena/Gabrielle
Summary: I want to be with you all through it.

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I think this might be the most fun I've ever had making a vid.  Which doesn't mean it's my favorite vid I've made, but I sure enjoyed making it.  I think in part because making the vid coincided with feeling pretty enthusiastically fannish about this show, and about this pairing specifically. 

Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say
I'll speak a little louder
I'll even shout
You know that I'm pround
And I can't get the words out

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Something's happening
Happening to me
My friends say I'm acting peculiarly
C'mon baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say
Come along baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I...
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Comments

[giandujakiss]

Oh gosh, this made me so happy!

[frayadjacent]

Hooray! It made me pretty happy to make it. :D Glad you liked it, and thanks for the rec!!

[(Anonymous)]

Loved this!!!

Callisto (LJ)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!!

[calvinahobbes]

Ohhhh, this is so great! I've been watching s1 lately and this gave me so many feels. For a minute there I was worried you were going to canon-end it, so THANK YOU for not doing that D: Gonna rewatch!!!

[frayadjacent]

Oh god, I couldn't bear to even clip from "Friend in Need", much less use its ending. I *do* have a vid idea that would involve the canon-ending; I've been wondering if I'll ever bring myself to actually do it.

Anyway, thanks for the comment, and I'm so glad you liked this! This show gives me a lot of feels too... :D

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

this is absolutely wonderful! i love it.
the movement and beatwork is just amazing.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you so much!

[cienna]

Wow, this was amazing! I loved how happy it was! It made me want to rewatch the show immediately!

[frayadjacent]

Yay! You totally should rewatch the show. J/k. Sort of. :D

Yeah, Xena, and X/G specifically makes me super happy. My friend Lake Desire and I basically giggle with joy through most of their scenes, so I wanted this to represent that. I'm glad it worked for you!

[chaila]

I haven't seen this show (I know, I know!) but this was delightful anyway. Dual-POV femslash! :D Fpreg! (Idk the context so probably it's not supposed to be fpreg, but IT TOTALLY IS). Plus the editing and use of the music and movement is all so great.

[frayadjacent]

Aw, thanks for commenting, and I'm really glad you enjoyed this even without knowing the show.

IT IS TOTALLY FPREG. Though not in quite the way it comes across in the vid. In this case, one could argue that canon is more queer than what's shown in this vid, actually...such is Xena.

(And I'm glad the dual-POV came through, even not knowing the show! I wanted this song as a Xena vid for a while, but I was a little concerned about lyric mismatch before I realized it was totally a dual-POV vid.)

[thirdblindmouse]

Not only is it fpreg in its original context, it is more fpreg than you could ever imagine.

[condnsdmlk]

This was so awesome and it's made me so happy! It's everything I ever wanted out of a Xena vid. <3<3

[frayadjacent]

Yay! Thank you so much! :D

[laurajv]

*flails around* Xena/Gabby is one of my all-time-favs, and this is just. just. EVERYTHING.

[frayadjacent]

*joins you in Xena/Gab flail*

Yes, they have my heart like no other ship ever! Thanks so much for the comment, and I'm really glad you liked this vid! :D

[starrylizard]

This is adorable! :D

[frayadjacent]

thank you!!

[blueswan]

This is fabulous! I really enjoyed it.

[frayadjacent]

thank you!!

[purplefringe]

I've not seen any Xena (YET) but this was completely adorable and cute and joy-inducing, and really well put together! There's some great timing in there, especially in the fighting clips. :-)

[frayadjacent]

Thanks for commenting, I'm really glad you enjoyed this even without having seen the show.

I just watched Xena for the first time in the last 18 months or so. It's totally cracktastic with a lot of heart to boot. plus, funnily enough, it explores pacifism in a way that really works for me -- I find most movies and shows that go into that theme to be preachy and simplistic, but somehow on Xena I find it interesting. YMMV, obviously.

Anyway, despite it being incredibly cheesy and often feeling oh-so-very 90's, it's worked its way into my heart and I'd rank among my favorite shows.

[endeni]

OMG, what a delightful vid! Love the narrative and I adore the bits of Xena and Gabrielle dancing to the music! *_*

[frayadjacent]

thank you! I'm glad you liked the vid, and the dancing bits are some of my favorite parts too. :D

[beccatoria]

Man, this is adorable and has such great use of motion. Downloading!

[frayadjacent]

thank you so much!

[thirdblindmouse]

Xeeenaaaa! Gabrielle developing a nonviolent/nonlethal action hero! Xena's appreciative look! ♥_♥ I love the rhythm of the sequence at 1:49 with Xena's fighting mixing with Gabrielle's dancing becoming Gabrielle's fighting too and both of them dancing as they balance out. Also earscrubbing should be in every vid. Wow, the dance from the hell episode used as a moment of intimacy as well as sensuality? Unexpected, and it works very well in that lovely section.

This vid seems to be saying a lot, and I don't entirely follow all of it. I mean, obviously it is saying Gabrielle/Xena forever and following their lives growing together, but with the opening with Xena's warlord past, the development of Gabrielle's staff fighting, the violence and the dancing and the subsequent section in which Gabrielle's increased violence is highlighted... it's clearly saying something more detailed than a simple "yay", but I'm not entirely sure what that is? It's powerfully presented -- this is a very visceral vid -- and its focus intrigues me.

[frayadjacent]

Yay for your awesome comment!!

I love the rhythm of the sequence at 1:49 with Xena's fighting mixing with Gabrielle's dancing becoming Gabrielle's fighting too and both of them dancing as they balance out.
OMG, it makes me so happy that you noticed and liked this. I was super excited about the idea as it developed but then I wondered if anyone would actually pick up on it. :D

the dance from the hell episode used as a moment of intimacy as well as sensuality? Unexpected, and it works very well in that lovely section.
Thank you! That is 5% clip choice -- the hands on the face is more intimate than most of what they do that scene -- and 95% Premiere's awesome "film dissolve" transition. The cut from the previous clip to the Hellish Sexytiems clip was pretty jarring before that.

In fact, if I could only say one thing about the technical process of making this vid, I would say that I discovered and fell in love with Premiere's "film dissolve".

About what the vid is saying -- I don't think it has, like, a thesis or anything (beyond "yay them!"), but a few aspects of the song, "I've fallen and I don't know what to say", and "before you break my heart" seemed ripe for re-interpretation where Xena/Gab are concerned. I think the song lyrics are using those words in pretty conventionally romantic terms. But I wanted to re-interpret "fallen" primarily in terms of Xena's evil past. With Gabrielle at her side she can pull herself up, so that's the positive side of it.

And for the "break my heart" line, I wanted at least hint at what it means to both of them that Gabrielle eventually rejects pacifism, at least for herself. I think they both recognize it's the right choice, but I think it also breaks both of their hearts a little. Initially I actually had a different clip for the first "break my heart" that tried to get at that more, but it was pretty symbolic and not at all straightforward and I didn't think it actually conveyed what I wanted to convey. So I replaced it with clips of Xena leaving Gab behind, since that's a source of stress and anxiety for Gab, especially in those early years.

A big part of what I love about their relationship -- besides the fantastic chemistry and incessant declarations of love -- is how bound up it is with their quest to make the world a better place. And their constant struggle to figure out how that should be done. The "how" question is a bigger part of Gabrielle's arc than Xena's, but it's relevant for both of them. So I did want to get at that a little, though it wasn't the main point of the vid.

[luzula]

Awwww, that is just really charming and happy-making! Someday I've got to actually watch some of that show. ♥

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!!

Em, if you want I'd be happy to make you a short list of my favorite stand-alone eps. :D There are two in particular (from different seasons) that together give a nice flavor of what the show is all about.

[luzula]

Please do! : )

[luzula]

So hey, I will actually be watching Xena on Friday with a friend! Please do give me your episode recs before then, if you have time. : )

[frayadjacent]

OMG that's so great! I'm planning to look over episode lists, but my first rec would be to watch S2's "A Day in the Life" and S3's "One Against an Army". They're both standalones that, together, get at a lot of what the show is about, especially the first few seasons, and they're lots of fun to boot.

If you have time for one or two more, try S1's "Callisto" and S2's "Return of Callisto". They're not a two-parter, so you can watch the first without the second.

On second thought, the pilot is also lots of campy fun and provides a nice intro to the two main characters.

[luzula]

Thanks! : )

[cest_what]

This is so cute.

[frayadjacent]

Thanks!

[ghost_lingering]

Awwwwwwww. <3<3

I've had this open in tabs for a while and I finally got a chance to watch it. I LOVE IT. I also love how it's not only a Xena/Gabrielle vid but it's also sekretly a vid about how Gabrielle learns to fight (though I miss her long hair!). Xena and Gabrielle are so great. <3

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!! My love of this ship is all bound up in the many ways they grow and change -- especially Gabrielle -- because of their relationship. Gah I love them too. They were pretty delightful to vid.

[phnelt]

This vid is so full of joy, thank you for making it :)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[kiki_miserychic]

<3 LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! And I'm glad you showed it in the femslash show. :D

[alwaystheocean]

I then had to watch this to cheer myself up post Starkville. <333333

[frayadjacent]

hee hee. I do that myself from time to time. :D

[friendlyhag]

This is amazing!! It really made me remember how much I love Xena/Gabrielle. I need to finish watching the rest of XWP.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.

If you like podcasts, you might enjoy watching with Xena Warrior Podcast. They're currently in Season 4, and while they allude to later events in the series they're not spoilery.

[friendlyhag]

I'll definitely check that out, thank for the recommendation.