9 Mar 2021 03:54 pm
Phoebe/purplefringe
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frayadjacentI think most/all of you who knew purplefringe have already heard the awful news that she died unexpectedly recently. I have been thinking about Phoebe a lot since I was told. But it has been a bit weird, because I haven't really talked about it to anyone who knew her. I think her death still feels pretty unreal to me, even though I have been thinking about it a lot.
I was not closest of friends with Phoebe, but I really enjoyed talking to her both online and in person, and cared about her very much. I hadn't talked to her much since VidUKon 2019, but I am grateful I got to talk to her a bit in December last year because of her wonderful, beautiful Andy (from The Old Guard) vid.
such_heights has opened space for people to share their memories of Phoebe so that her family can see how many people she knew and affected in fandom. I've decided to post below what I wrote about my memories of Phoebe.
I met Phoebe online when I still lived in my hometown of Seattle. She and I both started vidding at about the same time, and at the time I was mainly into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which she was watching for the first time withsuch_heights . I fondly remember talking about Buffy with her and showing her my earliest Buffy vids. I also remember one of her first vids: the BBC Sherlock vid (22)1BR/1BA. It was such a stunning vid, an amazing idea perfectly executed. It is still one of my favourite vids.
One of the things I think about most when I think about Phoebe is her amazing way with words. I remember her writing a beautiful post on dreamwidth about her love for the Firefly character Kaylee -- her words completely changed my outlook on a character I hadn't paid much attention to. She left the best vid comments, because she was so good at identifying and expressing the specific choices that vidders make and what makes them work. Another early Phoebe memory of mine was logging onto dreamwidth after a difficult day -- I was just about to move across the world -- and reading a long, detailed, joyfully articulate comment from Phoebe about a vid I'd just posted. She noticed so many things I'd did! It was an incredibly gratifying feeling to have her articulate so clearly what I'd been trying to say with the vid.
Not long after that I finally got to meet Phoebe, when I attended my first VidUKon in 2014. I'd only attended one other con before and it was intimidating to enter into a space alone, a relative stranger among people who have known each other for some time. But Phoebe was among the many at VidUKon who gave me a warm welcome, not just in a single friendly greeting, but by talking to me all weekend, inviting me to join group activities, and just generally bringing me into the fold. Every year after that, I looked forward to seeing Phoebe at VidUKon, because she was so wonderful to talk to.
At VidUKon a couple of years ago, Phoebe started what is now becoming a VidUKon tradition: a panel called Anatomy of a Vid. This is a panel where a few people select one vid each and discuss it in detail. It is extremely popular and when Phoebe did hers, she gave an incredible presentation on a Harry Potter vid focusing on Professor McGonnigal. Once again, Phoebe did a fantastic job articulating what specifically the vid was doing that made it so effective. I learned a lot from her presentation and it was a joy to watch, inspiring me to present on the Anatomy of a Vid panel the following year.
I also have a fond memory from that same year at VidUKon, where I sat near Phoebe at a group dinner and showed her a Very Odd comment I'd gotten from a stranger on youtube on one of my vids and we had a good laugh about it.
Phoebe was one of my very favourite vidders, was amazing at understanding and discussing vids, and was kind, friendly, and a joy to be around and talk to.
purplefringe have already heard the awful news that she died unexpectedly recently. I have been thinking about Phoebe a lot since I was told. But it has been a bit weird, because I haven't really talked about it to anyone who knew her. I think her death still feels pretty unreal to me, even though I have been thinking about it a lot.I was not closest of friends with Phoebe, but I really enjoyed talking to her both online and in person, and cared about her very much. I hadn't talked to her much since VidUKon 2019, but I am grateful I got to talk to her a bit in December last year because of her wonderful, beautiful Andy (from The Old Guard) vid.
such_heights has opened space for people to share their memories of Phoebe so that her family can see how many people she knew and affected in fandom. I've decided to post below what I wrote about my memories of Phoebe.I met Phoebe online when I still lived in my hometown of Seattle. She and I both started vidding at about the same time, and at the time I was mainly into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which she was watching for the first time with
such_heights . I fondly remember talking about Buffy with her and showing her my earliest Buffy vids. I also remember one of her first vids: the BBC Sherlock vid (22)1BR/1BA. It was such a stunning vid, an amazing idea perfectly executed. It is still one of my favourite vids. One of the things I think about most when I think about Phoebe is her amazing way with words. I remember her writing a beautiful post on dreamwidth about her love for the Firefly character Kaylee -- her words completely changed my outlook on a character I hadn't paid much attention to. She left the best vid comments, because she was so good at identifying and expressing the specific choices that vidders make and what makes them work. Another early Phoebe memory of mine was logging onto dreamwidth after a difficult day -- I was just about to move across the world -- and reading a long, detailed, joyfully articulate comment from Phoebe about a vid I'd just posted. She noticed so many things I'd did! It was an incredibly gratifying feeling to have her articulate so clearly what I'd been trying to say with the vid.
Not long after that I finally got to meet Phoebe, when I attended my first VidUKon in 2014. I'd only attended one other con before and it was intimidating to enter into a space alone, a relative stranger among people who have known each other for some time. But Phoebe was among the many at VidUKon who gave me a warm welcome, not just in a single friendly greeting, but by talking to me all weekend, inviting me to join group activities, and just generally bringing me into the fold. Every year after that, I looked forward to seeing Phoebe at VidUKon, because she was so wonderful to talk to.
At VidUKon a couple of years ago, Phoebe started what is now becoming a VidUKon tradition: a panel called Anatomy of a Vid. This is a panel where a few people select one vid each and discuss it in detail. It is extremely popular and when Phoebe did hers, she gave an incredible presentation on a Harry Potter vid focusing on Professor McGonnigal. Once again, Phoebe did a fantastic job articulating what specifically the vid was doing that made it so effective. I learned a lot from her presentation and it was a joy to watch, inspiring me to present on the Anatomy of a Vid panel the following year.
I also have a fond memory from that same year at VidUKon, where I sat near Phoebe at a group dinner and showed her a Very Odd comment I'd gotten from a stranger on youtube on one of my vids and we had a good laugh about it.
Phoebe was one of my very favourite vidders, was amazing at understanding and discussing vids, and was kind, friendly, and a joy to be around and talk to.
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