Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to anoel!  You were one of the friendliest, most welcoming people I met at Vividcon this year.  I can't thank you enough for how welcome you made me feel.  I know you have many exciting birthday plans -- I hope they go great!

30 days of vidding: day 4

This is a two year-old meme from sdwolfpup.

Day 4: Do you have a "muse" character or fandom that speaks to you more than others? Who are they, and why did that character/fandom became your muse?

Huh, I feel like I sort of answered this already, but I guess I can go into more detail? 

I'm not sure I'd call her my muse, but Buffy is my favorite television character of all time, and I got into vidding to express my Buffy feels and thoughts.    Her characterisation is complex, multi-dimensional, and yet remarkably cohesive across 7 seasons.  She's kind, funny, big-hearted yet emotionally closed off in a way that personally connects to me a lot, she loves what she does and is good at it, she resents what she has to do.  She has an inferiority complex about her superiority complex.  Plus she gets a lot of action, she's in many -- most? -- scenes of 144 episodes, and the show overall is highly visual.  OK, in terms of camera work and especially film quality, most of BtVS doesn't hold a candle to current shows, but still, it's pretty damn great for vidding.

To put it another way, Buffy -- and Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- is my muse for the same reason that there are journals and conferences and web forums and tons of other vids even ten years on from "Chosen".  There's just a lot to say about them.

All that being said, I have moved on some since I started vidding.  A year and a half ago I had no interest in vidding any other fandom, even Angel.  But now about half my vids are in other fandoms.  And while I do plan to make more BtVS vids, right now I feel most excited about a couple of other fandoms, vidding-wise.

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