Dude, this vid is just so fantastic. I think it might actually have been my favourite premiere. I adore lyricism in vids and you use the complicated depth provided so well. One of the most striking moments is Xena's "charm" and your perfect capture of her violent joyful ease. You understand then, it's not the violence that attracts Gabrielle, it's that devilish grin, that freedom. The way the water imagery becomes more forceful and violent, with bloody hands and violent waterfall-fallen impacts and Xena islanded in chains in a lake. Water is powerful and deep, and capable of both defeating fire and causing far more devastation and employing more force. But it's also more thoughtful, more changeable; less simple joy and quick decisions. It's a more complex element capable of many states.
I love how it frames this as Gabrielle's choice. The flames over her at the end, what she's chosen to embrace, but still so much more complicated than either a simple tragedy or an improvement.
It really is an extraordinarily well-constructed vid. And it may just be my perception, but I feel that lyrically dense vids are getting rarer, and I love them so, and this one is so good.
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Date: 2014-07-01 11:45 am (UTC)I love how it frames this as Gabrielle's choice. The flames over her at the end, what she's chosen to embrace, but still so much more complicated than either a simple tragedy or an improvement.
It really is an extraordinarily well-constructed vid. And it may just be my perception, but I feel that lyrically dense vids are getting rarer, and I love them so, and this one is so good.
Thank you so much for making it.