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Dear Festividder Letter 2021-2022

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 01:26:32 GMT

It's been a hell of a year. Thank you for signing up to bring some much-needed joy into the world!

I get migraines, so please try to avoid strobing/split second cuts. I prefer vids with lyrics that I can understand, so, in English or French, but I'm not at all picky about music genre.

FANDOMS: The Oracle Code (Graphic Novel), Re-Animator (Movies), El caballero del dragón | Star Knight (1985) [SAFETY], The Masque of the Red Death (1964) [SAFETY], Shadow of the Batgirl (Graphic Novel), The Cold | The Game (1984) [SAFETY], Doom Patrol (TV), Jakob's Wife (2021) [SAFETY]

SPECIFIC DETAILS TBA WHEN I DONT HAVE A HEADACHE. Honestly, these sources are all ones I picked because I would love basically any vid you could possibly make.

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Horror Exchange Letter

Sun, 23 May 2021 18:28:48 GMT

NO THANKS: Nazis/Nazi imagery, eye gore, sexual assault, lobotomy, parasites. (Where these things occur in canon, mention of them is ok but please don't linger on them.) I have 'institutional horror' requested for Doom Patrol where it's a key part of several characters' backstories, but would like to avoid it in other fandoms.

YES PLEASE: Trans headcanons, Jewish headcanons, blood/gore, knives, hauntings, alive character/ghost character sex/romance, human/monster sex/romance, consensual sexy body horror, D/s vibes, characters wearing their partner's clothes, tragic endings, usually-restrained characters finally going apeshit.

Honestly, these are all fandoms/characters where I would love basically anything, so I have no specific prompts to list.

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Dear Festividder

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:17:11 GMT

General: Prefer vids to music with lyrics I can understand (either in English or in French), whatever genre speaks to your muse! I get migraines so please try to avoid split-second cuts/flashes/strobing.
( fandom-specific prompts )

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Vid: Born On The Wind (What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stranger, part three)

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:28:09 GMT

Thank you Doom Patrol for giving me a Larry episode in my time of need.

Vid: Born On The Wind
Fandom: Doom Patrol TV e03
Characters: Larry Trainor; Larry/John, Larry & Cheryl
Music: John D. Loudermilk, Little Bird
Summary: Out of reach of human eye.
Content notes: Plane crashes, infidelity

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Vid: Ground Rules (What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stranger, part two)

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:58:58 GMT

As you can see, I'm working on weekly Doom Patrol vids to go along with each episode! Here's this week's, which is also Baby's First Instrumental Vid.

Vid: Ground Rules
Fandom: Doom Patrol TV e02
Characters: Cliff, Larry, Rita, Jane, Vic
Music: Bernard Herrmann, Twisted Nerve
Summary: Welcome to Cloverton.
Content notes: Plane crashes, body horror, gore/blood

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Vid: Crawling From The Wreckage (What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stranger, part one)

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:56:01 GMT

Crawling From The Wreckage [Doom Patrol TV] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Crawling From The Wreckage
Fandom: Doom Patrol TV e01
Characters: Cliff, Larry, Rita, Jane
Music: Fall Out Boy, Alone Together
Summary: I’ll check in tomorrow if I don’t wake up dead.
Content notes: Car and plane crashes, body horror

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Vid: While I'm Here

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:53:56 GMT

evewithanapple and I saw a local student theatre production of Hair and I'm having a feelings spiral about it. This is uh one of at least three Hair vids I want to make.

Title: While I'm Here

Fandom: Hair (Merrick Theatre 2017)
Characters/Ships: Claude Bukowski; Claude/Berger, Claude/Berger/Sheila, Claude/Jeanie
Music: Phil Ochs, When I'm Gone
Prompt: Acoustic
Summary: Can't be asked to do my share when I'm gone.

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January Posting Meme: Writing

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:17:26 GMT

for ilthit , a day late because I am somewhat unstuck from time!

I often see people talk about the difference between the way fanart and fic are treated in fandom in terms like "well, anyone can write fic, not everyone can draw" and I'm always left kind of ???????????? by that because... No! I can't! I can't write fiction to save my life! I have a lot of plot ideas but I have no idea how one takes a story concept out of their brain and makes it into a functioning piece of literature and I am in endless awe of people who can do that thing, and do it well! The craft of fiction is basically wizardry to me!

I'm currently working on my second graduate degree, though, so obviously I can write non-fiction, but more often than not it's like wringing blood out of a stone. I basically have to do all my writing stream-of-consciousness, write the section of the paper I can currently get the ADHD brain to pay attention to, and then organise the resulting paragraphs once I reach the required word count. The end result is usually pretty good, which has led many people over the course of my life to assume that I enjoy writing. But I don't, it's hard and it's stressful and I would much prefer to talk my ideas out loud. I've come to actually love giving presentations, which would greatly shock my child and teen past selves, especially if you got me young enough that I hadn't figured out yet that writing was definitely not my ideal form of expression.

(For the record, I'm pretty sure my ideal form of expression is vids)

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January Posting Meme

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 23:39:35 GMT

Stolen from aurumcalendula because it seems like a good way to ease myself into actually using dreamwidth to communicate with humans.

Pick a date in January and give me something to talk about. TV, books, movies, music, poetry, fandom, writing, food, travel, fictional characters (&/or pairings) and all of their feelings, whatever.

You don't have to be following me or ever have commented to request a topic. If you're doing the meme, I'll leave topics for you, too! Feel free to link me at any time if you want one.

~~January 1~~ Writing, for ilthit

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~~January 16~~ Favourite Discworld book, for aurumcalendula

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2018 vidding meme

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 21:36:15 GMT

REALLY productive year on this front.

January
War Baby
February
Me And My Girlfriend
State of Seduction
March
Bright Blue Rose
Good For Your Soul
Locomotion
Undead
Princes Of The Universe
I Had A King
April
The Killing Moon
May
Our Lady of the Harbour
July
Why Can't We Go On?
Someone You've Never Met Before
August
Johnny Get Your Gun
I Hear My Voice
Hippie Boyfriend
September
I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
October
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
It's All Been Done

( questions and answers! )

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Dear Festividder

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:04:12 GMT

General notes: I prefer music with lyrics, in English or French, but other than that I'm okay with any genre/era of music that speaks to you! I have photosensitive migraines so please try to avoid split-second cuts/strobe effects.

Fire And Hemlock/Time of the Ghost: Interested in any attempt to visualise either or both of these, particularly with a focus on the 'recovered memories' aspect of both books

Death Race 2050: I wholeheartedly and non-ironically love this film. I'd be happy with pretty much anything, although I would prefer not to receive a vid focused primarily on Jed or Tammy.

House On Haunted Hill: This film's writing is.... fairly bananas, but the acting and cinematography save it/make it fun vid fodder! I'd love a focus on the Lorens and/or Eleanor, but anything at all will be gratefully appreciated!

It Came From Beneath The Sea: Professor Joyce is maybe the best character in any 50s monster movie? Anything about her, or about her relationship with Pete and Dr. Carter (ot3!!!) would be lovely.

Rock'N'Roll High School: Riff/Kate or gen wacky hijinks with minimal Tom/Kate, please! This movie is so much fun to vid, I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I have.

Norma Rae: I'd be equally delighted by a serious take on Norma's journey into activism or a vid wallowing in Norma and Reuben's unresolved romantic tension (or both!)

I, Tonya: As a longtime Tonya Harding apologist, I felt like this film was made for me specifically. I'd love anything you did with this, especially a focus on Margot Robbie and Alison Janney's incredible performances.

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One More Vid Post: Hippie Boyfriend (Hair 1979)

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:24:47 GMT

Made a Hair 1979 fix-it vid for evewithanapple 's birthday. EVERYTHING'S FINE THEY'RE ALL FINE THEY DROVE UP TO CANADA AND THEY'RE FINE

Hippie Boyfriend [Hair 1979] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Hippie Boyfriend

Fandom/Ship: Hair 1979, Claude/Berger

Music: Anna Elizabeth Laube

Summary: Mismatched mugs from NYC. (Everybody Lives AU.)

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Vidder Self Portrait: I Hear My Voice

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:39:56 GMT

I Hear My Voice [Multifandom] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vidder Self Portrait: I Hear My Voice

Summary: Excuse me, but can I be you for a while?

Music: Silent All These Years, Tori Amos

Source: Multifandom

Content notes: Violence, blood, character death, bullying

( Full Source List, for the curious )

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Vividcon Premiere: Johnny Get Your Gun

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:09:20 GMT

Johnny Get Your Gun from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vividcon Premiere: Johnny Get Your Gun

Fandom: Bruce McDonald films (Roadkill, Hard Core Logo, Trigger, Hard Core Logo 2, additional footage from Highway 61)

Music: Entertain, Sleater-Kinney

Summary: Reality is the new fiction, they say

Content Notes: Death, suicide, gun violence, brief shot of a dead animal

( Notes )

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Dear Everywoman Creator

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:55:04 GMT

Sorry about the delay, if you've already started working on something that isn't inspired by these prompts I'm sure I will still love it! These are 100% optional, I'm just spitballing ideas.

Star Trek: Disco:

- any art of the Mirror uniforms
- any art of Tilly's gorgeous curls
- the Emperor trying to use her knowledge of mirror!Tilly to seduce prime!Tilly
- Shenzhou-era Michael learning to process her emotions with Philippa's help
- more of Michael and the Emperor's twisty cat and mouse game, with or without a sexual/romantic element

BoP:

- something about the duality of Helena's civilian/vigilante identities
- teamwork/casefic
- the one where Dinah picked up a cute redhead at a bar once and didn't realise til much later that that was Oracle
- fluffy Babs/Dinah romance/domesticity
- anything that plays up the D/s voyeur/exhibitionist take on the early Babs/Dinah dynamic
- any art that emphasises these women's muscle definition
- nice things happening to Charlie

Batgirls:

- Steph and Cass sparring
- Steph and Cass sparring and then making out
- Oracle as mentor/mother figure to the younger Batgirls
- casefic where their different strengths are all useful
- anything set in the unfortunately brief era where Steph is Robin to Cass' Batgirl
- anything set in the era where Steph appears to Cass as a ghost/guardian spirit

Crimson Peak:

- imo the real hero of this film is the design; any art that highlights the intricacy of the costuming would be lovely
- post-film Edith/ghost!Lucille femslash
- maybe something aping the style of art from the period the film is set?

Space Battle Lunchtime:

- the cover for any character's post-show cookbook
- Peony and Neptunia sharing food from their home cultures with each other
- Peony and Neptunia exploring the galaxy together
- any character/s in their planet's formalwear
- porn where Neptunia has very alien genitalia and Peony is super into it

Young Wizards

- anything Carmela POV
- art of Dairine in her very fancy green dress
- anything about Carmela's space piracy
- any combination of human characters celebrating an extraterrestrial holiday with their alien friends
- Callahan sisters pre-wizardry

Original Works

- please no 'she bullies you because she secretly loves you' stuff with the jock/nerd & cheerleader/nerd prompts
- instead, things where one of those characters is really supportive of her girlfriend's interests even though she doesn't understand them!
- park ranger accidentally abducted by fae
- dryad awakens after centuries of sleep & park ranger helps her adjust to modernity
- young idealistic heroine teaches bitter retired former heroine that there's still good in the world

Rock'n'Roll Highschool

- literally anything
- what were these girls like as kids?
- what does their future look like?
- what's Angel's whole deal??
- just play in this world with me

Thor

- Tessa Thompson is gorgeous and that's what I'm here for
- Val doing some sexually-charged sparring with any of the other characters
- honestly any Val/ladies content at any rating
- Jane and Darcy are both played by Jewish actresses; I'd love to see fic or art that focused on their faith/culture/practice

Dirty Computer

- see above re: my giant crush on Tessa Thompson
- honestly I just want to know more about this world!
- I'd also love to see artist's interpretations of pretty much any of the outfits Zen and Jane wear
- basically anything goes here!

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Good For Your Soul [Lost Boys]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:22:18 GMT

Good For The Soul [Lost Boys] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Good For Your Soul
Music: Good For The Soul, Oingo Boingo
Fandom: Lost Boys
Ship: Star/Michael/David
Summary: Have you ever fell in love with someone you hardly knew? For evewithanapple

There was literally no way I could pass up on a 'Lost Boys OT3 to Oingo Boingo' request. My 15 year old self would never forgive me.

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The Killing Moon [American Werewolf]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:18:50 GMT

The Killing Moon [American Werewolf] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: The Killing Moon

Music: Echo and the Bunnymen
Fandom: American Werewolf in London
Ships: David/Jack, David/Alex
Warnings: Blood, gore, violence, death, nudity
Summary: Keep off the moors. For sol_se

evewithanapple called this one as mine IMMEDIATELY, to which I responded along the lines of "Who, me? Make a vid about bi Jewish undead? LIES AND SLANDER, HOW DARE YOU."

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I Had A King [Labyrinth]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:12:30 GMT

I Had A King [Labyrinth] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: I Had A King
Music: Joni Mitchell
Fandom: Labyrinth
Ship: Jareth/Sarah, Sarah/self-empowerment
Summary: You have no power over me. Made for sol_se

I had been thinking a lot about this one tumblr post that's like... making fun of people for saying 'oh if this movie came out today people would romanticise Jareth' because according to the tumblr post that's the whole point of his character and... wow do I ever disagree! I too used to make 'Sarah's an idiot for giving up on the chance to have David Bowie be in love with you' jokes when I was Sarah's age and I'm quietly horrified by that now. He's a powerful, predatory adult and Sarah is an incredible heroine for being able to see through his manipulation by the end. I knew I wanted a song with a whimsical hippie feel but with that undercurrent of strength and bitterness, so early Joni seemed the obvious place to go.

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Princes of the Universe [Thor: Ragnarok]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:58:50 GMT

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Princes of the Universe [Thor: Ragnarok] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Princes of the Universe

Music: Queen
Fandom: Thor: Ragnarok
Characters: Thor, Loki, Hela, Valkyrie
Summary: Here we are, born to be kings. Made for feedingonwind

I've been wanting to vid Ragnarok from the minute I saw it, but hadn't found the right song. Obviously the only person with the correct amount of bombast was Freddie Mercury!

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Undead [Nosferatu]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:55:24 GMT

Undead [Nosferatu] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Undead
Music: Bela Lugosi's Dead, Nouvelle Vague
Fandom: Nosferatu
Ships: Ellen/Hutter, Ellen/Orlok
Summary: F. W. Murnau's dead. For absolutedestiny

In undergrad I took a course on vampire movies, for which I wrote a paper on the ways the film shows Ellen and Orlok's mirroring/psychic connection. I always say that my approach to vidding is the same as my approach to writing essays, but that's never been so literally true before!

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Locomotion [Jason and the Argonauts]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:48:19 GMT

Locomotion [Jason and the Argonauts] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Locomotion

Music: Little Eva
Fandom: Jason and the Argonauts
Summary: Ray Harryhausen monster tribute for sol_se Everybody's doing a brand new dance.

I was so happy to not be the only person who requested this! I spent about a week trying to find a Serious song to vid this to but the nonsense won out and I'm glad it did.

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Bright Blue Rose [Song of the Sea]

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:42:15 GMT

Bright Blue Rose [Song of the Sea] from Gwen Frankenstein on Vimeo.

Vid: Bright Blue Rose
Music: Mary Black
Fandom: Song of the Sea
Characters: Ben + Saoirse
Summary: It is the only way.

quizkwatsh and I actually matched on a couple fandoms but come on, there's no way I wasn't gonna vid the movie about the selkie girl who has my legal name and looks exactly like me as a kid. This one was a great one to vid because a non-verbal main character limits the amount of talky-face shots-- can't wait to vid Shape of Water for the same reason.

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Spring Equinox 2018

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 22:34:39 GMT

I received a delightful Jason and the Argonauts vid by sweetestdrain

My goal was to make more than one vid, which I've never done for an exchange before.
I uh... Went a little overboard and made seven. Posts to follow.

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Second Femslash February bingo!

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:21:39 GMT

I did it, I made it to two bingos last night, before February was over!

( Fandoms: Nemesis (April Daniels); Star Trek: Discovery; Alpennia (Heather Rose Jones); St. Trinian's )

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Femslash February Bingo

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 01:42:43 GMT

I made myself a bingo card for Femslash February (because the lists of 28 prompts were a little too ambitious for me, especially during an Olympics year) and I've got my first line bingo! Going for the leftmost column next.

( Fandoms: Macdonald Hall; Star Trek: Discovery; Multifandom; Rock'n'Roll High School; DCU )

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