I've actually been friends-locking posts for a few months now, I've just never gotten around to saying anything about it.

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Why am I doing this? Two reasons:
1. I like to know who's reading my personal posts.
2. If you come here just for artwork/music videos, I don't want you to have to trudge through everything else.

Found this via one of my new livejournal friends, and it sounded like so much fun I decided to pimp it to the rest of you. I know there are quite a number of people on my friends list who are Whedon acolytes...or at the very least have seen one of his shows. If that sounds like you, check out whedonland 

What is it? Well, for lack of a better description, it's a good time! Basically all participants are divided up into four teams (Angel, Buffy, Dollhouse, or Firefly). Through various contests and challenges, each team will attempt to earn points and beat their competitors. Teams even have their very own, private communities for discussion and in-group activities. Looks like a great way to meet new people and have some fun. So check it out if you have time!

If you want more explanation, here's the OFFICIAL summary of the community...
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Last night I asked one of my f-listers to pick a couple for me to edit a video for the song 'Halo,' rightxhere chose SG-1's Cam/Sam...and so voila! Keep in mind that this video was made in 24 hours so it's only around 1:42 long and hasn't gone through extensive beta'ing like most of my videos. Nonetheless, I'm still pleased with the outcome - flufftastic C/S-fest that it is. Hopefully I'll get a proper, full-length video out soon! Until then, I hope you like :)

I've been active in a number of stillness communities, so I have a fair amount of icons stored up to share. The majority are from BSG, but there's also a healthy dose of Firefly and Farscape, with some bits of SG-1, Dollhouse, and Star Trek in there as well.

[01-36] Battlestar Galactica
[37-48] Farscape
[49-60] Firefly
[61-64] Dollhouse
[65-68] Stargate: SG-1
[69-72] Star Trek: The Movie (2009)
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I've been struggling to work out a lot of my video ideas lately, so instead of trying to force those projects I decided to brainstorm!edit.  Essentially what I do with this is ask my good friend milena_d to pick me a song and tell me what character, couple, or show to focus on. I then take the song, cut it down to a manageable size and force myself to make it in one day (or one night) with the first idea that pops into my head. This often produces mixed results, but it keeps my creative juices flowing and makes me feel like I've actually accomplished something.

So far, none of the things I've created have been competent enough for show, but after adding some finishing touches to this Mal/Inara video, I feel good enough to release it to the world. It's short, running at about 1:36, but it's really more of a glimpse into Mal's feelings than a complete story.

Summary: A video that looks at the final arc of Battlestar Galactica - the kidnapping of Hera. The main focus is Helo/Sharon dealing with their loss and Boomer beginning to understand what she's done. Since this was not just a story about Helo/Sharon but one about the entire fleet as well, there's a healthy doses of the rest of the crew (such as Adama, Tyrol, and the Cylons) dealing with Hera's disappearance. A collaboration with milena_d

                                                                             Shows & Relationships Included:
                                                                             + John/Aeryn (Farscape)
                                                                             + Richard/Kahlan (Legend of the Seeker)
                                                                             + Mal/Inara (Firefly)
                                                                             + Lee/Kara (Battlestar Galactica)
                                                                             + Tony/Michelle (24)
                                                                             + Veronica/Logan (Veronica Mars)
                                                                             + James/Juliet (Lost)
                                                                             + Brennan/Booth (Bones)
                                                                             + Desmond/Penny (Lost)
                                                                             + Charlotte/Daniel (Lost)
                                                                             + Abby/McGee (NCIS)
                                                                             + Helo/Sharon (Battlestar Galactica)
                                                                             + Castle/Beckett (Castle)

Time for some icontest pimpage:

I asked and several of you answered - so here is a batch of icons for Daniel/Vala, John/Aeryn, Cam/Sam, and the new Star Trek movie. "Castle" icons I am saving for a larger batch later this or next week, so I haven't forgotten about those, maevebran! Icons up for grab, just do the usual credit thing :)

[01-06] Daniel/Vala (SG-1)
[07-10] Cam/Sam (SG-1)
[11-13] John/Aeryn (Farscape)
[14-20] Star Trek Movie

....and now comes an end to one of the longest gestating vids in my vault. I had originally planned on finishing a John/Aeryn (Farscape) video as promised, but this one was weighing on my mind (and I seem to have hit a J/A mental roadblock).

The story to this vid is based mostly from the S3 SGA episode "Common Ground" in which Sheppard is confined to a cell next to a hungry wraith (later named Todd). I thought "why not put Vala in that other cell instead?" and thus this video was born. Ultimately, I kept the 'villain' somewhat ambiguous so that one could either see it as the Genii, the Wraith, or the Ori as they so chose. Hopefully, the unfolding story makes sense! I am no grand SGA expert, so I have to offer a great many thanks to those of you who helped me out with Sheppard clips (or offered help): nodoubtfan92, sezjara , kjcharmed , the good folks at the JF/Sheppard GW thread, and to anyone else I'm forgetting, please feel free to remind me and I'll edit this post with your name!! Also, a super special thanks to my beta milena_d who has been cheering this video on for the better part of a year and a half.

 

To quote my favorite play:

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (or in this case, YouTube)

As some of you may know, milena_d and I posted a new video for D/V called My Life Would Suck Without You the other day. Being the accommodating ladies that we are, we posted it on like 100 different servers so that anyone could watch it or download it depending on their preference. One of the places we posted it was on YouTube. Last night we had a solid 14 votes and a 5/5 overall rating. I look at it today and it now has 32 ratings and a 3/5 star rating. It's logical to assume that not everyone will like this video, that's fine, but in my experience there is only one reason for such a jump in numbers (specifically when it takes a dramatic turn in the opposite direction) - spammers. People who don't like one or both of the vidders (or the subject matter) and decide that instead of IGNORING the video like any sane person would do, they'll create 1000 different accounts and do their darndest to screw with the ratings.

So I ask you f-listers, why would someone do this? Seriously, because I am just not getting why an individual would care enough about one measly video to make over 10 different accounts in order to get us to feel bad about our video. We don't, but clearly that was the goal. I know that milena_d has been a constant target ...one time I recall her ratings even jumping from 15 to 40 in a matter of hours (which is nowhere near the norm for an SG-1 ship vid).

On a more positive note, I want to thank all of you WONDERFUL, AMAZING, STUPENDOUS....OTHER FLATTERING ADJECTIVES f-listers and non f-listers for taking the time out of your day to give us feedback! I've said it before and I'll say it again, out of all of the fandoms I've been a part of, the SG-1 fandom has been (by far)  the most welcoming and suppportive one...which is why I keep coming back and doing more! So again, from milena_d and I, THANK YOU :)

Now it's time for something a little bit different.

I present to you a video a year and a half in the making - a collaboration between milena_d and scifi_tv_addict (yeah, that's me). Technically, this isn't the first video the two of us have attempted together, originally it had been OneRepublic's 'Apologize,' but that endeavor resulted in what can only be described as an inferno of mediocrity. So now, after about half a dozen aborted attempts to create a video, we've finally done it! For anyone unaware of our history, we both met over our mutual love for Daniel/Vala on the Gateworld forum. I encouraged her to enter the wide world of vidding, she encouraged me to stay sane. I think it was a fair trade-off. But enough prefacing....I bring you the VERY FIRST VIDEO by A Good Lighter Collaboration (named after our favorite track off the BSG soundtrack).

"My Life Would Suck Without You"
by Kelly Clarkson
SUMMARY:
Daniel and Vala drive each other crazy...but they wouldn't have it any other way.

Dear LOST:

I *heart* you again!

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Now that I've finished my challenge-related video, I can focus on some of my other ones. I have four on deck at the moment that are upwards of 75% complete, so I am here to ask which one YOU would like me to focus on next (note: the fourth video is D/V....but since my last two videos were D/V-related I figure I'll hold off on that one for a few).

Poll #1359237
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Friends

Which video would you like to see next?

I asked someone to name an episode for me to icon for and notadate chose SG-1's "The Quest, Part 2." So here they are - all icons are up for grabs! (20 in total for various characters)
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A new Kawoosh challenge  brings a new video. I ususally want to tear my hair out making vids, but this one was actually a lot of fun.  Basicaully what we had to do was take a track from a movie trailer (including sound effects and VOs) and redo it Stargate-style. I chose one of my favorite films - Casino Royale. I've always imagined Vala as Vesper and Ba'al as Le Chifre.....but who would play Bond was a debate....but I ultimately went with Daniel, because, well, the idea made me smile. Now I love Daniel, but he ain't exactly a badass action hero (despite the 'action Jackson' nickname). But thanks to a few wonderful f-listers (check out the credits) I hopefully managed to at least make him look somewhat cool! This is Daniel-centric, but as anyone who knows the flm will attest, there is a fair amount of romance, which is why I added the Daniel/Vala tag. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Looks like I've been stockpiling a whole bunch of icons on my computer. This is probably one of my largest icon drops in a year - and perhaps one of my more diverse offerings. Anyone who's familiar with bsg_stillness, lee_stillness, kara_stillness, fs_lims, sg1_lims, or the daniel_vala community might recognize some of these. The first 56 icons are all up for grabs, so feel free to use them as long as you credit back to me. 57+ are all icons I made for other people by request, so those are not available to use but I thought I'd post them in here for the sake of keeping track of everything I make via tags. Hope you see something you like!

EDIT: One of the Mal/Inara icons contains a misspelling, sorry for that! I didn't notice it until now!

23-Stargate SG-1 (Daniel/Vala + Assorted)
21-Battlestar Galactica (Assorted) **a couple of generic caps from 'The Oath' included**
07-Stargate Atlantis (Assorted)
05-Farscape (Aeryn Sun)
04-Firefly (Mal/Inara)
03-Coronation Street (Unknown)
03-The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (Jacob Thain/Michael Shanks)
03-Eureka (Assorted)
03-Twilight (Carlile Cullen)
03-Other Shows/Movies

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So I'm an icon-making fiend at the moment (got any icon communities you want to pimp?) and instead of using my current fanaticism for my own evil purposes, I am offering it up for the greater good. So...

Give me a picture and I will make at least three icons for it.
If you have a tagline or song or whatever to go with the image that you want me to use as a guideline, feel free to share it.

This is a one-time offer, people, so speak up and posty posty!