Days of Love 7

[thefourthvine]

Last Day of Love! I mean, I will still love you all tomorrow, but I won't be posting a recommendation. Which I am sure we can all be grateful for.

So once I thought about it, it was fairly obvious how I had to finish this series. I had to recommend a vid that can only be recommended on its own, because it is in a class by itself. (And that class would be, like, the 2011 graduating class of Arkham Asylum.)

I Swear, by dualbunny, trelkez, pipsqueaky, and sweetestdrain, all of whom should definitely win something for this, although I suspect that something is maaaaaaaaybe a free psychological evaluation. Smallville, Clark Kent/Lex Luthor, and also vidders/crack.

This vid is insane. I just want to make that clear up front. I saw it at VVC last year, and I will never forget the crowd's reaction. Because, okay, this was shown anonymously (although the vidders did come out later), and I think I was probably not the only person in the room who was a trifle worried about this song and this fandom and this setup. And then the vid builds. And builds. And just when you think it cannot get any better - look, I'm not going to tell you what happens, and also you should avoid reading the notes on the download page (basically, don't scroll down past the lyrics), just so that you can go into this as untouched and virginal as Clark when Lex tenderly presses him to the white satin sheets on their wedding night and says - no. No. See, this is exactly the problem with this vid. You watch it too many times and it restructures your brain.

But your new brain is a place where Kryptonite unicorns and gay weddings co-exist, so I'm not saying this is a bad thing. I'm just saying - after you watch this one, you'll read every crackfic ever written for the rest of time and say, "This isn't that unrealistic." And that won't be true. It's just that your standards will have been recalibrated.

Basically, this vid started out giving me flashbacks to Smallville fandom, which was an impressive feat because I pretty much missed its heyday. And it finished by causing me to laugh so hard I risked rupturing key organs. So I'm not saying it isn't dangerous. I'm saying you need to watch it anyway. This kind of fannish masterwork doesn't come along every day.

And if you've already watched it - many people have! And survived! - you should definitely take this time to watch it again. Every time you view it, you see something new. (Uh, usually something that tests your grip on reality. But that is perfectly okay, because it substitutes a better reality.)

Comments

[celli]

I think my entire reaction to this vid can be summed up "I...what...KITTEN."

[thefourthvine]

Wow. That's unusually coherent! I am IMPRESSED. Probably you have some kind of inborn high crack tolerance level.

0_o

[esther_asphodel]

What did I just watch?

Re: 0_o

[thefourthvine]

THE BEST AND WORST THING EVER.

[fightingarrival]

I'm sure I'm going to change my mind about this at some point, but for right now I'm going to say the kryptonite unicorns are the most inspired part of this vid.

[thefourthvine]

I seriously cannot even pick a part for most inspired. THE WHOLE THING is what I pick.

[foursweatervests]

I forgot how good it was. How was that even possible? I'm so glad for the reminder.

[thefourthvine]

Your brain can't retain the memory between viewings. It just kind of - slips away. Like the memory of pain or orgasm; you can remember that you felt it, but not HOW it felt. This is the vid equivalent of pain AND orgasm, basically!

[grammarwoman]

This vid is like a Tropocalypse served up in a blender as the fruitiest, booziest slushy drink ever. Every time I see it, I'm reminded of the sound of a room full of people laughing, crying, and shrieking as the levels of "OMG THEY WENT THERE" kept rising and rising.

It was one of the most cathartic experiences of my LIFE, especially after that "Marley and Me" vid.

[thefourthvine]

OH GOD THAT WAS THE BEST. The shrieking! The laughter! The way the vid just kind of took over the discussion after!

But I will say: I was not crazy enough to go into the crying room. I saw the Marley and Me vid on the docket and STAYED OUT. And I will ever be grateful. (But, oh, CURSE Absolutedestiny and his VID OF SNEAKY SADNESS. I managed to stay tear-free until then!)

[jjhunter]

My crappy day has just become a cracky day. I think that's an improvement? The moral has certainly improved!

[thefourthvine]

Cracky is WAY better, are you kidding? Although I'm sorry it started off crappy.

[cesperanza]

I just remember being there and going from shrieking to just out and out sobbing laughter. Wow, it just DID NOT STOP!

[thefourthvine]

I just - I just remember thinking, okay, that's got to be it, because that's ALL THE CRAZY IN THE WORLD. But, no, it turned out they were willing to mine other universes for their crazy! (And while that has likely triggered some sort of chain reaction apocalypse, I think it's a price worth paying.)

[ellen_fremedon]

I provided the entertainment at a Halloween party this year by watching this vid.

To clarify-- the vid was not the entertainment. I mean, the hosts discovered that I and another guest had not seen it, set a laptop up in front of us, and everyone else settled down across the room to watch our faces as we watched the vid.

Apparently we were pretty entertaining? I have no idea was going on on my face; I was too busy being scarred for life.

[thefourthvine]

I admit I did pretty much that with BB when I got back from VVC. If you can't see the vid for the first time again, you can at least watch OTHER people seeing the vid for the first time!

[nellacitta]

I am SO going to miss your days of love. This was an AMAZING and hilarious vid. AMAZING. I....yeah.

[thefourthvine]

The days of love will probably come back next year! And in the meantime, you'll always have Catbaby.

[dorothy1901]

Mpreg kitten. Mpreg kitten mpreg kitten mpreg kitten.

Oh dear, I hope that Lex didn't ship the wee kitten off to boarding school.

[thefourthvine]

No! Worse! He ABANDONED IT ON THE STREETS OF GOTHAM TO BE ADOPTED BY THE BATFAMILY. There is no crueler fate.

[amaliedageek]

What?

WHAT??

*flails at you* Okay, hendersj is looking over at me with an expression of "Why are you laughing with tears streaming down your face?" and if I show this to him, he still will not understand.

. . . otoh, that may be enough of a reason.

[thefourthvine]

Then you must educate him! Educate him! SO HE CAN APPRECIATE THE CATBABY.

Because, you know, that is what caring spouses do.

Okay, you may not be able to sell that one perfectly, but still. You've got to TRY. This level of joy is not to be missed.

[greyeyes]

My face hurts from the laughing!

I love that song and it just fit so well! But if I watch it again, I'm afraid I'll cry because Lex abandoned Catbaby! Even though I know Bruce will love her and Alfred will raise her right.

Oh, kryptonite unicorns, my life was empty before you.

[thefourthvine]

Oh, kryptonite unicorns, my life was empty before you.

It fills an emptiness you never knew was there until this moment, right?

[out_there]

You watch it too many times and it restructures your brain.

Ooooh. By that description, I suspect this vid might be as awesome as the Torchwood "Papa, Don't Preach". clearly, I need to download it, stat.

[thefourthvine]

Let me point out that one of the same vidders is on this project. We call her MPreg Vidder Greensilver. (But, seriously, after this, Papa Don't Preach will look totally uncracky to you.)

[stewardess]

I had already watched the vid several times when I saw it again with a crowd at the Bascon vid show. Did previous viewings protect me? NO. ^^ The sound of a crowd crying with laughter is something everyone should get to experience at least once in life.

[thefourthvine]

It may actually be the ultimate con vid, as long as there is a single fan at the con who hasn't already seen it. (And even when everyone in the WORLD has seen it, we can still watch it at cons and remember.)

[astro_noms]

This vid should definitely NOT be watched at 1am in an apartment with thin walls.

TEARS. TEARS DOWN MY FACE. My throat hurts from trying to muffle the giggles, and my face hurts from the laughing. Thank you.

[thefourthvine]

...Yeah. Sorry, should have warned you about that. But aside from the whole thin walls thing - there's really never a bad time for Catbaby!

[soc_puppet]

You know, I've been passively working on overcoming my irrational dislike of anything popular from the '90s, particularly in the musical scene. Somehow, I'm not sure this vid helped.

[thefourthvine]

But. CATBABY. LEX/CLARK. KRYPTONITE UNICORNS. How can you NOT forgive this song after that?

[scrollgirl]

*pokes brain* I'm not even sure what I watched. I refuse to believe Fandom will ever be top this for sheer number of brains it's broken in 4 mins, 20 seconds. JESUS. SMALLVILLE, WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.

[thefourthvine]

YOU WATCHED GENIUS. BECAUSE SMALLVILLE IS THE BEST.

[aka]

I. What. What the shit is this.
(Bruce Wayne/Catbaby Luthor-Kent furrever.)

[thefourthvine]

Bruce Wayne/Catbaby Luthor-Kent furrever.

SHUNNING FOR PUNNING BEGINS NOW.

(Except I have to say that in answer to your question: BEST THING EVER is what it is.)

[beck_liz]

I remember when this first came out after Vividcon and I just stared at my screen in stunned amazement that it even existed. Amazing, truly.

[thefourthvine]

In retrospect, I wish someone had had an audio recorder running during the first airing of this. THE SHRIEKS, OMG. I seriously STILL cannot believe it exists.

[aerye]

Oh, that is just too much marvelous fun!

[thefourthvine]

For serious.

[saffronhare]

Clearly, I should not have watched this as my first fanvid-thingie EVER. Wuh.

[lorem_ipsum]

It appears that I actually downloaded this vid right after vividcon and never watched it. I have now corrected this gravely erroneous life decision. Thank you, thank you for showing me the true path.

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BRB, cannot stop crying and laughing.

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dammit, still crying and laughing.

[vass]

Yesterday I found another RL friend I hadn't shown I Swear to. It was a happy moment. For me, anyway - she just looked very confused and disturbed.