What was other people's take, btw? I'm so curious, since I can't figure it out myself.
I watched the vid and sorted it away, and then I was really startled when pretty much all the commentary and recs I saw for it described it as Snape angst, sometimes with a fair amount of detail. I watched it again wondering what the hell I was missing, and in fact I still wonder, because that's not what I see. But, hey, we all take something different from art, and I really like the vid I'm watching, and other people seem to like the vid they're watching, so I will not feel bad about missing whatever it is that I'm missing. (I guess, for me, I see it as a Hogwarts-centric or magic-centric vid, and other people see it as a Snape-centric vid, which shouldn't really surprise me; I consistently have problems with promoting objects, ideas, and animals to starring roles over the people who usually belong in them.)
There was a vid made for one of the stories in spn_j2_bigbang and I found it fairly easy to follow, too, since it told the story of the fic and thus I wasn't just sitting there assaulted by random images and music and trying to make sense of it.
Did you see the one Lim made for Freedom's Just Another Word? That one works for me, too, in the same way and for the same reasons. And if you like In Exchange for Your Tomorrows, Lim's style probably works for you, so it all might make sense!
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I watched the vid and sorted it away, and then I was really startled when pretty much all the commentary and recs I saw for it described it as Snape angst, sometimes with a fair amount of detail. I watched it again wondering what the hell I was missing, and in fact I still wonder, because that's not what I see. But, hey, we all take something different from art, and I really like the vid I'm watching, and other people seem to like the vid they're watching, so I will not feel bad about missing whatever it is that I'm missing. (I guess, for me, I see it as a Hogwarts-centric or magic-centric vid, and other people see it as a Snape-centric vid, which shouldn't really surprise me; I consistently have problems with promoting objects, ideas, and animals to starring roles over the people who usually belong in them.)
There was a vid made for one of the stories in
Did you see the one Lim made for Freedom's Just Another Word? That one works for me, too, in the same way and for the same reasons. And if you like In Exchange for Your Tomorrows, Lim's style probably works for you, so it all might make sense!