A Fan's Playground

china_shop was a cruel, cruel person and ran a Fandom Appreciation Challenge while I was away from the internet.

So I have no recourse but to participate, over a week late. Obviously.

Yesterday was day one of my involvement in the challenge, in which I had to "Send or leave feedback on three stories by authors you don't know or haven't read before." Which I dutifully did.

Today's is to "Leave or send feedback on three vids, icons sets, mood themes, picspams, artworks, podfics, rec sets or similar," with a bonus challenge of reccing three such fanworks. I have done the feedback, and now here are my recs!

Three vids that I think you should watch:

Objection (Tango), by talitha78. Smallville, Clark/Lex.

I've had this vid for months, and have watched it a truly ridiculous number of times. I just keep on returning to it again and again and again. And no, I've never seen a single moment of any Smallville episode. I'm still allowed to like Smallville vids! Anyways, I'm very bad at analyzing what it is I like about vids, so suffice to say this vid is awesome and you should watch it. Even if, like me, you don't know Smallville in the slightest.

One Girl Revolution, by arefadedaway. Multifandom.

This is a vid that is basically about awesome ladies and how awesome they are, and every time I watch it I get totally caught up in the sheer quantity of awesome. And I watch it a lot. I recognize probably less than half of the ladies in it, but it doesn't even MATTER. Because it is glorious.

Your Life (extempore), by lim. Doctor Who. Amy, Doctor, Vincent Van Gogh.

This vid -- oh, it just really gets at the heart of what the episode was about. The joy and the tragedy, and how the joy still matters. It's beautiful. (Even if the song does give me flashbacks to elementary and middle school...)