This Will Always Be Our Home - Vidukon recs wanted!

[purplefringe]

It's that time of year again - I'm after your recs for my Vidukon show! The title is This Will Always Be Our Home, so I'm looking for vids on the theme of, you know, home.

In other words, vids that explore what it means to to leave home, to miss home, to return home, to find a home, to build a home, to welcome someone home, to be without a home...etc. Is 'home' a building, a country, a planet, a spaceship - is it a place at all, or is it a person, or people? Is it a state of mind? Is it an illusion? How have different vidders interpreted/illustrated the concept of 'home' differently?

Give me your recs, people! I want anything that could be vaguely interpreted as relating to this theme. And ideally I'd like a mix of fandoms, genres, tones of vids (ie not every vid has to be Super Serious And Emotional, though I'm sure lots will be). Also, self-recs are very much encouraged! Nobody knows the themes of your vids like you do. Also premieres are, of course, very welcome :-) I think the deadline is in May, but if you think you might have a premiere in the works, let me know and I'll investigate.

(Also - come to Vidukon. Seriously, it's really great.)

Comments

[hannah]

There's this Deep Space Nine vid which should fit, and a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv2x0fDP4DU">this general Trek one.

[purplefringe]

Sorry it's taken so long to reply - thank you for this! That DS9 vid is actually what inspired this whole vidshow idea, so clearly we are of one mind :-D

[terajk]

I made The House is Rockin' (Beetlejuice) for Festivids 2014.

[purplefringe]

Ahahaha, that's a great vid! Thanks for letting me know! (Sorry about the slow reply /o\)

[bironic]

I will self-rec a vid I made for Festivids a few years ago that is about exactly this - Home, Big Eden - although it showed at Muskrat Jamboree in Boston and in an America-themed vidshow at Vividcon, so possibly that makes it overexposed?

Will think on other vids that might fit your theme.

[raven]

Jumping in to say I saw it at MJ at Boston, having never seen it or the source before, and made a total, sobbing, eyeliner-everywhere idiot of myself. Just so you know. :)

[bironic]

I'm not sure if "you" means me or purplefringe, but I will pretend it's me and say thank you and I'm sorry! I hope it was the good kind of tears. <3

[purplefringe]

That is perfect and beautiful! Thank you so much for telling me about it - that's definitely going in! It's not been shown at Vidukon before :-D (Sorry for taking so long to get back to you - fell off the internet for a couple of weeks)

On a totally unrelated note - I watched Soccer Practice for the first time in a long time last night, and it was EVEN MORE GLORIOUS than I remembered. I just. How. How. I laughed so much I think I broke something.

[bironic]

:D :D :D on both counts! It makes me unspeakably happy that Soccer Practice still has that effect on you (How, you ask? I suspect it is John Sheppard's ridiculous face, with a dash of how the secondary voice in the song sounds like Ronon) and that Home has made the vid show cut. It's going to be neat to see the final playlist!

[frith_in_thorns]

Self-reccing is scary, but I have two that you might like?

Master & Commander: Stars

Korra S1: We Built This (Republic) City

(Actually I have also recently made one I like even more, but it's in an exchange and anon until next week.)

[purplefringe]

Self-reccing is BRAVE and AWESOME \o/ Thank you for doing the thing! Sorry I took so long to reply - fell off the internet for a while.

Anyway, both of those are lovely <3 The Korra one is so much FUN! I love it. I can't believe it was only S1 - you packed so much in there!

Was your other one Harbour, by any chance? Because I watched it when it came out and I watched it again just now, and it's PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL and it's on my shortlist for the show. If that's ok :-)

[frith_in_thorns]

Eeeee yes I was going to tell you about Harbour but then I forgot :P But I'm so thrilled it's on your shortlist, it's my favourite vid I've ever made, thank you! :D

[meretricula]

Welcome Home by Kanzeyori (SGA, focusing on Elizabeth and Atlantis)

Harbor by kaydeefalls (Merlin, focusing on Gwen)

I'll think and see if anything else comes to mind!

[purplefringe]

Ooooooh that SGA one sounds amazing and perfect! I really need an SGA one. Alas, the download links don't seem to work any more...I've messaged the vidder and hopefully they might reupload it?!

And that Merlin one is delightful, thank you.

Thank you so much for these recs! Sorry I took so long to get back to you.

[meretricula]

no worries! if it helps, I can send you the SGA vid? I don't know if you need it to come directly from the vidder for permissions or what have you, but I do have it saved to my computer.

[purplefringe]

omg really? That would be amazing! Whenever you have the time, of course. Thank you so much!

[meretricula]

no problem! I think this should work: https://www.dropbox.com/s/90q7u02t6300rx8/welcome%20home%20%28sga%29.avi?dl=0

[purplefringe]

Omg thank you SO MUCH! <3 That's wonderful! What a great vid.

[frayadjacent]

I am so sad I'm not going to VidUKon because every vidshow I've heard about sounds SO GOOD. Including this one!

My first rec that comes to mind: heresluck's Firefly vid, Blind Hope. It might be more "found family" than "home", but the physical setting of Serenity is so key to how the vid conveys that, it seems like it could fit to me.

[amnisias]

I was going to rec this, too! Amazing vid that celebrates Serenity as 'home' for its motley crew.

Also possibly The Return by ladymajavader, though that celibrates more the return home from a journey. http://ladymajavader.livejournal.com/2744.html

[purplefringe]

Ooooh The Return is great! Thank you! I really want a broad spectrum of vids - returning home from a journey is definitely part of that!

[purplefringe]

See, it took me SO LONG to reply to these comments that you ARE now coming to Vidukon!! :-D :-D :-D I'm SO EXCITED to see you there! \o/

So yes, thanks so much for this rec! I didn't actually know this Firefly vid, which is SUPER EXCITING. It's lovely and perfect. Added it to the shortlist.

[frayadjacent]

I AM ALSO SO EXCITED! :D :D :D :D

[zeborah]

Self-rec: Covert Affairs Long Walk Home.

Others I can think of: Not Perfect by china_shop (Doctor Who); and Sons and Daughters by Fray-adjacent (Whale Rider).

[purplefringe]

Eeeeee thanks for both of those! Long Walk Home is fab, and I've never seen Covert Affairs.

And omg that's a genius Doctor Who rec - there are SO MANY DW vids to choose from, I was a little daunted. But I think you've hit on the perfect one! Thank you!

ETA: Oh, and Sons and Daughters is so wonderful! I really want to include it, but it has been shown at Vidukon at least once before, alas.

[marina]

I'm going to self rec a vid I made in 2010 - Home Now, for East West 101, an Australian show about a Muslim cop in Sydney.

[purplefringe]

Ohhhhh, that was a lovely vid. Thanks for reccing. And now I'm really intrigued by East West 101...

[juniperphoenix]

Seconding the above rec for "Welcome Home" by kanzeyori.

Also, Coming Home by giandujakiss (Quantum Leap).

[purplefringe]

Aaaaah I really want to watch that Welcome Home vid, but the download links are dead! I've messaged the vidder, and maybe they will reupload it... *crosses fingers*.

And oh wow that Quantum Leap one is amazing! Thank you so much for the rec! \o/

[kiki_miserychic]

I think this one might work as being lost and a person being home: http://buffyann.livejournal.com/38379.html

[purplefringe]

Oh wow, that was really powerful. Damn buffyann is an amazing editor. Thank you for the rec!

[stardust_rain]

Oooh, my favourite theme!

Our house breathing (Harry Potter) - literally a Hogwarts character study
Sex and Reruns (Community, ensemble found family)
Parachute (Leverage, the OT3)

[purplefringe]

:-D :-D We are clearly v much on the same wavelength - the Community and Leverage ones were already on my list! (Two of my FAVE vids!)

And OH YES THAT HOGWARTS ONE! Great catch, can't believe I'd forgotten that. Thank you so much! And sorry for the delayed reply, I fell off the internet for a bit.

[thirdblindmouse]

Since you say even vague matches are wanted, while the lyrics don't reference homes, Charmax's Xena vid Devotion strongly embodies the theme from the show that a home can be a person, not a place.

Oh, and for a sillier vaguely related vid, how about Gianduja Kiss's Beverly Hills Merlin vid.

[purplefringe]

Ooooh Devotion is a GREAT shout, thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.

And lollll I'm not sure if I'll use that Merlin one, but I'm very glad to have seen it! Thank you!

[valika]

If you don't mind shameless self-reccing, I've made a Doctor Who Christmas Special vid some years ago. I'm not sure, how this will fit, but for me, this is totally about home, in many ways.

[purplefringe]

I do not remotely mind shameless self-reccing - in fact I encourage it! Thank you for this - it's so lovely.

[kiki_eng]

This might actually be my favorite fanwork trope, so, some quick-ish recs and I may be back later.

There is an SPN vid by Lola called Nowhere to Stop that's set to "Anywhere on this Road" by Lhasa de Sela. It's about Castiel. It came out in late 2009. Some lyrics: "I live in this country now / I’m called by this name / I speak this language / It’s not quite the same / For no other reason / Than this it’s my home / And the places i used to be / far from are gone"

People are People by lim. SGA.

Landslide by milly
Harry Potter | 4:20 | Song: "Landslide" by Stevie Nicks
Description: Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

Maybe Sea Fever by heresluck
source: Slings & Arrows
music: Kris Delmhorst
summary: A tall ship and a star to steer her by. Or: sometimes you love something so much you can't do anything else. (ensemble, Geoffrey-centric)

[purplefringe]

Omg, thank you SO much for all of these - these are all so perfect. thank you! It really is a great trope, isn't it? If you have any more favourites, do share! I'm so sorry it took me so long to get back to you - I fell off the internet for a while, inconveniently just after I posted this /o\

[gen_is_gone]

I have no idea when VidUKon is and probably massively missed it, but all the right moves I think fits the theme of home being a person/group of people/changing and nebulous concept, rather than a static location.