I don’t think I’ve ever had someone respond this enthusiastically or in this level of wonderful detail to one of my vids before, and it’s so gratifying to see, on something I worked so hard on, and I am SO OVERWHELMED WITH JOY
\o/ \o/ \o/ Also oh good now I don't have to feel embarrassed about gushing at such length at you. *g*
This is such beautiful work and you deserve ALL the feedback.
YES. I was worried this might make people laugh
It is a little funny initially (which is not a bad thing at this point in the vid, soften your audience up before you start putting them through the emotional wringer): sushi set to religious music.
But it's also adorable (his faaaaace), and you develop your argument so clearly, showing him handling the book with equal reverence, and suddenly it's not "haha he loves food", it's "OH -- he loves EVERYTHING." *flaily hands*
but this holy reverence for small earthly pleasures is such an important part of who Aziraphale is, and I hadn’t seen it explored seriously in any other vids.
YES.
There's some discussion here you might like, if you haven't already seen it:
his Aziraphale is so concerned about the details! This particular taste, this particular person, this particular vintage, this particular book. It just chokes me up -- the beauty he finds in the details. He never overlooks anything.
It's easy to imagine angelic love as compassion and kindness, but Sheen's embodiment perfectly connects Aziraphale's hedonism and gluttony to his kindness, because he simply takes untrammelled, childlike delight in everything, and he makes it charming and radiant.
and
+1 on embodiment--it's one of those cases where it's SO IMPORTANT that A has that little belly, because its a mark of his ability to experience embodied pleasure in food beyond strict nourishment (or fitting in - do these guys "need" to eat at all?) And that's marked as a kind of wonderful and holy thing, which I think it is
The sushi is a very important part of the theological argument! (Especially, it occurs to me, as it's the sushi that we see Gabriel so baffled by and judgemental of.)
Guessing you've seen Michael Sheen's comments about starting his characterization by thinking about what an angel as a "being of love" would be like?
Ahahahaha, like ALL my vids can be broken down into either ‘shots of people gazing at each other’ or ’shots of people’s hands’. That is all I vid. Oops.
CORE FANDOM MATERIAL. *g* And it means you catch and showcase all these tiny details of performance -- like the swallow at 1.26, or his happy little smile at 2.28, or the way he watches Crowley step up to talk at 3:22. Not just the obvious ones that have already been gif-ed and analysed endlessly.
It’s that, and also supposed to echo all the eye-raises at 2:22 - except this time, he’s looking heavenwards because of *Crowley*, rather than because of God - Crowley, who actually comes to his aid, unlike God.
I didn't consciously catch that (though I see other people did), but THAT'S SO COOL
Re: SCREAMING WITH TIME-STAMPS
\o/ \o/ \o/ Also oh good now I don't have to feel embarrassed about gushing at such length at you. *g*
This is such beautiful work and you deserve ALL the feedback.
YES. I was worried this might make people laugh
It is a little funny initially (which is not a bad thing at this point in the vid, soften your audience up before you start putting them through the emotional wringer): sushi set to religious music.
But it's also adorable (his faaaaace), and you develop your argument so clearly, showing him handling the book with equal reverence, and suddenly it's not "haha he loves food", it's "OH -- he loves EVERYTHING." *flaily hands*
but this holy reverence for small earthly pleasures is such an important part of who Aziraphale is, and I hadn’t seen it explored seriously in any other vids.
YES.
There's some discussion here you might like, if you haven't already seen it:
https://princessofgeeks.dreamwidth.org/935645.html
his Aziraphale is so concerned about the details! This particular taste, this particular person, this particular vintage, this particular book. It just chokes me up -- the beauty he finds in the details. He never overlooks anything.
And in the comments here: https://princessofgeeks.dreamwidth.org/935645.html?thread=15647197#cmt15647197
It's easy to imagine angelic love as compassion and kindness, but Sheen's embodiment perfectly connects Aziraphale's hedonism and gluttony to his kindness, because he simply takes untrammelled, childlike delight in everything, and he makes it charming and radiant.
and
+1 on embodiment--it's one of those cases where it's SO IMPORTANT that A has that little belly, because its a mark of his ability to experience embodied pleasure in food beyond strict nourishment (or fitting in - do these guys "need" to eat at all?) And that's marked as a kind of wonderful and holy thing, which I think it is
The sushi is a very important part of the theological argument! (Especially, it occurs to me, as it's the sushi that we see Gabriel so baffled by and judgemental of.)
Guessing you've seen Michael Sheen's comments about starting his characterization by thinking about what an angel as a "being of love" would be like?
Ahahahaha, like ALL my vids can be broken down into either ‘shots of people gazing at each other’ or ’shots of people’s hands’. That is all I vid. Oops.
CORE FANDOM MATERIAL. *g* And it means you catch and showcase all these tiny details of performance -- like the swallow at 1.26, or his happy little smile at 2.28, or the way he watches Crowley step up to talk at 3:22. Not just the obvious ones that have already been gif-ed and analysed endlessly.
It’s that, and also supposed to echo all the eye-raises at 2:22 - except this time, he’s looking heavenwards because of *Crowley*, rather than because of God - Crowley, who actually comes to his aid, unlike God.
I didn't consciously catch that (though I see other people did), but THAT'S SO COOL
(Also, not vid-related, but I see you mention being in London on your DW -- did you see Neil Gaiman's confirmation that he had St Dunstan-in-the-East in mind as the church? IT'S LITERALLY A GARDEN NOW, MR GAIMAN SIR YOU SENTIMENTALIST.)
Um. So. That’s the vid commentary you didn’t ask for! *hides*
BUT I WILL TAKE IT HAPPILY THANK YOU.