I did my best, it wasn't much

[purplefringe]

guys, I...I made another Good Omens vid? A third one? I don't know what has happened, I don't understand anything any more, apparently Good Omens is my whole life now. (Which is good, I guess, because I have well and truly noped out of engaging with the Real World in quite a serious way, so it's nice to have something else to think about.)

This one has...Feelings in it. Many Feelings, which I absolutely did not know I had. But there we are. It's also to a piece of music about which I (along with approx. half the world) have Many Feelings, although I did know about those, because I once wrote a 2,000 word email-essay containing some of them. (it's NOT Queen, I promise)

I think I had a lot more to say, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind. Er. Have a vid, I guess.

Thank you to the wonderful soupytwist, such_heights & raven, who are lovely and thoughtful (and patient, and long-suffering) betas. If you haven't already, you should watch the Good Omens vids such_heights and raven have made recently, which are both breathtaking in very different ways.

Hallelujah
edited by purplefringe
fandom: Good Omens
music: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, covered by Pentatonix
summary: there's a blaze of light in every word / it doesn't matter which you heard / the holy or the broken hallelujah. On faith, and falling, and freedom.
content notes: a shot of a snake at 00:18; a brief shot of a nail being driven into someone's wrist at 2:08. (I also have a version without the snake, if anyone would like that one)

ETA: I strongly recommend you go and read elisi's extraordinary Good Omens meta - the first section is a wonderful commentary on Aziraphale's journey as presented through this glorious vid by promethia-tenk, and the second section (about two thirds down the page) is about Crowley, and ties into this vid! YAY, INTER-TEXTUAL FANWORKS \o/


download: 169MB @ mediafire

Also on tumblr and the AO3

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"Good Omens | Hallelujah" (Watch on YouTube)

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Comments

[purplefringe]

oh my goodness, Laura /o\ I have taken a few days to reply to this because I am a bit overwhelmed by such kind words. What a truly wonderful comment. Thank you so much - I'm so, so happy this vid spoke to you as this whole journey speaks to me.

you have used This Song and you have used the Pentatonix cover and I might cry from the very idea
This was so nice to hear - a lot of people have commented that they enjoyed this *despite* reservations about the (overused) song choice - it is nice to hear enthusiasm for the song from the outset! I just...it's so perfect??

My heart feels huge and warm and I want to sing and cry and embrace you
a;'aksd;'ajfljaslfhKAHShf;ls <33333

When Crowley breaks the chains, that moment is everything. This vid is doing so much with metaphor and storytelling and meaning-making
I am very proud of that moment! I am so glad the metaphor comes across. I LOVE METAPHORS \o/

If you've posted on Tumblr, can you link me so I can rec there?
Thank you SO MUCH for your DW and TW enthusiasm! It means a lot. I have actively resisted tumblr for the most part until now, but GO has caused me to spend WAY too much time there, so I finally caved and put all my vids on a blog. It's definitely the start of a very slippery slope. Anyway, it's here: https://purplefringe-vids.tumblr.com - please rec away, if you still would like to! <3

Thank you again! This has made me so happy.

[rydra_wong]

a lot of people have commented that they enjoyed this *despite* reservations about the (overused) song choice - it is nice to hear enthusiasm for the song from the outset!

Apologies if I sounded negative about the song choice, because it's completely PERFECT for this canon and this particular story that you're telling (and the two-voiced nature of this cover makes it especially apt here).

(Some discussion going on here here about some of the resonances of the song which make it especially appropriate, which may or may not have been in your head consciously but are awesome anyway.)

But it's so over-used that the only way to get away with using it is to do so with supreme skill and confidence -- "when you shoot at a king, you better not miss". It's a very high-risk activity! And you NAIL it and it's glorious.

[laurashapiro]

Just recced on Tumblr, thank you! Also followed you, of course. I don't use it much except I am all GO all the time now, just reblogging everything and flailing all over myself. (:

There is so much I want to say about this vid, still. The thing I keep coming back to lately is "love is not a victory march" and how you show that to mean that the war between Heaven and Hell is a fool's errand, violence is wrong, Heaven does not love you, Heaven will not protect or save you -- so much meaning packed into that little sentence. And it's shattering.

Thank you, again, so much, for making this great and beautiful work.

[purplefringe]

<3 I am deeply enjoying your 'azirafeels' tag! Both fo the content and also for the word 'AZIRAFEELS', which I'm pretty sure my phone is going to learn to autocapitalise really soon.

that the war between Heaven and Hell is a fool's errand, violence is wrong, Heaven does not love you, Heaven will not protect or save you
aaaargh I love it when people are able so so clearly and eloquently articulate what I can only say by flailing my arms around and mashing some clips together \o/ This bit is...it's as you say - Heaven will not protect or save you. It's about *God's* love, and the incomprehensible violence with which she shows it (the ark, the crucifixion), and the violence that her followers commit in her name (the other angels). And it's also about Crowley's love for Aziraphale, as he already *knows* all about Heaven's 'love' but can't make Aziraphale understand what he knows.

[laurashapiro]

Heh, I can't take credit for "azirafeels" -- my partner P. came up with that one (he says I owe him a nickel every time someone else uses it, so you might wanna start banking your spare change).

aaaargh I love it when people are able so so clearly and eloquently articulate what I can only say by flailing my arms around and mashing some clips together \o/

I have been vidding for twenty years, in part because I stopped being able to write fic, so believe me when I say I FEEL YA.

It's about *God's* love, and the incomprehensible violence with which she shows it (the ark, the crucifixion), and the violence that her followers commit in her name (the other angels).

I was JUST gonna come back and capslock over how you handle the ark and the crucifixion in Crowley's point of view and how fucking devastating that is. Crowley's argument fully illustrated and revealed: Heaven is a lie. God is a lie. Believe in me.

::shatters into a million pieces::