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It’s Saturday... and the last day of my No-Takebacks Sweeps Week daily postings. Tomorrow, Naz will announce the winner of the Bigger / Better challenge and all trades (on the comm at least) will close. You have all been amazing in sharing the creative spark that makes this fandom so great. I’ve completely enjoyed coming up with challenges for the week. Thank YOU for making it such an awesome experience.
Today’s last activity is a little more laid back, and it takes on the very thing we all came to fandom – in greater or lesser extents – to find.
Closure
This could be for certain elements of character development, plotline and resolution. Rather than listing the things that frustrated you in fandom, (see the book cover below), let’s focus on the fics or vids or other fandom-related items which provided some sense of closure for our ship as BSG came to a close.
For me, it’s actually a vid by wand3rlust, which made me sob the first time I saw it. I teach film, so I tend to not ‘see’ things the same way as everyone else, but this one completely absorbed me and left me feeling absolutely raw at the end. I cannot explain why, but the reversal provided an acceptance of the end of Kara Thrace better than almost any other fic I’ve read (or written) and I’m in awe of the skill it took her to make it. You can find it HERE or on her LJ.
To end off our television focus I have a recut for the Office...
And I also have another vid to post today, but that one will come a little later. My exporter program is fighting me tonight, so I’m giving up for now, and will post a little later (once I’ve had a few hours sleep.)
Again – thanks for bringing the enthusiasm to a fandom that is now two years post-finale. You ROCK shippers! K :>)
P.S. The Manips I owed you from yesterday can be seen on yesterday's page. Enjoy!
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Date: 2011-04-09 01:19 pm (UTC)I think my favorite season 4 vid is the Kara & Lee Tribute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkQjv2ef7g) by torontogirl86. It doesn't change their story, it just reminds us all that what they shared is not lost.
Also, for closure, I listen to Jamie :) Lee and Kara were one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tLFfrnf0Qk)
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Date: 2011-04-09 03:12 pm (UTC)There's also a beautiful set of fics out there by... Drat. I can't remember. Bee? Maybe someone can help me remember titles or authors (I need to favorite things more often). I think it was called "Circle" or had something to do with sand? Anyways, Kara crossed over and sat on the shore chatting with Zak until Lee walked out of the river to her. &heart
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Date: 2011-04-09 04:42 pm (UTC)The cast reacts to questions about Bear McCreary's music/concert: Music? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWWS-77tDHc&feature=related)
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Date: 2011-04-09 05:17 pm (UTC)Also, thanks a lot for the vid rec today. I had never seen this one before. And I simply adored it. It made me smile in the most bittersweet way, you know. And it made me appreciate that song in a way I had never done before. I think I'll just have it in repeat mode for a while. lol.
As for closure, well, that's a strange concept, really. I'm thinking about RL, here. How can you accept death and loss, especially when they seem so tragically unfair and premature? I think to find closure is not really to accept that, but to be able to move on without focusing on the pain, anger or bitterness of said loss. Life always goes on, but it's up to us to decide how to go about it, whether we will let life's mishaps and sorrows permanently bring us down and whether we will enjoy it to the best of our abilities despite everything.
As for fandom experience, I'll never be able to think of K/L journey without feeling sad for how it ended, without believing it was utterly unfair and without blaming writers and their messes. However, I never stopped finding beauty in it. Despite its tragedy and perhaps a little bit because of it. After all, some of the best love stories of all time ended up in tragedy, right? I don't focus on the unhappiness. I think the fandom itself is the source of closure becasue they help me to focus on the love and not on the loss, on what I loved about them and not on what I hated. This week is proof of that.
There are of course, some stories dealing with the end that touched me more than others, even if they were extremely. The first one that comes to mind is The Reality and Immortality of Things (http://users.livejournal.com/wisteria_/921546.html) by
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Date: 2011-04-09 05:51 pm (UTC)Also, I second your rec, that is an amazing story.
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Date: 2011-04-09 07:53 pm (UTC)I love how you've put that. The idea of accepting it, and actually this is very much what I think about regarding closure. And yes, for me, this is exactly where I've finally gotten. I do think it's possible. :>)
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Date: 2011-04-09 10:56 pm (UTC)Thank you for linking to it.