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bop_radar ([personal profile] bop_radar) wrote2007-11-27 08:38 pm
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A bit of BSG fandom love

I am filled with warm fuzzies for BSG fandom at the moment. The response to the first challenge at [livejournal.com profile] bsg_hiatusthon has been really wonderful so far--we have sign-ups for nearly every day between now and Christmas! It would, of course, be super-cool if there was a post every day... *makes puppy eyes* If anyone out there feels like jumping in with an early drabble, late sign-ups can be accepted here.

I'm a bit behind on my meta-reading post-Razor and have guilt about needing to get to a few posts on my f'list, but my brain's been kind of mushy in the last few days. When my concentration returns, I'll be there. However, I do want to share this lovely post by [livejournal.com profile] marenfic on Kara/Lee fans and our respective different views. I couldn't agree more. It's sad to see people sometimes torn apart by differences of perspective, but I am blessed with generous, intelligent LJ friends who enlighten me about Kara and respect that a Lee-fan's perspective is different.

And somewhat inarticulately I've been in a very 'Kara' kind of mood recently. I truly adored her in Razor--I thought she was at her strongest, most beautiful, most honourable and most heroic (in the good sense), and I've found that I'm gentler on her in my mind post-Razor. I do think Razor provided a missing puzzle piece for me re. Kara. That might not have been so if I was more naturally attuned to her, but regardless it's been a pleasant experience to find myself thinking about her perspective.

Consequently I've been drawn to Kara vids and wanted to share a couple:
- [livejournal.com profile] buffyann's Headlights explores her S3 destiny issues in a way that put me 'inside' that journey very effectively.
- [livejournal.com profile] dayln03's Surrender leant me a positive spin on Kara's feelings for Lee. And yes, it IS the shippiest song ever written, and I'm kind of amazed I 'bought' it as Kara pov (being such a cynic about Kara's feelings), but I really did which is a credit to the vidder.

Also have to rec [livejournal.com profile] kiki_miserychic's Ain't No Reason which looks at all the women in Razor, Kara included, but which worked most effectively for me as a study of Kendra. There's a stack of meta in there.

(The following are not BSG-specific links, btw!)

Finally, it's starting to be that festive time of year again and holiday wishlists are going up. [livejournal.com profile] wishlist_07 is a smart idea as a central way of posting wishlists. I usually mosey through them and do what I can, and it's a lot easier having a central archive. Go post there!

And there's a cool idea for a holiday vid exchange. I know lots of non-vidders have ideas for vids sometimes--if you leave them here you never know, someone might pick them up!

[identity profile] bop-radar.livejournal.com 2007-11-27 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm really sorry but they're not. :(
I can try and find some old recs of mine that might be? Or I'd recommend [livejournal.com profile] daybreak777's recs. I'm pretty sure she's got a Kara vid rec post where you could find some non-spoilery stuff.

[identity profile] thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com 2007-11-28 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's okay. I can't watch vids right now anyways (my computer turns everything blue), so I'll wait until I'm caught up.

[identity profile] brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com 2007-11-28 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry to drop in out of the blue (I was reading replies above) but if you're running a PC, that blue-vid problem is 90% likely to be a codec/OpenGL issue. I've experienced the same problem when I run applications that try to reinitialise the graphics process while I've got other programs open trying to handle video or some types of image.

There are several solutions that could fix it, but they depend on what your system configuration is. If you are on a PC, I'd suggest checking out the doom9 site (a search on google turns it up as the first hit). The site has pretty comprehensive guides to a wide range of freeware video and DVD based software - if it's simply a case of you missing a codec, using something like the GSpot tool to check what the average video needs to play will give you the name of a suitable codec. Most vids are compatible with the latest DivX / XviD codecs, so that's a good place to start.

[identity profile] thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com 2007-11-28 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, but it's actually a straight-forward case of a broken graphics card.

[identity profile] thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com 2007-11-28 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, now that I've accessed my roommate's computer, I'm ready to take any vid recs you've got, especially Smallville ones.