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Title: Right Through You
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Co-Vidder: periru3
Music: "Right Through You" by Alanis Morissette
Length: 3:00
Summary: You took me for a joke — you took me for a child
Notes: Part 6 of Jagged Little Slayer

Copying my notes from AO3: This was a complex one to make! For one thing, it's hard to make a vid about all the ways the Watchers' Council fail Slayers when you love Rupert Giles...and it's hard to make a vid about that when Slayers other than Buffy have such limited footage to work with. We wanted to look at the way Slayers are instrumentalized by the Council — how they are manipulated, both patronized and forced to grow up too fast, used as weapons and sent to die.

And, of course, we were inspired by that scene in "Checkpoint":

Buffy: There isn't gonna be a review.
Quentin: Sorry?
Buffy: No review. No interrogation. No questions you know I can't answer. No hoops. No jumps. No interruptions. See, I've had a lot of people talking at me in the last few days. Everyone just lining up to tell me how unimportant I am. And I've finally figured out why. Power. I have it. They don't. This bothers them [...] You guys didn't come all the way from England to determine whether I was good enough to be let back in. You came to beg me to let you back in. To give your jobs, your lives, some semblance of meaning.
Nigel: This is beyond insolence—
Buffy: I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions. [...] You're Watchers. Without a Slayer... you're pretty much just watching Masterpiece Theater.

I forgot to post a rec set at the end of June (I was in England!) and so here is a double batch for the last couple months.

First, my typical batch of 9-1-1 recs. Basically all of these are post-S8 (though usually with Bobby alive), with Buck realizing he's in love and the boys acting in more or less unhinged ways about that:

❖ crawling back to you by oceanofchaos (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie, 13k): "Post season 8, Buck confesses his feelings, Eddie lets him down as gently as he can, and they both try to figure out how to be just friends."

❖ dissolution, reconnection by comwithmeforarest (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie, 5k): "Buck stops talking to Eddie after he moves out." This gives good Eddie.

❖ I'll wait for your love by allyasavedtheday (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie, 20k): "Post 8x18. Eddie comes home. Buck realises he's in love. But he'll get over it, it's not a big deal."

❖ in search of glorious happenings by saintsnames (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie, 17k): Living in El Paso, Eddie enjoys getting glimpses into Buck's day-to-day through his Google history where he's logged in on Eddie's iPad (until he learns some things Buck might not have wanted him to). 

❖ people will say we're in love by meriwethersays (9-1-1, Buck/Eddie, 19k): Another "one-sided" roommates era fic but a much, much more deranged dynamic lol. Eddie is in DENIAL. Not sure how plausible I find the behavior but it is hot.  


Some non-9-1-1 fic:

❖ From the Dust by katiemariie (DS9, Garak/Bashir, 9k): An atmospheric post-finale fic where Julian is sent on a mission to Cardassia and encounters an old friend.

❖ moderation by astardanced (Goblin Emperor, Maia/Csethiro, 13k): Csethiro helps her husband get the better of a courtier who has been trash talking him and it is DELIGHTFUL. What a great Maia/Csethiro dynamic.

❖ hyperspectral by chinxe (Interview with the Vampire, Louis/Lestat, 9k): After their encounter in a Louisiana hurricane, Louis and Lestat start texting. Funny and well-characterized.

❖ Distributed System by givemebaretrees (Murderbot, Gurathin/Murderbot, 5k): I have literally never read a non-gen Murderbot fic before, but this is a really interesting take on fuck-or-die with two sex-repulsed asexual characters. My absolute favorite thing about the new adaptation is Dastmalchian's performance as Gurathin and his dynamic with Murderbot, so I really enjoy this exploration of that relationship.

❖ Echoes by sholio (Murderbot, Gurathin & Murderbot, 2k): "Afterwards, Gurathin barely remembered getting back to the team's hotel suite on the opposite side of the station. (Canon compliant 1x10 missing scene.)" Lovely complement to the finale.

❖ Red Light, Green Light by avocadomoon (The Pitt, Mel/Langdon, 68k): I still don't really ship these two, but I love avocadomoon's writing and characterization of Mel (my girl!!!) and this fic is so full of relationship chicken and kink negotiation and humor and hotness.

❖ Q&A by Siria (Superman 2025, Lois/Clark, 2k): An excellent continuation of the interview scene from the movie. It gets what makes both characters tick (which was also the pleasure of that scene in the movie) and captures their spark without sanding down any of Lois' edges.

❖ I should know (what turns you on) by Dancey96 (Ted Lasso, Keeley/Roy/Jamie, 20k): "5 times they pair off thinking about the third, +1 time it’s finally all three of them together."


And, finally, a batch of fanvids, many from VidUKon:

❖ 🎥 Blue Song by evewithanapple (The Blue Caftan, multi): I know absolutely nothing about this queer Moroccan drama, but this vid is so lovely and just made me an emotional wreck when I watched it at VidUKon. Appreciate the introduction to a gem of international queer cinema!

❖ 🎥 Bohemian Like You by kuwdora (Murderbot, ensemble): A fun, sweet look at the PresAux team. I particularly enjoyed the nod to the classic SGA vid! Can't wait to see more Murderbot vids from kuwdora.

❖ 🎥 Dos Oruguitas by periru3 (Robot Dreams, Robot &/ Dog): SO glad I made P3 watch this movie after it made me absolutely ugly sob on an airplane, so that I can have this stunning vid to watch and ugly cry whenever I want.

❖ 🎥 Man at the Garden by ultraviolet_catastrophe (Severance, Seth Milchick): An absolutely killer vid. It captures all the complexities of this character, with a perfect song choice. Exactly what I needed after this season. 

❖ 🎥 Violet Hill by JayneL (Star Trek, borg characters): A super cool look at the Borg over several Star Trek series! I love how hard it leans into the sci fi horror of it all.

❖ 🎥 Flaws by bessyboo & throughthelabrynth (Ted Lasso, Roy/Jamie): I somehow missed this when it came out last year and I'm so glad I've seen it now. This song is PERFECT for this pairing. "All of your flaws and all of my flaws, they lie there hand in hand."

❖ 🎥 Pearls: Dance Party on the Moon by garrideb (Multifandom): I'll end with one last VidUKon rec. This multifandom vid is an absolute bop, and I'm so impressed by the number of moon related sources the vidder was able to track down and work into this!