Runs in the Family (True Blood vid)
Runs in the Family by mresundance
Song and Artist: “Runs in the Family” by Amanda Palmer
Fandom: True Blood.
Warnings: Extreme sexuality, violence and gore. Use of movement, quick editing and a few bright flashes.
Betas: ladymajavader and hollywoodgrrl.
Summary: They’re hiding inside her.
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Password: family
Lyrics and Notes
My friend has problems with winter and autumn
They give him prescriptions, they shine bright lights on him
They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it
They say you can catch it, but sometimes you're born with it
My friend has blight, he gets shakes in the night
And they say that there's no way that they could have caught it in
Time takes his toll on him
It is traditional, it is inherited, predispositional.
All day I've been wondering what is inside of me
Who can I blame for it? I say it runs in the family
This famine that carries me to such great lengths
To open my legs up to anyone who'll have me
It runs in the family
I come by it honestly
Do what you want 'cause who knows it might fill me up
me up
me up
& etc
My friend's depressed, she's a wreck, she's a mess
They've done all sorts of tests and they guess
It has something to do with her grandmother's
Grandfather's grandmother Civil War soldiers
Who badly infected her.
My friend has maladies, rickets, and allergies
That she dates back to the 17th century
Somehow she manages in her misery
Strips in the city and shares all her best tricks
With me, well, I'm well, well I mean I'm in hell, well
I still have my health, at least that's what they tell me.
If wellness is this, what in hell's name is sickness?
But business is business and business runs in the family
We tend to bruise easily, bad in the blood
I'm telling you 'cause I just want you to know me
Know me and my family, we're wonderful folks
But don't get to close to me 'cause you might knock me up
me up
me up
& etc
Mary, have mercy, now look what I've done
But don't blame me because I can't help where I come from
And running is something that we've always done
Well, and mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from
Run from their pity, from responsibility
Run from the country and run from the city
I can run from the law, I can run from myself
I can run from my life, I can run into debt
I can run from it all, I can run 'til I'm gone
I can run for the office and run for my cause
I can run using every last ounce of energy
I cannot, I cannot, I cannot run from my family
They're hiding inside of me, corpses on ice
Come in if you like but just don't tell my family
They'd never forgive me, they'd say that I'm crazy
But they would say anything if it would shut me up
Shut me up
Shut me up
me up
me up
& etc
From brainstorming to editing to rendering, this vid was about a year in the making. When Jessica was introduced into the series at the end of the first season, I was determined to do a vid on her. I think I was always interested in the familial aspect in regards to her character. Initially I had something about her and the human family she left behind. It was only in season 2, as she wrangled with being a vampire, while Bill wrangled with and shirked his responsbility to her, that I could pin down what that "family" would be.
Except for a few weeks towards the end, when I was really struggling to finish this vid, I had an appalling amount of fun editing it. Mostly because I could get bombastic and over the top with the gore. I literally giggled as I found ways to insert yet another clip of someone getting eaten or blood spourting everywhere. :P
My vid masterlist.
