Yassssss love this song! Great vid, and lots of interesting juxtapositions.
The Dothraki women dancing around the fire actually looked a bit like the gyrating cheerleaders in the original Smells Like Teen Spirit video. Not sure if that was intentional or not, LOL.
"I'm worse at what I do best" for Theon and Cersei = Ha! And also, ouch.
When I was watching the vid, I was thinking "Yeah, yeah, but what about the Starks?" And then the third verse started! (The Lannister/Greyjoy verse bit was my favourite, though.)
Ahhh! Thank you! The slowmo Dothraki women were a bit of reference to the cheerleaders in the original video! I can't believe you picked up on that, wheee! :DDD
The Theon/Cersei parallel was something that I've been wanting to vid since a friend of mine pointed it out to me and completely changed my outlook on Theon. I'm glad you dug the whole Lannister/Greyjoy verse. I think it might be my personal fav as well. (Along with the Stark kids to " I found it hard, it's hard to find / Oh well, whatever, never mind.")
The War of 5 Kings was the theme of this vid and I'm glad it matched up so well in the lyrics. So glad you liked liked the vid!
I loved the Stannis/Viserys, Stannis/Dany, Dany/Melisandre, and Viserys/Renly parallels in the first verse and chorus, too. Very cool, and those parallels all work in interesting ways
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Theon vs. Cersei is so good, especially the way events sort of spiral out of their hands and they're unable to prevent it, and I loved how you showed this in your vid (Cersei helplessly watching Joffrey and Margaery greet the crowds, Theon watching Asha ride through the gates at Winterfell). Also, Balon vs. Tywin as oppressive, disapproving father figures who prefer another sibling to you (Asha/Jaime), which your vid picked up on so well.
YESSS! They both so desperately want to be recognized, and fail at all their attempts. Part of the shot selection for Cersei watching Joff and Margaery paralleled with Theon watching Asha ride into Winterfell was to showcase the "hello, how low?" lyric in a literal way. As in both Theon and Cersei are literally lower than their counterparts and they absolutely hate it.
I also loved how you meticulously matched each line in the chorus to the "grouping" for the verseThanks so much! I'm thrilled you picked up on that, especially the "mulatto" lyric. :) The "here we are now, entertain us" lyric was
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Boy, this vid...! I keep re-watching it again and again, and every time I discover some new detail I didn't notice before... Like that bit with the music going "And always will until the end" and the shot of the crossbow! And I adore the bridge circa 2:50-3:18, featuring dragon fire/wildfire (with Dany smiling at the destruction, that's a punch!) and then the snow and Whitewalkers coming along, A Song of Ice and Fire, indeed. *_*
Yesss! That crossbow bit! And Dany's smile during the BURN EVERYTHING bridge! You've picked up on a lot of the little things I tried to pack in there. *dances* :D The Whitewalkers march towards Winterfell in the ultimate "Winter is Coming" allusion to begin the Stark verse, too! Ahhh I'm so happy you liked all the things! :D
It was so much fun to jump around in a pseudo mosh pit at CVV when this vid came on and it's just as much fun to discover all the neat parallels on a more sober rewatch. ;) The fire-y Blackwater and dragon clips over the guitars in the bridge were probably my favorite part, followed by the clip connection between Dany's vision and White Walkers. Awesome vid! :D
Omg I know! I guess I didn't expect the mosh pit to occur and it was amaazing when it did. Yay! Also super yay to that bridge being a fav for peeps. BURN THAT SHIT DOOOOWN, WOOT! :D
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The Dothraki women dancing around the fire actually looked a bit like the gyrating cheerleaders in the original Smells Like Teen Spirit video. Not sure if that was intentional or not, LOL.
"I'm worse at what I do best" for Theon and Cersei = Ha! And also, ouch.
When I was watching the vid, I was thinking "Yeah, yeah, but what about the Starks?" And then the third verse started! (The Lannister/Greyjoy verse bit was my favourite, though.)
"An albino" = Ghost = win!
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The Theon/Cersei parallel was something that I've been wanting to vid since a friend of mine pointed it out to me and completely changed my outlook on Theon. I'm glad you dug the whole Lannister/Greyjoy verse. I think it might be my personal fav as well. (Along with the Stark kids to " I found it hard, it's hard to find / Oh well, whatever, never mind.")
The War of 5 Kings was the theme of this vid and I'm glad it matched up so well in the lyrics. So glad you liked liked the vid!
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YESSS! They both so desperately want to be recognized, and fail at all their attempts. Part of the shot selection for Cersei watching Joff and Margaery paralleled with Theon watching Asha ride into Winterfell was to showcase the "hello, how low?" lyric in a literal way. As in both Theon and Cersei are literally lower than their counterparts and they absolutely hate it.
I also loved how you meticulously matched each line in the chorus to the "grouping" for the verseThanks so much! I'm thrilled you picked up on that, especially the "mulatto" lyric. :) The "here we are now, entertain us" lyric was ( ... )
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Like that bit with the music going "And always will until the end" and the shot of the crossbow! And I adore the bridge circa 2:50-3:18, featuring dragon fire/wildfire (with Dany smiling at the destruction, that's a punch!) and then the snow and Whitewalkers coming along, A Song of Ice and Fire, indeed. *_*
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Very good!
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