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Yesterday evening, YouTube recommended an excellent The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hand-drawn animatic fanvid that hit me from three separate directions. First, here's the vid:

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"Would You fall in love with me again - Zelink Animatic" by

IcySoups (53 seconds)

Drawings. On level one, we have a hand-drawn animatic that flashes through many Zeldas and many Links -- maybe all of them? I didn't count -- a drawing effort allowed to blip by in less than a blink, to achieve its effect subconsciously rather than consciously. How amazing of the artist, to employ that timing, to let all that work rush past the viewer as it rushes on the characters. Of course what it's doing is implying the whole descent of the characters -- via heritage or reincarnation or time travel or fresh start -- through ten thousand years to each other again. Hylia and her chosen in every age; yet unique and independent and new. Nice work, creator. (But, again, even knowing folks can choose to watch at .25 speed... that speed feels bold.)

Song. On level two, what's that song? I didn't know, but I looked it up, and now I'm acquainted with Epic: The Musical, a concept album adaptation of The Odyssey that's been releasing one act at a time (Wikipedia page). Epic dropped its final act, "The Ithaca Saga," late last month. This song, "Would You Fall In Love With Me Again," is Penelope to Odysseus, on his return home after twenty years. Now that I know about Epic, I'll be listening to it. I have thoughts about how to apply these lyrics between Penelope and Odysseus, who after all represent the values of an entirely different historical culture -- and also, over and over, the values of every era that re-translates the epic, which gives this song a meta level that I love. Regardless, the lyrics are spot on for Zelink interpretations in TotK. Good choice. (Also: Fast turnaround! And this is not the only fanvid to this song up on YouTube already, which of course I know because it is now recommending them to me willy-nilly, regardless of fandom, because: algorithm.)

Book. On level three, I coincidentally happen to have just recently started rereading The Odyssey for the first time since college. I've been meaning to reread it for a while, and finally got in gear when (a) my best friend gave me the hardback of Emily Wilson's translation for Christmas, and (b) I heard about Christopher Nolan's upcoming '26 The Odyssey movie, which reportedly adapts only the second half of the epic... the half on Ithaca. ("The Ithaca Saga," if you will.) And -- here's the kicker -- literally just a couple of hours before I saw that video recommendation, I had been reflecting on a comparison/contrast of Link and Odysseus. (Of course Odysseus's biggest traits are being formidably clever and silver-tongued, neither of which come within a country mile of Link! And Link is an uncomplicated hero as we, today, see heroism, while canon Odysseus is so not. Nevertheless, there are story elements... TLOZ is frequently a stew of global folktale, fairy tale, myth, and literature.)

If you're a deep-dyed Dungeon & Dragons (cartoon, 1983-1985) fan -- like me :-D -- then you've likely seen our gang's fully-licensed, live-action appearance in that 2019 Brazilian TV commercial for Renault's Kwid Outsider (and of course you know that D&DC was even bigger in Brazil than anywhere else, running and rerunning on various networks for two decades, while it fell into memory in North America and Europe).

But if you're just a little less obsessed, maybe you've never seen the commercial! I thought folks might enjoy it today. It's really superb! Like the fantastic micro-fanfic it is at heart, it makes me feel so much, and the ending is just right, so happy and just a pinch spiced. Take a look at this English dub (1:45):

( embedded YouTube video + link to YouTube )

(It's a much more satisfying live-action portrayal of our gang than their cameos in Honor Among Thieves, delightful as that movie is, but of course the commercial is under 2 minutes long, filmed in Brazil, and meant for an audience familiar with canon. I'm not putting down HAT. I'm lifting up D&DC. ♥)

I'm still laughing over this 30-second The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom video after 24 hours, so I decided to share. The comic is by Atmavs (Tumbler) and the animatic dub is by GabaLeth (YouTube).

(If you're somehow still unspoiled for the trailer for the new game, watch the trailer first!)

( embedded YouTube video & link )

This year's

fkficfest prompts are now at 21 nominations by 6 people, including me, with about 2 days to go. Submit yours?

While musing over prompts, I revisited my "Forever Knight Vids" songs playlist, which I hadn't listened to in a very, very long time. It began as a list of all the songs used in all the FK fanvids I'd ever seen and liked. (Gifted by a friend, and then added to from others, back in VHS days, I had one tape with several assorted fanvids dubbed onto it; I will always associate these songs with those vids, and those FK interpretations.) Later, other songs (not related to vids) with specific FK-character associations for me got tacked onto the end of the list, until they made up fully half the total. It's currently on its third music platform since downloads and streaming began.

If you're interested: ( Song list )

Vidders! What are your favorite FK fanvids currently available online? (All the better if you made them yourself, or one of our FK friends did!) If we're lucky enough to continue getting fest sign-ups, I need something useful and short to say on each count-up post. While I can make FK fanfic recs all day long, and point to prompt sites and such, I thought that perhaps vid recs might be the thing to help sway a wavering fellow fan into playing with us. A really good fanvid is so imaginatively energizing! And ... short. ;-) More people might find five minutes for a vid than thirty for a story?

(Currently holding at 4 sign-ups in at

fkficfest/

fkficfest. I've posted announcement promos to ForKni-L and LastWrites. I plan to hit FandomCalendar, OldSchoolFic, FemmeFic, FKFanfiction and FKIcons one by one throughout the week. Where will you post?)

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/206635.html

The

fkficfest/

fkficfest prompts went out very late last night, and, just a little sleep deprived, all day I've been alternately giddily hopeful and heartburningly worried about the matches. If anyone received prompts that she would really rather not write, I hope that she reaches out. We're just so diverse in FK! The only taste that we all share is for this extraordinary show and its phenomenal fandom. Mystery, history and horror; adventure, romance and metaphor; dark, bright and red all over ;-) ... you'd hardly know that we were watching the same series!

In that spirit, I wanted to share a happy mistake that my MP3 player made recently, and what FK reflections it brought. For some reason, the gadget piled all of my many assorted "Greatest Hits" albums into one giant playlist, alphabetical by song title. I would never have put Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel and Bing Crosby together on my own, but it's actually the most delightful playlist ever! I'm loving it. By coincidence, however, alphabetical chance spins Springsteen's "Badlands" (1978) and "Better Days" (1992) right together, nothing between, and I keep hearing them as one song in two chapters: an anthem for first-season Nick and all of first-season FK. (Or perhaps it's first season and then the original hiatus that I think I hear?)

Part of my reaction comes straight from a "Badlands" FK fanvid that I'm very, very lucky to have on a VHS tape that I really need to dub to digital somehow before it goes the way of all celluloid. I'm sorry to say that I don't know who made the lovely vid. Dubbed and redubbed and passed around, if it ever had a title screen, it had lost it by the time it reached me. But I love it, and I imagine you would, too. While its raw materials and editing standards are of course VHS vintage and might not pass muster today, it indelibly makes its case for a Nick determined to live now, to live forward, to know and count the true terrible cost but to never stop pushing. Clips of him on the beach over Elizabeth's ashes. Clips waking sweating blood. Clips with Janette. Love, hope and faith... someday. Clips of him with Natalie, with Schanke, with Joan. I haven't actually watched the vid in a few years (the VCR is in the closet), but it unforgettably showed me Nick through that song and that song through Nick. For me, that's the sound of first season. (No offense to Mr. Mollin.) That's the sound, even more than Mr. Mollin's, that reminds me how much I love this story and everything it promised.

( Playlist of that VHS Fanvid Anthology )

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/179927.html

Happy Canada Day! For June, in Forever Knight, in my corners of social journaling, here's what I spotted:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

fkficfest/fkficfest dances forward, passing the halfway point just last week. Stories and drawings come due at the end of July! Expect the "find/be a beta-reader" post next week.
rarecharacters/rarecharacters will soon host an event (details to be determined).
tagyourit/tagyourfic matches players on fandom and trope (rather than character or pairing). Nice idea!
ineedmyfics/ineedmyfics nominations are open; FK is eligible!
fanart_recs and het_reccers are always looking. Got any FK recs to share?

Fanfiction
1 FK work on AO3 currently shows June 2013 as its publication date. It's "Be My Valentine" in tweets, by melissatreglia.

Meta (Essays, Analysis, Discussion)

6/25: greerwatson announced and discussed a new FK Wiki article on FKFic-L War 14.
6/22: [Locked] pointed out this "Come Undone" UF or CotK fanvid on YouTube.
6/02: pj1228 shared and discussed early reviews of this year's Stratford plays (especially those featuring GWD and NB).
6/01: greerwatson announced that a vintage edition of "Mr. Happy's Site," a venerable FK site, is now available in the FK website archive. Additionally, Mel's archive is currently unavailable, so Steph has uploaded a mirror.
Periodically, [Locked] posted regarding writing for this year's FKFicFest.

Actors

Via pj1228: GWD in a Mary Stuart scene (YouTube)
Via pj1228, Stratford Review Links: StratfordFestivalReviews.com and Toronto Star article.

Airings
Chiller has ceased to offer a monthly schedule-search, but a search of their entire site turns up no FK references whatsoever. Pfui! Forget Chiller; buy the North American or German DVDs or streaming (and share them with all the thoughtful people in your life ~grin~).

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/163273.html

In case you haven't heard,

hl_recs is holding a "self recs" fest. I'm hoping it will revive this moribund community. (One weekly or monthly recommendation of the standard sort would be perfect!)

I must admit skepticism of "self reccing." My past experience (elsewhere!) has been that some spotlight everything they've ever written, while others remain too modestly silent. However, this community seems to be handling it pretty well so far. There have been 31 self-recs by 15 authors since the event opened on 10/18. Thirteen (42%) are crossovers and a few are AUs; those genres aren't to my own taste, but I know that some of you delight in them. Today,

killabeez posted about "Blackbirds," her favorite of her own vids, and last week — excitingly for me; she's an old favorite gen-writer of whom I'd lost track! —

Teresa_C surfaced with a post about her story "Darling Boy."

The mod invites us all to post about our favorites of our own HL work, and reminds us to use tags (list), warnings, and headers ( template ).

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/113021.html

Amanda B., who used to be a frequent fkfic-l writer but has not played FK in years, recently shared her very first FK vid, to Loreena McKennitt's "Prospero's Speech," and I wanted to pass on the link. It's not a customary music video approach as much as a collection of filtered dialogue clips with music as webbing. It starts in the second-season present, drops back to Nick's mortality, and then climbs up the years to the second-season present. It's gen -- or "bring your own goggles," as they say.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/83792.html

Before I list all the exciting FK blog posts you guys have treated us to lately, I'd like to note a development elsewhere. Foreverknight.org has made the official debut of its Website Archive, which is

greerwatson's project to preserve FK sites that would otherwise have been lost when Geocities shut down. She has been working with authors like

hearts_blood to ensure that things that people meant to go down stay down, but everything that should be saved is saved.

And while we're speaking of things one step aside from my usual scan, everyone already knows about the FK Wiki, right? I believe that has been mainly susanmgarrett and greerwatson's project so far. [Addendum 02/16: Susan observes that the project is actually Greer's, and she "deserves every molecule of credit for that work." My mistake! Well-deserved applause toward Greer, please.]

Okay! Recently on my LJ Friends List and DW Reading Page:

Ficathons

fkficfest: The FK-only ficathon community is open (welcome post), and the sign-up post will go up on Thursday 02/18 (three months before the final due date, 05/18). (Several people very kindly gave us a shout-out: my co-mod Amilyn, Havocthecat and Wiliqueen.)
femslash_today: On 02/10, I learned that "Femslash Today" is having its annual multifandom porn battle. Entries are welcome through 02/19. There are three intriguing FK prompts (no FK entries as of 02/14, as far as I can see).
17daysinfeb: On 01/28, celli noted a multifandom ficathon about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. FK's characters could easily be in Vancouver during the Olympics! (As of 02/14, there are no tags, and seem to be no FK entries.)
halfamoon: To see FK-tagged entries on "Halfamoon," go here. There don't seem to be any yet for 2010, but the event doesn't close for many hours yet. (On 01/26, abby82 remembered her FK contribution last year, and encouraged us to all play this year. On 01/21, havocthecat let us know that the community was gearing up for its annual 02/01-02/14 multifandom celebration of female characters. FK's characters are eligible.)
Porn Battle IX: The final total was three FK entries, all by gnosticdiva. (On 01/27, gnosticdiva catalogued her contributions to Porn Battle IX. On 01/26, abby82 noted that the event was open and running through 02/01. On 01/19, abby82 announced that prompts were being accepted that week (prompts, FAQ).)
Gen in January: The final total is one FK entry, by senmut.

Fanfiction

On 01/30, I posted "In a Family Way" (PG-13, Gen, Nick and Lacroix and Others).
On 01/27, senmut posted "A Shared Bottle" (PG, Gen, Nick and Janette).
On 01/27, gnosticdiva posted "Menage a Trois" (NC-17, Pairing, Janette/Nick/Natalie)
On 01/27, gnosticdiva posted "Partners" (NC-17, Pairing, Nick/Tracy).
On 01/26, gnosticdiva posted "Making Up" (NC-17, Pairing, Natalie/Nick).

Vids

On 01/28, abby82 posted her '09 Vidding Year-in-Review, noting three FK vids and one NK vid for the anniversary.
On 01/31, abby82 shared the reveal that the vidder behind the FK "Cemetaries of London" is giandujakiss. (This was the only FK vid in Festivids this round.)

Recommendations

abby82 continued her FK recommendations on crack_van through the end of January. Since my last round-up, she's pointed out:
- "Memories" by falcon_horus (rec)
- "Cold Comfort" by Klytaimnestra (rec)
- "Keeping it Together" by Ell H. (rec)
- "Hiding Out at the Raven" by fickitten (rec)
- "Last Minutes" by Me (rec)
- "Gay Vampire Toronto Cop Fathers Alien Love Child" by The Lurkers (rec)
- "The Hands of Time" by Stephen L. (rec)
- "Why Should I Cry For You" by lizbetann (rec)
- "Farewell, Old Friends" by kirbyfest_fiction (rec)
- "Physical Therapy" by Ophelia P. (rec)
- The Dorian Stories by susanmgarrett (rec)
- Vid: "In A Dark Place" by kristin1228
On 01/31, abby82 mused on her contributions to crack_van over the past two months, and encouraged us all to participate.

Assorted Goodies

On 02/06, gnosticdiva mentioned that she's working on the Dark N&N site, including moving it to a new host; the move might cause some very temporary outages.
On 02/03, hearts_blood announced a dive back into FK fanfic! The very next day, she wrote, lost, and found an outline for a new story.
On 02/02, abby82 pointed us to a great sale on Deep Discount, of any FK season for $11.98. Unfortunately, the sale did not last long.
On 01/22, gnosticdiva shared the FK-related content in four different vampire reference books.
gnosticdiva has been sharing reviews and commentaries as she rewatches the series. 02/01: Nick Knight. 02/02: "Dark Knight" and "Dark Knight, The Second Chapter.

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