VID: Wrecking Ball (X-Men, Magneto/Xavier)

[jetpack_monkey]

Title: Wrecking Ball
Song: Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Source: X-Men
Length: 3:25
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Made for: kuwdora / Vividcon Premieres 2018

Summary: Love Overpowering

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"Wrecking Ball [Charles/Erik]" (Watch on YouTube)

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Notes: I've been working on this on and off for four years as a gift for kuwdora (who is a good friend who deserves presents). I despaired that it would never been a complete vid but finally managed to get it finished withsol_se's encouragement.

This might be my last vid? Like, I don't want to say I'm never making another vid, but I feel done. I feel like it's time to move on. Now I'm in that D&D life. Now watch, I'll make another seven in the next 18 months.

Sources are drawn from X-Men comics (616 continuity only), the 1990s X-Men animated series, and the 20th Century Fox X-Men films.

Comments

[kass]

This vid is delightful. It is hilarious, I love how you interweave the different X-Men sources, and this is now officially the Best Use Of This Song Ever. (Also brilliant curation on last night's Premieres show, because the 1-2-3 of your vid and the two vids that followed it made for the most amazing crescendo of hilarity, omg.)

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank you! I was so pleased about the placement of the vid. trelkez and sweetestdrain do good work.

[afrocurl]

I saw this on twitter earlier and it made me feel so many things for these two - in any iteration.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thanks!

[giandujakiss]

oh my god this was awesome - perfect blend of OTT and genuinely moving. Loved it! I'm so sorry to hear you may be pulling back from vidding, but this was a great note to go out on!

[jetpack_monkey]

If this ends up being the last vid I ever make, I feel pretty good about it.

[destina]

I lost it when this vid played. In the good way! Vids that blend comics source with other types of canon about those characters are some of my favorite things on earth, and this one is amazing, full stop. I loved it so much.

[jetpack_monkey]

I'm so glad to hear this! Thank you!

[kuwdora]

MINE

[jetpack_monkey]

It is!

[gwenfrankenstien]

Watching this in a room full of people who Got It was one of the highlights of the con for me. INSPIRED song choice. So much fun! So many feelings! Text panels timed perfectly! Three (four? three and a half?) continuities integrated so well!!

[jetpack_monkey]

It's so hard to unsnarl Fox's whole thing, isn't it? We'll call it 3.5 to be safe.

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[yourlibrarian]

I enjoyed the use of the varied media to tell their story, and that was a great bit for it to go out on.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank you!

[starlady]

I got back from the con and my roommate told me about this vid, which she'd heard about on Twitter. I was pretty pleased to be able to tell her that I'd seen it premiere--and then we watched it and she loved it too. Instant classic.

If this is your last vid, it's a hell of a high note to end on.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank you! I agree!

[streussal]

I got really excited when I realized you were using multiple sources, since the 90s cartoon is my first X-Men exposure and I have so much nostalgia for it.

This vid is really delightful. Like it's hilarious in parts because of how literally the lyrics apply but also really touching at the same time? I have FEELINGS.

[jetpack_monkey]

I have so many feelings about the X-Men animated series. I'm glad you liked it!

[saraht]

MY BABIES

[jetpack_monkey]

!!!

[letitrainblue]

I never knew I needed this video in my life. When I saw the link on dw i was afraid I would have been linked to an oldass post/community where nothing happened for several years. But here it is. less than 10 days old.

my poor human vocabulary cannot possibly even try to encompass all the different layers of love that i have for this Piece of Art.

Congratulations.

[jetpack_monkey]

Thank you so much! It was a labor of love mixed with hilarity.

[meelie]

so interesting to see a mixed media x-men vid with focus on animated series!
loved it!