Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! I have some notes below about my preferences but really I’ll be delighted to receive whatever you make!

Overall

I particularly enjoy ensemble vids and vids that are focused on non-primary characters or relationships, or vids about the backdrop / aesthetic / broad arc of the show. I like poly ships and monogamous ones. I enjoy vids that have a wide variety of types of shots - face close-ups, wide scenery shots, detail shots, etc. I generally prefer not to have lip syncing or diagetic dialogue.

Music

I enjoy a wide variety of types of music, and being introduced to great new songs & artists I've never heard before. I enjoy songs in any language (though I’m most familiar with English, German, Spanish, and Mandarin, in that order). Some of my favorite genres & musicians include (in no particular order):

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Rap / Hip-hop (Lil Nas X, Todrick Hall, Cardi B, Dessa...)
Celtic (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues/Jazz/Swing (Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald...)
Pop music (Chappell Roan, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

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Broken of Love

This is a fun Thai GL featuring corporate espionage & maneuvering and Dating Your Enemy’s Daughter. The B couple is middle-aged lesbians! (Though we don’t see much of them.) I’d be delighted to see any vid for this; a summary - a focus on any character or plotline.

Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia (Anime)

This is SUCH A PRETTY ANIME! The art style is really cool! I also love how much of the focus is on science, religion, and how they interact with each other. I’d love to receive a vid celebrating the aesthetic of the show, or focused in Sitara’s story, or the court maneuverings / sibling relationships, or the relationship (platonic or not) between Sitara and Toregene. Or anything, really!

Otherside Picnic

Two girls exploring another realm that just wants to be friends with us! Okay so it can only do that by drawing on our fear, so it recreates horror stories from our world as a way to say hello… or maybe it’s the source of those stories? In any case - this is a delightful show! I’d love to receive a vid that’s just about their adventures, or a ship vid for Sorawo/Toriko, or an aesthetic vid about the otherside, or whatever!

Steerswoman Series

This is a great book series about a post-apocalyptic (???) world where wizards wield great power and one of the main checks on their power is the steerswomen, who use the scientific method and exchanges of truth to expand knowledge.

Honestly I would be delighted by anything for this. Personally I ship Bel/Rowan, so something for them would be neat. Something focused on Rowan’s investigation of the falling star would be cool too! Or just a general aesthetic vid. Or a trailer for the show / movie we could someday get. Really though anything would be awesome!

The Wind Spell (Manhua)

The art for this is so pretty! It’s a very short (3 chapter) comic about a witch and a mermaid who fall in love in vaguely 17th-century Europe among people who’d prefer both of them dead. I’d love to see anything for this! The ship is obviously focal, but the witch’s relationship with her family is also interesting! The church stuff is mostly stressful but could also be fun perhaps? There’s a fan translation at https://mangak.io/the-wind-spell.

Vagrant Queen

A queen fleeing her throne, a mechanic, and an asshole from Canada romp through space together and shenanigans ensue. Festivids got me into this show and I recently rewatched it with a friend and it’s so fun! It would be lovely to have more vids for their chaotic friendship, Elida/Amae’s relationship, Isaac’s growth as a human, or otherwise celebrating this delightful show!

Couple of Mirrors

An assassin and an author fall in love and run away together.

I just love Yan Wei / Xu You Yi so much! Sure there’s a little murder now and then, but they’ve got each other’s backs so hard. I’d really enjoy a ship vid for them, or a domestic slice of life vid, or a “they’re really good at their jobs” vid, or a character study for either of them… Also totally down for a vid about the toxic Xu You Yi / Zhang Wan dynamic. Or an aesthetic vid!

DNW: Zhou Heng character study, Zhou Heng / Xu You Yi framed as healthy.

Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is a classic scifi series that takes an optimistic (but not utopian) stance on the future, centered around a particular space station and the folks who run it. We got a 1080p remaster a few years ago!

I would love to have a vid for Talia/Ivanova, either a fixit or really anything. I’d enjoy a G’Kar / Molari vid, because their dynamic and progression over the course of the series is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing. I also love Lyta Alexander; a character study of her fucking shit up or anything else would be fun! Or a vid about any of the less focal characters. DNW: Character study of Sinclair, Sheridan, or Garibaldi; fine to have them as part of an ensemble or a character study of someone else though!

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

Loved this show! A 52-year-old bureaucrat is isekai’d into his daughter’s favorite otome game (but he’s also a giant nerd and loved talking with her about it so he also knows A LOT about it.) Something about his inability to not dad people would be fun, or something from his family’s perspective, or just a fun isekai nonsense vid. It’s been a bit since I watched this - anything would be great to receive!

Coyote vs. Acme

THEY’RE IN LOVE! Also enjoyed the themes of anti-corporate organizing. Also the whole thing of accepting failure and trying again. And the whole cartoons-in-reality thing! A vid focusing on any of those would be delightful!

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! I have some notes below about my preferences but really I’ll be delighted to receive whatever you make!

Overall

Music

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Rap / Hip-hop (Lil Nas X, Todrick Hall, Cardi B, Dessa...)
Celtic (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues/Jazz/Swing (Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald...)
Pop music (Chappell Roan, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

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Dear Missy

Dear Missy is a story about two women who are very close friends who run a design magazine together, and all their friends who stick together and support each other!

This show is so good and I ship Shen Siyi with Lu Ke a lot! I love their “broke up in childhood because Shen Siyi couldn’t handle a relationship, then Shen Siyi tried to make up as an adult but still couldn’t handle a relationship” dynamic. I love SSY’s whole broken relationship with her parents, and her self esteem issues / disaster bisexualness in general. That said, it would be really cool to receive a Guan Yue character study - she’s great & deserves it! An art / design / architecture feelings / aesthetic vid would also be a lot of fun. Or a vid for the gaggle of Nouveau employees just trying to get through the day.

DNW: Lu Ke / Cheng Nan without the breakup. Focus on police plotlines.

Vida (2018)

Two estranged sisters reconnect after their mother’s death - with each other, with their mother’s wife (they didn’t know about), and with the community they had left behind. I wish this show had gotten another season but I’m so glad that we got as much as we did!

A queer joy vid for this source would be so good; I’d also love a focus on either Lyn or Emma (or both of them together!) and the special ways they’re fucked up disasters and/or how they grow over the series. Alternately I’d love character studies for any of the other main / side characters (except Nelson Herrera).

Soulmate Adventure

A classic wuxia hero’s journey / coming of age story, very Shonen vibes, except both main characters (and many side characters!) are women. This is generally considered to be an F/F (baihe) story.

A vid about that dynamic between Feng Ling Er and Bai Yu Xiu would be so great to see in the world! I’d also enjoy a character study of either of them showing off their badassery or personality or growth. An aesthetic vid or vid about the wider Jianghu upheaval would also be fun. But really extra down for anything here!

Couple of Mirrors

An assassin and an author fall in love and run away together.

DNW: Zhou Heng character study, Zhou Heng / Xu You Yi framed as healthy.

Lagaan

Fuck the caste system! Fuck the British! Victory via cricket! This was one of the first Bollywood movies I ever saw and remains my favorite.

A recruiter vid would be amazing but I’d also love a ship vid for Bhuvan / Gauri (or an OT3 with Elizabeth Russell) or a vid celebrating the Sports Anime of it all! DNW: Bhuvan / Elizabeth Russell (unless in the context of an OT3)

Babylon 5

! I would love to have a vid for Talia/Ivanova, either a fixit or really anything. I’d enjoy a G’Kar / Molari vid, because their dynamic and progression over the course of the series is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing. I also love Lyta Alexander; a character study of her fucking shit up or anything else would be fun! Or a vid about any of the less focal characters. DNW: Strong focus on Sinclair, Sheridan, Garibaldi.

Ruri Rocks

This is a delightful show about two high school girls who befriend two female grad students and do research / rock hunting together! Science! Geology! Rocks!

I would love to have a vid that really celebrates the science aspects of the show! Or something about their friendships or their growth over the course of the series. Really, though, anything would be amazing!

Steerswoman Series

Short films directed by Liu Yun Rui

Liu Yun Rui has directed a number of wlw short films that are beautifully produced and really try to push the limits of what they’re allowed to show under censorship. It would be so cool to see a tribute to them - shippy fluff, aesthetic, whatever. Context post by douqi; list of wlw short films; TheMovieDB; another douqi post.

I did a presentation at VidUKon 2025: What the heck can you do with masks and tracking? It's a technical presentation about various techniques from color correction to changing what's shown on a TV and how they can help solve problems in your vids. The examples are in DaVinci Resolve but I believe they should be possible to do in other standard editors as well!

The slides are available here and include all the words I said and a bunch of video demos.

Tumblr post – BlueSky post

Belatedly posting this to Dreamwidth! I did a presentation at VidUKon 2024 titled "Seamless Audio Edits", which includes a rundown of some basic music theory that's useful to think about when editing songs, as well as some specific technical pointers for creating seamless edits.

I've posted all my slides here (which include all the words that I said and audio examples) - hopefully it is useful / interesting!

The topics covered are:

Music theory 101
Song structure
Common pitfalls
Techniques for seamless edits

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

Vid tastes: I particularly enjoy ensemble vids and vids that are focused on non-primary characters or relationships, or vids about the backdrop / aesthetic / broad arc of the show. I also enjoy vids that have a wide variety of types of shots - face close-ups, wide scenery shots, detail shots, etc. I generally prefer not to have lip syncing or intercut dialogue.

Music tastes: I enjoy a wide variety of types of music, and being introduced to great new songs & artists I've never heard before. I speak English and German fluently, but I’m also fine with songs in languages I don’t understand (as long as there are subtitles!) Some of my favorite genres & musicians include (in no particular order):

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Rap / Hip-hop (Lil Nas X, Todrick Hall, Cardi B, Dessa...)
Irish / Scottish Folk (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Thoughtful country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues / “Fusion” dance music (Emilíana Torrini, Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman...)
Pop music (Chappell Roan, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

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Below are some notes about the specific fandoms I'm requesting. For each fandom I've tried to give some ideas of vids I might be particularly interested in - but if there's something else you're excited to make, go for it!

Dear Missy: One of my favorite series at the moment. It’s just really well put together in terms of the writing, pacing, costume and set design, just all great! It’s a story about two women who are very close friends who reconnect and run a design magazine together. It’s also a story about a friends group who stick together through thick and thin - even if they date and break up. It’s also a story about unrealistically attractive people with unrealistically nice apartments in a super expensive city. It would be really cool to receive a Guan Yue character study - she’s great & deserves it! An art / design / architecture feelings / aesthetic vid would also be a lot of fun. Or a vid for the gaggle of Nouveau employees just trying to get through the day. And I can never get enough of SSY being a bisexual disaster and learning to be a better person. Lu Ke / Shen Si Yi is of course a delightful ship, and I would be totally down for a vid for them, either just them or poly or including some of the Dudes Along The Way. DNW: Lu Ke / Cheng Nan without the breakup. Focus on police plotlines.

Vida (2018): Two estranged sisters reconnect after their mother’s death - with each other, with their mother’s wife (they didn’t know about), and with the community they had left behind. I wish this show had gotten another season but I’m so glad that we got as much as we did! A queer joy vid for this source would be so good; I’d also love a focus on either Lyn or Emma (or both of them together!) and the special ways they’re fucked up disasters and/or how they grow over the series. Alternately I’d love character studies for any of the other main / side characters (except Nelson Herrera).

Soulmate Adventure: A classic hero’s coming of age story, very Shonen vibes, except both main characters (and many side characters!) are women. This is generally considered to be an F/F (baihe) story. A vid about that dynamic between Feng Ling Er and Bai Yu Xiu would be so great to see in the world! I’d also enjoy a character study of either of them showing off their badassery or personality or growth. An aesthetic vid or vid about the wider Jianghu upheaval would also be fun. But really extra down for anything here!

Couple of Mirrors: An assassin and an author fall in love and run away together. I just love Yan Wei / Xu You Yi so much! Sure there’s a little murder now and then, but they’ve got each other’s backs so hard. I’d really enjoy a ship vid for them, or a domestic slice of life vid, or a “they’re really good at their jobs” vid, or a character study for either of them… Also totally down for a vid about the toxic Xu You Yi / Zhang Wan dynamic. Or an aesthetic vid! DNW: Zhou Heng character study, Zhou Heng / Xu You Yi framed as healthy.

ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon (Anime 2024): I cannot get enough of how Marcille’s feelings for Falin are definitely Completely Platonic and everything is Very Chill. I would love to have a cute ship vid or a “powerful sorceress tears apart reality for her girlfriend” vid or really anything for them! I would also really enjoy just a Marcille character study about her path studying magic and her fear of friends and family dying before her. Alternatively, ensemble cooking or dungeon hijinks, for any of the groups or for the overall ensemble!

风声丨The Message (TV): This is a Republican-era (1942?) spy cdrama with lots of competence, spy shenanigans, and unreliable narration. Oh My God Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu are so fucking in love it’s ridiculous. And I love how much competence they get to display in this show! I would love to receive a vid about their rivals-to-lovers-to-avenging-widow story! Or about their spy teamwork! I would also enjoy character studies of either of them, for example an examination of Gu Xiaomeng’s whole “I killed a lion and I can kill you too” vibe or Li Ningyu’s “you saw me do it but you’ll never be able to prove it, even to yourself” plotting. I think a vid examining Wu Zhiguo’s devotion / life debt towards Li Ningyu could also be interesting. I also really enjoyed the unreliable narrative structure of the show - a vid exploring that could be super fun! DNW: Wu Zhiguo / Li Ningyu (though one-sided pining from Wu Zhiguo -> Li Ningyu would be fine).

The Court Jester: Very silly movie relying on a lot of physical comedy. Every time I watch it I’m amazed at how well it’s held up! It would be great to have a vid for it - a summary or recruiter vid, or something just capturing the physical comedy and general madcap vibe. I’d be fine with something using diagetic audio here, since the way the script is written is so important to the comedy of the movie (and so different than what we get today!)

Oxygen Not Included: This is a video game about coordinating clones (who do exactly what you said but not necessarily exactly what you want) to set up shop on an asteroid (which is actually maybe a postapocalyptic remnant of Earth?) It would be super fun to have a vid for this! I’m really down for whatever you can pull off. Duplicants deal with bad things happening and die in comedic ways? Sure! “Plot” summary? Yeah! Celebration of Science? Woohoo! It turns out that in addition to gameplay there’s also a series of

animated shorts for this source!

Lagaan: This was one of the first Bollywood movies I ever saw and remains my favorite. I would love to have a vid for it! A recruiter vid would be amazing (since getting folks to watch a 3:40 movie can be a bit tricky!) but I’d also love a ship vid for Bhuvan / Gauri (or an OT3 with Elizabeth Russell - I feel like you could make the case for a triangle!) or a vid celebrating the Sports Anime of it all! DNW: Bhuvan / Elizabeth Russell (unless in the context of an OT3)

Thank you!!!

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

Vid tastes: I particularly enjoy ensemble vids and vids that are focused on non-primary characters or relationships, or vids about the backdrop / aesthetic / broad arc of the show. I also enjoy vids that have a wide variety of types of shots - face close-ups, wide scenery shots, detail shots, etc. I generally prefer not to have lip syncing or intercut dialogue.

Music tastes: I enjoy a wide variety of types of music, and being introduced to great new songs & artists I've never heard before. I speak English and German fluently, but I’m also fine with songs in languages I don’t understand (as long as there are subtitles!) Some of my favorite genres & musicians include (in no particular order):

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Irish / Scottish Folk (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Thoughtful country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues / “Fusion” dance music (Emilíana Torrini, Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman...)
Pop music (Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

—

Babylon 5: I really appreciate Babylon 5 as a less utopian view of the future than TNG; it basically feels like they took (more or less) 90s geopolitics and set it directly into space. They also take care, when there’s a war, that it’s not an abstract thing happening offscreen - they show the cost of it. And now we have high-quality footage available! I would really love to have a fixit vid for Talia/Ivanova, since that relationship got treated so badly by the showrunners. I’d also really enjoy a G’Kar / Molari vid, because their dynamic and progression over the course of the series is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing. A general “space politics and things exploding” vid would also be enjoyable, or a Lyta Alexander Fucks Shit Up vid, or a vid about any of the less focal characters. DNW: Strong focus on Sinclair, Sheridan, Garibaldi.

She Makes My Heart Flutter: This is a delightful Korean web series romcom set in a lesbian-owned coffee shop with an all-women cast. A ship vid for the main pairing would be great; a vid about the younger generation of lesbians would also be super fun. But really I’d take anything! This was a delightful show and deserves to have vids!

Short films directed by 流云蕊 | Liu Yun Rui: This is the director of the sapphic lipstick commercial! Their wlw short films are beautifully produced and really try to push the limits of what they’re allowed to show under censorship. It would be so cool to see a tribute to them - shippy fluff, aesthetic, whatever. Context (including links to bilibili and translations); another list searchable by director; TheMovieDB.

Vida (2018): I wish this show had gotten another season but I’m so glad that we got as much as we did! A queer joy vid for this source would be so good; I’d also love a focus on either Lyn or Emma (or both of them together!) and the special ways they’re fucked up disasters and/or how they grow over the series. Alternately I’d love character studies for any of the other main / side characters (except Nelson Herrera).

Soulmate Adventure: This is generally considered to be an F/F (baihe) story. A vid about that dynamic between Feng Ling Er and Bai Yu Xiu would be so great to see in the world! I’d also enjoy a character study of either of them showing off their badassery or personality or growth. An aesthetic vid or vid about the wider Jianghu upheaval would also be fun. But really extra down for anything here!

Couple of Mirrors: I just love Yan Wei / Xu You Yi so much! Sure there’s a little murder now and then, but they’ve got each other’s backs so hard. I’d really enjoy a ship vid for them, or a domestic slice of life vid, or a “they’re really good at their jobs” vid, or a character study for either of them… Also totally down for a vid about the toxic Xu You Yi / Zhang Wan dynamic. Or an aesthetic vid! DNW: Zhou Heng character study, Zhou Heng / Xu You Yi framed as healthy.

Cutthroat Kitchen: I would love to see a Taskmaster-style vid for this kinky AF show. Food porn or wacky kitchen hijinks could also be fun!

Who Rules the World: Bai Fengxi and and Feng Qiwu are so great in this show! I would love to see a vid focused on either of them! (Or shipping them!) I love how Bai Fengxi basically flirts with everybody in this show regardless of gender and a vid celebrating that would be amazing. A constructed reality summary or trailer that made it look like Bai Fengxi was the main character for the entire show would also be a lot of fun. DNW: Strong focus on Hei Fengxi.

Keep your hands off Eizoken!: This is a charming anime about a group of friends making anime together. I would love a vid celebrating creativity & creation, or one that really gets into the meta aspect of examining the creation process that was used to create the thing you’re watching, or one about friendship, or one about Kanamori ruthlessly seizing control of the entire school. DNW: Shipping.

Under the Christmas Tree: This was such a cute fluffy F/F Christmas romcom and it doesn’t have any vids yet and it should!

Thank you!!!

I can't find a good rundown of how to get started with python / command-line tools that I like / that is as thorough as I would like, so I'm putting one together here. This is mostly a list of links to other guides / documentation that I happen to like, with some commentary. This is aimed at folks who have never used a python / command-line tool before, or who want to know more about managing python versions or environments (for example for tool development.)

Why use command line tools?

Command-line tools are cool because they are often free to install and use (without the need for weird ads or sketchy websites) and (if it's your thing) they're also the easiest type of program to create to solve problems in your life (because they don't require a graphical user interface or running a website / server).

Here are a few python / command-line tools I use frequently:

youtube-dl (or the fork, yt-dlp): For archiving videos.
srt, for quickly correcting timing on subtitle files
cleancredits, for removing text overlays from video clips
ffmpeg, for handling all kinds of video manipulation and conversion

Intros to the command line

1. https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/intro_to_command_line/ This is my favorite guide on how to use a command line. It's part of a larger tutorial about making a website with python but the page stands on its own as a solid intro to the command line.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvZLWhkzX-8 is a video that covers basics of the command line.

3. Windows users might find something like WSL2 useful, which lets you have a linux-like command-line experience on windows... some command-line programs may work better or only be available in linux.

Installing Python command-line tools

The easiest way to install Python command-line tools is pipx, a package manager for python applications.

On Mac OS, you will need to install homebrew first, which is a general-purpose package manager that you can use to install pipx.

If all you want is to install and run Python command-line tools you can probably stop here!

Python version management

https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/python_installation/ covers information about how to install python in a basic sense. Alternately, you can watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVTaqzKZCdA

However, sometimes it can be useful to have more than one version of python available - for example, some programs might require different versions of Python from each other. My preferred tool for python version management is pyenv. The README has pretty comprehensive information about how it works and how to deal with any issues that come up, which I appreciate.

Isolated Python environments

Isolated Python environments let you install your dependencies and know those are the only dependencies installed. This means that:

You can know that those are the only dependencies that other users of the program would need.
You can know that the results will be the same even if you install the same code on a different computer - for example, if you set up automated tests on GitHub.
You can avoid problems if multiple programs are installed that have conflicting dependency requirements.

pipx manages isolated environments in the background to implement its package installation.

You can also manage isolated environments manually. They are generally called "virtual environments".

This guide for using virtual environments is pretty good: https://docs.python-guide.org/dev/virtualenvs/#lower-level-virtualenv My one caution would be that the guide is very pro-Pipenv, which is a different tool for managing isolated / repeatable environments. However, in my experience, it doesn't add much compared to a virtual environment and complicates things significantly. But the advice on how to use virtualenv is solid.

The python docs for the venv module (a built-in version of virtualenv) have a lot of interesting background information if you want to know more: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

Music tastes: I enjoy a wide variety of types of music, and being introduced to great new songs & artists I've never heard before. Some of my favorite genres & musicians include (in no particular order):

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Irish / Scottish Folk (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Thoughtful country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues / “Fusion” dance music (Emilíana Torrini, Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman...)
Pop music (Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

---

Below are some notes about the specific fandoms I'm requesting. For each fandom I've tried to give some ideas of vids I might be particularly interested in - but if there's something else you're excited to make, go for it!

Cutthroat Kitchen: This is an Alton Brown food competition show in which he devises increasingly complex devices and situations that competitors can use to sabotage each other. Sometimes it’s: you have to make your kitchen tools out of tin foil. Other times its: here’s my spreader bar, someone will have to wear this for the rest of the episode while cooking. He takes much delight in their adversity. Something celebrating how kinky this all is would be fun! Alternately, food-porn could be fun, or wacky kitchen hijinks.

Dark Matter: Classic cyberpunk space found family fighting against the evil corporations who are literally the government. I love the found family vibes of this show - a vid celebrating that would be delightful. Something anti-capitalist would be neat - maybe a labor song cover? An action-y vid or SPAAAACE vid would also be fun! Or a focus on Android (shipped with Portia (and/or Two) or character study) - I love sentient robots who have so many FEELINGS <3 DNW: focus on Five or shipping Five with anyone.

Dear Missy: This has been my favorite fandom this year. It’s just really well put together in terms of the writing, pacing, costume and set design, just all great! It’s a story about two women who are very close friends who reconnect and run a design magazine together. It’s also a story about a friends group who stick together through thick and thin - even if they date and break up. It’s also a story about unrealistically attractive people with unrealistically nice apartments in a super expensive city. It would be really cool to receive a Guan Yue character study - she’s great & deserves it! An art / design / architecture feelings / aesthetic vid would also be a lot of fun. Or a vid for the gaggle of Nouveau employees just trying to get through the day. And I can never get enough of SSY being a bisexual disaster and learning to be a better person. Lu Ke / Shen Si Yi is of course a delightful ship, and I would be totally down for a vid for them, either just them or poly or including some of the Dudes Along The Way. DNW: Lu Ke / Cheng Nan without the breakup. Focus on Ye Zhou / police.

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity: This was such an evocative short series by Critical Role - it’s set towards the end of the Age of Arcanum, so it’s all about the height of magic, the hubris of wizards, and the (literal) fall of the mageocracy - and about the people who actually get shit done (who are also still part of the problem) saving as many people as they can. I would love to receive a vid for it - whether that’s a constructed reality vid or an animatic vid (i.e. similar to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDMSHgQY5rM). A character study of any of them would be great (though I have a particular fondness for Architect Arcane Laerryn Coramar-Seelie and Cerrit Agrupnin, Guardian of the Seventh.) I would also enjoy an aesthetic vid (cool magic vibes! Floating cities! End of the world!) or an ensemble vid - but really, I would be delighted to receive anything. I am fine with any video or art sources being used to construct this vid - fan-made or otherwise. DNW: vid of the players as real people - due to the structure of Critical Role I think this likely means that footage from the show itself will not be usable since even in-character moments generally read visually as player interactions when put in a vid.

Love and Leashes: It was so great to see a mainstream source that felt like it was actually in some way related to the reality of BDSM (that is, showing that it involves respecting the other person’s desires and boundaries, and is not necessarily sexual). I really enjoyed the thoughtfulness and care that Jung Ji-woo puts into researching and preparing for her role as a domme. I would love a vid specifically celebrating that, and/or her learning about her own kinky nature. Also totally down for a ship vid and/or a horny vibes vid. It would also be super neat to receive a vid that is explicitly not sexual for the parts of the show that are non-sexual kink. DNW: inclusion of the sexual assault of the side character; Jihoo & Jiwoo’s first kiss portrayed as romantic.

Sleep With Me: ahhh the chill nighttime vibes of this are delightful. A nighttime aesthetic vid would be super cool, or just a ship vid for Harry and Luna, or a character study for either of them. A vid for Wendy would be neat but I’m not sure there’s enough footage for that to be practical - though maybe Luna & Wendy would work? A bit more out there - a constructed reality where Luna is literally a vampire could be so fun! DNW: Luna / Wendy.

Ted Lasso: I would really love to receive a Ted/Trent vid for this fandom. They’re such a delightful pair! I doubt the show is going there but it would be nice to have a vid. Relatedly, I crave Roy/Keeley/Jamie OT3 vid content. I wasn’t expecting to ship it but turns out, sure do! I would also love to receive a character study of Sam, Roy, or Keeley. Or, an ensemble vid focused on the townsfolk (not the team). DNW: Ted/Rebecca.

Wheel of Time: This show really captured what I loved about the books when I first read them - epic fantasy vibes, post-apocalypse magic - and made a number of really thoughtful improvements in the adaptation. I would love to receive an aesthetic vid for either the magic or the landscapes! Alternately, character studies of Nynaeve, Egwene, Perrin, Mat, Thom, Moiraine, Siuan, or Alanna Mosvani. For ship vids - my preference would be Nynaeve / Lan, Moiraine / Siuan, or Alanna and her warders. I would also enjoy a Two Rivers ensemble vid, or a White Tower politics vid. DNW: Rand character study, Rand / Egwene.

Thank you!!!

Here is the playlist for my OT3+ Vidshow at VidUKon 2022! I'll try to remember to update with links for the premieres but if I forget, they may also be available in the VidUKon Themed Vidshow Premieres 2022 collection on AO3.

One Voice
Fandom: Star Trek DS9
llin

Glad you came
Fandom: Fast and the Furious Series
lilly_the_kid

Premiere: True Love
Fandom: Cobra Kai
findmeinthealps

Midsummer Night's Sweet Dream
Fandom: A Midsummer Night's Dream (National Theatre Live, 2019)
hartknyx

Wannabe
Fandom: Sense8
Laura shapiro

3
Fandom: Ted Lasso
katebushstandean

Premiere: My Silver Lining
Fandom: Legend of Vox Machina
alwaystheocean

Premiere: Half of You
Fandom: Nirvana in Fire
absternr

Premiere: Photograph
Fandom: Chicago Typewriter
Rhea314

Lament
Fandom: The Untamed
corbae

Look Up
Fandom: Leverage
TechnoPoet

Premiere: XO
Fandom: Xena
frayadjacent

Premiere: Wild Green Yonder
Fandom: Shrek/The Witcher/Hexer
kuwdora

Let's Misbehave
Fandom: White Collar
trelkez (greensilver)

Math
Fandom: The King: Eternal Monarch
Rhea314 & sandalwoodbox

Better When I'm Dancin'
Fandom: Star Wars
alba17

Here are a few other vids that I ended up not having time for in the show but that are also really good:

Rhythm & Melody
Fandom: Sakamichi no Apollon / Kids on the Slope
PieandBeerAMV

Umbrella
Fandom: Singin' in the Rain
Tafadhali

These Hearts
Fandom: Design for Living
AurumCalendula

Good Life
Fandom: Black Sails
yunitsa

There are so many really great OT3+ vids out there these days! It's excellent.

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

General interests: I particularly enjoy ensemble vids and vids that are focused on non-primary characters or relationships, or vids about the backdrop / aesthetic / broad arc of the show. I also enjoy vids that have a wide variety of types of shots - face close-ups, wide scenery shots, detail shots, etc. I generally prefer not to have lip syncing or intercut dialogue.

Music tastes: I enjoy a wide variety of types of music, and being introduced to great new songs & artists I've never heard before. Some of my favorite genres & musicians include (in no particular order):
Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Irish / Scottish Folk (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Thoughtful country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues / “Fusion” dance music (Emilíana Torrini, Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman...)
Pop music (Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

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Baba is You: This is a cute puzzle solving game with a rabbit. To be honest I have no idea what a vid for this might look like, but the game is adorable and it would be really cool to see what you might come up with!

Babylon 5: I really appreciate Babylon 5 as a less utopian view of the future than TNG; it would be great to have better vids for it, especially now that we have high-quality footage available! I would really love to have a fixit vid for Talia/Ivanova, since that relationship got treated so badly by the showrunners. I’d also really enjoy a G’Kar / Molari vid, because their dynamic and progression over the course of the series is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing. A general “space politics and things exploding” vid would also be enjoyable, or a Lyta Alexander Fucks Shit Up vid, or a vid about any of the less focal characters. DNW: Strong focus on Sinclair, Sheridan, Garibaldi.

Critical Role - The Nordverse: I really love what Sam Riegal has done here - it leans so hard into the unrealistic / ridiculous portrayals of hackers in media, and has an extremely 80s vibe to me. I would love to receive a vid that takes this content extremely seriously, or a vid that takes it exactly as seriously as it takes itself.

Cutthroat Kitchen: Alton Brown is one kinky dude in this show; something celebrating that would be fun! Alternately, food-porn could be fun, or wacky kitchen hijinks.

Dark Matter: Something anti-capitalist would be neat - maybe a labor song cover? An action-y vid or SPAAAACE vid would also be fun! Or something about Android (shipped with Portia or character study). DNW: focus on Five or shipping Five with anyone.

Keep your hands off Eizoken!: This is a charming anime about a group of friends making anime together. I would love a vid celebrating creativity & creation, or one that really gets into the meta aspect of examining the creation process that was used to create the thing you’re watching, or one about friendship, or one about Kanamori ruthlessly seizing control of the entire school. DNW: Shipping.

Legend of Fei: My top wish for this fandom would probably be for an OT3 vid: Zhou Fei/Xie Yun/Wu Chuchu, Li Zheng/Ji Yunchen/Lady Nishang, and/or Li Yan/Ying Hecong/Yang Jin. Personally I ship Zhou Fei/Wu Chuchu even without Xie Yun being involved and that would be a lot of fun to see. I would also really enjoy a “Chuchu becomes a bard” vid celebrating her journey from child of a noble family to most sought-after documenter of sect martial arts. This show also has some of the most interesting fight choreography I’ve seen and I think a vid celebrating that could be really fun. DNW: Zhou Fei/Xie Yun.

Wotakoi: This show had so many points where I recognized myself and my friends and acquaintances - the way that they each have their separate niche interests and connect with each other around that. A vid celebrating that could be really fun. I would also totally love an extremely shippy / thirsty OT4 vid! Or a vid focused on Naoya Nifuji and/or Kō Sakuragi (shippy or not.) DNW: Narumi Momose/Hirotaka Nifuji.

Thank you!!!

I got to do a vidshow at FanworksCon this year! Here's the full playlist, plus five alternates that didn't end up being used!

Chicken on a Raft by bironic
Music by Pyrates!
Fandom: Moana
Concept: It's a chicken. It's on a raft.

Lucky Duck by drewaconclusion
Music: Ho Hey by The Chickeneers
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Concept: The duck is lucky.

Homegrown Tomatoes by corbae
Music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Fandom: Liziqi
Concept: True Love & Homegrown Tomatoes

Shiny Teeth by Glitzer
Music: My Shiny Teeth and Me by Nathan Sharp
Fandom: Multifandom AMV
Concept: Teeth that are shiny

Carnivore by kea1994creative
Music by Starset
Fandom: Jurassic Park Franchise
Concept: Dinosaurs are carnivores

Two Trucks by findmeinthealps, Neery
Music by Lemon Demon
Fandom: Transformers
Concept: Transformers have sex a lot

Kinky Neighbors by thingswithwings
Music: The Kinky Neighbors Song by The Wet Spots
Fandom: Batman
Concept: 1966 Batman is kinky

Back It Up by odessie
Music by Caro Emerald
Fandom: Repair Shop
Concept: Things getting fixed. Sexy repair vibes.

Sharp-Dressed Men by alpheratz
Music: Sharp-Dressed Man by Trent Harmon
Fandom: The Untamed
Concept: The men and women. They are sharply dressed.

Aziraphale - Ask Your Doctor by Allegra Rosenberg
Audio by Allegra Rosenberg
Fandom: Good Omens
Concept: Aziraphale is an anti-depressant

Right There by obsessive24
Music by Nicole Scherzinger
Fandom: Harry Potter
Concept: Harry/Voldemort

Edge Bus by Xophilarus
Music: The Wheels On The Bus (Metal Cover) by Leo Moracchioli
Fandom: Madoka Magica
Concept: Bus

Snakes (On a Plane) by teyla
Snakes on a Plane by Cobra Starship
Fandom: Grave Robbers' Chronicles
Concept: Snakes

Uprising by findmeinthealps
Music by Muse
Fandom: Zombie movies
Concept: Zombies will be victorious

We know you're (not) robots by camhcom
Music by Tenacious D
Fandom: Tenacious D, Evangelion
Concept: Tenacious D is the Evangelion antagonist

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by AbsoluteDestiny, Joyo
Music by The Smiths
Fandom: Infomercials
Concept: They just want to get what they want

I Swear by dualbunny, greensilver, pipsqueak, and sweetestdrain
Music by All-4-One
Fandom: Smallville
Concept: Clark Kent and Lex Luthor have a baby which is a cat.

ALTERNATES
Sail Away by beccatoria
Music: Orinoco Flow by Enya
Fandom: Evergiven
Concept: A boat stuck in a canal. Let's party.

Dust in the Wind by theletterelle
Music by Kansas
Fandom: Infinity War
Concept: Dust. In the Wind.

The Gremlin Show by Jetpack Monkey
Music: The Muppet Show Intro
Fandom: Gremlins
Concept: The Muppet Show but with Gremlins

they're good dogs Brent by bessyboo & platinumvampyr
Music: You're A Good Dog by Laurel Canyon Animal Company
Fandom: @dog_rates
Concept: They're good dogs Brent

The Hammer Is My Enormous Penis by Jedusaur
Music: Enormous Penis by Da Vinci's Notebook
Fandom: Nathan Fillion
Concept: Nathan Fillion's Enormous... Talent

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

General DNWs: non-con, dubcon, depictions of romantic or sexual relationships between adults (>=18) and minors (<18), depictions of sexual relationships between minors, depictions of racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia, graphic depictions of violence, genderswap, A/B/O, 1st POV, Poetry, Soulmates, Crossovers

If you want to write kink, I’d be down for: bondage, aquaphilia, blindfolds, dom/sub/switch dynamics.

Steerswoman Series

Bel (Steerswoman)
Rowan (Steerswoman)

I really love Rowan’s way of looking at the world, in a constant state of awareness, learning, and discovery, as well as her commitment to the principles of the Steerswomen - i.e. never telling a lie. I appreciate Bel’s intelligence, as well, and her deep knowledge of the Outskirters, and the way that she is protective of Rowan when Rowan is being reckless in pursuit of knowledge. (I also enjoy when Rowan has to protect Bel from something and Bel is all flummoxed!) I love how they appreciate each other’s strengths, even if they don’t fully understand them, and even when they disagree. They would go to the ends of the earth for each other! <3

It would be great to have some Bel/Rowan! Investigating a new part of the world, or learning about advanced technology together. Maybe with kissing & sex? A missing scene or storyline during book four or post-canon could be fun - going back to the demon people, or learning more about how to use computers, or organizing the steerswomen to uncover some piece of information, or working to secure the Steerswomen’s legacy from the wizards. If you want to write an in-world epistolary/meta/journalism story - either Steerswoman reports, or local news, or people’s private journals recording their interactions with Bel and Rowan – I think that could be really fun!

If you want to do an AU, I could go for something set on present Earth or a sci-fi future where Rowan is a librarian or scientist or similar investigating something and Bel is some kind of outsider (haha) like a criminal or spy or something who gloms onto Rowan and then plot happens. I didn't want this but then I saw this Critical Role fanart and now I apparently am having feelings about that idea and wouldn't mind it being Rowan/Bel instead of Beau/Yasha.

Additional DNWs: Death of Bel or Rowan. Bel/Rowan breakup or infidelity (ethical polyamory is okay). 2nd POV.

The Dagger and the Coin

Cithrin bel Sarcour

I would really love to have some competence-porn of Cithrin being a fucking badass banker and outmaneuvering people. Magistra Isadau could be present as a mentor, or not. This could be in the form of global trade negotiations/politics or just a single city or a single business - either meticulously planned out in advance or working on the fly. Maybe details on the rollout of paper currency?

Alternately I would enjoy a slice of life of Cithrin just having nice things happen - going to the market, interacting with friends, having a healthy relationship - a typical in-canon or post-canon day when nothing earth-shattering is happening.

Alternately or additionally, it could be really fun to see an outside perspective on her - journalistic or spy reporting on her actions, personal journals from people who interacted with her, that kind of thing.

Canon divergence would be fine with me.

Additional DNWs: Death of Cithrin. Any mention of Geder Palliako. Sex as a tool of manipulation. 2nd POV. Characters placed in another setting (like coffee shop AU).

The Talos Principle

Alexandra Drennan

The worldbuilding source for Talos Principle is very limited:

I enjoy that Alexandra Drennan a thoughtful, intelligent scientist who, in the middle of an apocalypse, realized that there was no way to save humanity, and that the only hope would be to create a successor.

I would really enjoy competence-porn about the scientific / AI design process for creating the Talos project. If you wanted to write a fic that led right up to the moment of her death and her thought process as she closes her eyes for the last time, that would be fine with me! Or a slice of life in the bunker. Or a story about the team of people who start out disagreeing, but under her leadership they come together to work fervently on this project even as they die off one by one. It could also be fun to get a broader look at what was happening in the world during this time.

Alternately / additionally, a story about the main character of the game emerging from the simulation and discovering the outside world (2nd or 3rd POV) could be fun, as long as it was still focused around / interwoven with Alexandra Drennan in some way.

Additional DNWs: Epistolary/meta/journalism, canon divergence, characters placed in another setting (like coffeeshop AU).

Hello Festividder! Thank you so much for your gift! :-) I have enclosed some notes about my preferences, such as they are, and I hope that they are useful to you and align with your interests!

General interests: I particularly enjoy ensemble vids and vids that are focused on non-primary characters or relationships, or vids about the backdrop / aesthetic / broad arc of the show. I also enjoy vids that have a wide variety of types of shots - face close-ups, wide scenery shots, detail shots, etc. I generally prefer not to have lip syncing or intercut dialogue.

Heavy metal & Punk (System of a Down, REM, Nirvana…)
Irish / Scottish Folk (Malinky, Kate Rusby, John Doyle, Great Big Sea, Halali...)
Appalachian folk / bluegrass (Lady Maisery, Wailin’ Jennys, Carolina Chocolate Drops...)
Indie folk (Grace Petrie, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams...)
Thoughtful country (Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves...)
Blues / “Fusion” dance music (Emilíana Torrini, Keb Mo, Tracy Chapman...)
Pop music (Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Little Mix...)
Musicals

Fandoms:

Aggretsuko: Something about the female friendships in this show would be enjoyable. Or something anti-capitalist. Or Restuko going off. DNW: Haida, especially not Haida/Retsuko.
Black Girl in a Big Dress: I appreciate how this show addresses racism around Victorian reenactment, as well as the pretty outfits and the delightful performance by Aydrea Walden as the awkward cookie of a protagonist. I would enjoy a vid of the Victorian ridiculousness, or her being awkward and adorable. Really anything you’d like to make for this would be cool!
Carmen Sandiego: My top choice (if I had one) would be a Carmen Sandiego / Julia Argent vid! Alternately, I would enjoy team / found family feelings! Or Ivy and Zack being goofballs.
Cutthroat Kitchen: Alton Brown is one kinky dude in this show; something celebrating that would be fun! Alternately, food-porn could be fun, or wacky kitchen hijinks.
Dark Matter: Something anti-capitalist would be neat - maybe a labor song cover? An action-y vid or SPAAAACE vid would also be fun! Or something about Android (shipped with Portia or character study). DNW: focus on Five or shipping Five with anyone.
Hilda: :heart_eyes: I would love a vid focused on David, Frida, the mom, Alfur, or one of the recurring characters, or an ensemble vid of the main characters going on adventures. But really, I'd be down for whatever. I’m super excited for the second season coming out in December!
Motherland: Fort Salem: I would love a vid focused on the evolution of the Bellwether unit’s friendship over the course of the season! Or a vid looking at the magic system. Or an action-fighty vid. Or a mushroom vid!
The Great British Bake Off: My top preference would be a vid of wholesome baking, emphasizing the diversity of bakers, celebrating their triumphs and acknowledging their failures. Or Mel & Sue being themselves! Or food-porn.

Thank you!!!

P.S. If someone is reading this and wanting to make a treat, I would love receiving treats for any of the following fandoms in addition to those listed above:

Sakeru Gum Commercials. This is such a cute story? A plot summary vid would be enjoyable, but really I’d be happy to receive anything. I don’t even know what would be possible! Surprise me!
Unicorn Store. I really enjoy that this is a manic pixie dream girl narrative that’s actually focused on her. And that doesn’t force her to become more “realistic” or “adult”. I love the celebration of creativity and joyful exuberance. The love story is also cute <3 I would enjoy receiving a treat celebrating those aspects of the movie.

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