sandalwoodbox

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

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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.

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!!!