New Vid: "The Wild Son" (SPN)

[giandujakiss]

This was totally not what I was supposed to be doing.

... don't judge me.

Song: The Wild Son by The Veils
Fandom: Supernatural

Summary: It is a far, far better thing.

Pairing: Sam/Dean (you could read it as gen, but why would you want to?)

Spoilers: Through "Swan Song"

Sizes: 29.5 MB (720 x 480 .avi), 10.7 MB (420 x 280 .wmv)
Length: 2:14

Download from Sendspace: The .avi file is here and the .wmv file is here

Watch on Vimeo

Password: lucifer


Thank you so much to danegen for the beta.

Comments appreciated.

(Crossposted to LJ)

Comments

[darkemeralds]

Oh Sam.

Your vid makes me love the boys again as only an excellent fanwork can. Antidote to much of the meh of S5 by focusing on its best and most beautiful and horrible moments.

I feel kind of hollow after watching it. Great stuff.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad it had such an effect on you!

[yourlibrarian]

Owie.

Summary: It is a far, far better thing.

Man, I bawled in the cinema when that happened, too.

you could read it as gen, but why would you want to?

Heh. That text is not very subby.

[giandujakiss]

That text is not very subby.

Heh. Not so much, no. Glad you liked it!

[yhlee]

Whoa, Sam is so much scarier than he was in S1.

I will insert my usual disclaimer about how I have not seen very much SPN, but I loved the smoothness of the editing--I think my favorite moments were the fireworks on "the stars align" and the Impala (?) on "wheels." Tender, yet with a disturbing undercurrent with Sam doing strange things to people (demons?) and the blood and so on.

I am not sure how one could possibly read this as gen. :-)

Also, did they just jump into the abyss or something at the very end? Love binds us even unto hell, something like that?

[giandujakiss]

I am not sure how one could possibly read this as gen. :-)

I take that as a compliment.

I'm really glad you enjoyed the editing, even without knowing the show very well - and yeah, I guess it is a mix of tender and disturbing, which to me matched the tone of the song, which is tender but there's sadness there, too.

Only Sam jumped into the abyss - into Hell - with another character. Sam allowed himself to be possessed by Lucifer so that he could take control, jump into Hell, and thereby trap Lucifer. Dean was left behind. The expectation was that Sam would then have to remain in Hell forever, but at the very end of the season finale, we see that Sam has somehow gotten out of Hell - some indeterminable amount of time later - and now apparently has some kind of new magical powers. To be continued next season.... So, less about the two bound for all eternity than about Sam sacrificing himself for the world Dean.

[yhlee]

Oh, I see--wow. That's one heck of a season finale!

I just went and rewatched "A Charming Man" because I wanted my very very specialized SPN fix. I like getting to know the show through the lens of your vids, actually--I can tell myself such interesting hypothetical stories about what's going on just based on the vid.

[giandujakiss]

Hee, I'm really delighted you like A Charming Man so much - and that you like how the show looks through my vids, even if the picture you're getting isn't complete!

[erda]

::delurks tentatively::

Just wanted to say I love this and have already watched it 100 zillion times, getting teary eyed every time. The thing about a vid like this is that, up to a point, I get more emotional over it the more I watch it.

the truth, you'd say,
Is I like them there that way

Sammy!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[giandujakiss]

Oh, thank you so much! I couldn't be happier that it had such an impact!

And yes, I love that line too! In the song itself, I think it's intentionally ambiguous in an interesting way as to who "I" is. Is the singer saying that you, dear, prefer that I have knives in my heart? Or is the singer saying that you, dear, would accuse me of masochistically wanting the knives in my own heart?

Anyway, I'm really glad you're enjoying the vid - thank you!

[erda]

Yes, I'm totally wallowing in the ambiguity of that line, as I love it both ways.

[elynross]

First off, thank you very much for saying up front it's a Sam/Dean vid; people don't always mention this.

I hesitated a lot before commenting on this, but since it really upset me:

Pairing: Sam/Dean (you could read it as gen, but why would you want to?)

One of the reasons I backed away from SPN fandom even when I was still watching the show was the pervasiveness of Wincest, to the point that it was assumed that if you were a slash fan, of course you were into Wincest, and most people seemed to think nothing of it. Hell, when I started watching, I thought I would be into Wincest for the long haul. Only, over time it started to really bother, and then completely squick me.

At this point, I find it really upsetting (and still unavoidable, if only in passing mention), and to have it casually implied that my perspective is so unthinkable that I shouldn't even want to not conceive of brothers fucking is distressing.

If I were primarily a gen fan, I think I'd find it even more dismissive and insulting. Can you imagine the reaction if someone put a vid or story out there with the tag: "Gen. you could read it as Sam/Dean, but why would you want to?"

[giandujakiss]

I appreciate your POV, which is why I did not include that summary when I posted it to the communities. I only included it here in my journal. I realize that people being led from the communities would see it, but my feeling was that in my journal, where I talk about Wincest quite a bit and where I believe it's generally understood that I am in no way insulting or disparaging those who feel differently, it would be permissible to make tongue-in-cheek jokes on the subject - which I do quite frequently in other posts.

I also think the reverse situation is not the same, because while there is the incest aspect to Sam/Dean, there's also the gay aspect, and a reverse sort of tag could easily be read as a disparagement of queer readings of the text. It's not on equal footing.

That said, I absolutely did not intend to imply that there is anything unthinkable or problematic or otherwise negative about being squicked by Wincest, and I'm sorry that my post made you feel that way.

[gen241]

Oh I really, really like this. Not only is it extremely well cut and beautiful and awesome (like your other SPN vids), I love that it focuses on Sam. This vid was perfect for showing his obsessive, terrifying (erotically) codependent love - and goes a long way to making up for all the Sam-shaped-perspective holes in season 5.

and the fireworks! aww...

[giandujakiss]

Thank you! I'm so happy you felt it fills a gap in the show - that's kind of what it was meant to do! - and that you liked how it works visually.

[inalasahl]

I went from being skeptical of the song/Sam choice to having tears in my eyes fairly quickly, and then I had to put it on repeat and watch it several more times. I love this so much.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy that won you over despite your skepticism!