Themed Fanvideo Rec List - Disability Pride Month
Obivious there are many videos not featured here, just a small list of some favorite fanvids, focusing on disabled characters, the theme of disability. As always I tried to feature a diverse group of characters, sources, vidders, moods and themes - which was a lot harder than I wanted it to be.
Under My Skin - Multi [by BeatriceEagle] "My body is a foreign object." Music "Now or never" by Metric. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood and violence, disfigurement/body trauma, medical trauma, non consensual body modifications, ableism. AO3 link.
I Was Here - Avatar the last airbender [by terajk] Teo, Toph Beifong "I will leave my mark." Music by Beyoncé. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights). AO3 link.
Out Of Control - Captain America [by SecretlyToDream] Bucky Barnes "Bucky, control, and how he became himself again." Music by Tim McMorris. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), non-con medical procedures & torture, blood and violence.
Hard way home - Cloudburst [By niyalune] Dotty, Stella "Dotty and Stella's big adventure." Music by Brandi Carlile. AO3 link. Dreamwidth link. Warning for depiction of police.
Hero - Daredevil (TV) [by violentdevotion] Matt Murdock "i'm the hero of this story, don't need to be saved" Music by Regina Spektor. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood and violence, body trauma.
Call Me - DC (Comics) [by absternr] Barbara Gordon "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day." Music by Blondie. AO3 link.
Tear apart the sky - Fast Color [by superjinky0] Bo, Lila, Ruth: "Three generations of superpowers passed from mother to daughter." Music "The day the world turned day-glo" by X-Ray Spex. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), seizures. AO3 link. Tumblr link.
Eye of the tiger - Fullmetal alchemist (2003) [by calangkohc] Edward Elric "Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past/You must fight just to keep them alive". Music by Chiara Mastrionni, original by Survivor. Warning for blood, warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood and violence, body trauma, war
Infinitesimal - Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood) [by shaiza] Edward Elric "There's a million, billion, trillion stars/But I'm down here low/Fussin' over scars". Music by Mother Mother. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood, body horror/body trauma. Tumblr link.
Get Better - Hawkeye (Matt Fraktion run) [by absternr] Clint Barton "I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best". Music by Frank Turner. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood. A03 link.
Big Scary Place - House M.D. [by Deelaundry] Side characters "When you're not used to it, the hospital can be quite a big scary place. A tribute to each of the 170+ patients of the week on House MD." Music by The Dead Milkmen. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), medical content, blood, unreality, body trauma. AO3 link.
Bukowski - House M.D. [by astolat] Greg House "But who would want to be such an asshole?" Music by Modest Mouse. Warning for physical triggers, medical content. A03 link.
The Middle - How to train your dragon [by elipie] Hiccup "Everything will be just fine" Music by Jimmy Eat World. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights). Tumblr link.
Foreigners God - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame [by IdiosyncraticCat] Quasimodo "All that I've been taught/And every word I've got/Is foreign…" Music by Hozier. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), antiziganism, ableism.
Your Body Is A Machine - Iron Man [by unfinishedidea] Tony Stark "I'm broken hearted but my beat's in time". Music by The Good Natured. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), violence, body trauma
You? Me? You wish - ラストマン－全盲の捜査官－| Last Man: Zenmou no Sousakan [by actiaslunaris (sawaruna)] Minami Hiromi "I'm a big deal". Music "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels" by Todrick Hall. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights) police, dead bodies. AO3 link.
Be OK - A league of their own (TV) [by cosmic llin] Shirley Cohen "Maybe I will be ok." Music by Ingrid Michaelson. Warning for depiction of police, queerphobia. AO3 link.
Dumb - Disney's The Little Mermaid [by fightingarrival] Ariel "I know you know you ain't right." Music by Jazmine Sullivan. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), ableism. AO3 link.
Drought - Mad Max (Fury Road) [by kaydeefalls] Furiosa "and the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth". Music by Vienna Teng. Warning for blood and violence. AO3 link. Tumblr link.
Radioactive - Mad Max [by lilly_the_kid] Max Rockatansky "welcome to the new age (maybe hope isn't a mistake after all)" Music by Imagine Dragons. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood, non con medical procedure, sexual violence, torture, war, body trauma. AO3 link.
After the day's work is done - MCU [by stardust rain] Nick Fury "Did you know that the meek, they shall inherit the earth?" Music "Victory Dance" by My Morning Jacket. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood and violence, medical content.
Sick Boy - My own private idaho [by Thunder Edit] Mike "Make no mistake, I live in a prison/That I built myself, it is my religion". Music by The Chainsmokers. Warning for Physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights), blood, depiction of police, nudity and sex.
Body Terror Song - Nimona [by periru3] Nimona "I'm so sorry that the world has decided to punish Nimona for having a body." Warning for physical triggers, body horror, suicide. AO3 link.
Come as you are - Nimona [by ceoazula] Ballister Blackheart, Nimona "Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be" Music by Nirvana. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights)
More Cycles - 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire [by bingeling] Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe "What the fuck is resting on the seventh day? I'm seven days of levee-breaking rain, stay the hell away." Music by Aesop Rocks. Warning for suicide.
Two Birds - The Secret Garden 1949 [by sp] Colin Craven "Two birds of a feather/Say that they're always gonna stay together/But one's never going to let go of that wire" Music by Regina Spektor.
begin again - The secret Garden 1993 [by atamascoily] Colin Craven "Call it your day number one of the rest of forever". Music by Vienna Teng. Tumblr link. AO3 link.
How to embrace a swamp creature - The Shape of Water [by absternr] Elisa Esposito "But I'm out of my element/I can't breathe". Music by The Mountain Goats. Warning for blood.
Domino - Sleep with me [by sandalwoodbox] Harry "Harry enjoying good food, good sex, and life in general." Music by Jessie J. AO3 link
Give it up - Star trek The Next Generation [by kelly] Geordi La Forge "Everybody wants your love/I'd just like to make you mine, all mine".
Music by KC & The Sunshine Band. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights).
May I suggest - Up [by AbsoluteDestiny] Carl "These best part of your life." Music by Susan Werner. AO3 link.
My body is a cage - Voltron: Legendary Defener [by Suzvoy] Shiro "Shiro's body has always turned against him." Music by Peter Gabriel. Warning for physical triggers (quick cuts/flashing lights)
