#vidrec

Below are five fanvid recs. None of these are particularly recent, but they're favorites of mine and I thought I'd share. They're from all over the board, fandom-wise, but all feature some pretty fantastic female characters and were all made by some pretty fantastic vidders.

Title: Raise Hell Vidder:walkthegale Fandom: Jurassic Park movies Music: Raise Hell by Brandi Carlile Summary: Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the earth.

The editing and timing in this is just so well done! The ladies (and the dinosaurs) really shine in this. And, randomly, Brandi Carlile is one of my favorite singer/songwriters.

Title: [VID] Que Sera Sera Vidder:ohvienna Fandom: Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Picard Music: Que Sera Sera (Cover) by Pink Martini Summary: "Whatever will be, will be…"

This is a wonderful character study of Seven of Nine incorporating her arc from child to Borg to the recent series (s1 of Picard). I think she's one of the most fascinating characters in Star Trek and this vid really showcases her journey.

Title: Back to Avalon Vidder: jetpack_monkey Fandom: League of Their Own (1992) Music: Back to Avalon by Heart Summary: I know I'm going home.

The editing is fantastic and the vid narrative is built so well - the build to the game, the heart-warming moments in the bridge, and the ending with the real-life ball players.

Title: [Vid] This Time's Everything Vidder:odessie Fandom: The X-Files Music: This Time's Everything by Amy Macdonald Summary: Here she goes again. (A Scully vid.)

The editing is incredible and this vid showcases her perseverance so well.

Title: Stayin' Low Vidder:hollywoodgrrl Fandom: Alien movies Music: Stayin' Low! (Bee Gees vs. Lil Jon vs. De La Soul) Summary: Hopin' she can sock it to me one mo' time.

Ellen Ripley is badass. This vid has ALL the swagger and it's one of my all-time favorites. Mind the gore (in case someone hasn't seen the movies? IDK). Vid also contains a lot of quick edits, fast cutting, and light flashes from source material.

Saturday Night (Say Amen) (0 words) by Nyxelestia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Scott McCall/Theo Raeken Characters: Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Theo Raeken Additional Tags: Fanvids, Canon-Typical Violence, Redemption, Hurt Theo Raeken, Alpha Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), True Alpha Scott McCall (Teen Wolf) Summary: I pray for the wicked on the weekend Mama, can I get another amen? Oh oh, it's Saturday night, yeah Swear to God I ain't ever gonna repent Mama, can I get another amen? Oh oh, it's Saturday night, yeah

The first rule of the Rec Club is that you talk about VidRecs.com.

The second rule of the Rec Club is that you hit the reblog button "as hard as you can."

The third rule of the Rec Club is that if you become member you have to rec.

VidRecs.com is a fan created project one stop shop for all your vid recs. Yeah, I got the domain. The passion didn't stop there. Vid Recs deserve a better place than our selective memories and random bookmarks on the internet. "What kind of features should a site called VidRecs.com have?" Remember, you wanted this.

A spot to put a blurb about why you recced/love the vid.

A recs page to showcase both You Tube & Vimeo recs in one spot.

The ability to rec vids with just the Video URL

A way to give proper credit to the original uploader & their description.

A profile page with my avatar and cover image

A profile page with my social network links if I want others to find elsewhere.

A way to find vid recs site-wide by fandom.

Had enough? No?

If the rec is on AO3 a comment button can be added to redirect viewers to the AO3 Comment page

On request you can get your own VidRecs.com profile URL (i.e. "VidRecs.com/yourfandomname" so viewers go directly to your rec page.

Everything you rec is automatically added to an automatically generated profile playlist so viewers can view it as a playlist.

You can create playlists using both your recs and recs of any other members on site.

You can sign up using Tumblr, Discord, Google or the regular email password combo.

Still not impressed. Gee, you're a tough cookie

You can rec vids directly from You Tube or Vimeo.

You can make your vid recs private to logged in users only.

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It's nearing the end of the year. It's so easy to forget vids you've enjoyed without a reliable place not only to reference but also share them with others. This can be what you want it to be. The groundwork has been done and it's still a work in progress but a lot closer to the ideal than most. All that's missing is a whole bunch of people willing the rec things and the site. Yeah, go ahead and rec the site. 😀

Membership is currently by approval. If you would like to speed things up just contact us at [email protected]. We are working on a way to make the registration process a lot more streamlined. Enough works now about the site to begin using it and if you run into any issues let us know. Thank you! Rec often. Rec hard. Our memories can fail us, and the internet is not reliable.

Additionally, there is also a greater chance vids recced here will be archived in case something happens to them in the future, but I am sure you are ll familiar with that. Reccing can be a democratic process that raises awareness about what should be archived or at least we hope.

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