#Vid Ramirez

[pullman-lewis]

via jonomatt’s ig story

[kuwdora]

For the vidding asks: 10, 12, 21!

10 What was the best comment you've received on one of your vids?

Let me tell you about a comment that fundamentally rattled my soul to the core and made me extremely hyper-vigilant, but eventually I got less rattled by it and absorbed it into my creative process because it was so incredibly helpful for me and made me a better vidder.

I made this due South Fraser/RayK vid in 2007, it was my second ever vid I was trying to make. It's called Better Off. If you look at my original vid notes I wrote like 500 words talking about how much I hate I my vid. How much it sucks, how it’s awful. How I was apologizing for it and basically giving up on the vid. The whole self-flagellating nine yards. I got a lot of great feedback on it, like over 20 comments, so despite me hating my own vid of new hobby I was learning to do, people fucking loved it.

HERE is the comment thread that changed my life. Where j-s-cavalcante kindly said the greatest most wonderful things to me but also made me go 👀:

I wish you hadn't waxed eloquent on the subject of how bad this vid is, because now I feel like an idiot posting this comment: I LOVED it. It makes me think, it scares me, it makes me see DS in a slightly different way, and it's fascinating with ALL those action scenes and blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. And, OMG, Dangerous!Fraser is freaking me out a little, here, and making me want to write, and that's one of the best things I think vids do for me. I find the good ones inspiring. I don't think anyone has quite dealt with this issue in a vid before, certainly not in this depth. But the idea that Fraser is deliberately risking Ray's life in these "wildly bizarre ways" for some unknown, maybe pathological, reason of his own is…scary and believable and intense! The use of so many of their action scenes all cut together so quickly is really, really effective in getting the point across. The song is cool and it inspired shivers up my back. Wow. (It also brings Speranza's "Wildly Dangerous Ways" (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/WDWays.html) to mind--one of my all-time favorite F/K fics.) And you did something so clever that I really loved…I'm not sure if I can express it properly, but there are a few clips that seem very obvious choices for the lyrics in question, such as the shot of Damian Kowalski on the " who's your daddy?" line and the scenes from Ray's messy apartment on the "I'll be hiding in your dirty room" line (there are more---"I'll not wake you," and the airport lines, etc.). And when those scenes show up matched to those lines, they seem like too-facile choices, but then in the very next line+clip combination, you reinterpret them: "I'm your daddy now" has Fraser holding the heavy bag for Ray, and so on. I found that very effective and just…intelligent. I think it's an intelligent vid. But you say it sucks, so I guess I don't know any better. I'll just live in blissful ignorance…and play it for writing inspiration…. :)

Dear asker, friend. @marahsarie. I want you to know that when I made this due South fanvid I was 100% sure in my belief that I was making a happy, intense adventure vid. Wholesome. Action. My beta sapote at the time was trying to say the same things j-s-cavalcante was saying but I was not grasping it. So when I read j-s’s comment I lost my goddamn mind. How could I have failed to understand what the fuck I was making? How other people might see it?? I was embarrassed and confused and and and...then I got it.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii...didn’t realize that the song I was using was the singer was about a cult leader. But because this song was about a cult leader and that was the reading that people who watched the vid were taking away from it... everyone lost their minds. It was a darker interpretation of Benton Fraser than anyone had ever seen in a vid before. Pathological? Fraser? In my vid? I guess it's more likely than I thought.

I stewed and chewed on this comment and reviewed my 300 emails I exchanged with sapote to understand what the fuck I was thinking when I heard the lyrics and how I made something so different than what I thought I was making. I wrote over 2k words about song choice and what I learned, which you can check out here if you want to see what thinking about song choice was like so early in my vidding experience.

That comment was so full of love, it was supportive, and specific and surprising. It meant the world to me. It made me think about how to intentionally approach a song, try to understand what the song is or might be about based on the song lyrics themselves, the singer’s confirmation of the song meaning, and what other people might interpret a song as. I also started thinking about how and when I will want to vid with or against specific song narratives and how I could make a vid successful in the process depending on what I did to make my case. Whether it was with symbolism or metaphor or technical efforts. Sometimes I still end up with happy accidents (as well as intentional horror, hahh) and there is always the possibility of more unintentional accidents and horrors because my brain is very squishy. I'm still human and I've fucked up before and will probably fuck up again but I will try to do my to know what's going on in what I make.

Truly that was the best comment ever. It really really helped me think critically about my work and how others might approach it even when I do or don't know what they might see. And it was just so kind and nice and reassuring and it really got me excited to make more vids after that, too.

— 12 Most underrated vid that you wished had gotten more views?

My Maya Herrara vid from Heroes! Racist fans were fucking awful about Maya as portrayed by Dania Ramirez. Fuckshit racists. The Heroes writers wrote the most racist shit, too, and did her character a great fucking disservice. It was awful. I’m still fucking pissed about it. You can read my extensive notes about Maya I wrote at the time on the original vidpost.

I loved Maya and wanted to vid her. Even though I wish the show Wasn’t Like That. I wish that she had something better, I wish that actress had something better, too. I loved her so much and I wanted more of her. I love her and I'll probably cry again the next time I rewatch the show. I don’t know if Heroes fandom people ever watched my vid back in the day since it wasn't the main Slash Pairing. I made this vid in 2008 and it has like 18 views on YouTube so here we are. I love Maya. She deserved better.

— 21 How would you describe your vidding style?

My vidding style is passionate, earnest, irreverent. It’s also unhinged, deeply fucked up. I love utilizing internal motion in clips to create a sense of movement and use that energy with the musicality of songs. I’m also inordinately gleeful about vidding fucked up themes and sources and can’t bring myself to be apologetic about it. But I’m equally unhinged with my love and joy for the wholesome characters and shows I make fanvids for, too. I don’t know if I come off as balanced or anything but. I always approach my vids with love (for the show, the characters, the vidding process, the creative catharsis, etc).

Thank you kindly for these lovely asks!!!

[silkywishes]

soos/giffany - red flags

[buckys-estrella]

tbh this clip has me😩

tagging my fellow danny enjoyers🫡: @fanboygarcia @rae-gar-targaryen

[hatedmaggot]

scaretheater vid on richard ramirez. shut up

[armando-triplepapito]

I read an article where the actor who plays Hugo says they just grew apart after working long hours on set (and they barely had any scenes together) and there was no cheating involved. It's in Spanish though, but he basically says she did have a relationship but it was after they had separated. The cheating rumors have been going strong for years though, and at some point it's what we all believed. So who knows, maybe he just didn't want to keep adding fuel to this story and this was just the polite thing to say at the time, but I don't see why we should doubt his word either. I'll leave the link to this article below in case you wanna read it.

Speaking of another fallout / behind the scenes drama, I wonder what happened between Jorge and Lorna. They were crazy close, even starred in a play together, but after that I noticed they were no longer following each other on IG and nowadays they don't even acknowledge the other's existence.

https://elpopular.pe/cine-y-series-tv/2022/07/16/betty-fea-cuales-fueron-motivos-ruptura-ana-maria-orozco-julian-arango-set-telenovela-colombiana-139795#amp_tf=De%20%251%24s&aoh=16921591314826&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Felpopular.pe%2Fcine-y-series-tv%2F2022%2F07%2F16%2Fbetty-fea-cuales-fueron-motivos-ruptura-ana-maria-orozco-julian-arango-set-telenovela-colombiana-139795

If AMO actually cheated I wouldn’t be surprised that Julian Arango denied it and would try to minimize damage to her reputation probably because of his love for her and to not disclose their privacy. I did hear that AMO started a relationship after they separated but idk if that means after their divorce was finalized or when they filed for divorce. I’m assuming they separated when they filed for divorce and she then started a relationship with the photographer and that’s how all the cheating rumor started maybe? (Am I talking in circles cause I feel like I am😭). Whatever happened during their marriage one thing for sure is that it left Julian Arango bitter for a while cause he was tough on AMO when they had to work together. I saw a clip of Jenny’s actor mentioning how Julian Arango would throw insults at AMO during their scenes together. So those insults we see Hugo throwing at Betty were real, they came from the heart🤣 I think one of those scenes was when Cecilia Bolocco visited Ecomoda, he called her miss moco, miss mamarracho, miss moscorrofio 😬🤭 The good thing is that they’re now in good terms and you could see them hugging during their interview for Betty en teatro!

Now that I think about it I did see a few videos of them together where Lorna was all happy trying to interact with JEA about he was not having it😬 I brushed it off as him being tired but his vibes were off it kinda looked like he was annoyed by her and was keeping his distance but idk maybe I’m misinterpreting his reaction. I think those videos were around the time they were involved in Betty en teatro. If they were still friends around that time let me know cause now I’m invested in the chisme!

Also random but a few months ago I saw a video where Jorge Herrera (Don Herme’s actor) went on some interview for a radio station or a podcast (something like that) and talked about AMO’s history of substance abuse. He mentioned that AMO confided in him that she was struggling with drug abuse. Idk if what he said is true but I think it was messed up of him to talk about that during some interview. Makes me wonder if AMO saw/heard about that interview but if she did she definitely lost trust in him 😔 Wouldn’t trust him either! How could he bring up such a delicate topic! I would send a link for the vid but I can’t seem to find it. I follow so many Betty La Fea accounts that I have no idea who posted it!

One thing I would like to talk about is on Natalia Ramirez and Lorna’s friendship! It’s crazy how they’ve been best friends over 20yrs!! It’s like they’re soulmates ❤️ I’m not sure but I think Julio Cesar is also part of that friendship! I get so emotional when I see them post videos of them hanging out and having fun! I love seeing strong friendships between actors so when you mentioned that JEA and Lorna had a fallout it got me depressed! They used to be besties when filming ysblf! Ig some friendships weren’t meant to be🤧

[racingtoaredlight]

1939 Hermann Hauser I

All pics and vid from Guitar Salon International.

This guitar was sold a few years ago for $134,500 and is as close to mint as I've seen an 84 year old guitar. I'm going to do some stuff on the history of the classical guitar, starting with the Torres guitars that influenced 90% of what we've seen and heard from acoustic guitars since the mid 1800's. Both nylon and steel string.

I started with Hauser because his guitars are both sonically balanced and versatile. They're at home in baroque stuff as much as they are playing Spanish and South American music. There's less overtones and harmonics, more of an emphasis on the fundamental note, and because of this, Hauser's are known for great clarity and separation of notes.

Of course, Hauser's reputation was emboldened by the guys who played them. Andres Segovia, the godfather of guitar, was the most notable guitarist...commissioning Hauser to replicate the Manuel Ramirez he played before. Julian Bream is probably the second greatest classical guitarist ever, and he was another Hauser devotee. Brothers Sergio and Eduardo Abreau were another pair of noted Hauser players.

Bream not only played a Hauser, but was instrumental in continuing his influence. His guitars commissioned from modern, brilliant luthiers Gary Southwell, Kevin Aram, Brian Cohen and Simon Ambridge (and to a lesser extent David Rubio), were all based off of a 1940 Hauser loaned to him from the Augustine estate (the family that invented the nylon string).

Keep in mind, all of these images after the jump are of a guitar that will be celebrating its 85th birthday soon. The quality of the woods is second only to the quality of the construction.

[minhamemoriasuja]

Arturo Fotografia: Vid Ramirez

[jellybelle]

[xx0yeet-everything0xx]

Reyna & Leo are siblings. Like, not by blood, but still, they are.

So I imagine that when, for example, a camper insults Reyna, Leo immediately gets into ‘wtf did you say about my older sister you little shit’ mode and starts cussing at that person in a mixture of English and rapid Spanish. And the same thing vice versa, if someone insults Leo, Reyna’s like ‘bitch how dare you I’m going to kill you before you can even think of runnin’

Something along this lines of this ↓

Idiotic Camper: How were you the praetor? You’re so… ugck. Reyna: Leo: Leo: *sets camper on fire*

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Stupid Camper: Valdez, you’re so ugly, if I were Calypso, I’d dump you Leo, smiling through the pain: Oh, really-  Reyna: wait what did you just say to mi hermano  Reyna: *angry spanish* bitch you better r u n Reyna: oh wait, i’m going to break you into pieces before that

[joysmercer]

im so stupidly excited for hannah bayles to react to the greys musical episode and idk why aksdfjls

[jbuffyangel]

Mia Smoak || Hurricane (8x03) by  infinitecanvas

Me: *heaving sobs*

[emnotcanon]

Just Like That by The Aces 3/10/19

[holyalisa]

I don’t know why but I’ve been laughing at this for 29 minutes😭

[minhamemoriasuja]

Mateo Fotografia: Vid Ramirez

[boushh2187]

Once Upon a Time Autograph session including arrival and exit from the both. I went around the booth a few times after I got my autographed poster so that’s why it looks like I go by over and over. :)