#fanworkscon

[sandalwoodbox]

Superstar | Nimona AMV

Gloreth's betrayal (and the society that grew out of it) fucked Nimona up and she's still recovering 1000 years later.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51768496

CW: Grief/Mourning, Childhood Trauma, Betrayal, Police state, Transphobia allegory, Suicidal Thoughts, Indoctrination of Children, Propaganda

[fanworkscon]

The FanWorks 2023 con schedule is live!

The con Discord opens today at 8PM EST, and con programming starts tomorrow, Friday, December 8th.

FanWorks is free but registration is required, so register now!

[kuwdora]

Fanworks Con 2023 Vid Premieres Squee Recs Here’s my squee-and-recs for the @fanworkscon 2023 vidshow Premieres! There’s a few vids that I haven’t found online yet but I still included them because they’re great and I’ll edit the post when I find links. I haven’t managed to watch any of the premieres from the It Follows vidshow yet but for now!! Enjoy the bounty of awesome new vids for many fandoms. Over 20 recs under the cut!

Some humorous and lighthearted vids...

Don’t Be a Lawyer by starlady This vid!!! She-Hulk!! To a song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Really nailing the humor of the show, the breaking the 4th wall and it’s just even funnier with this song. I was wheezing the whole fucking time.

Sexy and I Know It by nestra Oh my god it’s Jamie Tartt from Ted Lasso. I laughed, I wheezed. Jamie Tartt is indeed sexy and he knows it. This is so much fucking FUN.

Four words on the top of your tongue by donteatthebee Okay apparently this is for this new show called Vice Principals and I have no idea what is gong on in this vid (nobody in chat did either). But what we do know is that Walton Goggins is fucking incredible and you get two middle aged men who love each other and even hump each other on screen and give each other pining and adoring looks? Well of course people’s fannish ears are gonna perk up. Amazing use of Taylor Swift, I still have no idea what’s going on by the end of the vid except that they will do anything for each other. What the fuck was that hot tub scene? Amazing. Also note the amazingly bland and dorky ties they are wearing. I have seen enough to know that I will watch this show. Odds Are by rhea Omg this is for 9-1-1 and truly the pinnacle of ODDS ARE. This show is too ridiculous for words. “Struck by lightening” repeats how many times in this song? And every single clip is different lightning!! Everybody goes through so much. Lmao. Beautiful people and family and gay folks and feelings. Shades of Purple by BlueshiftOfDeath Vice Principals vid about Gamby and Russell loving each other. There’s also a tiger and some shooting and I still don’t know what is going on but I’m also seeing arson and… Wow there is so much happening. There’s clips in this vid that I didn’t see in the other Vice Principals vid and I am even more intrigued. I’ve also never heard this song before but the vibe of the music is *chefs kiss* Consider me recruited. Duel of the Fates by jonesandashes, pollyrepeat Star Wars. I was NOT PREPARED FOR THIS VID. Oh my god I am howling. I was not prepared for the song and… everything else. Literally just giggling and covering my face the whole vid saying “whatttttt??” over and over.  This might be the greatest Obi-Wan vid I’ve ever seen. How the glass breaks on the beat at 2:06!!!! Sheer perfection.

At Your Pace by Rhea 9-1-1 show ���cos that’s where Rhea’s heart lies and it is SO FULL OF LOVE FOR THIS SHOW. This vid is all about Buck and Eddie being an amazingly slashy couple. Also reminded me how I never finished the first season but damn they are so slashy and adorable together. This vid gave me the warm fuzzies and nostalgic slashy feelings.

Amazing vids with Amazing Vibes...

Heated by ultraviolet_catastrophe BEYONCE VID!!! I haven’t seen a Beyonce fanvid in awhile. All I could think while watching this is just how much fun it must have been going through all the music videos because damn the production quality and style of Beyonce’s music videos is gorgeous and yummy to watch, whewww. Outstanding editing here.

Underworld by VielMouse Alright so this is Stargate the movie with some video game music from also a 90s game. Someone in chat said “is this what taking acid feels like?” and honestly I think that is the right question to be asking while watching this. Wild and sonorous and, great overlays that really did put me back in 1994. Also Jaye Davidson is so fucking beautiful, my god. Outstanding vid. Love seeing Stargate again. Amazing vibes. The Wandering Song by periru3 This is a vid for the comic/animation Over the Garden Wall. Which I have no idea what that’s about but this animation is gorgeous and the editing is ALL VIBES for THIS WHOLE SONG.   Hush, Little Baby by bStro The Sandman vid! INSPIRED song choice for the cover of Enter Sandman. Amazing look at Death, Desire and Johanna Constantine, Lucienne throughout the show with some incredible money shots of Dream of the Endless, of course. But waaahhhh this is supremely epic and satisfying to watch.

Some vids about living in an age of resistance...

A Hazy Shade of Winter by Jayne L (JayneL) The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance vid! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this vid is epic. This definitely has become the vid that I will forever associate with this song (and I have even vidded this song before, hah). This vid has incredible pacing and uses the stunning visuals of the show so well. I didn’t want to blink the whole time because I didn’t want to miss a single frame. Like, damn. Epic.

The hammer and the nail by stardust_rain Star Wars. Cassian Andor’s political education. Fuuuuuuuck. Mind the warnings on this vid, naturally, but y’all?? Do you all know how amazing it is to see Thea Gillmore music used in a vid?? Lyrics + tone of the song is so perfect for Andor. The pacing has me nodding and grooving along and it’s definitely a must-watch if you are into the show.

Multi-source vids that will make your jaw drop...

This is It by sandalwoodbox This is a pan-fandom vid (over 50 sources!!) about characters playing Go. It’s brilliant and it took me about halfway through the vid to actually notice each clip features a character playing black or white and throughout the vid the whole game is progressing, holy fuck, it’s so much fun and the lyrics are bangin’ for it too.

Bicycle Race by seekingferret Putting a Queen song to ALL THE BICYCLES EVER! There’s so many movies and tv shows in this vid and the progression of bicycle riding and then the moving frames with everyone riding their bicycle just escalates the fun. I keep losing it when I get to the bell chiming section and everyone starts falling off the bicycles, wahaha.

Relationship dynamics like whoa... A and B Song by mithborien A new Steve/Bucky vid FROM MITIHBORIEN!! I have been loving mithborien’s vids for an eternity now and oh my god just roll up into the con with a new Steve/Bucky vid and smack me back into my slashy feelings all over again. Tom McRae used to get around in fanvids ages ago but man I was so happy to hear him again for this vid in particular. The lyrical associations are fabulous. I feel wrung out after watching this vid.

Destroying Angels by Tafadhali Yellowjackets. Shauna/Jackie, fucked up teenage sapphics and cannibalism. This show is so fucked up and this vid doubly so, for all the right bad reasons whew. I was watching this and literally muttering “oh fuck” every 15 seconds. The vocalist is eerie, the underlying instrumentation during the verses is HAUNTING and foreboding. This vid does not pull any punches. The lyrics about ink and blood on her shoes and icy skin??  It’s a very intense vid..

Grandpa Never Gives Up His Money by ghost_lingering OMG NEW GHOST LINGERING VID!! This is for the 2018 film Trust about Paul Getty’s family. Whew the content warnings. Eat the rich. What an incredible use of The Beatles, too. The tonal shift at 1:15 is killer and holy crap this vid just keeps going and going and GOING and everything gets worse and…what a fucking rollercoaster, holy fuck. I’ve never seen this film but goddamn. A great vid for a fucked up family and movie. I’m kind of obsessed with the edits on the guitar in the last minute of this vid, too. Incredible stuff.

Don’t Take the Money by Anoel - not uploaded yet I don’t think? Will edit this post when I find the video online. Tag me if you see it! This is a Succession siblings vid and honestly I was not sure what to expect because I thought it was going to be the original song but it’s actually an MTV Unplugged cover featuring The Bleachers and Lorde. And oh my god it just really epitomizes how much the right cover can do wonders for a vid idea. Jesus Christ. These siblings got so fucked up and fucked over by Logan and that just hurts even more when you see all the human moments the siblings have for each other in this vid.

Heartwrenchingly beautiful and aching vids...

Man is Not Made by His Fractures by videobaths - also not uploaded yet? If someone sees this online somewhere please tag me?? Moon Knight vid!! “A man is not made by his fractures; he is able to mine them as a chance to emerge whole.” Aw, I really fucking love Oscar Isaac’s portrayal of Marc. This is a song I’ve never seen vidded before! Lil’ Was X’s Tales of Dominica. “Sometimes you’re angry / sometimes you’re hurting / sometimes you’re all alone.” If that isn’t the epitome of Marc’s life I don’t know what it is. Spectacular editing through and through. Live to Tell by AurumCalendula Star Trek TOS, Animated Original Series and Star Trek Discovery. A whole vid focusing on the Guardian of Forever! And the portal and the characters who go through the portals. Aurum’s cropping of the disco footage was so interesting and I think it did a lot to help it fit in with the other footage because everything is filmed so differently. But Aurum always makes my heart sing or ache and this is no exception. The difficulties of saying goodbye, aaaaahHHHhhh, just masterful storytelling here.

I Remember Damage by ohvienna An Ilsa Faust fanvid using a voice over from Station Eleven. Voiceover vids as the main audio track can be hit or miss for me but damn this really hit me. Just nailing the hurt and pain and perseverance in the face of unbeatable odds and coming back to your person time and time again. Fucking realness here.

The World You Thought You Lived In by BeatriceEagle This is: Adventure Time, Stargate SG-1, Farscape, The Magicians and Star Trek: The Next Generation. This vid explores what it is like for characters who are trapped living an entire life during a day. Heartwrenchingly beautiful. And painful! Cause then they lean into living out their life. But then the day ends and the characters have to go back to their other life. Aaaah, “say goodbye to the world you thought you lived in.” 😭😭😭😭 Very good pain.

Thousand Eyes by nu_breed_vids (nu_breed) This is a Korean TV show 손 : The Guest (TV). Åppears to be horror and trauma and really walloping the main character with the angst and whump. Mind the vidder notes/tags. In fact the vidder tagged this “Yoon Hwapyung is a whump magnet” which seems to track. The song choice is so ominous and slow-burn-y and goddamn, I’m not sure if this is some kind of demonic possession or whatever but I gotta check it out. The instrumental section with the drums and escalating strings is so TERRIFYINGGG with the blood and pain and losing himself. My god.

Blow your mind intense vids...

Psycho by lolachrome 长月烬明 | Till the End of the Moon (TV). A new Lola vid!! This is so fucking lush and gorgeous and the fucking attitude of this devil god character is fucking dreamy and intoxicating and terrifying at the same time.

Reincarnation by ExtraPenguin Star Wars sequel trilogy. Rey vid!! This is a constructed reality vid about Rey being the reincarnation of Anakin. The editing on this is so fucking slick and intense and incredible. So warning for lots of quick cuts and later flickering lightening shots. Oh my god. The intercutting between Rey and the original trilogy footage. I am foaming at the mouth. This vid is a (ahem) force to be reckoned with. It’s so cool and interesting to see Star Wars canon get recontexualized for this concept. And it’s executed so well!! Do watch if you are a Star Wars fan.

Never forget the antiheroes and misfits... Antihero by theletterelle Loki vid! It’s exhausting to always be rooting for the antihero. Oh, this is definitely reawakening my Loki feelings. The lyrics (especially the chorus!!) are so good for Loki. Do love, will watch again.

Superstar by sandalwoodbox A Nimona vid!! To Tegan and Sara! Oh holy fuck, I’ve come to expect and hope for awesome vids for this movie but this one is dark and still grooving with the beat. I did not expect this song to work so well with fame and propaganda. Oh my god, Gloreth's betrayal and Nimona and all the fallout with that. My. Goddddd. "I saw my first angel and it was you" omg NIMONA. Goddamn, these lyrics really punch you in the face.

[meeedeee]

Fan Vid/Vidding Stats

I've been combining my convention fanvid show playlists (thank you to every convention that has ever offered their playlists to their convention attendees in any format ...and an even bigger thank you to those using Google  Sheets or Excel or some format that can be converted).

The Two Big Vidding Conventions

Vividcon - USA (2002-2018), a fan run vidding convention showed approximately 4,737 vids.

VidUKon  - UK (2008-present), a similar vidding convention based in the UK has shown approximately 2,248 fanvids

You can find Vividcon's fanvid database here

VidUKon has combined its database with other conventions that run on the Conline.Club platform. You cannot search by convention year, but their dataset allows you to search by Fandom, Vidder and Title

Other Conventions

Below is the list of conventions where I am trying to gather the lists of fanvids that were shown - it ranges from 1979 through the present

Bascon

BistoCon

Cabrillo Con

Calicon

Con.txt

Confabulation

Connexions

Constrict

Convergence

DC SlashCon

Eastern Media Con

Eclecticon

Equinox Spring (a challenge, not a convention)

Equinox Fall (a challenge, not a convention)

Escapade

FanWorksCon

FemmeslashCon (TGIF/F)

FanStudies (an academic convention)

Festivids (a challenge, not a convention)

Friscon

Geek Media Expo

Hypericon

IDICon

Kiscon

Kismet

MediaWest

Nine Worlds

PacificCon/ Bitchin' Party

Revelcon

Slashcon (Australia)

Sharecon (SH10x)

Sherlock (Seattle)

Sirens Conference

Slashcon (AUS)

Slayage

Swancon (AUS)

Southern Media Con (VidCon until 2010)

VidUKon

Virgule

Vividcon

VegaSH Con

Wincon

Wiscon

WorldCon

ZebraCon

[cherryberrynice]

Ribcage | Annihilation (2018)

Premiered at FanWorks 2021. Warnings for rapid/stuttering cuts, body horror, and harm to (mutant zombie) animals.

ao3 | youtube | dl

[superjinkyo]

Beautiful Crime - The Girl With All The Gifts 

#FanworksCon2021 Premiere  (cw: zombies, blood)

[ohvienna]

“you became the dark star and left me all alone”

A XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS FANVID [xena/gabrielle | ao3 dl + notes + streaming]

Includes spoilers for all six seasons, including AFIN I & II. 

[scribescribe]

password: superman

Espacio Sideral [multifandom vid] by fiercynn and scribe

Summary: It takes a village to make a superhero.

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Black Panther (2018), Daredevil (TV), Agent Carter (TV), The Middleman (TV), Raising Dion (Short Film), Black Lightning (TV), Supergirl (TV 2015), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Shazam! (2019), The Flash (TV 2014), Incredibles (Pixar Movies), Batman (Movies - Nolan), Static Shock, Danny Phantom, Wonder Woman (2017), Captain Marvel (2019), Luke Cage (TV), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Aquaman (2018), The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

Content Notes: none

Notes: Made for FanworksCon 2019. Thanks to feedingonwind, Eli, Lex, aurum_calendula, sandalwoodbox, ryfkah, youmovemesir, and bessyboo for their help!

Comment and/or download here at AO3!

[elipie]

If U Seek Amy (A Simple Favor) vid edited by elipie

Made for FanWorks 2019 Sparkle Motion vidshow. Content notes can be found at AO3.

[diannelamerc]

Notes from Lizbetann(@gnatlet)’s Historical Fanworks Panel at #FanworksCon this morning:

(Sorry for blurry photo on that last one. It says:)

Tension now between copyright owners/

_official canon_ vs co-op

stories/characters/ideas

Serialization of novels like

weekly episodes

conversation by fans between

canon installments

People don’t change! :)

[sandalwoodbox]

Stray Italian Greyhound | Dear Missy 了不起的女孩 FMV | Lu Ke / Shen Si Yi (陆可 / 沈思怡) Fandom: 了不起的女孩 | Dear Missy (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lu Ke/Shen Siyi, Lu Ke/Cheng Nan, Lu Ke/Zhang Mang, Shen Siyi/Yao Yuan, Shen Siyi/Bai Xiao Chuan Characters: Lu Ke (Dear Missy) Additional Tags: Inconvenient Feelings, Stray Italian Greyhound, It takes Lu Ke a while but she gets there eventually, Fanvids, Subtitles Series: Part 6 of Dear Missy vids by sandalwoodbox Summary:

Lu Ke slowly realizes that she has feelings for Shen Siyi but isn't sure what to do about it at first.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40380522

[fanworkscon]

Panel submissions close soon!

Panel submissions for FanWorks 2023 close in 2 days at 11:59 PM Eastern on November 5th.

Any attendee can suggest a panel, but you don't need to moderate panels you suggest!

Panel programming depends on your suggestions, so if there are things you want to discuss at the con, please submit panel topics!

The full panel schedule will be available on Sunday, November 26th.

[kuwdora]

Ahhh, it was a lot of fun attending Fanworks Con's digital con this year. I even showed up to some panels/socials in addition to going to a few of the vidshows. It was great! Even though my social and emotional batteries are very very low. My brain is overheated like it usually is after a con. Recovery time nowwww. But it was very nice to see folks and chat about fannish things and spot folks I haven't seen in ages online or in person. Feeling chatty for the first time in ages which is nice. Gotta see see how long that feeling lasts. Since I usually tend to go into hibernation mode to escape the grief and sads of this month. Yay vids and fic and art, people creating awesome things. I miss everyone. The AO3 collection is filling up with the vid premieres! 75 fandoms so far! Sooo many amazing new vids!! I started writing up a recs post but we'll see if I can finish writing it before I lose steam. (I have like 4 half-written vid recs posts from the last year on top of my other witcher recs posts and everything else.... to no one's surprise.) thanks for a great weekend @fanworkscon !

[meeedeee]

FanWorks Convention 2019  - Digital Membership

As the con approaches, so too does the digital con! All attending and digital members will have full access to the digital (website-based) side of the con weekend. (If you purchased anything that says "supporting" membership on the receipt, that's the same as a digital membership.) Accessing the Digital Con The digital con kicks off on Thursday, August 16th at 8:00PM Eastern. Access for all members is through your FanWorks dashboard. You'll need to log in to see your dashboard. If you have purchased a membership of any kind, you already have an account on the FanWorks website; make sure you use that account to log in. If you have an account but don't have a membership, you still have a website dashboard, but you won't have digital con access. Once the digital con goes live on Thursday night, attending and digital members will automatically gain access on the dashboard. You don't have to enter a code, get a second password, etc. -- just log in to the FanWorks website with your membership account, and you'll see live updates on your dashboard throughout the con weekend. Schedule and Streaming Vidshows The con zine, featuring fic, art, and podfic, will go live on Thursday night, as will a full copy of the con program. Streaming vidshows will go live individually, timed to start when the vidshows start at the con. (For example: Introductions, which starts Friday at 1:00PM at the con, will be available for streaming starting Friday at 1:00PM Eastern.) Once vidshow streams have gone live, they will be available on demand; any vidshow that has debuted at the con will be available for playback at any time. All digital content will remain available for at least 90 days following the con. How to Purchase a Digital Membership to FanWorks Digital membership sales will remain open at least through the con weekend, so if you haven't yet purchased a membership, you can do so at any time up to and during the con itself. If you purchase a membership during the con weekend, your dashboard will automatically update with access to the digital con. (If you already know you want to purchase a digital membership, we recommend that you do so by Sunday, August 11th. This is so that if you have any questions, we can take care of them for you before the con begins. Digital membership registrations are welcome at any time, but support for the registration process may be limited once the con begins, as staff will be busy on site.) Digital memberships to FanWorks can be purchased here.

[walkthegale]

Song: Don’t Dim Your Light for Anyone - Thea Gilmore Fandom: The Worst Witch (2017) Summary: I don't know why things get this tough, but I know you and you're enough. Also on: AO3

For the @fanworkscon 2020 premieres vidshow.

[ladybessyboo]

CRAZY BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Just livin' the life—the parties, the disasters, and my friends all pretty and plastered.

Made for Sparkle Motion! at @fanworkscon 2019.

Password: prettyandplastered

See notes, download a copy, & leave feedback @ AO3.