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Title of vid: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern are (Still Alive)
Recipient: talitha78
Vidder: Airawyn
Fandom: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Music: Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton and Ellen McLain
Summary: The play's the thing.
Content notes: Non-graphic canon death and suicide
Signed length: 03:02





Lyrics
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Aperture Science.
We do what we must because we can.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun.
For the people who are still alive.

I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you!

Now these points of data make a beautiful line.
And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive.

Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa...
THAT WAS A JOKE. Haha. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, this cake is great.
It's so delicious and moist.

Look at me still talking when there's science to do.
When I look out there it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I've experiments to run there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive

And believe me I am still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.

Still alive
Still alive

Date: 2013-01-19 05:10 pm (UTC)
thingswithwings: dear teevee: I want to crawl inside you (a dude crawls inside a tv) (Default)
From: [personal profile] thingswithwings
lol, this is adorable! great song choice.

Date: 2013-01-19 06:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] silverhare
Great fun! :)

Date: 2013-01-19 07:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] opusculasedfera
This was fantastic! I would never have thought of this song for this source, but the sense of absurdity overlaying tragedy in both works absolutely perfectly.

Date: 2013-01-19 07:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cupidsbow
For something so intrinsically bittersweet, you managed to make this amazingly light-hearted. Great job.

Date: 2013-01-19 11:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kouredios
This was really fun!

Date: 2013-01-20 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] silver_spotted
very nice!

Date: 2013-01-20 12:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ladysorka
Your song choice here was absolutely inspired. This is fantastic.

Date: 2013-01-20 02:15 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] franzeska
Hee! God, their little faces! I'd forgotten how expressive the performances in this are. Awesome!

Date: 2013-01-20 05:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] talitha78
Clever, clever Festividder! I love how you made this work; the song/source combination was perfect, and the build to the end with the final shot of the pages of the play totally nailed it. I'm so happy to have been the recipient of this witty vid. Thank you!!

Date: 2013-01-20 05:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] innie_darling
Fantastic match-up of song and source - great vid all around.

Date: 2013-01-20 04:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lithiumdoll
Most fantastic song choice EVER and a fantabulous vid! :D

Date: 2013-01-20 05:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] settiai
This was awesome! And such a surprisingly perfect song choice!

Date: 2013-01-20 05:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] purplefringe
This is wonderful!

Date: 2013-01-20 07:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] livrelibre
I have never seen this source but I think I should now. You had me at song choice and vidder, I lolled:)

Date: 2013-01-21 09:28 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] isis
Very cool and clever!

Date: 2013-01-22 12:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ghost_lingering
<3<3 hahaha, awesome! Perfect song too.

Date: 2013-01-22 03:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] frayadjacent
Oh wow, this is fantastic! I love how you captured their performances and brought out so much humor and absurdity in the story. Excellent work -- definitely had me laughing out loud at a number of spots.

Date: 2013-01-22 09:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] debris_k
I loved this, great song choice and the vid is just awesome. Kudos!

Date: 2013-01-23 04:41 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] china_shop
Oh, this is beautifully done! *much applause*

Date: 2013-01-23 05:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] eruthros
This is great!

Date: 2013-01-24 03:05 am (UTC)
axiom_of_stripe: DC Comics: Jaime throws up his hands (Seriously you guys)
From: [personal profile] axiom_of_stripe
wow. wow! i cannot imagine a more perfect song choice now that you've done this so amazingly. all of those layers of "truth". wow!

Date: 2013-01-24 07:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fan_eunice
This is great :)

Date: 2013-01-25 10:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] skygiants
What a fascinating concept for a Rosencrantz & Guildenstern vid!

Date: 2013-01-26 07:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] theleaveswant
Heh, GLaDOS the player king . . . very well done indeed!

Date: 2013-01-28 07:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] recrudescence
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed this!

Date: 2013-01-31 07:36 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] echan
This was so awesome, what a great use of the song! I loved the fire section, the paper boat, the blowing on the whatzit, the ball/cup toy "science", were all my favorite parts but also all the faces were so expressive and well used. Very cool!

Date: 2013-02-06 04:48 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] spuffyduds
That is SO GREAT.

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