Gift for Sanguinity by such heights (Saving Face)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: She Keeps Me Warm
Recipient: Sanguinity
Vidder: such heights
Fandom: Saving Face
Music: She Keeps Me Warm by Mary Lambert
Summary: This could be good. Wil/Vivian.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:44
Signed URL:

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Lyrics
She says I smell like safety and home

I named both of her eyes 'Forever' and 'Please don’t go'

I could be a morning sunrise all the time, all the time yeah

This could be good, this could be good



And I can’t change, even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can’t change, even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

My love, my love, my love, my love

She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm



I’m not crying on Sundays, I’m not crying on Sundays



My love, my love, my love, my love

She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm

Comments

[sanguinity]

Aw! They're so sweet together! grrlpup watched it with me and she was sniffling by the end. (Me, I had a great big smile on my face.)

Such beautiful use of those looks they're forever giving each other -- Wil's great big eyes! Vivian's cat-with-the-canary smiles! -- and I loved that you included the thumbs-up from the mothers. (And I'm just as happy you skipped over the sourpusses at the final dance: this is a video to keep one warm!)

And I adore that you took this lesbian anthem and repurposed the line "I can't change even if I tried," away from an external protest about society's homophobia, and instead reworked it to be an internal, intimate plea between them, about all the everything of what it takes to negotiate a relationship. Wil spends so much of the movie stuck, unable or unwilling to be more available to Vivian, but also desperately wanting to rise to what Vivian requires, and the tension you created between "unable to change, even if I tried" and "(but) she keeps me warm" draws that out beautifully. The intricacies of negotiating a relationship is so much more compelling to me than the grind of dealing with homophobia, and I'm so pleased you took it in this direction, rather than the other.

I keep going back and rewatching it in the hopes of being able to say more cogent things, but I keep getting to the end and finding that once again I have drifted off into a happy smush of awwww. Which is a very fine place to be. :-)

Thank you so much, anonymous vidder! This was a lovely present to wake up to!

[ghost_lingering]

This is really lovely!

[livrelibre]

Aww my heart, my feels! This wonderful :)

[franzeska]

Aww. That movie is adorable, and so is this vid.

[shati]

I have feelings!!

[chaila]

This is wonderful! I have never seen the movie, but the end had me tearing up with awwws.

[anoel]

OMG AWWWWWWW!!!! THIS IS SO CUTE THAT I AM REDUCED TO TALKING IN ALL CAPS ABOUT MY FEELINGS! Okay, I'm good. I've never seen it but you totally won me over and I absolutely love how you framed it with the dancefloor scene and then made it so meaningful when they came together. I loved their loved ones giving them thumbs up too! Perfect use of song and this vid just makes me really happy :D

[walkthegale]

Awwwwwww!! This is adorable and lovely, and SUCH good use of this song! Beautifully done! :D

[cosmic_llin]

Oh, this is just so lovely!

[sasha_feather]

This is so awesome and adorable and great. <3

[alwaystheocean]

Awwwww! This is so adorable! <3 I STILL haven't seen this film but wow, I really need to. <3 <3

[futuransky]

I haven't seen the movie (which I really need to remedy) but I love the song, and this vid was just utterly beautiful. Thank you for making it! <3 :D

[bookherd]

This is just the sweetest, and so very well done. Bravo!

[sqbr]

This is lovely and made me very happy!

[skygiants]

AW VIVIAN AND WIL. I love this whole thing, but my favorite moment may be the use of the thumbs-up at the end.

[chagrined]

This is very sweet!

[(Anonymous)]

very moving, I really enjoyed it!

[some_stars]

I love this, I love how sweet it is without being overly sentimental--it captures the feeling of their struggle, but it's unapologetically happy. AND THE MOMS :DDD

[unicorndust]

This is stunning, Saving Face is one of my favorite movies and I had never thought that it would be popular enough to get a fanvid. I teared up by how beautiful this was (the thumbs up!).

[elipie]

Wow ummmmmm I need to see this movie immediately, don't I?? This vid was beautiful and my heart just melted. I especially loved the thumbs up near the end (I know everyone else is saying that, too, but it just worked really well!!).

[usuallyhats]

Aw, this is lovely! ♥

[were_duck]

This is so lovely, you did such a great job catching the emotional beats and drawing the lyrics in with the footage you chose. Beautiful and sweet!

[deirdre_c]

Ahh, this is one of the best things about Festivids, is discovering wonderful new stories and being sold on them through the gorgeous vids. LIKE YOURS. So fun and sweet. Thank you!

[kuwdora]

omg omg omg this is so sweet and perfect and wonderful and amazing and all the adjectives in the world ever !!

[felis]

I don't know the source, but this vid got to me immediately. To borrow from the lyrics, warm and patient are the exact right words to describe it. Really lovely.