Gift for chaila by Cleo (Wonder Woman - 2009)

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Title of vid: A Hero Comes Home
Recipient: chaila
Vidder: Cleo
Fandom: Wonder Woman (2009)
Music: A Hero Comes Home by Robin Wright Penn
Summary: Diana, Hippolyta, and Themyscira.
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Signed length: 01:10

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
Just wait, though wide he may roam

Always a hero comes home

He goes where no one has gone

But always a hero comes home



He knows of places unknown

But always a hero comes home

He goes where no one has gone

But always a hero comes home

Comments

[beccatoria]

Beautiful. Lovely pace that fits right with the minimalist music, and all my Diana as an Archetypal Hero feels.

[alwaystheocean]

Aw, thank you, you know it means a lot to me that it worked for you. <3

[dariaw]

That was gorgeous and so lovely!!

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you! :D

[thingswithwings]

oh, wow, this is beautiful. It's delicate and powerful and gets at all the complicated feelings about "home" that Diana feels. Great song choice, beautifully done.

[alwaystheocean]

Wow, thank you so much for the lovely comment!

[eruthros]

This is so lovely! I really enjoyed it.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you very much!

[ghost_lingering]

Very lovely.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you!

[runawaynun]

That fit a lot of wonderfulness in a very short time and showed out Diana truly is epic.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you! She IS truly epic, so I'm glad that came through in the vid!

[settiai]

This was lovely!

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you!!

[sanguinity]

Diana and Hippolyta and the Amazons! It'd be a vid of my heart anyway, just for that, just for recognizing how important the Amazons are to Diana, and in Diana's story, but we got to the end and I just burst out bawling. Because Diana and Hippolyta and the Amazons.

[alwaystheocean]

OK so I've been secretly gloating over this and your comment over on chaila's journal for the past two weeks or so, thank you SO MUCH. <3 I adore Diana (news at 10) and one of my favourite things is her origin and her relationship to Hippolyta and the Amazons, so I'm glad the vid worked for other people too. :) :)

[chaila]

Ahhh it's so gorgeous! I have SO MANY feelings about Diana and Hippolyta and Themyscira, and how they ground Diana through the hugeness of what she does (SO MANY, I can't even tell you), and here they all are in vid form! I am so happy you used this song! You can't know this (unless you do, suspicious anonymous festividder?) but this song is totally on my personal Diana fanmix playlist, because it gives me so many feelings about Diana and her epic hero journey and her HOME through all of that, especially given the gender-switch of vidding it for Diana. I've never heard this stripped down version, but it's so perfect. I love the delicateness of this, it's so quietly contemplative, and I love the juxtaposition of those feelings with the true epicness of Diana and Hippolyta, the lightning and swords and blood on the beach that birthed her and the huge tasks she has to take on.

It's beautiful, thank you so much!

[alwaystheocean]

Heeee, honestly I'm so pleased with how much you liked it! <3 I'm also cackling still with how hard I failed at sneaky here! I knew I really wanted to make a Festivid treat and looking at the list pretty soon I realised I wanted to make YOU a WONDER WOMAN treat (there was like a 5 minute pretence at even-handedness), and then I remembered this version of the song and the fact it was only one minute really helped, and here we are. I had so much fun making it and I'm so happy you liked it. <3

(FYI, both versions are from the recent 3D animated movie Beowulf. The one I told you about, which still needs to exist as a vid for Diana ALSO, is the end credits version, this is sung within the movie.)

[axiom_of_stripe]

oh, my heart! hippolyta, yes. and the lovely contrasts with the high-tech world and the blood and clay and lightning of motherhood.

[alwaystheocean]

Aw, thank you so much!

[franzeska]

Beautiful choice of music!

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you!

[talumin]

Perfect choice of song for the mood. Loved it.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you, I'm glad. :)

[echan]

This is so emotional with a deft soft touch, the strength of ties to both duty and home.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you very much, I'm glad it worked for you. :)

[cupidsbow]

Haunting. What a great song choice.

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you. :)

[such_heights]

This is really fantastic - always love to see quieter vids for big action heroes. <3

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you, it means a lot that you liked it. <3 <3

[metatxt]

I think I've watched and rewatched this about a dozen times now because it just gives me so many feeeeeeeeelings about Diana and Hippolyta and the Amazons. My initial feelings were, "YES YES! THIS IS MY DIANA!" the one who leaves those she loves to do heroic things (that she must, because she loves the world), and then returns to them changed by her experiences and yet, the same. I love the pacing with the bare, reflective melody -- it's a perfect vid to fall into Diana feelings. Well done!

[alwaystheocean]

Eeee, I love this comment, thank you so much! <3 <3 And yes, this is my Diana also. <3

[goodbyebird]

Awww that was lovely ♥

[alwaystheocean]

Thank youuuuu <3

[kuwdora]

oh oh oh this is just wonderful and perfect in every way. ♥

[alwaystheocean]

Wow, thank you so much, I'm so pleased it worked for you! <3

[usuallyhats]

Gorgeous! I love the moment where the blood on clay Diana's forehead turns into the Justice League. ♥

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you, and thank you so much for all the beta-ing, it's like 80000 times better than it would've been without you. And ahaha, that moment was a TOTAL ACCIDENT but when I noticed it I was like 'oooh. oooh I LIKE IT', so let's pretend I planned it. ;D <3

[deirdre_c]

So pretty!

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you!

[leanwellback]

Oh, what a gorgeous little vid! I loved it :)

[alwaystheocean]

Thank you very much! :)