Gift for eruthros by frayadjacent (Whale Rider)

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Title of vid: Sons and Daughters
Recipient: eruthros
Vidder: frayadjacent
Fandom: Whale Rider (2002)
Music: Sons and Daughters by The Decemberists
Summary: Ensemble vid about the awesome people of Whale Rider, with an emphasis on Pai. Click on CC to enable/get rid of subtitles!
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:56

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
When we arrive
Sons and daughters
We'll make our homes on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our lives with cinnamon now

These currents pull us across the border
Steady your boats
Arms to shoulder
Till tides are pulled
Hold our grounds
Making this cold harbor now home

Take up your arm
Sons and daughters
We will arise from the bunkers
By land, by sea, by dirigible
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now

When arrive
Sons and daughters
We'll make our lives on the water
We'll build our walls aluminum
We'll fill our mouths cinnamon

[Repeat: x20]
Here all the bombs fade away

Comments

[eruthros]

Oh this is so lovely! Thank you so much, anon vidder, it totally made me tear up a little at the end. You did such a great job of distilling the family and generational stuff and how awesome everyone is in their own way. <3<3<3

[frayadjacent]

Hooray! Thanks again -- I'm so glad you liked it. :D

[rthstewart]

This is a beautiful use of music and film. A gorgeous to watch again and again.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[thingswithwings]

awwww, this is so sweet! <3 I love it! All the family feels.

[frayadjacent]

Thanks again -- so glad you liked it!

[cupidsbow]

Glorious and uplifting!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[scribe]

This is just lovely!

[frayadjacent]

Thanks you!

[beatrice_otter]

It's a wonderful movie, and you did an excellent job of fitting it to music.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you -- I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[cofax7]

oh, that's just lovely

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[ladysorka]

Oh, this is absolutely lovely.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[laurashapiro]

My heart grew three sizes! Beautiful vid, great song, so warm and fuzzy and pretty and I am flailing a bit now.

[frayadjacent]

Aw, thanks! This was such a nice comment, and I'm really glad you liked the vid.

[thuviaptarth]

This is just full of happiness.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you -- I'm glad you liked it!

[mresundance]

This is beautiful! This movie is definitely one of the movies of my heart and you absolutely nailed a lot of the elements which make the film so powerful. I got teary at the end. Just gorgeous!

[frayadjacent]

Oh, thank you for your kind comment. I'm so glad that the vid worked for you -- in just the way I intended! :D

[izzy]

oh, this is so wonderful! it makes me all sniffly in the best way, just like the movie does. thanks for this. <3

[frayadjacent]

Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked it.

[aris_tgd]

This is just so joyful and triumphant. Love it.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you so much!

[sophinisba]

Oh, I love this!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!

[leanwellback]

This is beautiful, I love it. I wouldn't have thought of using this song for a vid, but it works so brilliantly with the source. The bit where Pai approaches the whale and climbs up matched to the "here all the bombs..." refrain gave me chills. Gorgeous!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you so much for this kind comment! I'm really glad to hear that the song worked for you, and that you enjoyed that moment! <3

[klia]

I adore WR, and this vid was just so heartfelt and beautifully done. Thank you so much! ♥

[frayadjacent]

I adore WR too! I'm so glad you enjoyed this vid.

[lithiumdoll]

So lovely! Wonderfully vidded <3

[frayadjacent]

Thank you so much!

[par_avion]

Family-team ♥ The timing at the end is lovely, and builds. from the point she sits on the whale at the guitar sting at 2:17.

[frayadjacent]

I'm really glad to hear you liked this, and thanks for letting me know about the moment at the guitar string. Thanks so much for your comment!

[saba1789]

This was so great and again I really wanna watch this movie now! :D

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! It is definitely worth watching/rewatching. :D

[ghost_lingering]

<3<3 This definitely made me tear up a bit at the end. God I love Whale Rider.

[frayadjacent]

Thanks for your comment -- that is definitely an emotional reaction I was going for. :D

[isis]

This was truly lovely. What a great sense of community you show! I especially liked the working of the music with the rowing and the dancing.

[frayadjacent]

Thanks so much for your comment. I'm so glad to hear that the community aspect worked for you, as that's one of the main things I was going for. And I'm glad you liked how it worked with the music. :D

[carmarthen]

This is beautiful, and a great choice of music! I feel like I need to rewatch the movie now...

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! And yes, the movie is definitely worth the rewatch. :D

[littleheaven]

Lovely, touching, and great music. I got goosies :o)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! Goosies is definitely the kind of thing I was going for. :D

Sons and Daughters

[yourlibrarian]

What a lovely vid -- it really captured the spirit of the film.

Re: Sons and Daughters

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it.

[semielliptical]

Beautiful!! I couldn't look away for a moment.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!