Gift for such heights by VesperRegina (Selfie)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: I Could Be
Recipient: such heights
Vidder: VesperRegina
Fandom: Selfie
Music: Grace Kelly by MIKA
Summary: Why don't you like me?
Content notes: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Signed length: 03:08
Signed URL:

Link to signed vid

Lyrics
"I wanna talk to you."
"The last time we talked, Mr. Smith, you reduced me to tears. I promise you it won't happen again."

Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome
I guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me without making me try?

I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all of her looks were too sad
So I tried a little Freddie
I've gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk out the door!

"Getting angry doesn't solve anything."

How can I help it
How can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello, my baby
Hello, my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why don't you like me
Why don't you like me
Why don't you like yourself?
Should I bend over?
Should I look older just to be put on your shelf?

I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all of her looks were too sad
So I tried a little Freddie
I've gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
So walk out the door!

Say what you want to satisfy yourself. Hey!
But you only want what everybody else says you should want,
'cause you want.


I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
Walk out the door!
(x 2)

Ooooooo, whoa!

"Humphry! We're leaving."
"Cha-ching!"

Comments

[such_heights]

AHHHHH. omg look at their stupid perfect faces being charming oddballs at each other omggggg. Please accept gleeful enthusiasm in place of coherence for now, wonderful festividder, and thank you!!! I love it!

[actiaslunaris]

I die when I think about how they won't be able to be oddballs at each other anymore. Such darling idiots with their screwball comedy. :D I had so much fun making this and staring at their faces while doing it, and I'm glad you love it. Thank you!

[redcirce]

This was lovely, and charming, reminded me how much I like the show. I especially liked how you switched between perspectives so we got both points of view.

Ugh, I'm so sad their stupid faces never got it together before it was cancelled.

[actiaslunaris]

It's sad, still, when I think about it, but appropriate to the source material. I'm glad you liked this! Thank you.

[ghost_lingering]

This is the second Selfie vid I've seen today that makes me want to check out the show! This is really sweet, a little sad, and quite funny.

[actiaslunaris]

I hope you've had a chance to watch the show; there are more of those emotions waiting for you inside. Thank you.

[purplefringe]

Ahahahaha, this is DELIGHTFUL, secret festividder. What an ingenious song choice for their PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL faces! <3 And so hilariously, joyfully put together!

(Also, not that you need this confirmation because she already commented, but I live with such_heights and she had THE MOST MASSIVE GRIN and flatly hands the whole time she was watching this!)

[actiaslunaris]

I was so happy when I read this. That kind of affirmation is oh-so-good. (And yet only months later am I able to answer.) Thank you!

[credoimprobus]

OMG THEIR PRECIOUS FACES. I love every single thing about this vid. :D

[actiaslunaris]

Awww, thank you. Their faces are beyond precious; they are priceless.

[sdwolfpup]

BABIES. This is so cute and sweet and I love that you put in the face Henry makes when he's talking about the mud run. Hee.

[actiaslunaris]

That face is the best face. Thank you!

[elipie]

Oh my GOD, I love this vid so much!! Really perfect song choice and I like how it totally applies to both of them. Awesome job, festividder!!

[actiaslunaris]

:D Thank you so much! I'm so glad the song choice worked for you.

[alwaystheocean]

Oh my goodness! I don't know the source but this is just so CHARMING! :D

[actiaslunaris]

It's still a source quite worthy of checking out. Thank you; I'm pleased you liked this.

[copracat]

Love the pov change, love the song, love every choice you made. You packed every reason this show should have got a second season into a vid that made me happy and made me cry.

[actiaslunaris]

I'm pleased that it affected you so deeply; a lot of my own emotions went into it that were much the same. Thank you.

[rthstewart]

Oh this was fun and told a terrific story. I loved the two of them together and their chemistry was wonderful. Perfect song to set it all.

[actiaslunaris]

:D Thank you so much! They have a chemistry very similar to leads in screwball comedies.

[franzeska]

A beautiful tribute to unbelievable dorkitude.

[actiaslunaris]

Angst is all well and good, but dorkitude is much much better. Thank you!

[gabbysilang]

:'''''D

THIS IS SO FANTASTIC. Perfect song choice, gorgeous cutting and pacing, and you've completely captured the tone and feeling of the source text. God, I love this little show. I love this vid. I am suffused with love.

[actiaslunaris]

I'm happy you love it! This is one pairing I still enjoy watching so very much. I just want to doodle hearts around them all the time. Thank you.

[chaila]

Adorkably charming!

[actiaslunaris]

Thank you~!

[cupidsbow]

That's delightful. Their faces!

[actiaslunaris]

*smishes their cheeks* It was such fun to vid their faces. Thank you!

[cosmic_llin]

This is a total delight, so cute!

[actiaslunaris]

Eeeee, thank you. I'm glad I was able to convey how cute I find them.

[stellastars]

Perfect song choice! This was thoroughly enjoyable to watch. The vid put a huge smile on my face -- and reminded me just how much adore this show!

[actiaslunaris]

I'm very pleased to hear that! Thank you. (I miss the show so much.)

[echan]

THIS SONG, this is an amazing vid for this song! You did so much with all the "trying hard to be what you'll like", happy and goofy and sad and everything in between. I've never seen this show and now I want to!

[actiaslunaris]

That's my favorite section and I'm very proud of what I could do with it, so I'm especially glad that it stood out to you. Thank you!

[goodbyebird]

FACES :D:D:D:D This was a genuine delight through and through!

[actiaslunaris]

Awww, thank you! I did my best to make it so.

[minim_calibre]

Their little faces! Oh, I miss this show. <3

[actiaslunaris]

Likewise! *happy bittersweet sigh* Thank you!

[grammarwoman]

Fantastic job capturing their adorkable appeal and energy with the ideal song!

[actiaslunaris]

I wish I could say that I knew this was the perfect song for them as soon as I listened to it, but it was one that grew on me in meaning. :) Thank you!

[skygiants]

Aw, how cute, and what a fantastic song choice! I love how it swaps around in the middle, because of course it's true for both of them.

[actiaslunaris]

It is, so very much. That's what's fascinating about them, because they both succumbed to their crush on each other pretty fast and yet they both flounder around not knowing what to do about it. Thank you!

[some_stars]

I never saw the show, but this really makes me want to (and sad it's gone!). So much fun!

[actiaslunaris]

Thank you! I'm pleased you liked it. (I'm still sad the show is gone, too.)

[sanguinity]

THEIR FACES. THEIR FLIRTY ADORKABLE FACES AND BODY LANGUAGE AND EVERYTHING. Beautiful pacing and comic timing and I especially loved the wobbly-stilettos to those crashing power-walk beats.

[actiaslunaris]

The power-walk beats, yes! That was fun to vid and definitely on purpose. Thank you!

[anoel]

Okay I LOVE this song and haven't heard it in forever and you chose the absolutely perfect couple for it! I love how you show all their different personality quirks and how they try to change for each other and want each other to like them and oh man, it's so cute! The bridge was so great with the "you only want what everyone else says you should want" and them almost kissing and the end was just adorable :)

[actiaslunaris]

The bridge is my favorite part. They have so far to go in their relationship, with all this floundering around they're doing with their mutual admiration, but still, it's good for them. Thank you!

[seekingferret]

Ahahaha! You had me at the first "tried a little Freddie". Brilliant.

[actiaslunaris]

I like going for the literal joke. Thank you!