Gift for rhivolution by bironic (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)

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Title of vid: Sailboats
Recipient: rhivolution
Vidder: bironic
Fandom: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Music: Sailboats by Brooke Fraser
Summary: A lullaby for rhivolution, who wanted some Aubrey/Maturin in love at sea.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:12
Signed URL: http://bironic.dreamwidth.org/329466.html

Lyrics
We're adrift on a sailboat

My love is the sea

Yours is the horizon

Constant and steady



You set my limbs locked hard afloat

Lifted my lonesome sails

The tide is out, the moon is high

We're sailing



Darling, your love is healing

It makes the bitter sweet

Warms the winter to spring again

Secures the colds defeat



We're cutting anchor

Casting out

Into the glorious deep

The tide is out, the moon is high

We're sailing

We're sailing

We're sailing

Comments

[castalia]

Gah, I love these two so much. Lovely job!

[bironic]

Thanks very much. I got into Aubrey/Maturin last year (so very late, I know) and was pleased to have an opportunity to vid them.

[fairestcat]

Oh, that's just lovely.

[bironic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

[were_duck]

This is so lovely and meditative and feelingsed

[bironic]

Ah, I'm so glad you thought so. Thank you.

[minthepsychic]

All my feelings about this movie come rushing back . . . beautiful.

[bironic]

Thank you very much. That's lovely to hear.

[raven]

That was beautiful, and thoughtful and meditative. I have so many Jack and Stephen feelings now!

[bironic]

Thank you - it's great to hear that the vid stirred up those emotions for you.

[rhivolution]

That high-pitched sound you hear is my squee. Thank you so much, Festividder! What a perfect song choice--I can't picture much better for these two--and you've constructed it so well visually from their looks and actions. A beautifully lyrical vid with the grace of the ship itself...wordplay only slightly intended. Many thanks!

[bironic]

You are very welcome! I'm so glad this pleased you. I fell for Aubrey/Maturin last year (so incredibly long after everyone else) and was happy to see this request during signups. Even if it meant staring at everyone's terrible hair for days and days. :)

I had a couple of other ideas to make in addition which would have taken very different tones, but there wasn't enough time. Maybe next year. :) And you got that nice treat from rhoboat anyhow.

[catwalksalone]

The sea, the sea and all those smiles. My heart is full, vidder. Thank you!

[bironic]

Thank you! I'm very glad this brought you joy.

[starlady]

This was lovely--beautiful song choice and editing. Feelings!

[bironic]

:) Thanks very much.

[brigdh]

Oh, wow, this is SO beautiful. I love all the little moments of daily life that you've focused on here, and made the ship nearly as important as the characters. And what a perfect song choice!

[bironic]

Thank you so much. I did want to select clips where everyone looked happy and content as the Surprise carried them along and rocked them to sleep, so it's lovely to hear that that worked especially well for you.

[isis]

This was lovely!

[bironic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

[leanwellback]

Oh this is gorgeous! So quiet and understated, but undeniable. Your editing is lovely and the song choice is perfect. I'm sad fizzyblogic can't see this, I know how much he would've loved it. I'm all full of feelings now. Wonderful job ♥

[bironic]

Your comment brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. I'm so, so glad you enjoyed this and that you thought he would have as well. *gentle hug*

[luzula]

Oh, that was lovely!

[bironic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

[isagel]

Aww, my heart! Such a lovely vid for the two of them. <3

[bironic]

Thank you!

[sanguinity]

Oh, that was lovely. And I really liked how clear Stephen's passion as a naturalist was.

[bironic]

Thank you! I'm glad that shone through. It's one of the main reasons I was attracted to this song, the lines about the horizon and healing and the opportunity they presented to celebrate the joy he takes in science and medicine.

[sanguinity]

I would not swear to it, but this might be the first Master and Commander vid I've seen that has made an explicit point of celebrating that. I haven't seen the movie (so I don't know how much it is brought out there), but as a Darwin fangirl who has spent faaaaaaaaar too much time fantasizing about the Beagle, that aspect of Maturin's character was what always spoke loudest to me in the books.

[bironic]

Yes! It's very much present in the movie; in fact, that's part of what drew me to Stephen as a character (besides initially deciding to watch because I was going through a Paul Bettany phase) before I was exposed to the books. There are almost too many moments to name, and one more in the DVD extras that's especially Darwinesque. The parallels to Darwin and the Beagle got even stronger (and more confusing, heh) when Bettany played Darwin in that movie Creation. It's funny, my plan A for this vid was to do a story entirely about how Jack has fallen in love with a science geek, but I just couldn't find the right song for it.

[sanguinity]

I hadn't realized there was that much of Stephen being a science geek in there! I'm definitely going to have to make the time to watch one of these days.

(BTW, I have a friend who crewed the sister ship of the one they used in the movie. Both ships' homeport isn't too far from my parents' house.)

And I shall hope that the song will one day present itself, because that is a vid I would enjoy watching!