Gift for ciaimpala by sabaceanbabe (The Princess Bride)

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Title of vid: Please Not Now
Recipient: ciaimpala
Vidder: sabaceanbabe
Fandom: The Princess Bride
Music: Stray Italian Greyhound by Vienna Teng
Summary: Buttercup had given up, settled, until that sudden burst of sunlight returned to her life.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Password: Festividz!
Signed length: 03:18
Signed URL: https://vimeo.com/152782771

Lyrics
Stray Italian Greyhound (edited) by Vienna Teng



Oh no not now, please not now

I just settled into the glass half empty

Made myself at home and so I know

Oh please not now

I just stopped believing in happy endings, harbors of my own



But you had to come along didn’t you?

Tear down the doors, throw open windows

Oh if you knew just what a fool you have made me



So what do I do with this, this stray Italian Greyhound?

These inconvenient fireworks

This ice cream covered carpet

Screaming ever after flawed

God I just want to lay down

These colors make my eyes hurt

This feeling calls for everything that I am not



I’m not that kind

I’m so good at shooting down any notion this tired world could change

It’s all been bought

Well at least that was my life

And now you sit spending all that emotion

Revenge, someone else to blame



But you had to come along, didn’t you?

Rev up the crowd, rewrite the rule book

Where do I go when every no turns into maybe



So what do I do with this

This sudden burst of sunlight

And me with my umbrella

Cross-indexing every weatherman's report

I was ready for the dance slot

When offers seem to well up

This feeling calls for everything we can’t afford

To know this possible love



What do I do do I do with a love that won’t

That won’t sit still, won’t do what it’s told

What do I do do I do with a love that won’t sit still



Please not now

Please not now

Please not now

Please not

Comments

[cupidsbow]

What a happymaking vid! Those lyrics are perfect for Buttercup. :) :) :)

[purplefringe]

Awwwww, this is lovely!

[isweedan]

<3333333

[sholio]

Oh, that's lovely! I really enjoyed it. :)

[leanwellback]

Oh, this was lovely!! Great job :D

[no_detective]

This is so sweet!!!

[kiki_miserychic]

Buttercup! It's nice to see a vid that focuses on her.

[were_duck]

I love how this centers Buttercup's frustration with her world. So good.

[lunabee34]

I love this! Awesome.

[seekingferret]

This song is perfect for the characters and I love how it takes Buttercup serious as a person rather than just a storybook figure.

[heresluck]

Oh, this is so sweet! I always think of Princess Bride as a comedy, but of course it's also a love story, and I so enjoy how this vid captures that element of it ("I just stopped believing in happy endings" gave me such a pang!) while still acknowledging some of the silliness that makes the movie so delightful.

[yourlibrarian]

Given that she's the titular character I feel hers is one of the most overlooked in the film, so I really liked this approach to her storyline and POV.

[valoise]

Such a wonderful focus and Buttercup and her Westley!

[daybreak]

Aww, that vid made me happy. :-) It seems like a million years ago that I first watched the film but they remain golden in your vid.

[ghanimasun]

Such a gorgeous vid, love the focus on Buttercup and the song fits very well.

[shallowness]

This is so charming. I love how you've reworked the story from Buttercup's perspective and the vid is all about how she sees Westley, which works both at the beginning of the film and after she'd given up hope.