Gift for cupidsbow by eruthros (RPF - Carrie Fisher and Gary)

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Title of vid: A Better Son/Daughter
Recipient: cupidsbow
Vidder: eruthros
Fandom: RPF - Carrie Fisher and Gary
Music: A Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley
Summary: You'll be honest, you'll be brave.
Content notes: Brief mentions of fat shaming+ addiction+ and institutionalization. There is no footage of Carrie Fisher's hospitalization or funeral in this vid+ but there is a shot of her on a gurney (from Wishful Drinking).
Signed length:
Signed URL: https://eruthros.dreamwidth.org/340619.html

Lyrics
Fanwork credits in order of appearance:

Youtube: Glitter for Carrie by AMANDAJEANNN

Tumblr: Abimerrell, glosolitofa, mattelodchikova,

Deviantart: moishpain

Tumblr: xfilesposterproject, thebarbershopquartet, imnot12, finndameronns, thetwilightbrigade, poseidonne, gvlvxies, righteocean, chaseyesterdays, melodymaysecret, cookiesdf, blu-thunder-bomb,

Twitter: laloalcaraz

Tumblr: rigamo12





Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move

Awake but cannot open my eyes

And the weight is crushing down on my lungs

I know I can't breathe

And hope someone will save me this time

And your mother's still calling you insane and high

Swearing it's different this time

And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her

And that god never blessed her insides

Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things

And crawl back into bed to dream of a time

When your heart was open wide and you love things just because

Like the sick and dying



And sometimes when you're on

You're really fucking on

And your friends they sing along

And they love you

But the lows are so extreme

That the good seems fucking cheap

And it teases you for weeks in its absence

But you'll fight and you'll make it through

You'll fake it if you have to

And you'll show up for work with a smile

And you'll be better

You'll be smarter

More grown up and a better daughter or son

And a real good friend

And you'll be awake

You'll be alert

You'll be positive though it hurts

And you'll laugh and embrace all of your friends

And you'll be a real good listener

You'll be honest

You'll be brave

You'll be handsome and you'll be beautiful

You'll be happy



Your ship may be coming in

You're weak but not giving in

To the cries and the wails of the valley below

Your ship may be coming in

You're weak but not giving in

And you'll fight it

You'll go out fighting all of them

Comments

[alexseanchai]

Dammit vidder you made me cry.

[seekingferret]

This is so amazingly powerful.

[valoise]

Thanks for making this and making me cry. It's hard not to cry for her strength and bravery and just carrying on with life.

[moetushie]

This is just perfect -- perfect subject, perfect song. Thanks for making this. ♥

[kiki_eng]

This vid made me ugly cry. Thank you.

[muccamukk]

I was hanging in until the end there. Wow.

[epershand]

Welp, everyone in this room is crying. This was incredible. Thank you.

[maharetr]

Gah! I held it together until the in honor of hashtag, and then waaahh! <3 <3

Thank you so much for all these feels.

[calvinahobbes]

My exact train of thought: "This is gonna be hard but I can do it... Okay, wibble... Think I might pinch a tear... or five... but just a little cry... okay maybe a big cry... no wait, sobbing..." So thanks for that! :P A++ very well done. Like, I have no idea what you did or how, just that it worked as I expect you intended. Dammit, that song is never not a sucker punch to my feels D:

[saturnofthemoon]

This is such a beautiful video, of everything Carrie was and still is. <3

[jesse_the_k]

Excellent.

Sorrow.

Tears.

Hope.

[bingeling]

Absolutely perfect and I cried and I want to watch it again but then I'll also cry again and thank you for making it, I'm sure it wasn't easy. But I'm so glad you did!

[aerye]

I may just have to watch this every morning for a while. ::g::

[leonie_alastair]

An gorgeous tribute - thank you!

amazing!

[djin7]

You made me cry, but not in despair. Thank you. <3

[toujours_nigel]

I finished watching this five minutes ago and I'm still weeping. ♥

Thank you

[(Anonymous)]

This is amazing, thank you so much for honoring Carrie Fisher so brilliantly!

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for this. So beautiful.

[lunabee34]

Oh my heart.

This is utterly magnificent and wonderful.

Such a beautiful tribute.

[felis]

<33333333333

Perfect. (And omg, the ending, I did not expect that.)

[leanwellback]

I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my face, but there's a smile there as well. This is a beautiful tribute to a beautiful woman. Thank you for making it ♥

[laurashapiro]

Totally wrecked. Great song choice. I'd say more but too busy crying.

[yarnofariadne]

I cried so hard, but this is so beautiful. Thank you so much.

[sinensis]

thank you, that is an incredible piece of work.

[sabotabby]

I am weeping like a baby. Thank you so much for creating this.