Gift vid for lcsbanana (Homicide: LotS)

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Title of vid: Runaway
Vidder: Barkley
Recipient: lcsbanana
Fandom: Homicide: Life on the Street (TV)
Music: "Runaway" by The National
Summary: "If I could only just find this thing I could go home." -- Meldrick Lewis
Content notes: Vidder prefers not to give content notes.
Length (unsigned/signed): 3:36 / 3:36

Signed vid here [LJ].

Comments

[musesfool]

Oh, Meldrick. *cries* This is so perfectly heartbreaking and true to him. ♥

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am so glad it worked for you, oh, ath person you! (you are probably the only person I know from back in the day. Not that I really delurked there. Which is weird. *g*)

[some_stars]

I seriously can't breathe properly right now. This is just--perfect. Like, I am blown away and kind of crying. I will return and say more specific things when I ever recover, I promise. Right now what's grabbing me the most is the repetition of "we got another thing coming undone," all the people and attachments and crises that cycle through his life and how he keeps TRYING.

This is the most awesome gift, and you are awesome, and I can't wait to download this. Perhaps I will pass the time by rewatching the entire series, as I now so badly want to do.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it worked for you! Meldrick's been through so much and he keeps coming back and doing his job and he's kind of awesome that way. (I highly recommend a rewatch, it's still so, so good.)

[vehemently]

That was awesome.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[snacky]

That was fantastic. Oh, Meldrick. So perfect for him.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you!

[wordsatourbacks]

Dissolving in tears - I love this so much. Can't wait for the download so I can watch it without my computer's slow and jerky streaming video!

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! There's now a download version up here:
http://barkley.livejournal.com/650706.html

[saraht]

Oh, Meldrick...

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Meldrick's pretty awesome.

[txilar]

I can only agree with what everyone else has said because, otherwise I'm just... =0 wow. Wow.

Good God, but I miss this show, miss them.

Thank you for the visceral reminder of how awesome these characters were.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about missing them and being reminded how awesome. When I was rewatching this (on a strict timeline!) to make the vid, I just want to watch everything over and over again. I miss them.

Thanks so much for your comments.

[gabolange]

Wow. This is fantastic, and perfect, and man, I miss this show.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! It was such and awesome show.

[cofax7]

OMG Meldrick! He was so awesome, in many ways kind of the strongest through-line of the series, and this vid is just a perfect look at him. Great song choice, too, and the white-board credits were brilliant.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! He does have the through-line beings as he was there in the beginning scene and there in the end. (And so much stuff happened between those points, but he was still there, trudging away, searching for that bullet.)

[busaikko]

I'm here from a flist rec, and I don't know the fandom, but this vid really worked for me even without knowing the characters. Very powerful and heart-wrenching.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it worked for you without even knowing Medrick (or the others!)

[sophinisba]

Oh wow, this is so wonderful and achy. I love how much he cares for them all.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Meldrick's such a great character.

[siljamus]

Damn, but I miss this show in all its gritty messed up glory! This is a brilliant look at Meldrick and his journey over the course of the show.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Rewatching reminded me of how wonderful this show was, and boy was it ever.

[mazily]

Oh, Meldrick. This is just so wonderful and achy and perfect.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[sara]

Oh, nice. Thanks.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

never slept with a dream before he had to go away.

[luna]

I'm not much of a vid person--this one blew me away. Perfectly paced, perfect music, brought so many emotions back that I turned around and described the entire series to a friend of mine.

Oh, vidder unknown to me, more please.

Re: never slept with a dream before he had to go away.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's so easy to fall in love with this series over and over again. I know the feeling.

[serrico]

I'm completely unfamiliar with this show, but this vid tells a coherent story and works very well despite that. Nicely done.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am so glad it works for you even though you do not know Meldrick!

[chaila]

Another one for not knowing the show but finding this really powerful and moving. Your editing is really nice, great choices on where to linger and picking out expressions. There's a great sense of the job under his skin that I know from The Wire and is really painfully well done here.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you enjoyed this without knowing the character! It's good to know the emotions came through. Thanks!

[fightingarrival]

I'm only vaguely familiar with the source, but this is a great and achy character vid.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[laurashapiro]

Wow, this is really compelling. It just pulls you right in.

Terrific credits, too.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm glad the credits worked and weren't too...over the top. :)

[franzeska]

This is so beautiful. Maybe it's time to finally get around to watching that...

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I highly recommend Homicide:LotS. It's an awesome show.

[blueswan]

Oh, Meldrick. *HEARTS* Wonderful vid! I need to see the show again. I love when I see a vid and that happens.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I tell you it was such a joy to watch the show again while making it, that I have to urge you to go watch the show again. It's just as good as you remember. *g*

[arduinna]

Oh, Meldrick. The opening credits using a whiteboard were brilliant, and the vid is heartbreaking in the best way. I want to rewatch the series now. <3

[barkley.livejournal.com]

You say whiteboard, I say sheet of paper on my bedroom door. *g* But thank you so much! And I highly recommend a rewatch. It's still so, so, very awesome.

[thelostglove]

Okay, first, points for the whiteboard intro. That was really cool.

Second, aw man, Meldrick. I miss this show, and these people, so much, and you just reminded me why. Awesome job.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! There's so much awesome tied up with Meldrick. He's a one of a kind, and I love him so.

[chagrined]

I really liked that whiteboard intro.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[fairestcat]

This is just fantastic.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!