Gift vid for Nancy Blackett (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

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Title of vid: After All
Vidder: thingswithwings
Recipient: Nancy Blackett
Fandom: The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)
Music: "Happy After All" by Amelia
Summary: Sarah. Jane. Smith.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply.
Length (unsigned/signed): 2:55 / 2:58

Signed vid here [DW].

Comments

[eruthros]

Oh heavens, this is just gorgeous, I love it to pieces and maybe teared up a little.

[thingswithwings]

thank you so much! I am always proud to make people tear up a little. :)

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

I really liked this; it sold me on the song as suitable for the main character.

Especially interesting to see you work with a slow song (some incredibly evocative images there at the beginning!) with scenes that were shot to be frenetic and fast-paced. And what a great ending!

[thingswithwings]

Thank you! Yes, I had a lot of fun working with a song this slow when my natural inclination is to vid more quickly - I'm so glad that the frenetic action-stuff worked for you.

[chagrined]

Awww, Sarah Jane. This was very sweet.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you!

[livrelibre]

Oh Sarah Jane! That was just lovely!

[thingswithwings]

thanks! Sarah Jaaaaaane oh how I love her.

[colorlesswords]

Oh Sarah Jane Smith. So, so awesome. Fantastic character vid!

[thingswithwings]

Thank you! I'm so pleased that it worked for you. :)

[such_heights]

oh oh oh FEELINGS! This is so completely gorgeous, and I thought you did an excellent job blending all the different sources.

*sniffs happily* <3333

[thingswithwings]

aw I'm so happy I could make you feel some FEELINGS! Thank you, buddy.

[jadelennox]

Damn straight she'll be happy after all. \o/ sarah jane!

[thingswithwings]

hahaha EXACTLY. :D

[stultiloquentia]

I've never seen a single episode with Sarah Jane, but by the end of this vid, I loved her.

[thingswithwings]

That is such a lovely comment to receive; thank you!

[sage]

Oh, that is LOVELY! What a wonderful, empowered Sarah Jane you've shown us! YAY!

[thingswithwings]

Hurray, that's just what I was hoping to show! Thank you very much. :)

[sally_maria]

A classic character study of a great character - I loved it, thank you very much.

[thingswithwings]

I'm very glad to hear it, thank you!

[toft]

Ohhh, Sarah Jaaaaaaaaane! This is lovely.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you buddy!

[topaz_eyes]

This is brilliant, and hopeful, and perfect for Sarah Jane.

[thingswithwings]

Oh thank you - that's just what I wanted to do with it. :)

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[thingswithwings]

:D thanks!

[petra]

This gives me great and *peaceful* joy for a vid about a woman who saves the world a lot. I love the thread of love all through it.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you! Yes, the peace and love that she has now - even and especially while saving the world from monsters and running away from aliens - is just what I wanted to show. Yay!

[isagel]

I don't watch the Sarah Jane Adventures, and have never seen old Doctor Who, but this still made me misty-eyed with all the emotions it carries, with the sense of loss, and of carrying on, and of being all right anyway, of making your own world with your own strength and going forward with excitement while cherishing the past with fondness. It's a really lovely and touching portrait of an awesome woman.

[thingswithwings]

This is a beautiful comment; thank you so much. Yes, I definitely wanted to get at some of the complexities of Sarah Jane - the ways in which she's not always all right, the loss, her feelings for the Doctor which are completely messed up - all of that combined with her joy and her nostalgia and her found family. I'm so thrilled that it came across in that way, that you got all that out of it. <3!

[silverhare]

Beautiful.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you!

[ghost_lingering]

Oh! This is lovely. I have only passing knowledge of Who-verse, but this vid makes me want to see more.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you very much! I hope this encourages folks to check out Sarah Jane Adventures, which is definitely worth watching.

[franzeska]

Awww! It was cool seeing her at different ages like that.

[thingswithwings]

Thanks!

[some_stars]

oh, oh, I LOVE this. It is so much of what I love best about SJA, and the clips from the old series are perfect, and all the HUGS, and it is just, seriously, my dream SJA vid. And it's not even for me. BUT IN MY HEART IT IS.

[thingswithwings]

AW I am so happy about this! It's so great to be able to make a gift for more than one person. :D I am honestly just thrilled that you felt this way about it; thank you.

[laurashapiro]

That was just delightful. I was so glad to see the Classic Who bits weaved in here, to tell the whole story. Oh, Sarah Jane. You're the best.

[thingswithwings]

Thanks! Yeah, once I started vidding Sarah Jane there was no way I couldn't finish the story with some Classic Who. She honestly and truly is the best.

[kerravonsen]

Lovely.

[thingswithwings]

Thank you.

[cantarina]

Really lovely and sweet!

[thingswithwings]

Thank you very much!