A mixed bag of lovely random stuff from 2020

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

The Costume Codex is a lovely YT channel run by a costume designer who analyses the subtext of shows through their costuming decisions. All the videos are worth a look, but I really enjoyed this analysis from a few months back of Giles’s evolution in the Buffy ‘verse as it is reflected in his clothing choices - Our Man in Tweed; a look at Giles through costume.


I mentioned discovering the idea of ‘reactors’ this year when I did one of my Classic recs post. Another one I’ve been enjoying is Georgia Corsby, who is a twenty-something Brit, who’s watching Buffy for the first time along with her boyfriend Aaron. She started reacting to Buffy earlier this year. The posting is intermittent, but I’m really enjoying their reactions and thoughts, especially Aaron, who really notices things. They’re about half way through S2 of Buffy at the moment.

‘Because it has to be’ by thenewbuzwuzz is a gorgeous pice of ‘stained glass’ art work depicting Giles in The Wish. Really lovely work as you’d expect.

Happy Few by brutti_ma_buoni. This is Kate/Lilah, not a pairing that readily springs to mind but brutti makes it work beautifully. The apocalyse has happened and Lilah’s looking for a little help.

Finally, a vid. I know I’ve done two vid posts already, but I literally just came across this vid this morning and had to post about it. Your Touch by ethereal. This is Buffy and Killing Eve. It’s not so much a crossover as a timeline. As the creator says, Fuffy walked so Villaneve could run. This is gorgeous.


(I think this is my final post for this year's buffyversetop5 as I'm not around much the next couple of days. Thanks as always to the mods for hosting every year and the participants for reccing such lovely stuff. As always, it's been fun.)

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh, *blush*. Thank you very much! I didn't see the 'stained glass' resemblance in this one until you pointed it out, but I see where you're coming from.

I loved the Costume Codex video on Xander. I should really watch the Giles one sometime, thanks for the reminder! ^^

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Hah, I always assumed the 'stained glass' feel was intentional. *g*

The Costume Codex vid on Xander is awesome, and there's a really interesting on about use of the colour red in Buffy as well that's worth a look.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Well thanks for your posts, they've all be really interesting.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome. I'm so glad they struck a cord. Thank you again for hosting again this year.

[yourlibrarian]

Many thanks to you for keeping the rec lists going here on LJ!

I also thought the same about the Giles stained glass look. It appears I commented to thenewbuzzwuzz on Pillowfort about that one because I had it in my 2020 recs as well.

Also very cool rec for the Killing Eve crossover. Just watched that and it's great to see what a few decades have done in terms of the text vs subtext of a story.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome - thank you again for hosting again this year.

Hah, I'm glad it wasn't just me - the idea of Giles in a stained glass window made me smile.

I'm so glad I came across that Killing Eve vid. As I say, I literally came across it this morning. We've definitely come a long way in the time between those two shows. :)

[yourlibrarian]

I am currently listening to the Giles clothing one. I remember speculating in my account last year about where all the meta has gone. One thing I didn't mention was videos, which has become a much much more common format for meta pieces. Obviously it works much better when one's topic is something physical/visual.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Yes video being used for meta is a really interesting development and one I tend to forget about.

If you enjoy the Giles piece, I can also recommend the other BTVS vids she has at her channel - one on Xander's clothing 'choices'! *g*. Also one on the use of suits, and one on the use of the colour red. All worth a look at/listen to.

[double_dutchess]

Oh, I definitely want to watch the "Our Man in Tweed" one!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

It's well worth the watch. She also has a great one on Xander's 'clothing choices.' *g*