cursethestars"i believe i am my best self, my truest self, when i'm with you."
IT IS FINALLY HERE! let me introduce you to one miss georgiana clifford, daughter of the late baron clifford and sister to the infamous dowager viscountess hereford. she has returned to london for a season, although reluctantly, whispers of her almost elopment still following her even three years afterwards.... and finally, one theodor st ives, the marquess of roth and heir to the reclusive duke of thornton, making him one of the most sought-after unreformed rakes of the ton. how do these two fit together you may wonder? well, the lady mother of our marquess is a shameless gamblerer and during one of the lady pembroke's card gatherings, she lost a fortune to the dowager viscountes. instead of giving up her townhouse in mayfair, the lady offered her son's hand in marriage... the date was decided and papers signed, all that was left to do was to tell the children happy news... ... listen, it's basically: we are getting married bc my mother lost a bet to your sister, they get locked together in a room to inspire the getting to know each other bit, theo thinks georgie is in on it so he is hella mad and georgie has no idea wtf is going on except that apparently the marquess offered for her hand and is being an ass about it, teacups are thrown and vows made - there will be no marriage bed and they are to lead their own seperate lives, of course it gets complicated very quickly bc EMOTIONS, they are reluctant marriage partners in love and they are very soft and insecure about themselves, and they are STUPIDLY IN LOVE HEY!
thanks julia for falling down this pit of pining along with me, may our austenverse keep expanding and the vidding gods give us enough inspiration to vid it all! @MacduffProd
cast: theo james as theodor st ives, marquess of roth nicola coughlan as georgiana clifford, daughter to the late baron of clifford alessandro preciozi as alexander st ives, duke of thornton charlotte spencer as esther deveroux, dowager viscountess of hereford
its easier to run away.cursethestars2022-01-22 | "i believe i am my best self, my truest self, when i'm with you."
IT IS FINALLY HERE! let me introduce you to one miss georgiana clifford, daughter of the late baron clifford and sister to the infamous dowager viscountess hereford. she has returned to london for a season, although reluctantly, whispers of her almost elopment still following her even three years afterwards.... and finally, one theodor st ives, the marquess of roth and heir to the reclusive duke of thornton, making him one of the most sought-after unreformed rakes of the ton. how do these two fit together you may wonder? well, the lady mother of our marquess is a shameless gamblerer and during one of the lady pembroke's card gatherings, she lost a fortune to the dowager viscountes. instead of giving up her townhouse in mayfair, the lady offered her son's hand in marriage... the date was decided and papers signed, all that was left to do was to tell the children happy news... ... listen, it's basically: we are getting married bc my mother lost a bet to your sister, they get locked together in a room to inspire the getting to know each other bit, theo thinks georgie is in on it so he is hella mad and georgie has no idea wtf is going on except that apparently the marquess offered for her hand and is being an ass about it, teacups are thrown and vows made - there will be no marriage bed and they are to lead their own seperate lives, of course it gets complicated very quickly bc EMOTIONS, they are reluctant marriage partners in love and they are very soft and insecure about themselves, and they are STUPIDLY IN LOVE HEY!
thanks julia for falling down this pit of pining along with me, may our austenverse keep expanding and the vidding gods give us enough inspiration to vid it all! @MacduffProd
cast: theo james as theodor st ives, marquess of roth nicola coughlan as georgiana clifford, daughter to the late baron of clifford alessandro preciozi as alexander st ives, duke of thornton charlotte spencer as esther deveroux, dowager viscountess of hereford
#viddingisart #austenverse #fanvidfeed colouring: kindon18tourner dans le vide;cursethestars2024-01-07 | "run the labyrinth, princess. run and be defeated, be mine."
the princess and the goblin was one of my favourite fairytales growing up (read: my UNCLE'S VERSION of it) and i've been remembering him a lot in the past few weeks... thinking about this particular fairytale led me to thinking about the labyrinth and then naturally remembering i have a whole notebook filled with stories about it tucked away somewhere in my closet... and so here we are. heavy aesthetics, no plot other than the good old "i made a wish and ate the sweet goblin fruit and now i'm trapped in the underworld with its hot immortal king" - my new year's resolution is to try and ignore the ever growing weight of worldbuilding and plot and just go with the VIBES. dunno where to insert this particular thought so here it is: i love how many parallels these two share with jareth and sarah.
shout out to @ItsJessEdits and her hades/persophone edit, that i haven't stopped thinking about for literal MONTHS, for inspiring this little mess of my own :)
#viddingisart #labyrinth #fanvidfeed colouring: ofdurinsfolkwere nothing but myths now.cursethestars2023-12-25 | "i am all you have, all you will ever have. the only one who remembers."
happy holidays, @ILIRIEA! i hope you like the angsty epic proportions "he's darkness to your light, hatred to your love" and "we always find each other" trope because it's a given with their footage :) please check out the #dsssecretsanta for other edits that are a part of the secret santa project!
listen, i haven't edited anything since summer (mostly due to various health issues and my summer job but inspiration was on low nevertheless) and i really thought i'll never finish anything in time for our yearly secret santa... then addie/luc vibes hit (and they hit HARD) and before i knew it, i was finished with the video in one day's time. ben's and lily's pretty faces helped out a lot as well ofc. but yeah, very simple editing and too many overly ambitious manips made that had to be cut *sigh*
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #soulmates colouring: ofdurinsfolki think i need someone older.cursethestars2023-08-27 | "age gap and daddy kink are a girl's best friend."
made in less than an hour bc tiktok is driving me insane with this song. (it clearly knows my tastes but that's beside the point)
#fanvidfeed #viddingisart colouring: kindon18will you cry if i let go?cursethestars2023-08-16 | "there is nothing for you here."
getting my mojo back and trying to channel my eyepatch man kink so i don't think about the monster fuckery ones.... very angsty and all over the place as always. also! i need olly to be in more stuff bc he's incredible.
#fanvidfeed #viddingisart colouring: whisperofdreamsmoje more.cursethestars2023-07-23 | "the forest's roots ran deep within her mixing with blood and flesh until she no longer knew where her spirit ends and that of the wild begins. so sure was the hold of it, and yet greta still remembered the time before - before the blue flames and curses hidden in mirrors, when there was only fields of daises growing from her palms while the wind carried the echo of her little sister's laugh."
i instantly knew this was going to be HER song when i first heard it three months ago. because how could it not be hers?! so much angst in this one.... so much pain. and sadness. and more pain. i'm just sorry i could not fit in all the manips i made for this but at least i got in a klara cameo! shout out to bar aka the only person that's actually going to watch this and understand the level of pain i went through while making this. KRŠ I LOM BARBARO, KRŠ I LOM. (excuse my absence from yt, i could not edit due to wrist injury and now i'm trying to get back in the game.... very very slowly)
cast: jennie jacques as greta helgina, požarnica bella ramsey as younger greta cate blanchet as helga, greta's mother charlotte hope as klara gerdina, queen of moranija ben barnes as vatroslav, the bastard son of duke nikolaj mattias inwood as karlo ružin, sixth son of the duchess of dolina
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18no ones ever looked at me that way.cursethestars2023-04-22 | "greta could still feel the warmth of flames, could taste the old magic running through her veins as she neared the edge of the Forest. something was calling out to it, to her... curses always find their way back to the beginning, her mother used to tell her, for they never truly end. and as sure as spring follows winter, there they were... two men stood at the threshold of her realm - one without a heart and one with too much of it. they smelled of daises, daises and ashes. and greta knew, there was no coming back from this."
i made this last summer and am only uploading it now bc reasons. these three are the epitome of angst incarnate and poly relationship goals (even if they are all twisted up and kinda crazy), i love them so much. so yeah, this is kinda au-ish and takes place after the first two books when greta is banished into the Forest, the ancient power locked up deep inside of her, and our local bi chaos suave lordling karlo is slowly but surely losing his humanity since y'know half of his soul has been torn out of him.... no one knows about it ofc, except for vatroslav bc he is going to damn every living soul in the kingdom if it means getting his love back. and lots and lots of flashbacks. everything about this is dark and twisted but also hopeful and sad in its own way and i love 'em okay?!
cast: ben barnes as vatroslav, the bastard son of duke nikolaj mattias inwood as karlo ružin, sixth son of the duchess of dolina jennie jacques as greta helgina, požarnica
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18dont you know what i am?cursethestars2023-03-16 | "my dream is of eternity with you, princess."
trying to get my vidding mojo back by channeling my monster fuckery in all of its glory (and yeah i've been reading a lot of monster romance lately, it's my coping mechanism). honestly, at this point i'm not even surprised by the fact i was everything BUT afraid while watching this film as a kid haha but yeah... stolen dreams, follies of youth and the ever present temptation to be deliciously wicked with a red two metre dude with horns and fangs like don't mind me if i do. shout out to @TheClarissaRose for inspiring the song choice with her deliciously haunting edit: youtu.be/8hAznSlITkU
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: jazzibalkanif i made you my god;cursethestars2023-02-26 | "my will is as strong as yours."
this film is my life, i've been loving it since i was 5 years old and somehow i continue to fall in love anew every time i watch it *sigh* i found an old labyrinth fic i wrote a lifetime ago and i'm still trying to process all the feels starlings' "between" bombarded me with (if you like portal fantasy, labyrinth and terry prachett humour go read it!)... also trying to remember how to edit... so yeah, first jareth/sarah edit in four? five?? years, well done me :)
#labyrinth #viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: sunnyvidsmy human heart wont mend itself.cursethestars2023-01-02 | "as stars give way to daylight, so as i breathe away the last remenants of you."
i started this two years ago and it is an understatment to say it is long overdue... but me and @MacduffProd are kinda used to long expiry dates when it comes to editing haha happiest of birthdays and merriest of holidays to my dear juli - thank you for being the softest and kindest of friends and just all in all a beatiful human being!
first video of the new year and it's artair and bearnas aka the most gentle and heartaching souls i know... this is for julia so i feel explainations arent necessary story wise, y'all just enjoy the vibes and know that i would literally die for them. thank you tugce for inspiring the blood oath scene!
jessica brown findlay as bearnas jason momoa as artair, the bear lord
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: kindon18your love was so real.cursethestars2022-12-25 | "i will always come back for you, even if you despise me."
happy holidays, @YvonneJuliet! i hope this little angsty mish mash of wishes brings you as much joy as your last year's gift brought to me 💕 please check out the #dsssecretsanta for other edits that are a part of the secret santa project!
soulmates? yes. soulmates that always find each other in every life? please yes. and there is angst and so many parallels? hell yes.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #soulmates colouring: laurenmichellewe can never change.cursethestars2022-11-27 | "i could stay away and yet... i do not."
a very random edit of two very hot arrogant bastards and their dragons... i'm a sucker for enemies with benefits y'all 🤷 also i only now realised this gives off major older lucerys au vibes and im here for that too lol
dedicated to sandra aka @Wintersmith. because she loves these badass misunderstood hotties just as much as i do.... plus i missed her birthday this year so i hope this makes up for it while i figure out a proper gift ❤️
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #houseofthedragon colouring: kindon18i had loved you so.cursethestars2022-11-04 | "this ache in my heart, this... longing has been entwined with my lungs ever since i first lay eyes upon you. and so, every breath i have drawn in these long long years has been that of... you."
a witch hiding from the world and a man who seeks its glory. friends to lovers to estranged angsty soulmates..?? who are so very tired of battles and honour and just wanna live happily together in suzana's small cottage by the sea? -i just realised i should've also casted a younger version of him so it's evident he grows old while she does not oops- but yeah, that's vuk and suzana for ya. also can i just use this opportunity to state that elendil IS the main daddy of the series and literally one of two reaaons i kept watching it? like everyone be droolin over wannabe sauron dude while i fast forward through almost every scene of him and galadriel trying to have any semblence of chemistry lol
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18gold rush.cursethestars2022-10-29 | "if i don't ask you to be mine, i'll regret it for the rest of my life."
i am back. and i am trying to remember how to edit lol finally the summer is over and with it the scorching heat and the neverending work. and so, in celebration of it, i made the smalltown lesbian witches thingy... we will ignore the fact that the witches part hasn't really been presented in the video (im saving it for the aesthetic one). enjoy the vibes.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #autumn colouring: jazzibalkanhe was always cursed.cursethestars2022-06-28 | "as we rise together, so shall we fall."
because i've been thinking about these two and i needed to get the angst out of me. what do you get when you put a powerful witch and an equally ambitous king-to-be together and kinda make them fall for one another in a very slow-burn, i saw your future in my magical mirror and now it became your curse kind of way? well, you get the kingdom of mirrors and beasts duology.
dedicated to barb bc...who else am i gonna dedicate this too? lol barbaroooo, ima da mi napišeš angsta jesi čulaaaa??!
cast: mark ryder as prince andrej, future king of moranija charlotte hope as klara gerdina, duchess of gora
special thanks to @theladyofisell for the cesare borgia scene pack!
#kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts #viddingisart #fanvifeed colouring: kindon18take me home when i lost myself.cursethestars2022-04-08 | "there was no trace of her left in this house; there was only the bitter taste of whiskey and the pain of remembering she was never his to begin with."
ladies and gents, i present to you my version of sanditon season two! (thou feel free to view is as a random anthony/charlotte crossover if you want) a year has passed since charlotte left sanditon... one day, a familliar face knocks on her door - why isnt that mr crowe, his eyes clear and sober for the first time charlotte had ever seen them, and he is here with a proposition....you see, turns out mr crowe isnt actually a mister, but rather a lord (a count to be precise) and since his older brother died, that left him as a sole heir to his father's vast fortune and title. there is a catch though: he must marry in order to inherit, and he only has two weeks to do it. and so, he proposes the following: charlotte will marry him, becoming the countess of suffolk, and spend half a year with him in london to assure his father's solicitors all t's are crossed and in return, after those six months are up, charlotte is free to live the rest of her life as she pleases - financial security and all. so of course, charlotte says yes. and now, we are in london: the new countess is presented at the lord and lady's babbington's annaul autumn ball...and the ton is properly shocked, but also intrigued. charlotte still has feelings for sydney though and is grapling with that but as she spends more time with her new husband, the more thoughts of sydney fall into background of her mind... they spend their nights together by the fire, sipping on whiskey and talking; she learns of the carriage accident that took his brother and made him a cripple. and it is the first time charlotte realises why he never dances with her at any of the balls they attend. but she gives him one of her pleading sweet looks, and crowe lets her pull him into a swaying nonsense resembling dance... she tells him of her siblings, of her hopes for providing them with better life than what she had. she tells him of her love of books and sea... and he... he tells her of his childhood, of his father's scorn and his brother's devotion. he tells her of the constant pain in his right leg and the guilt that eats at him for being the one to survive, how it pulled him into drinking and the numbness that came with it... the first time crowe realises he loves her is when he wakes in her lap after a horrid night of pain and nightmares. and then, at the last ball of the season, he sees her with him - sydney, dancing the night away. and crowe knows, she was never his to begin with. the first time charlotte realises she loves him is when sydney parker takes her to the dancefloor and his smile doesn't make her heart race... nor ache. she races home to tell him everything that's been gatheirng inside of her for months now...but is only welcomed with cold and sharp words. she was thrice a fool now, and her heart finally truly broke apart as she fled london, determined to never return again.
tropes: arranged marriage, earl who doesnt want to be an earl marries a farmer's daughter, scarred hero, he falls for her first, pining god so much pining, i dont dance but i'll sway to the sound of fire crackling with you, storm and whiskey, i love you but i know you dont love me so im pushing you away, she holds him brushing her fingers through his hair as he tries to fall asleep, we dont sleep together but we wake up in the same bed, angst angst angst angst, also mutual pining, so much pining guys
dedicated to my crowe bitches al and kate! shout out to one and only @MacduffProd and her absolute acceptence of this madness that's been eating at my brain since christmas lol
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #sanditon colouring: laurenmichellejust tonight.cursethestars2022-02-13 | "You know, maybe you aren’t as bad as you like to pretend to be.”
a very short edit in honour of this masterpiece finally being translated to english! if you love dark romance (and by that i mean really really REALLY dark with no hea in sight), mafia and introspective narration, then this book is for you. also a heavy enemies to lovers to enemies/enemies with benefits trope! goodreads.com/book/show/49077687-grad-zvijeri?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pG7cHJCMHt&rank=1
(did i make nik and anabel a bit more softer than they really are? yuP, and i have no regrets lol)
cast: ben barnes as nik gavran imogen poots as anabel ružić
#viddingisart #cityofbeasts colouring: laurenmichellelost in the lapse again.cursethestars2022-01-09 | "i will be by your side, no matter the shape you take or the blood you spill... even if we do not break this curse, i will be here."
there is a well in the Mouth of the Forest, a well of tears and death. Bunar Spokoja they call it, its waters ever hungry, ever whispering to all the lost and broken, taunting them with hope and power. it is said that one can break any curse if they are ready to face the reflection of their soul... though any have yet to live to prove this tale. "what is inside shall be out, so keep your head or you shall sleep like the dead." and despite the warning carved into the old stone, karlo was still there - leaning forward as only the cursed ones do, ones with no chances left to lose. but there is always a price to pay, even when a soul has no more left to give.
first video of the year and it's a kziz video *smug grin* you've already met the complete and utter mess of a man that is karlo and his relationship with greta... but now i give you his other soulmate, vatro - basically THE secretery of the Moranija Council and a natural bureaucrat. he is the closest karlo has ever come to a proper relationship tbh (thou he definitely did not ask to be dragged into this whole mess of curses and ancient magic devouring a girl his boyfriend has a hate-love crush on lol) i dont wanna write about plot bc im lazy so just FEEL the aesthetic of it all. also, expect a karlo/greta/vatro video very soon
based on the kingdom of mirrors and beasts books, which i love to no end.
shoutout to @Wintersmith. for letting me steal this beautiful song from her: youtu.be/i4MtIW11R7I
cast: ben barnes as vatroslav, the bastard son of duke nikolaj mattias inwood as karlo ružin, sixth son of the duchess of dolina jennie jacques as greta helgina, požarnica michael fassbender as duke nikolaj, brother to the former queen charlotte hope as klara gerdina, eventual queen of moranija (by marriage)
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18we were always a losing game.cursethestars2021-12-25 | "do you regret it?"
happy holidays, @ScarletxMoon ! hope you like this little angsty crossover :) (the plan was to vid darkling and yen for you but i had issues with s&b footage so i hope this is good enough replacement) please check out the #dsssecretsanta for other edits that are a part of the secret santa project!
this can be viewed as your regular crossover thing where rob turned out to be alive yadayadayada BUT if you want more of that delicious angst, footage of medici is older rob who turned on yen after she helped him win the war and they haven't seen each other ever since.... and yen is ageless so there is taht too haha
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: laurenmichelletake you to hell.cursethestars2021-12-16 | "kiss my lips and let the world burn."
not much plot, just the general vibe of witches slayin the shit out each other with so mad it burns kind of love, as well as everyone who gets in their way. though, i did think of it as a take on faust at one point... where a queen witch makes a deal with the devil (represented by tissaia here) in order to achieve immortality. of course, the deal is flawed and the queen has to replenish her now hollow shell of self with souls of others. understandibly furious, the witch queen bides her time... the devil visits her throughout the decades so they can banter and fuck until FINALLY the witch queen exacts her revenge and binds the devil to herself. she then decides to conquer the world, as one does, and she and the devil continue to passionately hate each other as only immortal beings can 🤷♀️ (everything turns into enemies with benefits with me, i know lol)
but yeah, done in one night bc im crazy like that.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: aetheriasecret worlds you call eyes.cursethestars2021-11-17 | "you press ashes into my lips as i trace blood across your back, and the only thing left is smell of death."
ENEMIES WITH BENEFITS BABEH!!! done in one night bc im crazy like that. i didnt know i needed this, but now im fully invested in these two and i think this isnt going to be my last time vidding them. basically, a fae hunter (who is also half fae and is all angsty about it) encounters a grumpy fae warrior posing as human bc *reasons* and they kinda go for a tumble down in the sheets, more than once *cough* then continue to hook up while trying to kill one another bc ✨realtionship goals✨
fair warning, i may be turning this into a short story and give them proper names but right now it's just 𝒶𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸.
i've been inspired by the one and only @Wintersmith. and TAD's new album (which is genius btw go listen to it!). youtu.be/C8HrqskO-Vs
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: aetherianothing fucks with my baby.cursethestars2021-09-26 | "how does one destroy a monster without becoming one themselves?"
once, there was a prince who ruled over snow and ice. his teeth were as sharp as a shadow in noon, and his words sharper still. the prince was always hungry; hungry for knowledge and power... starving as only deathless creatures can, as only winter can. he thought himself without bonds, without an end - and in that arrogance, lay his doom. for even gods fall from their thrones when fate comes knocking. ... "it will be your downfall," said his new bride with fervor only young things possess. "these games you play blind you, husband. don't forget, darkness is my friend as much as yours. your death will be mine." one moment, he was leaning against the wall, his lips curdled into an awful smile, and in another, he was but a breath away, his eyes glowing with playfulness of a predator ready to devour its prey. "do you think yourself a match for me, wife? it's almost endearing," his voice was like snow in midnight. "but beware, there are things worse than death, and i am one of them." the fae lord could see fear in her eyes, hear it in the way her human heart quickened its beat. and still, her chin was held high, her gaze unwavering. she was brave, his human wife, brave and foolish. "you're a monster." he dragged one claw across her throat, careful not to break skin. "and you are poison made flesh." his grip tightened, sharp edges yearning to taste and to tear apart. "but blood seeks blood, and winter is ever hungry." and with that, the wolf prince vanished. faoiltiarna sank down to the floor, tightly clutching her throat, as if to make sure it was still there. and for the first time, alone and shivering, she thought of her curse as a blessing. still, nights were long in this realm of everlasting cold where monsters dwell. her heartbeat finally returned to its normal rhythm, her fingers loosened their grip and she made way to her chair near the fire. her fae husband was a monster, merciless and cold - and to kill him, to kill her curse, she will have to become one too. outside, a wolf howled beckoning the dark and its secrets. she will be his death, and his blood will be hers.
i was inspired by hozier and julia - a pretty killer combination if you ask me. it's a bit too rushed than what i'd imagined in my head but eh... that's the bane of getting obsessed with _perfect_ voiceovers. hopefully i'll get to finish the big badass video featuring numerous major characters in this world, with the focus on the iron sisters ofc.
shout out to @Wintersmith. for listening to me complain about text and overlays and of course, to @MacduffProd for staying up until 4 and getting lost in curses and stolen deaths with me!
mahesh jadu as conri, the wolf lord daisy ridley as faoiltiarna jessica brown findlay as bearnas jason momoa as artair, the bear lord
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: kindon18as dark as my babycursethestars2021-08-31 | "as i could, i loved you - without a heart and in flames."
in a forest where trees have faces and smell of blood, lies a house made of nightmares, and in that house lives a witch. požarnica they call her, the fire breather - the one who swallowed the lost magic and burned up from the inside out. and she wasn't keen on visitors. but curses are patient lovers, and they always find their way back to you. ...
to avoid proof of my inability to summerize stuff, here's the gist in ao3 tags language: enemies with benefits to lovers with no benefits, agressive refusals to have feelings, corruption arc, i opened a pandora box and now im kinda crazy but my teacher is also kinda power mad and is a queen now so it's fine, fire fire fire fire fire, hiding my pain behind humour, remember kids never look in the ancient all powerful mirror out of spite, even if there's no spite just dont do it, YOUR FUTURE IS NOW YOUR CURSE, an ancient forest that eats people lives in my backyard, curses curses so many curses, only angst and chaotic bickering are allowed in this house, i murdered lots of people but it's FINE, and i ripped out my not boyfriend's heart and now he is a dragon and idc cuz it's FINE, canon is an illusion and for suckers except for the parts that i like, we are all here for some crazy magic shit angst and good time so yeah, this is the best writing ive done in months tbh, also choosing this song bc my dude hozier knows _aesthetic_
based on the kingdom of mirrors and beasts books - yes, i'm obsessed and madly in love, don't at me. (technically this is kinda of an au since it takes place after the first duology but hey, i'm optimistic about getting the two follow up greta books)
cast: jennie jacques as greta helgina, požarnica mattias inwood as karlo ružin, sixth son of the duchess of dolina
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18if i could id grab the wrists of time.cursethestars2021-07-26 | "sometimes time doesn't heal all the wounds, sometimes it just helps you breath a little easier."
happy birthday to the greatest dwarf lover and one of the most creative people i've ever known - @Wintersmith.! dear san, i know i promised to do a forest fam modern times collab with you but i couldn't miss the opportunity for a perfect gift in the form of our angst filled lovable elven family. i know this video is sad and very VERY angsty, but it's also hopeful. it always astonishes me how strongly these siblings feel for each other...kinda breaks my heart. i'm ranting, sorry. i wish you to get all the presents you want and all the food you can eat and for the vidding gods to keep you in their graces so you can in turn grace us with your masterpieces. (you've been a great friend to me, especially for the last year...thank you)
you've already met the infamous forest fam: moss, twig, root and leaf twins. now they are bringing you their angst, love and daddy issues in the modern setting. they are one of the few elves who chose not to sail to the west and have been living among humans for centuries... mostly ignoring each other and meeting up every couple of decades or so... thrandy is still a shitty excuse of a father, of course. everyone still misses mom, beacause of course they do. how could they not? though rhaweth would certainly beat thrandy to a pulp and then cut his every limb for what an arse he's been to their kids... but yeah, even after all this time root and twig feel guilty for her death, especially root. younger leaf is always on the road, running away from all the memories he never got the chance to have, while the older one has finally made peace with the fact he's never gonna live up to dad's expectations no matter what he does (he kinda has a proper mental breakdown). moss is still keeping the shit together and has long since given up on thrandy being...well, anything tbh. even after all this time, they are still fucked up. yup. that's immortals for ya. don't let the last "my life was supposed to be different" thrandy line fool you into forgiving him. yes, he is sad, but that doesnt excuse his ignorence and shittiness. thank you for coming to my ted talk.
i think san is the only one who is gonna get this rambling mess of a description (hey san, happy birthday again!)
henry cavill as moss emilia clarke as twig aaron jakubenko as root orlando bloom as leaf twins lee pace as thranduil gemma arteton as rhaweth
#viddingisart #forestfam colouring: kindon18break my heart again | ella & charmcursethestars2021-06-15 | "i gave you the power to destroy me, and that's exactly what you did."
made this the weekend s&b came out aka the weekend when everyone was fan-craze making s&b edits while i rewatched ella enchanted for five times. and then i forgot to upload it oops. yes, ella kills charm in this au. yes, she remembers it in every life but he doesn't. yes, it's angsty af. ... you cannot escape the A N G S T of the reincarnation au!!
#viddingisart #ellaenchanted colouring: kindon18all that is gold is rusted | kaz&alinacursethestars2021-05-17 | "the deal is the deal."
most of you are probably aware of the whole mess that happened a week or so ago so i won't be retelling it here.... in short, i was both inspired by the vidder in question and by my own annoyance at the stupid hateful people involved. i can be petty af when i want to. and tbh, it was kinda refreshing to edit something au again.
(i won't be as forgiving as may teera and will block your arse to the moon if you spread hate. then again, those kind of people won't bother reading the desc anyway lol)
special thanks to @Wintersmith. for encouraging me with this project! petty ladies ftw!
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #shadowandbone colouring: laurenmichelledark eyes | alina&darklingcursethestars2021-05-07 | "i would've given you the world."
i think this song is perfect for them. and yes, i've succumbed to the power of darklina and am now reading the books (which i've avoided since they first came out.... back when i was in high school lol). of course, i can't edit canon to save my life so this is kind of a soulmates slash reincarnation au...? maybe. idk. let's just roll with it.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #shadowandbone #darklina colouring: laurenmichellein shadows and flame.cursethestars2021-04-29 | "i've been waiting a long time for you."
once upon a time, a dark prince stole all the shadows of night and locked away the dragon deep inside himself. in centuries thereafter, he wandered... homeless and crownless, unwelcome and yet feared by all fae. but all curses can be broken, and all dragons wake up.
idk people, i'm destined to write short stories apparently. s&b footage came as a perfectly timed blessing. i'm too lazy to explain general details bc most people will watch this as a yen&darkling crossover... which is more then fine. hell yes, go for it! so to be brief: children of fae, if their parents come from different courts, belong to the court depending on the power they manifest (e.g. enya's mother was dragon court and her father wolf court and since her afinity lies with fire, she grew up and belongs to the dragon court). long time ago, the high unseelie fae of the dragon court could shapeshift into their dragon forms... that was back when aodnait's mother ruled...so a VERY long time ago. they did not forget and have been waiting for a child born from winter and summer, fire and ice to return what is rightfully theirs. and now they have her. but what if she isn't theirs to have? *insert 10k words worth of essay about the history and politcs of the courts in the last three generations* maybe i'll add more later. just... hmmm think prophesied corruption arc slash enemies to lovers to idgaf anymore let's just kiss and burn everything trope. plus the natural angst of being created to destroy literally the other part of your soul. literally.
side note: enya and dorchadai aren't their true names ofc.
special thanks to @blackthorneproductions and @StarkQueen for providing scenes from their aesthetic scene packs!
ben barnes as dorchadai, the shadow thief and former prince of the high court anya chalotra as enya, the dragoness, aodnait's neice and conri's first cousin mahesh jadu as conri, lord of the wolf court salma hayek as the estranged queen and lady of the shadow court emilia clarke as aodnait, lady of the dragon court
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: laurenmichellei was too wild.cursethestars2021-04-16 | "there is a beast inside of her, merciless and ever raging. her eyes were fire and godess help him, he loved her in her madness."
a special note to my friend barb aka writer of kingdom of mirrors and beasts duology: here's to my influence over canon and making these two more than frenemies! (even though i was first to say i will never ever ever ship them... typical)
in a kingdom where curses taste of burnt flowers and wind whispers of heartache and blood, only a fool dares to tempt magic of old.... and greta did not care. she was impatient as much as talented, and her determination to become someone, something more than just a smalltown prodigy witch fueled her magic. but betrayal and heartbreak followed her, no matter how hard she tried to forget it. she was humiliated, and she wasn't going to feel that way ever again. ... and so, greta went to the mirror and turned her gaze to future...there was fire and blood, ripped out hearts and beasts awaiting to feast on them. there was a young princess, pale as snow. there was death. then, under the veil of moonless night, greta went to the great forest and where she went, shadow and flame followed. for her future was now her curse.
(karlo hates greta, and greta hates karlo but that doesn't mean either of them isn't... intrigued.)
side notes: - in this world, magic is passed down from mother to daughter. most women have an affinity for it but only a few posses genuine power, the kind that makes the mountains tremble and the seas roar. - there are many covens in the kingdom but the one that presides over all of them is the royal coven, ruled by the royal witch who both acts as an advisor and defender of the monarch (and sometimes, a political foe). - the society is matriarchal which is why the surnames are actually one's mother's name. - the kingdom is divided into five dukedoms, controlled by five families who are decendents from the five witches of old. - even though she is still an apprentice herself (which she'll be until ester either resigns or dies), klara takes greta under her wing. she has almost as much power as klara, as much potential. however, greta is much more impulsive and emotionally driven than her teacher and therefore ends up creating quite a shitstorm. a very dangerous shitstorm. details mean spoilers so shhh - karlo is the sixth son of one of the great five families, and therefore irrelevent enough to be left to his own devices and relevent just enough to still have sway in the higher society (plus his friendship with prince kinda adds to it too). to make long story short, he's basically a very confused and emotionally repressed bi dude who ignores his issues by drinking and fucking around (both literally and metaphorically speaking). and then proceeds to get himself tangled up in a mess of a i-kinda-spiraled-bc-i-couldnt-handle-some-serious-personal-shit witch who also likes curses. figures.
special thanks to @StarkQueen for providing a scene from her aesthetic scene pack!
cast: jennie jacques as greta helgina, klara's apprentice mattias inwood as karlo ružin, sixth son of duchess of dolina mark ryder as prince andrej charlotte hope as klara gerdina, duchess of gora/later queen myanna buring as ester, the royal witch
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: kindon18secrets and lies.cursethestars2021-04-09 | "i will have your crown as well as your heart."
this is dedicated to my friend barb aka the writer of "kraljevstvo zrcala i zvijeri" aka kingdom of mirrors and beasts duology. thanks for getting me invested in this mess lol (this one focuses on the main couple of the story but hopefully i'll make a proper trailer in the near future)
in a kingdom where beasts roam the great forest and mirrors hold the fates' gaze, the only thing standing between a witch and the crown is lack of confidence and power. and klara had both in abundance. ever since she was a young girl, klara was taught to face the world head on, shoulders straight and chin held high and sharp. she was the most beautiful of her sisters, and the most gifted.... and she always got what she wanted. her power only grew as the years passed, securing her the position of the apprentince to the royal witch, and her thirst for knowledge remained ever unquenched. when she was eighteen, she gained the social status fates had denied her by birth; she became a duchess. her husband was one of the most powerful people in the kingdom, but he was old. and klara sought to rid herself of him as soon as the opportunity presented itself. she did not expect to like the prince no more than she'd expect to sudenly grow another set of arms. but it happened. they became reluctant friends. then everything changed when he asked her to read his future. she did warn him.... once seen, the future is set in stone and trails behind you like a shadow, like a curse. the prince did not heed her warning and so she read. ... as long as you're beautiful, you can grant your heart's desire. those were her mother's words, repeated again and again in the long hours of her childhood. and her mother was right. klara was the queen now, the most powerful person in the kingdom. and yet... and yet.
- there is a karlo cameo in there bc i couldn't resist but he is gonna be the main subject of the next video!! (he has a connection to both klara and andrej)-
side notes: - in this world, magic is passed down from mother to daughter. most women have an affinity for it but only a few posses genuine power, the kind that makes the mountains tremble and the seas roar. - there are many covens in the kingdom but the one that presides over all of them is the royal coven, ruled by the royal witch who both acts as an advisor and defender of the monarch (and sometimes, a political foe). - the society is matriarchal which is why the surnames are actually one's mother's name. - the kingdom is divided into five dukedoms, controlled by five families who are decendents from the five witches of old. - even though she is still an apprentice herself (which she'll be until ester either resigns or dies), klara takes greta under her wing. she has almost as much power as klara, as much potential. but due to STUFF happening, greta and klara become foes. - prince andrej marries a princess from another kingdom which leaves klara, now a widow, infuriated. a few years after their daughter is born, the young queen dies....
special thanks to maud aka @theladyofisell for providing the cesare borgia scene pack!!
cast: mark ryder as prince andrej charlotte hope as klara gerdina, duchess of gora myanna buring as ester, the royal witch linus roache as lord bertram gorda, duke of gora jennie jacques as greta helgina, klara's apprentice mattias inwood as karlo ružin, andrej's childhood friend
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #kingdomofmirrorsandbeasts colouring: themetarmophosiscrown of shadows and sword of fealty.cursethestars2021-03-25 | "unlove me, i dare you."
(excuse the lack of animal features on the fire lady as well as pointy ears on our fae characters in general, i'm forever restricted by footage sigh)
this was made three weeks ago but im only posting it now bc im lazy like that. to understand the positions of the two characters this video is about, you first must understand a bit of fae politics. you see, once upon a time the high king had a queen by his side whom he promised a world and in return, she gave him a daughter. but then the shadows whispered to the queen, they whispered of great power and conquests her daughter would bring. and so the queen took the young princess and brought her back to her own court, where she gathered strength and alliences in preparation of what's to come. as the high princess came of age, whispers of war spread, now louder than ever before. many courts pledged themselves to the estranged queen, the fae realm was split in two and in the midst of world breaking apart, our future high queen fell in love. (view genral notes about fae for details about courts and their division)
fionn was sent to the high king's service where he trained to be a soldier, aiming to rise through ranks with time. when the queen left the high court, she took fionn with her and made him captian of her personal guard. he was quiet and focused, and loyal to the bone. still, the queen never let him forget his parents' shame, not that he would ever be able to forget as it is. now, after decades of traning and proving himself, he was tasked with guarding one person whose choices will shape the future of the fae realm. and fionn was in too deep to even consider turning his back. scathach wasn't her name, but it was a title worn by the every past and future ruler of the shadow court. it was her mother's heritage, and it ran deep in her blood and shaped her very bones. her mind was sharp and her wit even sharper. like every fae, she was vain and cruel in her games and she always got what she wanted. except for one thing. and for him, she was ready to betray her mother and heritage. and so the princess of shadows whispered her name to set her lover free and then... then there was chaos.
side note: both the estranged queen and the princess have the power to read minds, sometimes even control them but it's not as easy as it sounds and as days and years pass, the princess contiunes to grow stronger, surpassing even her mother. this power is present only in the ruling family of the shadow court, although some fae belonging to the court can be gifted with it too. it's very rare though. ouble side note: fionn's magic particulary deals with enforcing objects with greater strength.
some general notes about fae rules: - knowing fae's true name gives an individual the power to control their actions so most of their "fake" names are reference to either their position, a certain skill or a deed they had perfomed in the past. - fae cannot lie, not outright anyway, which makes them master wordsmiths - triple meaning is everything. - fae identify themseleves as either seelie or unseelie, both of which have lesser branches and names portraying to certain magical abilities or physical attributes. the general rule is that the fae who are able to shapeshift and or have physcial animal attributes belong to the unseelie while the ones whose magic is less elemental based belong to the seelie. of course, there are exceptions. - fae realm is divided into ten major courts which are governed by their respective ladies and lords, although there are many smaller ones that are incorporated under one of the major ones. all the courts however, are ruled over by a high king or queen whom they owe their obediance and alligiance. - two our of those ten courts are viewed sparetely: the high court and the keep. the first one is located in the very heart of the fae realm and is home to the rulling soverign and their offsprings while the latter one is neutral when it comes to politics and its inhabitants, the keepers, concern themselves only with gathering and storing knowledge. as for the other courts... the seelie ones are: the shadow court (manifesting thoughts into shadows and manipulating them), the light court (illusions and healers), the star court (seers, destiny gatherers) and the weilder court (imbuing magic into objects). the unseelie ones are: the wolf court (winter), the bear court (earth), the dragon court (fire) and the griffin court (air). - iron is poison to all the fae.
medalion rahimi as scathach, princess of the high court henry cavill as fionn, captain of the royal guard lee pace as the high king salma hayek as the estranged queen and lady of the shadow court ruairi o'connor as kavan, prince of the high court michelle pfeiffer as the star gazer's sister, fionn's lover emilia clarke as aodnait, lady of the dragon court
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: kindon18blood of earth and soul of stone.cursethestars2021-02-17 | "he wants to say i love you, but keeps saying goodinight because love means falling and she's afraid of heights."
the second main couple of the faeverse; bearnas, a human woman who was cursed by a fae known as star gazer and artair, an unseelie fae lord who was forced to take a human bride as a punishment for his insolence and open loyalty to the estranged queen. they are julia's - @MacduffProd - creations through and through; soft and full of yearning and hidden warmth of the earth and the mountains. and i can only hope i have presented them here at least half as well as she does when she writes about them.
(excuse the lack of animal features on our two lords as well as pointy ears on our fae characters in general, i'm forever restricted by footage sigh)
only as sun slumbers, your skin shall remain your own. and with its first light, that which is inside shall be out. again and again, forever the change goes – until ice concedes to fire, until mountain bows down to wind and blood of the groom colours the spring. taste the wolf's hunger, sleep the bear's dream. once, twice, thrice the longest of nights comes, the baragin should be done. crown in the dark, escape the verity. again and again, forever the change will go – forget that skin of yours if else's gaze finds it in the dawn. again and again, blood seeks blood – be not a fool and strike true.
this video is focused on bearnas and her time at the infamously isolated court of lord artair, her new husband. there is much less outright hostility between them in comparison to fi and conri... on the controrary, the bear lord gives bearnas freedom and offers to show her something more, something human eyes have never layed their gaze on. slowly, very slowly, they become friends. she trusts him and he trusts her. he still doesn't know about her curse though - not that she could tell him even if she wanted to. the inevitable task of breaking the curse is put far back in bearnas' mind and she pretends there is no time limit and no curses. with every dawn however, she is reminded that isn't the case. they come to love each other, more and more every day. the idea of killing him is absurd and bearnas is ready to live out the rest of her life as a bear. however it wasn't only her choice; fi was much a part of this as was her and bearnas couldn't condemn her friend to something she alone was ready to accept. the winter solstice of their third year was fast aprpoaching, and bearnas is plagued by unsureness and doubt... she ought to make an impossible choice and it was killing her from inside. the conflict with the high king escaletes and war is on the horizon, and both her and her friend are cought up in politics of creatures who have lived through hundreds and hundreds of human lifespans. and with every twilight that comes, it is harder and harder to turn back to her human form. choices will be made, hearts will be broken and lives lost.
(so no plot again but VIBES of slow burn softness and cold mountains and echoes of magic in the wind and the earth)
some general notes about fae rules: - fae are able to compel humas to their bidding, but there are certain herbs that can be used as charms against it. there is also s special kind of food and drink that when eaten, compels a human to never eat or drink anything again that isn't of fae magic therefore it leads to death. a human can be granted a sort of "magical immunity" but only by higher fae, otherwise using salt before tasting anything is the best defence. - iron is poison to all the fae. - knowing fae's true name gives an individual the power to control their actions so most of their "fake" names are reference to either their position, a certain skill or a deed they had perfomed in the past. - fae cannot lie, not outright anyway, which makes them master wordsmiths - triple meaning is everything. - fae identify themseleves as either seelie or unseelie, both of which have lesser branches and names portraying to certain magical abilities or physical attributes. the general rule is that the fae who are able to shapeshift and or have physcial animal attributes belong to the unseelie while the ones whose magic is less elemental based belong to the seelie. of course, there are exceptions. - fae realm is divided into many courts which are governed by their respective ladies and lords. all the courts however, are ruled over by a high king or queen whom they owe their obediance and alligiance.
jessica brown findlay as bearnas jason momoa as artair, the bear lord daisy ridley as faoiltiarna mahesh jadu as conri, the wolf lord lee pace as the high king henry cavill as fionn, captain of the royal guard eleanor w. cox as aelish, a seelie child slash warden of artair julian rhind tutt as the star gazer
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: kindon18heart of iron and mind of steel.cursethestars2021-02-09 | "kill your love before he kills you."
thanks to julia's wonderful, brilliance of aesthetic faeverse video, i was inspired to actually try and bring the characters of that world to life. emphasis on try. youtu.be/B55GZWM2I-E i'm planning on making a few more faeverse edits, the next one should be about the other main couple of the story so fingers crossed!
(excuse the lack of animal features on our two lords as well as pointy ears, i'm forever restricted by footage sigh)
only as sun slumbers, your skin shall remain your own. and with its first light, that which is inside shall be out. again and again, forever the change goes – until ice concedes to fire, until mountain bows down to wind and blood of the groom colours the spring. taste the wolf's hunger, sleep the bear's dream. once, twice, thrice the longest of nights comes, the baragin should be done. crown in the dark, escape the verity. again and again, forever the change will go – forget that skin of yours if else's gaze finds it in the dawn. again and again, blood seeks blood – be not a fool and strike true.
this is a story about two human women, bearnas and faoiltiarna, who get cursed by a fae known as star gazer. they are left with your typical cryptic wordplay fae nonsense of a curse and have to figure out the way out on their own.... the gist of it is: daylight equals animal form, nightime equals human form, if they are seen in the transition period (dawn and twilight) they lose the chance to break the curse and the next time they change they will be stuck in their animal form forever, they have to marry fae lords and kill them, ttime limit is three years. that's oversimplifying things but i put the curse above so you can draw your own conclusions... SO our two humans infiltrate the high king's castle by pretending to be compelled servants in time for the annual suck-up-meeting aka meeting where the leaders of courts come to high king's castle to discuss political stuff and just bicker in general. two lords raise some questions and make some comments that were better left unsaid (their known loyality to the queen didn't help either) and the high king decides to make an example of them... he makes them choose a human bride from the castle and swear never to directly or indirectly harm them until the end of their lives (which is unfortuante because halflings are generally shunned and are weaker than their fae parent, therefore unfit to lead a court) as well as not crossing their borders with an army (some courts have been restless and support the high king's estranged wife in her daughter's claim for the throne). fi and bearnas make a bargain with the wolf and bear lords and set on the quest to break their curse. only to catch feelings in the meantime. anyway, this edit is not plot heavy but rather focused on the vibe and feel of Fi and Conri and the ANGST. oh and, fi's animal form is a white wolf and bearnas' is a sun bear.
some general notes about fae rules: - fae are able to compel humas to their bidding, but there are certain herbs that can be used as charms against it. there is also s special kind of food and drink that when eaten, compels a human to never eat or drink anything again that isn't of fae magic therefore it leads to death. a human can be granted a sort of "magical immunity" but only by higher fae, otherwise using salt before tasting anything is the best defence. - iron is poison to all the fae. - knowing fae's true name gives an individual the power to control their actions so most of their "fake" names are reference to either their position, a certain skill or a deed they had perfomed in the past. - fae cannot lie, not outright anyway, which makes them master wordsmiths - triple meaning is everything. - fae identify themseleves as either seelie or unseelie, both of which have lesser branches and names portraying to certain magical abilities or physical attributes. the general rule is that the fae who are able to shapeshift and or have physcial animal attributes belong to the unseelie while the ones whose magic is less elemental based belong to the seelie. of course, there are exceptions. - fae realm is divided into many courts which are governed by their respective ladies and lords. all the courts however, are ruled over by a high king or queen whom they owe their obediance and alligiance.
daisy ridley as faoiltiarna jessica brown findley as bearnas mahesh jadu as conri, the wolf lord jason momoa as artair, the bear lord lee pace as the high king henry cavill as captain of the royal guard
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #faeverse colouring: kindon18carnival of rust | jude&madoccursethestars2021-01-13 | "and despite myself, despite what he’d done and what he was, i came to love him. it’s just not a comfortable kind of love."
i like the fact that both my last video of the doomed year of our lord 2020 and the first video of the very shitty&sad year that followed it, is in fact about the cruel prince books. that's pretty awesome in all this shitstorm around us.
it takes courage to admit to the world you're in fact kinda in love with a green skinned immortal blood crazed warrior whose kids are his bc he had murdered their parents. and i am courageous. and i really really love and am fascinated by madoc. one of the best characters in the world of fiction. period. *insert all a 10k word essay i wrote in my head about madoc's morality, his ambition and the importance and meaning he gives to love... and just how much he made his kids, especially jude, into what they are now* *insert another 10k word essay i wroted in my head about how and why this song is madoc's anthem*
ALSO ALSO THIS QUOTE: "Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all."
first time cameos by oak and dain respectively. also please don't at me for eva flashbacks; she DID love madoc in the past, she DID choose to go with him to his world and marry him. i have so many hcs about them (and so many cut scenes from this project), a video needs to made about it! im only sad i didnt have the time to include madoc's valhalla warrior of a mother who fucking birthed him in the middle of an ongoing battle (another thought line about him being made in blood as much as jude in my 10k word essay).
shout out to kim for putting up with my ramblings and giving the best feedback and shout out to julia for loving madoc as much as i do.
cast: jude law as madoc katherine langford as jude duarte maisie williams as young jude catherine walker as eva duarte thomas doherty as cardan greenbriar aaron jakubenko as dain greenbriar thomas brody sangster as oak
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #thefolkoftheair colouring: jazzibalkanjude and cardan.cursethestars2020-12-29 | "you've only seen the least of what i can do."
a friend wanted me to make a jude&cardan edit in quite awhile but i never really got around to reading the books... thanks to cancelled...well pretty much everything, i got around to it. and i did not expect to like them as much as i ended up doing, that i assure you. there are many characters i want to edit that are, due to their physcal characteristics, basically unviddable so i had to settle with these two - not that it was a chore or any less enjoyable bc i do love them. and let me say this, i haven't liked and understood a ya heroine like i do jude in quite awhile.
what to say about jude and cardan other than I WANT MORE and SUPREME SHIP! (okay no that bit probably goes to the unlived glory of rhiya and viv but jurdan is right after them!)
shoutout to kim for helping out with the footage as well as encouraging me to press on with this project - truly the gretest human being out there! also a moment of silence for all the madoc/nicassia scenes that had to be cut due to flow and time restricitons.
cast: katherine langford as jude duarte thomas doherty as cardan greenbriar jude law as madoc ruairi o'connor as locke
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #thefolkoftheair colouring: jazzibalkanyour home.cursethestars2020-12-25 | "you're a sister destiny forgot to give me."
merry christmas and the best of new year's to you my dear julia! it's a bit shorter than i had originally planned though i do hope that the fact we are finally seeing the og iron sisters together makes up for it! youtube.com/channel/UCLr8AxvYXEwM81zAfd_jovg
theese two are side characters i developed with julia for my seven siblings verse. nev and gali grew up in the same villiage but unfortunately lost both their home and their families in one of avaric skirmishes. from that point on they stuck together and travelled north where they settled near the old chrobatian castle and opened a tavern. at first glance, they seem quite different; fighting and mediating, troublesome and quiet, but they click. together, they are more than the sum of both parts. over the years, they both engage in various relationships of physical nature but two men always seem to return to their doorstep. there is happiness, there is safety and there is food and drink. but then the night of great fire comes and yet again, gali's and nevena's lives are uprooted by flames and the smell of burning flesh.
please check out the #dsssecretsanta for other edits that are a part of the secret santa project!
eleanor tomlinson as gailswintha niamh walsh as nevena aaron taylor johnson as borna, second cousin to kosenc on his mother's side travis fimmel as kosenc, twin to lobel, one of the seven sibligs
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #sevensiblings colouring: ofdurinsfolkhouse of oropher.cursethestars2020-12-20 | "here in this kingdom, we will endure."
don't mind me, i'm just making a dramatically aesthetic edit about equally dramatic elf idjits that is the royal family of the woodland realm. proudly introducing thrandy's older sister and brother - they aren't aware they have more than one nephew. but how did thrandy get the throne then, you might ask. well, neither of the older siblings were interested. oh and look at all the fancy elvish names the kids have! nevertheless, they will always be and remain moss, twig, root and leaf twins.
shoutout to @Wintersmith. for putting up with my ramblings about this family, and adding to it!
kippei shiina as oropher charlize theron as aerandir alycia debnam carey as firith jarred blakiston as himring lee pace as thranduil gemma arteton as rhaweth henry cavill as loew emilia clarke as anannolf aaron jakubenko as nurthond orlando bloom as legolas twins
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #forestfam colouring: wildestdreamshalf light.cursethestars2020-12-15 | "it's alright to love them both. i did."
HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS DEAR JULIA! may all the multiverse bow before you and muses always favour you, may the trees sing your name in the stillness of autumn afternoon as the sea carries you far and away. and may the stars fall and grant all of your heart's desires. there are no words which would adequately express how much lucky i feel to have you as a friend, and gods know you deserve all and more! here's to you getting old and one year closer to socially aceptable age of being a witch with a diploma! youtube.com/user/MacduffProd/featured
remember kids, the best way to resolve an intense and true love triangle is polyamory. i dont know how to write summeries so i'll dump all this here...
Thanks to his heroic deeds on the battlefield, Kapitan Strakhov was more than welcome, some would even say required, in every saloon, ballroom and gathering of the great high society matriarchs of Peterburg. And so, the young Kapitan obliged; enjoying everything society’s crème de la crème had to offer. Then he met her. Vasilisa Repnina was sent to her relatives in Peterbug for only one reason, the most important reason according to her mother: she was to make her debut in the high society and find herself a rich husband. And so, amid the reckless adventures and danicing (so much dancing!), Vasja met him. They keep meeting at other parties, exchanging kisses and more, but war doesn’t stop, not even for them, and so young Dmitri goes back to the battle. They write letters, so many pages upon pages of letters. Love words, passion and longing. Promise of marriage and life together when he gets back. Vasja almost loses her mind with worry when he is reported missing. Nothing could console her, not even Ksenija. In this whirlwind of worry and sorrow and regret, a match is struck; she is to marry lord Gagarin, a widower and twenty years her senior. Her perents are deilighted at the prospects, and quite pleased with themselves for arranging it. Vasja however doesn't have more than two days to process her fate when news of Dmitri's return come - he was wounded but alive. They spend almost every night of his leave together, the betrayal and hurt being swallowed in their embraces. The day of meeting his bethroed finnally arrives, and Lev Ilijič Gagarin lets his heart hope afteterwards. His young bride was refreshing in her youth but also... genuine. On the other side of things, Dmitri’s leave comes to an end and he says his goodbyes. He's content at this point. A bit in pain, but also...sort of relieved. He knew he will have to marry well in order to further advance his social station and begin his political career. Lev and Vasja keep meeting; and with each walk, each talk, Lev’s heart warms a bit more. Vasja certainly did not expect him to be so… handsome. And respectful. They build a slow kind of rapport and friendship, and with each passing day, Vasja’s heart grows more fond of her husband. But every time Dmitri Strakhov is in the city, she rushes to meet him. It’s so obvious, the bond they share. The passion. Lev was not blind. He may be the one holding Vasja on his arm, but her eyes were only for the soldier. It was over before it even begun, he thinks. ... Dmitri eventually marries; the girl of great wealth and desirable familial connections. He and Vasja keep meeting in secret but she has changed; her eyes have a new shine to them and she mentiones her husband by his given name. She didn't even realise, but Dmitri knew it: Vasja was in love with her husband. He blocks the realisation his heart had made weeks ago and instead starts throwing petty comments on Gagarin’s account. Something was wrong, Vasja thought. It wasn’t just him marrying to this woman his mother chose for him. Her worry was met with cynical words. They have a terrible fight. A year passes before they meet again. And they are… fine. They make their peace and he still loves her. And she still loves him, but it’s different. It’s different now. Vasja grows tired of hiding and confesses to Lev, who at this point thought the Strakhov affair was over, and he becomes distant again, quiet. Time does its magic though and ffter much confusion, heartache and regret, an arrangement is reached. It was an arrangement all three participants came to accept and love for what it was.
lily james as vasilisa repnina rufus sewell as lev ilijič gagarin vladimir jaglič as dmitri strakhov tatjana babenkova as ksenija petrovna
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #peterburgverse colouring: kindon18for so long.cursethestars2020-12-12 | "everything comes back to you."
in honour of my 18.5k views twilight video being taken down, here's something even more raw and moody... on the bright side, this gave me a chance to use some manips that were cut from the last one sooo.... cheers?
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #twilight colouring: kindon18city of beasts.cursethestars2020-11-22 | "when a person gets used to something, no matter how false it may be, it becomes their new reality."
Nik Gavran lives in the world of gangsters, alcohol and drugs. On the road to becoming the leader of the Ravens he had torn out every petal of his rose and transformed into a Beast. He has shattered and destroyed hundreds of inoccent lives without even blinking, and he has killed without skipping a heartbeat. Obsessed and retreated into his own little world, the broken city he rules over, years have passed since Nik Gavran genuinely cared for any human being other than himself.
Anabel Ružić has been a member of the Scorpions ever since her brother had betrayed her and sold her in order to fulfill his ambitions. Her mission? Find a way into Nik Gavran's heart and destroy him and his gang from the inside. In order to do so, she needs to hide her true nature and transform into an inoccent, fragile and broken – just the type Nik loves.
With time, Nik opens a small piece of himself, the only piece that he has left, to a girl who warms his bed during the lonely winter nights. He offers her a place by his side, a place of power and trust. What happens when he finds out that his Beauty isn't as fragile and inoccent as he thought her to be, that she has been planning his demise for months? Can she show him the way or are some beasts just beasts, with hearts irrevocably darkened and broken?
In a city where Beasts rule and Beauties are equally lethal, every wrong move can lead to death. Especially when the Beast wants to rule it and the Beauty escape it.
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I love both of these characters, I really do but I love them in a way one loves something lost and tragic. Don't get me wrong, both of them are toxic as hell and vile in their own special kind of way - they cannot and are not redeemed. Which is why I love the book so very much! You feel every choice and decision, every despicable action and every word uttered, whether it be true or not. Maybe if it was a different world, a different story, Anabel would've pieced together the Beast's heart and Nik would've rescued the Beauty from being consumed by revenge... Maybe they wouldn't be as damned and as lost.... But this isn't such a story.
cast: ben barnes as nik gavran; a man obsessed and consumed by power, the leader of the ravens imogen poots as anabel ružić; a woman that lives other people's lives and doesn't know herself, a member of the scorpions seeking revenge for the murder of her former lover and gang leader jay ryan as liam; nik's best friend and general, the only person who knows nik from the life before he came into power max riemelt as jay; one of nik's most trusted members, he's fiercley loyal to nik and the ravens callum turner as bryn; anabelle's former lover and leader of the scorpions
i present to you king always-drunk-and-dramatic thranduil's offsprings: loew, golf, thond and legolas twins. also known as moss, twig, root and twin leaves.
this adorable mess of pointy ears siblings is what happens when me and san aka@Wintersmith. start talking about lotr. it's also very much my gift to her, hopefully i lived up to my own hype lol
not much plot in this one (hoping to do a plot heavy dramatic edit in the near future), it's more of a kaleidoscope of family fluff and, if you really squint, a tiny bit of angst. unfortunately, even in this happy forest fam reality, the mom is very much dead... which is why thrandy is basically an emotionally surpressed drunk that (mostly) avoids his children. thankfully, his eldest son moss is the embodiment of softness and had graciouslly taken it upon himself to raise his brothers and sister. suffice to say, he is VERY protective. as the only sister, twig is a badass no hair on her tongue girl who is going to be queen one day. she is also an expert on cutting the most favourable deals, especially with her family members. then we have our middle child, root who is the only one to inherit their mother's dark hair (which is really where all similarities end). he's not as subtle as twig in his troublemaking and is prone to dramatic episodes as his ada. and finally, we have the leaf twins; both complete opposites of each other. they are currently in the midst of their teen rebellion phase, which is why one ran away from home while the other stayed and angirly lurks in the shadows.
cameo appearence by one of elrond's twins... young elladan is courting our future queen and i think we're all underestiamting just how much he knows what he's getting himself into lol
henry cavill as moss emilia clarke as twig aaron jakubenko as root orlando blood as legi twins lee pace as thranduil gemma arteron as rhaweth marcus vanco as elladan
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #forestfam colouring: kindon18я люблю тебя.cursethestars2020-11-05 | "it's better this way; a little lonelier but better."
is this yet another edit-venting project? tbh i dunno, everything kinda is at this point lol i certainly ought to vid more non-english songs... but yeah, plans got cancelled unexpectedly so i decided to see what i can make in two hours with only a pack of cigarettes as fuel lol
shoutout to julia aka @lifetimes for inspiring me to dive into angst pool of russian songs and jake gyllenhaal youtu.be/_hlrZt4XSe0
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: jazzibalkanaugust slipped away.cursethestars2020-10-26 | "girls like you deserve a love that feels like summer."
i'm half drunk and half deaf. and im edit-venting. .... ah the summer of 2011, how i miss you.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: whisperofdreamsyou drew stars around my scars.cursethestars2020-10-17 | "you will always be the girl he wished he had kept."
the other day, i saw someone i thought i'll never see again. and then i made this last night. i know it seems plotless and messy and completely random but it makes sense to me. so yeah this is me venting.
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: kindon18the bear and the nightingale.cursethestars2020-10-03 | "before the end, you will pluck snowdrops at midwinter, die by your own choosing and weep for a nightingale."
these books.... this world and its characters are something so familliar to me and so very a part of my heart. katherine arden is truly a gifted author, making one understand every character no matter how vile they may be, and her descriptions... it's like poetry but in prose. i must admit i love the second book the best (just by a the tiniest of margins) and hopefully one day i'm gonna do smth like this for it and the third book.... or something more general and include more side characters like i did in my uprooted video. so this video is mainly focused on the relationship between morozko and vasya (and medved) but like in an aesthetic way. i really wanted to include the prick of the priest that is konstantin but i just couldn't think of a man to match his looks that has enough footage to actually make something with it hence two saša cameos that are more of a teaser to scenes in the second book (i guess you can pretend he is konstantin in the context of the video and chose scenes/voiceovers and i was tempted to do so myself but danila is my perfect saša soo). did i mention i love saša? because i do. and medved.... don't get me started on that absolutely maddening and powerful incarnation of lonely chaos. when i first finished the first book i definitely had not expected that, in just another half of the book time, i was going to come to understand and care for him. it sneaked up on me like the first frost of winter. the fact he gets the best lines does not help either lol - “There are no monsters in the world, and no saints. Only infinite shades woven into the same tapestry, light and dark. One man’s monster is another man’s beloved. The wise know that.” (this is his deep quote but you should see the power of sass and one liners he wields, especially in the third book)
i'm trying not to ramble too much but am kinda failing at it.... i want to make an edit that focuses only on morozko and medved - death and life, peace and chaos, winter and summer. then again i want to make a lot of things but end up failing at it bleh
i am kinda half deaf atm but i was aching to edit something in regards to this trilogy so.... i hope it's decent enough. as i said for naomi novik's work, i don't want hollywood to come near these books - not even a centimetre. if someone ever decides to do something with it, i feel like the animation form would give the best opportunity to bring to life all the magic and quietness of this world as well as sheer volume of all the emotions that we feel throughout the story. i just keep imagining the scenes like vasya letting požar go and she transforming into a firebird and lighting all of moscow with her anger or when vasya first comes to medved's sleeping place deep in the forest come to life with the help of animation.
cast: mila sivatskaja as vasilisa petrovna sam claflin as morozko richard dormer as medved danila kozlovski as aleksandr (peresvet) petrović
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #winternight colouring: wildestdreamsuprooted.cursethestars2020-09-09 | "there was a song in this forest too, but it was a savage song, whispering of madness and tearing and rage."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! LOL reading this book threw me right back into the timeless void of stories known as "dora's childhood". so many refrences to the fairytales i grew up with and the ever beautiful presence atmosphere of it all that is specific to slavic people and culture. it's been quite a while since a book made me feel the way this one did.... and i could write an essay upon essay about the characters and the writing style and the ache i feel whenever i finish this book. it's a good kind of ache, but still an ache.
some actors aren't description accurate and i am well aware of that and lily collins is a bit too american to pass as my nieszka but you know, there is this thing called f o o t a g e c o n v e n i e n c e. did i want to put more side characters in this? yes. did i make too many manips and had to cut them mercilessly due to time contraints and keeping the flow intact? always. did i start an aesthetic heavy project with a polish song that will probably never be finished? of course i did. and lastly but not any less important: do i hope hollywood never makes this into a hollow dumbed down overly explained film with butchered pronaunciation of spells and names? absolutely yes. please don't.
shoutout to san for helping me with casting alosha and the support! and shoutout to my friend barb, this is me trying to make her hurry up and read the damn book lol
cast: tom hiddleston as sarkan, the dragon lily collins as agnieszka lily james as kasia charlie hunnam as prince marek charlize theron as queen hanna daniel sharman as solya, the falcon florence kasumba as alosha, the sword george blagden as father ballo, the monk wizard eric bana as the king of polnya, marek's father isaac hempstead wright as prince stashek sophia myles as the wood queen rufus sewell as the first king
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #uprooted colouring: sunnyvidsthe witch of the waste.cursethestars2020-08-10 | "i had a heavy heart to carry."
this was started as a parallel video between howl and the witch but kinda morphed into a heavy aesthetics character study on "how does a fallen star turned fire demon cope with the heaviness of a human soul and heart and how does that in turn affect their human host?" did i make it hc that calcifer and angorian knew each other from before and that angorian was a mentor-like figure before she fell and disappeared? yups. did i make it hc that calcifer at some point learns to take on a human form like angorian does? double yups. did i make it a bit more darker than it is in the book and read too much into certain details? hell yes.
this wouldn't have been finished if it wasn't for kim and her help with footage and, of course, her constant support and encouragment - thank you! youtube.com/channel/UCYN1E08eXxZfINHzPoYotCQ
julianne moore as the witch of the waste ben barnes as howl jenkins pendragon eva green as miss angorian/witch's fire demon gary oldman as calcifer
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed #howlsmovingcastlehowl and sophie.cursethestars2020-07-29 | "trying to catch your heart is like trying to catch a star."
it's too long, i know. i made these two magical idiots angstier than they are tbh... now let's move onto the three projects i had started with other characters from the book *grins*
(for the sake of my vidding sanity, let's all pretend howl's hair doesnt change colour whenever wind rises, that the drastic change in the accent and depth of howl's voice is not noticable, that sophie is a bit older and that i didnt cut out michael's and the other two hatter sisters' cameos for the sake of flow)
shout out to kim and julia for putting up with me throughout the process of making this too long video! they are too good to me, honestly.
p.s. harry loyd is still THE perfect howl but you know f o o t a g e
ben barnes as howl jenkins pendragon eleanor tomlinson as sophie hatter vanessa redgrave as old sophie juliane moore as the witch of the waste gary oldman as calcifer maggie smith as mrs pentstemmon
everything that san said in her description bc im so done with this shitstorm. sub to the rest of #pettyladies :@Wintersmith. and @MacduffProd
#viddingisart #fanvidfeed colouring: ofdurinsfolk idea: elvenqueen (i guess)the chronicles of narnia.cursethestars2020-07-05 | "once a king or queen of narnia, always a king or queen of narnia."
no one will probably watch this but thanks to the two annoying kids im minding, i've been in the narnia mood for the last two weeks... and i needed to deal with all these FEELINGS.
i know i messed up the timeline here and there, and yes, lucy's hair is red bc daisy is perfect for her (and book lucy is blonde anyway sooo). hmm what other canon divergences i need to address? i don't know. tbh this whole edit, at one point, turned into a peter&edmund vid and it took me quite awhile to notice - that's probably a sign they deserve a video of their own. dunno if it's obvious that edmund is my favourite, because he is. obviously this is all taking place during the golden age, that is before the happenings of prince caspian and the dawn treader but it's interesting to explore it nevertheless. peter is so full of self-doubt and fear of losing one of his siblings again, losing someone because he wasn't strong enough, that he forgets that his burden is not soley his to bear. how could he ever live up to the legend of his name? susan feels invisible, as if she stepped into someone else's life, as if she's going to disappear if she were to blink even once. her smile may be gentle, but her soul is heavy with loneliness. edmund may have been forgiven, but his heart was still heavy with snow of the winter long passed. his judgment was great, but ever the harshest on himself - as it will always be, as long as whitness haunts his dreams. and lucy... ever kind, ever hopeful. she gathered all her siblings' doubts and hopes, stored them away deep in her heart - guarding them and awaiting another dawn. but how long can one's heart hold such a burden until it breaks?
shoutout to julia and kim for being supportive and listening to my neverending rambling. we are all agreed ioan's curls are godsent and need more footage!
tom hiddleston as peter pevensie katie mcgrath as susan pevensie ioan gruffudd as edmund pevensie daisy ridley as lucy pevensie