» and Ive given it up for what? [george & isabel; twq+rotrk] @irydionlover
» and Ive given it up for what? [george & isabel; twq+rotrk]  @irydionlover
Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"...but that wasn't enough, was it?"

[HD, earphones + small screen]

I was 99% sure my first video of 2018 (or anything I happened to post on ship day aka St. Valentine's) would be something Reylo, with all the meat TLJ handed us fans...but no -- after some dreadful hard disk issues (every vidder's best friend, am I right?), exam exhaustion (but some personal gratification too, freaking finally) and all in all the fullest January in recent years, have some Gisabel feels instead.

Bless Baraou No Souretsu (or Requiem of the Rose King), Aya Kanno's WOTR/RIII-themed manga, for finally giving me a worthy depiction of the other York/Neville OTP (despite some other...let's just say weird ships and plot solutions, but this is supposed to be a historical *and* fantasy manga after all). Leafing through the latest scans and finding such heartfelt drawings of George/Isabel, particularly in their final chapters [HOW DARE YOU GIVING THEM THE RICHANNE HUG THOUGH, AYA, MY FEELS WERE NOT READY] honestly warmed my heart, because I always have a bone to pick with Ricardian authors (and not only PG) who invariably have to write George as a Jerk™ in all aspects of his life (as if he was incapable at all of positive emotions), and portray this successful marriage as an abusive relationship (or alternatively, they sometimes make Isabel into a Jerk™ too, and I don't know which pisses me off more ^^'). If anything, I've always thought that the fact that he seemed to go crazy again right after Isabel's death after years of relatively amicable relations with Edward, coupled with the fact that he's actually the only one of the York brothers with no reported bastard children (and all this despite his notoriously fickle political loyalties), actually speaks a lot more in favour of him caring about Isabel than the contrary. So what I tried to capture here, combining the two media (and some added scenes/VOs from here and there), is a depiction of this pairing as what I think they could have been if their romantic potential had been used properly in TWQ -- a husband and wife who care for each other, but whose position and ambition got in the way and ultimately ruined their happiness together.

[the beginning is me trying to be aesthetic and failing btw xD;
bear=Neville crest, bull=Clarence crest]

It also seems TWQ has officially become experimental territory for me -- this time I tried my hand at MMV-editing style (adding so much respect for MMV editors to the amount I already had, because masking and "animating" all the scans is SO much work T.T), and I would very much like to hear your thoughts about it. I kinda enjoyed the change in styles!
FInally, I'll credit one of my editing idols, Alexa, for getting me obsessed with this song via one of her wonderful Reylo edits (if you don't know who I'm talking about and you call yourself a SW fan...well, you're missing out bad! youtube.com/channel/UCDOR-mnj4MW7e1ohFCPCXkg)

Feedback is welcome!
Song info at the end of the video; for specific scenes/voiceovers, ask me.
No copyright infringement intended; this video is for entertainment purposes only, and no money is being made out of it.
#fanvidfeed #thewhitequeen #requiemoftheroseking #twq #rotrk #george #isabel
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