mission report by lim (mission report challenge)

[lim.livejournal.com]

Title: Mission Report
Characters: Teyla, Pegasus
Length: 141 words / 1 minute 49 seconds
Rating: G
Notes: Thanks to Ces for everything.
Er. I figured Teyla has an oral culture.

Mission Report [ 2.5mb mp3 ] Zipped.


I can sing this high mind rhyme
The day was long
The sky was fine
We spread our hands and our smiles wide
Our jewels reflected in their eyes

Ragged and thin they took us in
And washed our bodies from their water skins
We took their comfort and gave them toys
We kissed their girls
And beat their boys

Oh, ho, how can we go?
How can we travel with our cloak of woe?
How can we meddle in these hungry lives?
Bellies so full and our clear blue skies

Oh the hearth is cold and the wraith are blue
Ring of the ancestors sky is too

What's done is done
That war is won
And guilt is the indulgence of the favoured son
The day was long
The sky was fine
We spread our hands and our smiles wide


And I made a sort of vid to go with it:

video [ 16mb divX , 10mb .m4v , 57mb .mov ] Zipped.

Many thanks to Oxoniensis for hosting.

Comments

[lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com]

l3tm31n

Here, have an internet.

*is tickled*

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

That is truly amazing work. I was thrilled to see that you'd made a new vid, and wow, yes! It's so in keeping with Teyla, words and song and the imagery in the video. You are truly multi-talented!

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

P.S. Would it help if you had a permanent link for the video and song? I'm very happy to host them for you.

[ratcreature]

Wow, this is so cool!

I liked the song and the vid and it's a very original idea for the mission report.

[norah.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, lim, lim, limitless liminal lim lim lim, I LURVE this. Didjoo really sing that yourself, you talented one? AWESOME. Just, awesome.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I made it in GarageBand. I'm such a Mac cliche! ::sobs::

[mgunby.livejournal.com]

wow.

awesome.

[lim.livejournal.com]

:)

[norah.livejournal.com]

DUN SOB PRETTY *pets you*

YOUR AWESOMENESS IS SPLENDIFEROUS!

[lim.livejournal.com]

Ta. I'm glad you like it.

If you want to host then that would be great. Give me a heads up with links and I'll... edit this post, I spose? Yes. That seems sensible. But these links should be good for 100 downloads each. That should last a bit, I'm sure, so don't put yourself out.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's good of you to say. :)

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

I think you might have underestimated how much people are going to enjoy/rec this! *g*

Anyway, I have the mp3 and the .m4v uploaded, and the .mov in the process of uploading here (http://oxoniensis-art.com/lim/). You'll be able to see when they're all fully uploaded (in about half an hour, maybe a bit longer). I'd stay around and give you the actual links, but I need to sleep, now!

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

i am so utterly impressed with your creativity!!! lovedlovedloved the multimedia lim ;-) the song and the lyrics were great and very teyla, and the vid was beautiful, very fitting, and interesting in the way the sea and the fish (eh, dolphins at times?) overlaid everything. i especially loved the puddle jumper/dolphin imagery as well as the mild femslash i saw lurking there, maybe??? ;-)

thank you!!!!

[swanswan.livejournal.com]

Fascinating! Loved the mixture of formats. This... what'll I call it... this *presentation* made me see how powerful great fan work is in fandom. Because something like this sparks people's imaginations, wakes them up. I don't think you'll find many people who dislike Teyla, but still she's so hugely unrepresented in fandom, and I love that something like this was created around her, because it's an inspiration, really. Lovely! Sharks and Sora and the everyday...

[owleyes-arisen.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Wow! Here by way of oxoniensis's rec, and this is amazing. Love the song, and the vid is beautiful. This is so wonderfully original. Thank you :)

[owleyes-arisen.livejournal.com]

Actually, have you written any other songs? I liked this one a lot - I'd like to listen to more.

[denynothing1.livejournal.com]

What an utterly cool idea, to take hints (the little, teeny, tiny ones we get, wah!) about Teyla's culture and really, really *run* with it. Awesome.

I'm still downloading the vid (on dial-up, but I'm motivated), but I've already listened to the song a couple times and love it. Thank you for sharing this!

[purna.livejournal.com]

Wow. This was excellent. I loved all the ocean imagery in the video. I first thought the song was a commercial release and went looking for the artist and album name, because I really liked the sound of it, but then I realized it was yours! Amazing.

[aurora]

Wow. That was just beyond awesome - the lyrics and dude, you have a great singing voice. And what a creative interpretation of the challenge! I'm impressed.

Also, the vid is incredibly vivid. Spot-on Teyla. I like the clips and effects you used, especially the colouring in the first SGA scene and that blend of Atlantis and John.

[pollyrepeat.livejournal.com]

Awesome. See, right here, this is why I love fandom. Very creative, and the song was amazing! Hope to see more stuff from you soon.

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

Damn, you're amazing!

[panisdead.livejournal.com]

What a fabulous idea! I enjoyed both the song and the vid.

[proserpina-kore.livejournal.com]

I love your voice - it's an amazing response to the challenge, the whole thing, the vid and the song. Thanks for sharing it.

[laurakaye.livejournal.com]

I'm very impressed! What a creative take on the challenge- not to mention, you got this done so fast! I'm amazed at your talents! SO very cool.