Recs and a tech question

[ishtar79]

I’ve been having a problem for a while from videos fro YT, VM and the like-when I try to go full-screen, I get a wide screen, regardless of whether the video is embedded or at the main site, and with all my browsers. Does anybody have any idea why that may be?

Meta rec: Neoliberal Holmes, or, Everything I Know About Modern Life I Learned from Sherlock by magnetic_pole I watch BBC’s Sherlock, but have been both unable to truly enjoy it and growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it. This post shines an unforgiving light on every issue with the show I had, plus a few I hadn’t before reading it. Beyond its brilliant breakdown of Sherlock, there’s something to the core of the message that can be applied to fandom in general. At any rate, brilliant and thought-provoking.


Vividcon vid recs:
Things have changed by trelkez Ats The compelling tragedy that is Wesley’s story.

Around the Bend by danegen Multi Shiny fun of women behind the wheel.

Bad Romance by sisabet Smallville Even before watching I was “yay!”, because sisabet and Lady Gaga! What’s not to like? What I didn’t expect was going through a rollercoaster of emotions and left in a daze, unsure whether to cheer, cry or desperately read hunt down every single fic I ever loved when I was SV-obsessed.

Prowl by sisabet and sweetestdrain Multi There’s a reason this has been recced all over the place and generating all that discussion. Very clever look at fandom, in message and in delivery. ETA: The vidders chose not to warn, but that doesn't mean the video has no triggery content. Proceed with caution

Tandemonium by jarrow BSG If you’re even a little disappointed by how BSG’s final seasons went, this is guaranteed to have you standing up and going ‘fuck, yes!’.

For Your Entertainment by dualbunny BSG The song might seem like an odd fit for Tyrol, but it’s no more bizarre than the way his arc went. I still don’t know what the writers were going for, but this vid brilliantly highlights what they actually did.

Comments

[ishtar79]

No, I get it! I was trying to respect the vidders' choices when it comes to warnings, but I see I should have erred on the side of cautions, especially since most of my flist are not specifically vid fans and might not guess at the possibility of strong content just by looking at the vidders and tongue-in-cheek note.

[blnchflr]

The thing is, first and foremost, I'm easily persuaded by recs, so I basically just followed your links and started dl'ing :o) ! Anyways, I think the whole warnings debate can go overboard (though I'm definitely a fan of warnings - not least because some people's squicks are other people's kinks, so they can work both as a way of staying away from things you don't like, as well as help you find things you do like), and I do feel my first comment was probably hasty - but I was very AAAARGH, ABORT, ABORT just then :o)

(In related news, I'm glad I now went and saw Jarrow's warning before watching the vid - argh, violence against women, I'm sick and tired of it.)

[ishtar79]

My tolerance for certain themes is a lot higher in vidding than in fic (which is odd, because I get squicked a lot easier by movies than books), so I tend to rec a lot more potentially triggery vids. Anyway, thank you for your comment, I'll think of a way next time to try to respect the vidder's warning philosophy and give people a heads-up.

I didn't really follow the warnings debate too closely (don't write/create and don't have triggers), but I wonder how the topic of warnings in recs was addressed.