"Children's Work"

[tamcranver]

Children's Work
Fandom: X-Men movies
Characters: Mystique, Professor X, Magneto, Beast
Music: "Children's Work," by Dessa
Summary: Children aren't as simple as we like to think. Mystique looks back.
Watch: embed below the cut
Download: Mediafire (.avi, 53.3 MB)
Disclaimer: I do not own the copyrights to these films, and I make no claims otherwise. I simply excerpt them for the purposes of entertainment and not for profit.

Password: mystique

Thanks so much to hurkon and plutofriends, who were willing to watch this and give helpful feedback.

Comments

[nuit-belle.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this vid! Especially:

- the repeated chorus of "I've learned how to paint my face / How to earn my keep / How to clean my kill" and the images you picked for each use.

- And setting the "You've learned how to hold your own / how to stack your stones / but the history's thick" to match up with Charles and Hank

- "I could hear all the voices in your head" + the shots of Charles in Cerebro + Raven's reaction shots = perfect

- "Some nights I still can't sleep / The past rolls back, I can see us still" really got me, especially the young!Charles and young!Raven

[tam-cranver.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for such a lovely comment! I have to admit, the bit about "I could hear all the voices in your head" was one of the first images that came to me when I listened to this song after seeing the movie, so it's so gratifying to hear that you liked that part. And I think putting the choruses together was my favorite part of making this. Thanks again for taking the time to watch and comment, and I'm so glad you liked it.

[eralkfang.livejournal.com]

This is such a thoughtful vid that fits Mystique perfectly. I've really been enjoying the recent spate of vids that look at X-Men: First Class in the context of the other films, and the way this vid explores Mystique's history is great. The song choice is magnificent, especially the chorus. I think my favorite moment, however, is the comparison between Hank about to "cure" himself and his interaction with Leech. "The history's still thick", indeed.

[tam-cranver.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Watching XM:FC really did make me look at the original trilogy in a new light, and listening to Dessa's A Badly Broken Code right after seeing it, this song suddenly became a "Mystique" song for me. XM:FC also suddenly made Hank from X3 a lot more interesting to me, so it's really lovely to get feedback on his part of the vid. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

[stardust-rain.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is absolutely stunning. You added such depth to Mystique's character that's missing from the movies. The matching of lyrics to imagery is amazing.