dear Festividder 2025
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dirty_dianadear festividder,
hi! happy festivids! as ever I hope this letter helps!
Vid likes 🎞:
All kinds of music! I always enjoy an r&b or hip hop vid, if that's inspiring at all, but I am really pretty easy to please. I like character studies, competence and BAMF-ness, romance, strong emotions including sadness, action and adventure vids, danceable vids, narrative vids, worldbuilding and engaging with the themes of the source. I'm not terribly into created reality or crack.
Vid DNWs ❌:
(The first item is a list of neurological triggers and there's a large chance I would be unable to watch any vid containing these effects.)
-I get mild physical discomfort and visual difficulties with effects like blinking, spinning, flashing, shaking, blurring, strobing or stutter cuts, flickering overlays, brightness flickers, dissolve cuts, very heavy fast cuts or very heavy quick action (action as in fight scenes, chase scenes, or similar, especially if shot with intense camera movement or cut quickly). (If it's a very few instances of flashing etc from the source, that's okay, unless the scene is specifically mentioned as a problem in the fandom details.)
Zooming, panning, and similar manipulation of still images also fall into the category of things that give me visual difficulties. (Stills that don't have motion-based stylistic additions are fine. It's also fine if it's just one moving still rather than a whole sequence.)
-the n-word (this applies to all fandoms even if used in canon)
All American: Homecoming
This show is a ton of melodramatic fun. Simone is gorgeous but my surprise other fave is actually Thea, what a GODDESS. I definitely ship them together or would enjoy a vid about their frenemyship. The guys are like, just okay. I wouldn't be into a vid that was solely focused on the cancer storyline.
I enjoy the show's questionably accurate but very earnest depiction of sports and striving to be your best at sports! I also love how much it leans into being a love letter to HBCUs. There's also great ensemble vids to be made about supporting each other, doing your best with life's curveballs, etc.
Andre De Grasse RPF
dnw: Ben Johnson
a Canadian sprint star! I love that he's always the underdog, fighting the ups and downs, but always believes in himself and, as they say, always finds a way to come home with a medal. His 4 x 100m team and their success and friendship is one of my favourite things if you want to take that wider scope. I'm not super interested in record discourse, as a person who doesn't believe Bolt's world records will be broken by anyone who's even born yet. (I'm here from a general fan perspective rather than a "study this person's technique for my own running motivation" perspective but if you do make more running motivation type vids I like watching those too!)
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
a vaulting sweetheart! I love him always improving and always going for a win despite facing a beyond generational talent in Mondo, and their friendship is so cute. I find his general off-track/social media presence adorable if you want to incorporate that.
The Fall Guy
I'm a basic b who found Colt/Jody a delightful ship! And I love vids that showcase all the action stuff too. Never too much dramatic slo-mo! Colt & Dan were also super cute. I think this is a great fandom for classic or classic-sounding songs.
Fire Country
Sweet emo firefighters! If you want to go serious I love the themes of this show, forgiveness and growth and change. (But meh on its feelings on the redemptive power of the prison system specifically.) A tribute of dramatic rescues and unlikely predicaments and dashing heroics would also be fun.
Bode and Gabriela and opposites attract and pining, ship it. Bode and Manny, I also ship it. Hot mess 4 hot mess. 😍Keeping it real: I don't know if you could distill the daddy kink aspects in a vid, but I would dig that! Those are my three faves, any solo vids for one of them would be great. Or team hurt/comfort and support and rescues!
Glory Road
This movie is pure cornball based-on-a-true-story sports drama and I love it so much, by the time "People Get Ready" kicks in at the end I'm always bawling lol. I'd enjoy anything really!
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [Safety]
This movie is so entertaining. I love how it just dumps every dance movie trope in and has fun with it. I enjoyed Joseph/Chloé a lot but Joseph & Karim were fun and Joseph/Karim could be a(n adorable) thing. Or you could go angsty, with some coming of age feelings. (If you're using any audio from the movie, either the French or the English is fine for me.)
I can't tolerate the effects in the first dance sequence (before Joseph wakes up on the train) at all, sorry. The David Guetta disco scene is not great but a small number of flashes is fine.
Lost in Space TV 2018
I love this show and how it's all about space and hope and problem-solving and ladies being strong and humans sticking together. I have big feelings about Don/Judy. Or I would love solo vids for either of them because Judy is perfect? I think Don has a great storyline, the rogue with a heart of gold and his journey to being part of the Robinson clan. All the family feelings would also make a good vid. I especially love the bond of the three kids and Penny is also a fave. I love a good rescue scene, and this show has a bunch. The robot and Dr. Smith are not central interests, but they'e important to the themes and cool in moderate amounts.
(The flickers in S2/3 don't really bother me.)
Rivals
I love Rupert/Taggie, what classic tropey goodness. The bickering! But also he's the only one that really sees her. Or Taggie solo, she is the cutest, my sweet disabled queen. General ensemble with sexy/chaotic vibes would also be fun. And of course, it is a perfect fandom for all the 1980s classics.
Travelers (TV)
I love this show! I'd probably pick Trevor as a favourite but it changes every watch because all the main travelers have such interesting, different arcs and they're all great. I love Marci's particular journey to being a person and not a robot-doctor a lot. And Grant's journey, fumbling his way through unexpected stuff. Everyone, really! Sorry, I might be failing to narrow things down here. This is another show where all the big thematic stuff makes me really happy. Humans! Simultaneously the best and the worst. Fate! Inevitable? Maybe? Whether you'd want to go optimistic or sad or dark or whichever direction with it is up to you.
that's it! thanks and please have fun,
d
hi! happy festivids! as ever I hope this letter helps!
Vid likes 🎞:
All kinds of music! I always enjoy an r&b or hip hop vid, if that's inspiring at all, but I am really pretty easy to please. I like character studies, competence and BAMF-ness, romance, strong emotions including sadness, action and adventure vids, danceable vids, narrative vids, worldbuilding and engaging with the themes of the source. I'm not terribly into created reality or crack.
Vid DNWs ❌:
(The first item is a list of neurological triggers and there's a large chance I would be unable to watch any vid containing these effects.)
-I get mild physical discomfort and visual difficulties with effects like blinking, spinning, flashing, shaking, blurring, strobing or stutter cuts, flickering overlays, brightness flickers, dissolve cuts, very heavy fast cuts or very heavy quick action (action as in fight scenes, chase scenes, or similar, especially if shot with intense camera movement or cut quickly). (If it's a very few instances of flashing etc from the source, that's okay, unless the scene is specifically mentioned as a problem in the fandom details.)
Zooming, panning, and similar manipulation of still images also fall into the category of things that give me visual difficulties. (Stills that don't have motion-based stylistic additions are fine. It's also fine if it's just one moving still rather than a whole sequence.)
-the n-word (this applies to all fandoms even if used in canon)
All American: Homecoming
This show is a ton of melodramatic fun. Simone is gorgeous but my surprise other fave is actually Thea, what a GODDESS. I definitely ship them together or would enjoy a vid about their frenemyship. The guys are like, just okay. I wouldn't be into a vid that was solely focused on the cancer storyline.
I enjoy the show's questionably accurate but very earnest depiction of sports and striving to be your best at sports! I also love how much it leans into being a love letter to HBCUs. There's also great ensemble vids to be made about supporting each other, doing your best with life's curveballs, etc.
Andre De Grasse RPF
dnw: Ben Johnson
a Canadian sprint star! I love that he's always the underdog, fighting the ups and downs, but always believes in himself and, as they say, always finds a way to come home with a medal. His 4 x 100m team and their success and friendship is one of my favourite things if you want to take that wider scope. I'm not super interested in record discourse, as a person who doesn't believe Bolt's world records will be broken by anyone who's even born yet. (I'm here from a general fan perspective rather than a "study this person's technique for my own running motivation" perspective but if you do make more running motivation type vids I like watching those too!)
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
a vaulting sweetheart! I love him always improving and always going for a win despite facing a beyond generational talent in Mondo, and their friendship is so cute. I find his general off-track/social media presence adorable if you want to incorporate that.
The Fall Guy
I'm a basic b who found Colt/Jody a delightful ship! And I love vids that showcase all the action stuff too. Never too much dramatic slo-mo! Colt & Dan were also super cute. I think this is a great fandom for classic or classic-sounding songs.
Fire Country
Sweet emo firefighters! If you want to go serious I love the themes of this show, forgiveness and growth and change. (But meh on its feelings on the redemptive power of the prison system specifically.) A tribute of dramatic rescues and unlikely predicaments and dashing heroics would also be fun.
Bode and Gabriela and opposites attract and pining, ship it. Bode and Manny, I also ship it. Hot mess 4 hot mess. 😍Keeping it real: I don't know if you could distill the daddy kink aspects in a vid, but I would dig that! Those are my three faves, any solo vids for one of them would be great. Or team hurt/comfort and support and rescues!
Glory Road
This movie is pure cornball based-on-a-true-story sports drama and I love it so much, by the time "People Get Ready" kicks in at the end I'm always bawling lol. I'd enjoy anything really!
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [Safety]
This movie is so entertaining. I love how it just dumps every dance movie trope in and has fun with it. I enjoyed Joseph/Chloé a lot but Joseph & Karim were fun and Joseph/Karim could be a(n adorable) thing. Or you could go angsty, with some coming of age feelings. (If you're using any audio from the movie, either the French or the English is fine for me.)
I can't tolerate the effects in the first dance sequence (before Joseph wakes up on the train) at all, sorry. The David Guetta disco scene is not great but a small number of flashes is fine.
Lost in Space TV 2018
I love this show and how it's all about space and hope and problem-solving and ladies being strong and humans sticking together. I have big feelings about Don/Judy. Or I would love solo vids for either of them because Judy is perfect? I think Don has a great storyline, the rogue with a heart of gold and his journey to being part of the Robinson clan. All the family feelings would also make a good vid. I especially love the bond of the three kids and Penny is also a fave. I love a good rescue scene, and this show has a bunch. The robot and Dr. Smith are not central interests, but they'e important to the themes and cool in moderate amounts.
(The flickers in S2/3 don't really bother me.)
Rivals
I love Rupert/Taggie, what classic tropey goodness. The bickering! But also he's the only one that really sees her. Or Taggie solo, she is the cutest, my sweet disabled queen. General ensemble with sexy/chaotic vibes would also be fun. And of course, it is a perfect fandom for all the 1980s classics.
Travelers (TV)
I love this show! I'd probably pick Trevor as a favourite but it changes every watch because all the main travelers have such interesting, different arcs and they're all great. I love Marci's particular journey to being a person and not a robot-doctor a lot. And Grant's journey, fumbling his way through unexpected stuff. Everyone, really! Sorry, I might be failing to narrow things down here. This is another show where all the big thematic stuff makes me really happy. Humans! Simultaneously the best and the worst. Fate! Inevitable? Maybe? Whether you'd want to go optimistic or sad or dark or whichever direction with it is up to you.
that's it! thanks and please have fun,
d