Sweet Charity Video: Still Breathing (Spike, BtVs, AtS)

[charmax]

Video Title: Still Breathing
Song Title/Artist: Still Breathing - Duran Duran
Character/Fandom: Spike, BtVs, AtS
Summary:Spike's redemption song
Length/Format: 4.06 (Xvid)
Notes: What it says on the tin image, commissioned as part of the Sweet Charity Auction, RAINN 2.0.

This is very much a character study of remorse and redemption. The parallels are to show where he's been, how far he's come and how far he still has to go in a geographical sense but more in a personal journey towards becoming a hero. It's also about how he can't escape his past because the same situations keep arising but this time he reacts differently. It's about never going back to his old self or repeating the same mistakes.

My buyer is happy so that makes me happy. :)

Thank you so much xandra_ptv, messyjessie58 & giandujakiss for your helpful beta comments. Sorry if it was you that missed out on the beta process, in total I had 6 opinions on this (which is way more than I usually have) and I had to draw the line somewhere.

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Feedback is extremely welcome.

Comments

[mrs-underhill.livejournal.com]

What a treat of a video! Thank you for this unique look at Spike's journey.
Loved the flashbacks to Buffy in his monastery cell of an apartment: they were heartbreaking. No, not going there again, but still dreaming about it. Loved the "words" part, and how's he's never going back there again, in the end: to Sunnydale, to W&H, to a vampire monster inside.
And the flashback to Angel and Buffy in "Chosen" after he raises his hand - loved it. It's not even about Buffy: it's about an amulet: Angel brought an amulet which killed him, but he still volonteers first when Angel asks yet of another sacrifice. Beautiful.
Change from the Tower to Fred's eye glazing over - vow. And the end, the sky - I loved how after he shoots the beam of light into the sky Angel looks up too. And Gunn gets up after Spike starts to burn, just like Buffy got up. Wonderful.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's great that you were able to get so much out of the vid. You've picked up on all the key points I wanted to get across. I wasn't sure they were clear to anyone outside my head. I'm thrilled you can "read" the vid.

Thank you so much for commenting!