white_lotus | LNYE VID: Around Us, for Lilith

Title: Around Us
By:

such_heights
For: Lilith/

reflectedeve
Rating: PG
Characters: ensemble
Summary: We all want to grow in the seeds we were sown.
Content notes: none
Notes: Thanks to E and K for beta services! The lyrics for this song (Around Us by Jonsi) are hard to make out, and can be found below.

password to view: aroundus

Around Us from white lotus on Vimeo.

lyrics:

I see the walls
Then see them fall
You break through them all

I see you crawl
Now you stand tall
Grow and grow till tall

In stonehill scream
Against the stream
Our eyes watering

Jump into lakes
The surface breaks
We swim underwater and are now
Into
You

We all want to grow
In the seeds we were sown
We all want to go
With the breeze we were blown
We all want to know
And we're all meant to go
To a place in the now

A sea forest
A treasure chest
Full of labyrinths
I see a door
Holes in the floor
Degrades your sweet call

There's some sense you bring to us
You pin both the wings on us
I hear, see you sing for us
You go tie a swing around us

There's some sense you bring to us
You pin both the wings on us
I hear, see you sing for us
You go tie a swing around us

We all want to grow
In the seeds we were sown
We all want to go
With the breeze we were blown
We all want to know
And we're all meant to go
To a place in the now

We all want to grow
In the seeds we were sown
We all want to go
With the breeze we were blown

And we're all meant to go
To a place in the now

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OMG. I'm not a vidder, so I don't know the proper term for this, but your transitions blew me away. I love:

The shift from Katara falling to Teo flying.

The shift from Katara's hands as she's healing them to Toph's hands as she does her stance.

Then later, from Toph to Katara bending, and then back to Toph as she holds up her championship belt.

The transition from Toph to Zuko, and the scenes with him and his knife.

The hugs.

The transition from the blue of Azula's fire to the blue of Aang energybending.

Oh, that's absolutely beautiful! Wonderful clip choices and editing ... and, oh characters, oh show. It made me very happy. :)

That's some beautiful editing.

Oh, holy... I've just watched this five time in a row, and now I need to go sleep so I can watch it another ten times tomorrow. Amazing work.

My favorite transition is at 01:08, when Toph's chopping gesture changes into Zuko brandishing his knife. I know I'm not meant to be seeing Toko, but it's in there somehow :)

I turn my computer on this evening and the first thing I get is a big dose of happy. Thank you. This is beautiful.

I really like the bit about seeds where Toph is working out metal-bending (that's such an awkward way to say that, augh, but!); it's a very clear moment.

Oh, that was lovely.

Oh, my heart. :D This is marvelous. The song is new to me (so is the group), but I love it; the music meshes particularly well with all the wonderful swoopy motion shots (flying and bending and leaping about) that you've cut together so smoothly. There's a marvelous sense, throughout this vid, of growing and gathering potential (which clearly fits the lyrics - I waited to read them until the first watch-through), which is really a perfect theme to use when tying this whole show together in the space of three and a half minutes (an impressive feat). You did a really impressive job of balancing out the cast too, and giving them all important moments and reminding me why I love them all so much. I'm having trouble even teasing out some favorite bits to refer to. /o\ My heart catches on something different every time I watch.

Thank you so much for this! ♥

Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous! I love all the clips you chose, and the transitions are so fantastic! *_____* I also think the song really captures the sense of motion and excitement of the show, if that makes any sense. :)

The clips and the song are wonderful together! I feel so happy just watching/hearing this, very much like the feeling I get from watching the show itself. ^^

This honest to goodness made me cry happy tears. *sniff* Lovely :)

Beautifully done! The music is used so well.

Wow, this is gorgeous! I love the sense of motion and the way the movement connects to each character's empowerment. The joy and wonder in this vid is effervescent. Really phenomenal work, it really hit me in the heart!

This is so great! And so joyful and full of hugs. :)

This is really wonderful. *^^*

I think I lost it when I heard the song. Jonsi's amazing. SIGUR ROS IS AMAZING. THIS VID IS AMAZING. AVATAR IS AMAZING. Oh god, my heart.

I also loved how you made this a chronology of their story. And the bright colors and the transitions and how it kept with the beat. Wonderful!