Recs, part one

[sholio]

I have absolutely no idea what to pick as an overall tag for my shiny new Captain America fixation. Avengers? Captain America? MCU? Marvel? The trouble is that the franchise is so huge and amorphous, and there's comics stuff and movie stuff and Avengers-related stuff and stuff that isn't really Avengers-related at all. Right now I seem to be using "captain america" in some instances and "avengers" in others, with "comics" thrown in occasionally for variety. I'm sure this will make it impossible to find anything in the future. AUGH.

Anyway, I have been meaning to rec some of the pretty/fun/shiny things that I've found. I figured I'd start with music videos because there are relatively fewer of them. I'm also reccing Captain America-related fanart over at fanart_recs this month (I just got started, so there is only one rec so far) but that's probably where I will be putting the fanart rather than making a separate post for it.

Only a few of these contain spoilers for the new movie, but I figured I'd put it all under a cut regardless.



All These Things That I've Done by Yunuen - Avengers movie tribute vid, gorgeously edited and so pretty.

Raise Your Glass by such_heights - delightful teamy vid with all the supporting characters too!

The War Was In Color by settiai - The definitive Steve Rogers character study.

Carry On by settiai - Steve and Bucky tribute vid (made before the current movie, so no Winter Soldier); gorgeous and heartbreaking in all the best ways.

Drawn On Tear by catwalksalone - Steve & Bucky vid, pre-Winter Soldier, so prepare to have your emotions savaged with a cheese grater. Gorgeous and gentle and so them.

Real World by kuwdora - A fun, fast-paced, wonderfully edited character study of Tony; lots of IM3.

We Might Fall by WeJustPlayOurPart - Vid about the whole Marvel movie universe, including the X-Men and Spiderman films as well. Winter Soldier spoilers.

Will You Follow? by ForsakenWitchery - A very nicely edited Winter Soldier vid set to an absolutely perfect song. Some cam footage.

It's Where My Demons Hide by All-Things-Geeky - Winter Soldier vid, made with mostly cam footage, but so wrenching and sweet and hurty (my babies are in pain, help)

Remembrance by Loki - Winter Soldier/First Avenger vid, nicely done w/mostly high-res footage but some cam footage as well. This vidder also has several other Winter Soldier vids that are well worth checking out!

The End of the Line by Pteryx - Winter Soldier vid, nearly all high-res footage.

Holding Out for a(nother) Hero by china_shop - A lovely Sam and Steve vid! (The only reason why this one is so far down the list of favorites is because I, er, have a deep aversion to the particular cover of the song used in the vid, but it's gorgeously edited and wonderful and SAAAAAM. ♥)


I am really into vids right now, so if you have any others you'd like to rec, toss a link in the comments - the more the merrier!

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I'm using "avengers" on my DW as my tag for all the recs and meta for everything.

but MCU is probably more accurate. Except I started with the Avengers movie, and well, there it is.

And on AO3 people generally tag with the specific movie the story is linked to as well as MCU, which stands for Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[sholio]

Yeah, I started out with "avengers" (I think the tag dates back to when the movie came out) but it doesn't feel entirely right, because I'm really more about the Steve/CA subset of the 'verse. And yet, MCU doesn't feel quite right because there are also the comics. I will probably flail about it a bit and then just continue using my current inaccurate tags. XD

[settiai]

Thanks for the recs. :)

[sholio]

Thank you for the vids! :) :)

[d_generate_girl]

So many of my favorites are already on this list, but I love VilyaXxX0llwyna/Leo's Run This Town.

[God, WHERE are vidders finding high res Winter Soldier footage?! All I've been able to find is varying levels of cam.]

[sholio]

Thank you so much - I'll check it out! :D And yeah, I don't know! I think most of it actually comes from trailers and preview clips - if you look at the different trailers on Youtube, a LOT of the important scenes from the movie appear in one or another of them, in heavily abbreviated form. I can't wait for the DVD to come out ...

[astridv]

If you haven't seen Ride to California yet, you're gonna love it, I promise.

[sholio]

Ooh, I have not! Thank you very much - I'll check it out. :D

[veleda_k]

So What All the ladies. (Except Betty Ross. Sadness.)

In the Bullpen Natashaaaa. My queen.

Monster Bruce! Not enough Ruffalo for my taste, but. (There are actually a whole bunch of Bruce vids to this song, but I don't have the patience to compare them all, and I like this one.)

Welcome to the new age Avengers plus Loki. Really strong vid, despite the well worn song choice.

Edit: I nearly left out one of my very favorites! Machine Tony and transhumanism.

[sholio]

Ooh, thank you so much! :D :D :D All of these are new to me, so I'll go have a look, whee!

[sally_maria]

A lot of my favourites have already been linked, but I also really liked

Radioactive in the Dark by Cantrous - which is purely Winter Soldier based.

Bad Attitude by MoselleGreen - Steve & Tony & Thor "Every hero was once, every villain was once just a boy with a bad attitude".

Crew by isagel - Avengers team vid, to a really interesting song

[schneefink]

I already love Hey Ho a lot, but I think footage from Winter Soldier and recent Agents of SHIELD episodes would have fit in perfectly.

[monanotlisa]

Whee! <3