White Collar vid: I Fought the Law

[sholio]

Title: I Fought the Law
Music by: Green Day (cover)
Fandom: White Collar
Clips: through 3x09 (no huge spoilers, though)
Summary: A cheerful, bouncy vid about a bunch of cons and their fed.
Download: 44 Mb MP4 (zipped) (right click, download)
Streaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJb-1VRyAhk

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Comments

[sentientcitizen]

Was that... did he have a sheriff's badge? I have GOT to start watching this show.

[sholio]

Better than that: it's a plastic sheriff's badge from a box of cereal. :D

White Collar is a really cute show. I recommend!

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

This was adorable - great song choice!

[sholio]

Thank you very much! :)

[snarkydame.livejournal.com]

Wheee! :D

[sholio]

Thank you! :D

(Edited to switch icons.)

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

I simply *love* this. I just finished watching the series up to the season 3 summer finale over a couple of weeks.

You know, it occurred to me while watching it all at once that one of the things that makes Peter and Neal's relationship so special is the mutual respect and fondness that comes from their cat and mouse game as they tried to outsmart one another while Neal was on the run. I think they lost that a bit the second season. They played that very well in the episode where the young guy (new millennium Neal Caffrey) was outsmarting Peter and gang. Peter was having so much fun trying to catch him and Neal was bristling.

At first I hated the storyline that had Neal and Peter at odds. And while I know it's tearing both men apart inside, I think they are both secretly enjoying the one-upmanship of their relationship again.

[sholio]

Yeah, I think they actually love pitting their wits against each other. They're starting to run into increasing problems with taking the lack of trust personally (on both sides) -- clearly this was never a problem when they were (friendly) enemies, but now that they're nominally on the same side and becoming closer friends, they both seem to be personally offended and hurt whenever it becomes obvious that they still don't trust each other. And yet, deep down, I think they really do love that constant battle of one-upsmanship, the constant push-pull as each of them tries to outwit the other one.

This is something that I have to occasionally remind myself, because watching the show (especially week-to-week) it's easy to get caught up in the emotions of the moment, the petty betrayals and losses of trust. But in the long run, even if they won't consciously admit it, I think they both understand that it's just the way they work -- and they're both willing to forgive those small betrayals. Peter in particular, I think, wouldn't know what to do with himself if he actually got what he claims he wants: Neal following his orders and never trying to do anything under the table. And I don't think Neal would know how to relate to Peter without always keeping an eye open for secondary motivations.

Anyway! I'm delighted that you like the vid. :) It was fun to wallow in the show's happy-shininess while I was making it.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

OMG cutest thing ever! I've never been a big vid fan but I'm loving all the WC vids I'm coming across.

[sholio]

Thank you very much! :) I love the happy-bouncy-playful aspect of the show, and I wanted to wallow in that side of it for a while.

... and yeah, there are some really lovely vids in White Collar fandom! I think it helps that the show itself is very bright, beautifully filmed, and full of eye candy. It's a very fun show to vid.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this one?

http://archiveofourown.org/works/246996

I kept meaning to rec it but then kept getting sidetracked.

[sholio]

I don't think I have! Thanks for the link! :)

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

FUN! *bounces* what an awesome song choice, I hadn't heard it before, and I especially love Peter's face in this XD

[sholio]

Thank you very much! :D

... I do love Peter's face. Well, Tim Dekay's face. He has the most awesome expressions. XD

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Awww, boys! Fun vid. I love how it goes from "Peter catching Neal" to "Peter and Neal catching bad guys".

[sholio]

Thank you! :) And yes, that's exactly the progression I was going for (well, it's really the whole group of them doing their cons, slowly trending over to Peter and Neal catching other bad guys together).

[saphirablue]

Awesome!

Thank you! :)

[sholio]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I love this so much! Especially that there are so many clips with women - and the one with June's granddaughter, I wish she'd show up more in the show.

[sholio]

Thank you! :D Yes, one thing I specifically wanted with this vid was to have a good selection of clips of everyone, not just Neal and Peter, and particularly the female characters.