I have a big soft spot for the 8th Doctor, especially after “Night of the Doctor”, and this vid is a fun tribute to his one movie outing. Music: Englishman in New York, by Sting.
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Vid: Avengers: Age of Hydra Final Epic Trailer, by Alex Luthor
This is truly epic – a complete AU, telling the story of a world in which Red Skull used the Tesseract to re-write the future, helping the Nazis/Hydra to win and causing Tony to end up on the wrong side. Seriously, it’s amazing, especially since Steve (the only one who remembers the original history) works not only with some of the Avengers but also X-Men/Brotherhood mutants.
In addition to this final trailer, there’s a whole Youtube playlist of teasers and “tv spots”, including a Director’s Commentary. I would so totally read a proper novel-length fanfic version of this!
ETA: Changed the link to a backup upload of the vid, since the original had been deleted.
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Star Trek Actors Past and Present Combined [thenordicguy]
Previously: Celebrities and Their Historical Doppelgangers
spock still looks like spock
I accept these as the true forms of the characters
‘kay but can we talk about McCoy for a second
bonesbuckleup i am wEEPING
Wow, these are amazing! And I’m kind of crushing hard on Bones… 🙂
Fear, by ZalRB1
Oh boy, this brings back memories, beautifully encapsulating the epic love these two shared, the sizzling chemistry and the endless angst both. It was the early days of internet fandom blowing up, and I was a Dreamer all the way… 🙂 Music by Sarah McLachlan (which is perfect, considering when the show aired *g*).
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Kleines Madchen Verloren, by x_art
Dick made a helpless gesture as he pulled away from Nix’s caress. Now that he was fully awake, he realized how bizarre the moment had been, how any attempt at explanation would make him sound delusional, maybe even insane. But Nix would never, ever let him not tell now… “This is gonna sound nuts, but I thought I saw someone in the doorway. A girl.”
Teen, warning for spookiness. Because it’s a ghost story, something I never knew I wanted. It’s also a love story – so the only drawback is the bad German, really.
Slip, Slide, by x_art
“I’m giving you a—” Hetty gazed briefly up at the ceiling. “Let’s call it a sabbatical. A sabbatical whereby you’ll have four uninterrupted hours to fix this.”
Adult, now AU. An attempt to make sense of G, Sam, and Sam’s family after the reveal in “Betrayal”. Rings true – and is hawt! 🙂
Homophony, by x
A series of five gorgeous pictures that tells a quiet, beautiful story of two men, a radio, and a peaceful evening at home.
Re-Entry, by flamethrower
He faced Qui-Gon a pensive expression on his face. “Qui-Gon—wait. That isn’t right. Master,” he said, bowing with his eyes closed, as if fighting off the dizziness that Terza had warned him about. “I owe you an explanation, yes, but I feel it is one that the Council should hear, as well.”
Qui-Gon realized he was staring at Obi-Wan. Who was this ultra-polite, refined, bewildering man that had replaced his exuberant Padawan?
Mature, AU, warnings for torture. After an injury put him into a strange coma, padawan Obi-Wan wakes remembering a whole history that now will never happen – at least not if he can help it. This is a mega-epic, spanning several novels – including a complete retelling of the canon as part of a vision in this awesome AU.
Vid: Starlight, by Sue
Oh, my Obi-Wan… This vid is full of his heartache and his realization that all he wants is hold Qui-Gon Jinn one more time. Music by Muse.
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How I Defeated the Tolkien Estate, by Austin Gilkeson
As anyone who’s read the appendices to The Lord of the Rings knows, both it and The Hobbit are Tolkien’s translations from the so-called “Red Book of Westmarch,” an ancient manuscript written in Late Vulgar Adûni. How Tolkien came to possess the Red Book is a mystery, and the Tolkien Estate has never allowed other scholars access to it.
This is made of so much win – and made even funnier because apparently some people were confused whether it was true or not. 🙂