Well, on a technical level, of course that's dumb, but on a character/plot level I think fanfiction *is* different from vidding, and in ways that make me like vidding a lot less, in all honesty.
It seems to me that most vids just recapitulate the story of the source (movie vids, in particular, I mostly have found extremely dull or confusing, depending on whether or not I know the source text), or tell the story of the relationship the vidder likes across multiple episodes/instances. So there are plenty of very effective vids that are indeed totally dependent on your knowledge of the source, whereas fanfiction is more likely to ask "what if something completely different had happened?"
The vids I have liked have been ones that created some sort of radical disjunction (see, e.g., the shallot/Ces video for the Sharks!!1! challenge) and used the music to ask me to look at the source material in new ways. Most vids just use the music to emphasize some point about the source, which can be fun for an evening's entertainment, but there have been very very very few I've ever wanted to watch a second time. (And, yes, I've been walked through The Highlights of Vividcon two years in a row, by extremely knowledgeable vidders and vidding fans, so it's not a problem with the quality of the vids I've seen.)
As always, YBMV, but I can see where the person is coming from, even if they put it badly.
I've not generally been a fan of vids myself, though the "Hey ya" vid with footage from "Smile Time" and the aforementioned "Sharks" are notable exceptions. With fanfic the author isn't dependent on images derived from the source, but theoretically has free range to spark any image in my imagination.
Brilliantly written, insightful, and very hot: Here is No Water, Sheppard/Mitchell. Excellent, excellent story, with a Shep you can totally believe was shipped off to Antarctica for insubordination.
...so, I managed to obtain Seasons 1 and 2 of
Farscape
for an affordable sum via ebay, and I'm now about 1/4 of the way into Season 2. I
have
seen quite a lot of eps randomly, but now I'm getting to see them in
order,
which makes a lot more sense and feels more like being a proper viewer. If that makes sense.
So anyway - fic. Yeah. Poly Recs, I'm a guessing...
(I really rather want to see
Farscape/SGA
crossovers - even though
Farscape
is clearly on crack, and doesn't give a damn 'cause IFG has a much richer 'verse and a slightly less American/mainstream approach, there seems to be a certain similarity of sensibility, with the wisecracking and the antiheroism and so forth. Um. Plus, wormholes and Alternative Universes and all that jazz. Which is fun. And SGA seems to be quite blase about pinching storylines from
Farscape.)
I really rather want to see Farscape/SGA crossovers
Check the Multiverse stories from this year (which I still haven't gotten around to reading). There should be a link upthread.
I really rather want to see Farscape/SGA crossovers
Haha! I just started to watch Farscape in the last couple of months and am jonesing for a Farscape/Firefly ! wacky fun! But I'm pretty fic-ignorant and wouldn't even know where to begin to look. Plus I really don't want to be spoiled past the end of season 2.
Crichton being around for River to read his mind? Craxy2
I want to see the Zoe vs. Aeryn bad-ass-off.
Much as I love Zoe, I think Aeryn wins that one.
