if they took it to the point where he had to draw, he would shoot to kill

I very much liked that. He's serious business with a gun. He wasn't drawing on them to threaten them. He pulled a gun to shoot someone. No fuss, no muss.

Now into season two of Leverage and have forgiven Aldis Hodge for killing Sam on Supernatural.

If you're making a fanvid for a tv show, is it cheating to pull shots of one of the actors from an appearance on a different show? Not that I'm doing that; the above just made me curious.

Now into season two of Leverage and have forgiven Aldis Hodge for killing Sam on Supernatural.

Whoo! I had to mask that laughter into a coughing fit. I read a brief meme-fic that crossed over Leverage and SPN and had them trying to kill Hardison for killing Sam. It was funny. It reminded me of another fic where Stirling was possessed by the demon Crowley. It's a shame it was so badly written, because the idea could have been exploited entertainingly.

is it cheating to pull shots of one of the actors from an appearance on a different show?

I think so. But I may be too strict a purist. I saw a Neal/Peter vid that had some raunchy DeKay footage from some other source to make its point, and it was very traumatic. I prefer it when they artfully manipulate what they've been given by canon.

Could the possessed Stirling somehow travel to the distant future and appear on some little world where he runs a criminal empire?

Or go to LA and run a nefarious spy network there? The possibilities are near endless.

The great Buffy vs Edward vid pulls Cedric from Harry Potter, but it is done well enough that I forgive the character exchange. Love that vid.

If you're making a fanvid for a tv show, is it cheating to pull shots of one of the actors from an appearance on a different show? Not that I'm doing that; the above just made me curious.

Depends. It probably goes over better if you're making an AU vid. Otherwise there's a pretty good chance it will jar people.

Cheating? Not really the word I'd choose.

It's not uncommon, although also not universally loved, because some people are always going to find it jarring, and more so the more invested they are in the source. It can be done really nails-on-blackboard horribly, or so seamlessly you don't even notice (the latter tends to take a lot of work to match style and light and color levels and not use clips that are too obviously identifiable with the outside source).

Or you can just throw in some anonymous gay porn, if you'd rather play that way.

Now into season two of Leverage and have forgiven Aldis Hodge for killing Sam on Supernatural.

I know, right? There was nothing in Ray Voodoo Tatum or Jake that foreshadowed that kind of awesomeness.

Stirling as Crowley? That sounds awesome.