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Dear Festividder 2025/26 [23 Sep 2025|09:59am]
Hello my darling Festividder,

it's been awhile since I took part in the exchange, but I am trying to get back into it again. Making a vid for someone else to enjoy is something I enjoy so much! The receiving part of the exchange is a lot harder for me, but I will try to give you some fodder to work off of. Here goes! Here goes!Collapse )


Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
I have always loved this series, and I am so stoked it's been nominated. I would love something that showcases the team working together, or Poirot and Hastings' relationship!

The Birdcage (1996) [SAFETY]
I love this movie so much, it's one of my happy places. Anything and everything involving the general shenanigans would be much appreciated!

Bob's Burgers (Cartoon)
I am wishing for this again like in the previous years I took part in Festivids, because I still feel the same: I'd love to see you vid the Belchers in all their glory! I adore them all, with maybe a slight bias towards Linda and Louise. And Tina. Ugh, there's no choosing!

Columbo (TV 1968-2003)
How can I tell you how much I adore this show, and Peter Falk's performance? It gives me warm and happy and fuzzy and safe feelings all around. Would love it if anyone dared to take this up!

Disco Elysium (Video Game)
I don't even know how you would vid this, but I would love it so much! I adore Kim to bits, and the way HDB slooooowly seems to manage to win his respect.

Elsbeth (TV 2024)
Heeee, Elsbeth is on here! Something light-hearted about her unique way of viewing the world would be great, or about the insanely great cast of guest stars bumping in and out of that show, and please don't hold on the Elsbeth+Kaya! I love their friendship so much!

Fisk (TV 2021)
Fisk! Hellyeah!!! No words, just love!

Glass Onion (A Knives Out Mystery) (2022) [SAFETY]
Oooooh, yes please! I love Benoit Blanc, or something Andi/Helen-centric!

Murderbot (TV)/ Murderbot novels
My fave I left for last! I have fallen deeply into the Murderbot hole, first the show, then the novels. Please, please, PLEASE, something Murderbot! I love this anxious, depressed heap of junk so much! And Mensah, and Gurathin! ART!!! And all of the scientists together! And the kicking of ass, and the love and mutual respect! And the snazzy sci-fi graphics! Please, please, pretty please!


And once again, no matter which one you choose, know that I am going to love the hell out of it, you perfect wonderful vidding superstar. Thank you for being fabulous. <3
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Dear Festividder 2019/20 [25 Oct 2019|03:54pm]
[ feeling | flirty ]

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Holay fuuuuuuuhhhhh [25 Apr 2019|07:55pm]
[ feeling | grateful ]

Let me direct your attention to this momentous occasion:



Do My Thing is about to hit 100,000 views on YT in the not too distant future.

Now, to lots of people this may seem like no big deal, but believe youse me, for someone whose vids have always been just on the fringe of general perception (my last vid posted in March pulled all of 91 views to this date, yo), it is A VERY BIG DEAL. And yeah, okay, the vid was finished 4 years ago. But still, ZOMG, almost 100k! I get palpitations just thinking of it!

The path was stony and hard, duckies. Just remember when (I think it was sometime in 2017?) NBC started having transformative content blocked on the Tube. Ever since, darling viewers in the US and Canada can only watch Do My Thing through a proxy (or, you know, on vimeo). Now I wish I had made a screenshot to see where the vid was at when it got blocked, hits-wise. Something around 80k? Ah well. The hits didn't add up as quickly as they once did, after that, but apparently the rest of the world still watches SVU and enjoys a little fanmade silliness. Phew.

And there was that person who pulled the hi-res version of the vid, took just the Barba section and posted it as a vid of their own. I'd still like to kick their shins someday. (Yeah, I admit it. Not zen about this. Still bitter.)

But, wow. 99,666 views. I know you're supposed to love all your children equally, and I do, mostly, but I love this vid so hard, and I love love love that so many other fans enjoyed it, too. I can still put this thing on and squee over Raul Esparza's face, and still love the upbeat message of the music, and I love that it's a duet and that Carisi gets his own voice in it, and I love the cheeky look of his it ends on. Just. Love my little baby.

So much love. *falls over ded*

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Festivids 2018/19 [27 Oct 2018|06:08pm]
[ feeling | hopeful ]

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Dear Festividder letter 2017 [23 Oct 2017|02:36pm]
[ feeling | excited ]

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still bingewatching [01 Feb 2015|12:35pm]
I try to watch all vids, regardless of whether or not I know the source they are based on, because sometimes they are so amazingly good they make you want to watch a show or movie just on the vid's own merit. But there are so many! Yay! (not even remotely through...)

Here are some more flyby Festivids faves:

Shake it off (Slings and Arrows)
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/267988.html
A redeeming and hilarious take on Darren Nichols

I am what I am (Batman)
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/264917.html#cutid1
Kinky Neighbors (Batman)
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/264976.html
Yes, you read that right, Batman. The version with the shiny satin mask and ridiculous bat-gadgets and hilarious foes and ludicrous fight scenes. :-D

I'll be there for you (Pitbulls and Parolees)
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/262479.html
Puppies. And feelings. I cried.

Slow-Mo Trippin (The Slow-Mo Guys)
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/254278.html
Gotta love the SlowMo guys
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EEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Festivids [31 Jan 2015|06:25pm]
Festivids is LIVE, finally!

I didn't get one, but TWO awesome vids this year! XD Based on The Emperor's New Groove and Jack Holborn, they made me grin and cackle and rewatch and grin and cackle some more!

Besides my two gifts (which are the best, obvs), there's a ton of vids to check out, so run, don't walk!

http://www.festivids.net/festivids/festivids-2014

Tina and Cathy, I'm sure you'll enjoy this one:
Us against the World, German Soccer team
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Fallallallalla - Festivids Treat! (Gone Tech, Almost Human) [28 Jan 2015|07:53am]


download link (right click, save as, unzip, rename to .avi)

Fandom: Almost Human

Music: Fembot, by Robyn

Recipient: lunesque, Festivids 2014

Synopsis: Once you gone tech, you ain't never going back.

Why this vid: I had the music in my head first, half considered suggesting it in my Dear Festividder letter. Bug bit me after finishing my original assignment and wouldn't let go. Blame it on Urban and Ealy's mad chemistry.

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Festivids: Fall behind me (Faking it) [04 Jan 2015|08:54am]
[ feeling | creative ]

https://vimeo.com/115872436



download links: .avi, 300 MB / .mp4, 82 MB (right click, save as, unzip)

Fandom: Faking it (MTV)
Music: Fall behind me, by The Donnas
Recipient: luvtheheaven, Festivids 2014

Synopsis: There were never such devoted sisters.
Or: The story of a girl's struggle to retain her grace, style and vivacity in the face of peer hostility, unfair bias and sibling rivalry. Chin up, little show pony!

Why this vid: Because, sisters! And Lauren is the cutest little blonde conniving self-absorbed tempest in a teapot since Draco Malfoy.

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Festivids letter 2014 [22 Oct 2014|09:25pm]
[ feeling | artistic ]

My dear Festividder,

Thank you for making a vid for me! You are fabulous and can do no wrong in my eyes. No matter which of the fandoms I picked you may choose, I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Here are a few thoughts and stuff. (edited to add pictures, because, eyecandy!)

Regarding music, I'm really open to anything. For me the choice of song is one of the most important things when I make a vid, and I'd hate to hamper you in that regard. Feel free to baffle and amaze me with whatever music speaks to you.

As for the fandoms! I shall go by the order I picked them in, since the Festivids website always seems to order them randomly alphabetically (and I really want to put Jack Holborn at the very top).

Jack Holborn (1982) [TV, DVD]
I know requesting this fandom is a very long shot, as Jack Holborn is a German TV miniseries filmed in the early 1980s, and I don't think it's known much outside of the German-speaking countries. However, since it seems to be available on DVD through Amazon pretty much anywhere now, I am throwing my pitch, crossing fingers, toes and eyes and hoping for the best.



The series was originally a Christmas special and I must have been too young to watch it when it first aired, but I can't remember a time when I wasn't in love with the show. I've only rediscovered it very recently, and it has taken me fully by surprise how well it has stood the test of time. The swash-buckling, the scenery, the harpsichord-playing, the pirates, the Charming Molly, the mistaken identity plot, the good and the bad twin! 18th century England-as-a-naval-power, Matthias Habich, so dashing he makes my knees wobble. In the last few weeks, I've been running the Jack Holborn files until my hard drive ran hot.



If you take up the challenge to make a Jack Holborn vid, my already humongous adoration of you will have no bounds, my festividder, even if the vid is only a minute long and focusses on the different types of shoe buckles worn by assorted cast members. My very favorite thing would be a Sharingham vid (the captain, the judge, or preferably both!), but really, anything Jack Holborn-related will do!



lookit this split-screen! movie magic! XD

Things They Don't Warn You About In Judge School

The Emperor's New Groove [Movie]
This movie is one of my happy places, I can just put it on and I know it's going to make me feel good. So much love! My absolute favorite in this is Yzma (I am a sucker for purple, it's true), and sulky self-absorbed Cuzco, and all the scenes in the palace for their stunning visuals.



Almost Human (2013) [TV]
How can this show be already cancelled? I was so ready to get to see more! Damn the ratings. Dorian and Kennex had such beautiful chemistry together... I think Michael Ealing, Karl Urban and Mackenzie Crook all shine in this, so anything with either (or all) of those will make me a happy bunny.



Queer as Folk UK [TV]
I seem to like Season 1 better than Season 2, but other than that, anything goes with this one. Nathan's my favorite, but only by a very slight margin. I think almost any character in the show would lend themselves to a great vid. Vince! Donna! Hazel! Alexander? I'd eat up any of those with a spoon!



Malcolm in the Middle [TV]
One of my all-time favorite shows. Again, so many possibilities! My favorite character is Dewey, closely followed by Reese, closely followed by Lois, and so on. They all rule! I love the relationship between Lois and Hal, the way they face the world together hand in hand, no matter how much shit gets thrown in their way. Hal on his own isn't that much my cup of tea, unless he is teaching his boys how to rollerskate or taking them on a day of playing hooky at the racetracks and comes back with "Nascar" (or somesuch) sunburnt on his forehead.



Monsters Inc movie series [Movie]
Pixar keeps surprising me with how much I end up liking their movies. I think Monsters University rocked, and Monsters Inc is a total classic. It's hard to pick favorites with this fandom; after watching MU I have a soft spot for Randall, and the assembled misfits of Oozma Kappa.



Ratatouille (2007) [Movie]
I still get shivers when I get to the scene where the food critic tastes the Ratatouille and it makes him think of his mum. *snif* I love anything and everything about this movie (really helpful this, I know...). Remy overcoming all obstacles, Linguini coming into his own, Skinner being a conniving little twit, Colette all bad-ass... can't pick a favorite!



Galaxy Quest [Movie]
Best Star Trek movie of all times! ;-) I'd love to see a team vid for this, or something centered around Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman FTW!). Also, tentacles!

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I finally saw the finale of How I Met Your Mother [02 Apr 2014|08:39pm]
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Moar REX [02 Feb 2014|03:24pm]
Still not done with all the Festivids, such a treasure trove this year!

Have a look at these beauties:

Moves like Jaeger (Pacific Rim)

A Night Like This (The Marx Brothers)

What I Like About You (Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin)

Get Me Bodied (The 5th Element)

All We Got (The Great Gatsby)
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The most wonderful time of the year [26 Jan 2014|08:22pm]
Festivids time!

Gorge yourself on all these beauties!
http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/228516.html

This year I got not only one, but two vids! I searched the vid list for myself and saw the awesome Blues Brothers vid someone made for me, and then slowly scrolled through the list watching this vid and that, like an idiot almost missing the Maurice vid I also got! Both are wonderful, go and check them out.

Other fly-by recs of vids I enjoyed so far:

Such great Heights (Wall-E)

Banging Them Together (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

All Star (Lego Lord of the Rings)

9 to 5 (Lego Star Wars)

Wherever You Will Go (Wallace and Gromit)
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Festivids 2013 -- By and by [Pride and Prejudice] [10 Jan 2014|08:57pm]
Alrighty, here's my contribution for Festivids 2013: By and By, for rokikurama, based on BBC's Pride and Prejudice miniseries of 1995. The music is Superfly by Curtis Mayfield.

The vid was great fun to make, as Mr Collins grew on me with a vengeance. I am now convinced that he has been monstrously misunderstood.



Download the vid here (94 MB zipped, password festivids)




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Dear Festividder, [11 Oct 2013|07:20pm]
You awesome thing, you! I can't wait to see what you cook up. If it helps you any, these are the vids I've made so far:

http://blithesea.net/vids

In brief, here are my wishes and thoughts:

Orange is the New Black
Anything goes for this one. But my absolute favorites are Taystee and Poussey, I'd adore to see a vid centered around them.

The Great British Bake Off
I've only started watching recently (season 4), and have been hooked ever since the first "On your marks, get set, BAKE!" My favourite bakers are Ruby and Howard, but everyone else is lovely, too. And I adore Sue and Mel, as well. (being really helpful, I know...)

Parks & Recreation
Again, there is no direction to go wrong in for this show. I absolutely adore Ron, April and Andy, the relationship of Leslie and Tom, Donna, Ron, Tom and Jean-Ralphio, Chris, and Ron. Maybe a little Tammy (II).

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo always makes me cry. In a cathartic, depressingly enjoyable way. Just give me one spot of Marlyn sending Dory away, or Nemo saying "I hate you", and I'm off.

Maurice
Young Rupert Graves! 'nuff said.

The Fall
Why aren't there more vids on this gorgeous movie? I couldn't even pick a favourite shot, there are so many breath-taking scenes. An exploration of Roy and Alexandria's relationship would be wonderful.

The Blues Brothers movies
I'm happy with anything, as long as there is dancing, and fake-backflipping, and lots of men in black shades. Bonus points for including Frank Oz.

Dirty Dancing
This movie is another of my happy places, I loved it to death when I was little, and even these days I still get the fuzzies when Jerry Orbach starts to cry in the pavillion.
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005. Blackbird, fly [02 Jan 2013|07:44pm]
I can't believe I actually did it! Start early, finish vid ahead of time, check! Make an actual treat, CHECK YEAH!

This request was too sweet to pass up. Here's Blackbird, from the movie "Nowhere Boy", a treat made for elipie.

Enjoy!

Fandom: Nowhere Boy
Music: Blackbird by Paul McCartney
Length: 02:00



download zipped .avi, 40MB

Lyrics:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

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004. Good timelord, this is early! [19 Nov 2012|06:49pm]
Can you believe I've finished this baby not on January 6, 11:59PM, but actually two months early? HUZZAH!

Fandom: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Music: L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole
Length: 02:30



download zipped .avi, 41 MB

Lyrics:
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you

Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you

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I can't break away, Festivids 2011 [04 Jan 2012|09:46am]
This is my vid for the 2011 Festivids, made for tearful_eye (with a username like that, how could I not pick Cry-Baby, I ask you?)


Title: I can't break away
Fandom: Cry-Baby, 1990
Recipient: tearful_eye
Music: Breakaway, by Tracey Ullman
Length: 1:32 min
Download zipped .avi (48MB)
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Put a RING on it [02 Nov 2010|04:59pm]
Because I am a sucky lazy twat with a snotty flu, this post has been horribly delayed. Also, I think there might only be about 2 people left on my friends list who haven't seen this yet... Anywho. Here is my contribution to the Ring*Con 2010 video contest:


My first and hopefully last Twilight vid, with a twist.
Stream and download here.

I really have to give lots of thanks and smooches to Lutz, tinaskywalker, bunnysworld, Chad and Roo who beta'd the thing in various stages of production and patiently listened to me whine. A lot.

For those who are interested, I worked with After Effects CS3 to create the effects, and cut the whole vid in Sony Vegas 9. With the latter, newkidfan's tutorials and tips were a huge help. *snuggles*

As usual, I feel that with a bit more time (half a year would have sufficed), I could have tweaked it a bit better, but I am quite happy with the way it turned out, really. and by now I am so sick of working on the thing I never want to have to open the project files again
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Sweet Charity vid - Beyond Words [31 Jul 2009|03:35am]
[ feeling | accomplished ]

I'm probably one of the latest, slowest Tarts, but brighteyed_jill has been very sweet and encouraging and patient as a buddha.

So here it is, my Sweet Charity vid:

Beyond words, Peter/Nathan (Heroes)
Song/artist: “In a Manner of Speaking” by Nouvelle Vague
Length: 2:40, divx avi/wmv
Download:
Large and pretty: 53 MB (rightclick, save as)
Small and convenient: 6.5 MB (rightclick, save as)

The vid is based on the themes from Jill's Nathan/Peter story Where You Lay Down, There's My Bed.

A big hug to anothersuperboy and newkidfan for lending their eyes and cheering, and to brighteyed_jill for being awesome.

Enjoy!

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Finis! Falalalala, lala lala [24 Dec 2008|04:22pm]
[ feeling | happy ]

I never thought I'd finish this sucker before Christmas, but there you go. It's unbeta'd, because I ran out of time. Many thanks to Roo for listening to me bitch and whine. <3 <3 <3



Download big, shiny version from my website * Download tiny, economical version for dial-up users * watch on iMeem

On Christmas Eve, I bring you the Heroes Christmas vid of extreme cheesiness. Enjoy, and be merry, and happy holidays!

There's one bit meant for wisecracks and newkidfan especially in there, let's see if you can spot it. ;-)

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Boom! [15 Sep 2008|11:03am]
[ feeling | accomplished ]



This is the trailer I made for the story assigned to me over at Heroes Big Boom. It has cost me quite a lot of hair torn out in frustration over the last few weeks, but I'm happy with how it turned out. The music I chose for it is Damon Albarn's Closet Romantic.

The story's premise intrigued me: What if Nathan actually had Peter committed to a mental institution, way back in Season One, before Peter had any chance to run around saving cheerleaders and dazzling people with his emo bangs? I rewatched all the Petrelli scenes in Season One to get a feel for the material (oh, the hardship! XD), and it turns out that most of the time, Peter does look like a trip to the loony bin isn't that absurd a suggestion. I applaud Nathan for his restraint. And love. Lots of brotherly love.

Find the story here: Into the Living Sea by brighteyed_jill

Jill has been busting her arse to get the Big Boom happening, and she deserves naked Peter jumping out of a giant cupcake for that. :-*

Lots of thanks go to my own personal hero anothersuperboy, without whom I'd have been utterly lost in the foul bog that is my Chinese Internet connection. He's the only reason this vidlet is up and running in time.

Hope you enjoy. <3

Pick your poison:
Large and gorgeous .avi on my webspace, 56.4 MB, Right-click, save as

Small and pretty .wmv on my webspace, 8.8 MB, Right-click, save as

Acceptable size and prettiness on imeem

Fast and dirty on Youtube

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Big Boom - wheee! [12 Sep 2007|07:17pm]


T'is done! Here comes my trailer for Lin's gorgeous story on heroes_bigboom:

Lethe's Shore (.avi, 18.5 MB or .wmv, 4 MB)

Also on Youtube, if you're so inclined.

Many thanks go to newkidfan and wordhouse for aiding and abetting. <3


It was great fun making this vid, you'll see why. I'm glad the premise of Linaerys' story let me play around in my toybox a lot. It's a wonderful read, make sure to check out Lethe's Shore!
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200°, that's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit [21 May 2007|06:54pm]
[ feeling | jubilant ]

Huzzah! The Vid That Ate My Brain is finally finished! Rodney and Ronon in Too good to be true, a shameless 2 minutes and 22 seconds long. I was starting to doubt whether or not it would ever get done, really -- nine months I've been tinkering with this thing, on and off. o_O

Get it here or just watch it here.

T'is done, yay! A huge thank you goes out to Mel (newkidfan); I'd have been lost without her insight and encouragement. And to Lutz, who let me angst and babble over it at work. And Roo, who let me badger her into watching the show so that I'd have someone to squee with.

I hope you enjoy it! Feedback would be lovely. ♥ ♥ ♥

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O captain! My captain! [30 Nov 2006|11:14am]
[ feeling | tired ]

I've been working on a Rodney/Ronon vid since September. It's tough going, because I need to beat After Effects into submission, and I want this video to turn out the best I can. Lately I've gotten a bit sick of the puzzling, though, so when the urge kicked in to just finish something already, I put Ronon's smoldering looks aside and cranked this vid together.

It's an episode-related team vid. Beware of spoilers for The Return 1&2. I hope you enjoy.

O captain! My captain! (SGA team vid, The Return, with Tchaikovsky's Ouverture 1812, 2:32)

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Would you look at that... [15 Sep 2006|09:37pm]
[ feeling | accomplished ]

I'm not ashamed to admit it, I have succumbed to the lure of vidding. I know, I know, yet another thing to squander my free time on instead of doing my bills or studying Chinese, but it's been sweetly entertaining and frustrating in equal measures so far.

So here's my first video:

I get a kick out of you, SGA, McKay/Zelenka, silly fluff.

Next, After Effects, then, the world!

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