i'm a very neat monster

fistsandfangs @ 2013-07-10T21:55:00

2013-07-11T01:55:19Z

AMV: An Epic Tale of Frienship, Adventure, Espionage, and Batman

Book I: Dramatis Personae

The Golden Trio:

Abby
Liz
Surge

Met through fuckyou_batman, chatted for 18 consecutive hours once. Abby was on vacation and stole wifi from her neighbors by crouching in the bushes. She got mosquito bites.

The Expanded Cast:

Chelsea: Joined as Lex with some encouragement from her BFF (me!).

itsras_al_ghul: I don't remember her name, but she was sweet and awesome.

James: RPed as mastahwayne ("as straight as a racetrack that's been straightened out") before joining AMV officially.

Maim: Joined as the Joker after the original trollper Joker (shejoker) left.

Mc: Initially interacted with us on her personal LJ, mcbat. Later joined as theactionace.

Sid (sidhefaer): Joined as Harley, later added Tony but kept her identity a secret.

Stephen: Briefly played the Riddler, loved canon Two-Face. Lived in Kansas.

Susannah AKA top_hatted_girl: May or may not have played Ra's. All we can remember is that we loved her.

Undersea: Freeze! Queen of puns and hilarious manips.

The Next Generation:

Amy: Mod at batman_lulz, joined as Clone Crane (Jon).

Dana: Joined as Ivy, also notably played Rorschach. Hrm.

Jules: A Harvey roleplayer at batman_lulz. Interacted with my Harvey and became integrated into AMV as Nick, an actor who pretended to be Harvey. Also played Rachel Dawes and James Bond, most notably.

Maggie (Mags): Joined as Hush, also played Huntress.

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS:

The Agents of Choas (agents_of_chaos): a rival group of trollpers attacking Batman communities. Slightly scary.
azelmaroark: Loved us and did some write-ups on us in her journal. She called us a "sparkly crack RP" that walks the line between OOC and scarily IC.
destinyawakened: Loved us, made music videos of several AMV pairings (Dent/Crane and Bruce/Tony).
Kit: Frequented batman_lulz, both loved and hated us.
Moon (iamstillthemoon): Loved Christina Aguilera, hated us. Co-created fyfy_fyb (Fuck You Fuck You Fuck You Batman).
Zeromako: Took Bruce under her wing, loved to engage trollpers in fuckyou_batman.

Book II: The Setting

fuckyou_batman: The community that started it all.
fuckyou_fyb: The first (heavily-guarded) base of operations. Known to contain pictures of llamas and RP-related manips/fanmixes.
allmyvillains: The eventual spin-off community for RPing.
agreaterevil_08: The community where we staged an election (Lex/Harvey vs Joker/Scarecrow vs Bandface Pig) to coincide with the actual 2008 presidential election. Banface Pig won on a technicality and then was eaten by the Joker. Mc gave a touching portrayal of the tragic ham.
thedailybugle: Remember that time we created a team of reporters under Sid's Jonah Jameson? That happened here.
thegothamtimes: Eventually created by Mags for posting articles about AMV events.
jokersforjesus: Abby and I's first collaboration. A community created to mock the "lesbians for Joker" movement. ("Looking to reconcile your love of God with your love of the Joker????")
thepillowfort: The second OOC community and base of operations, following The Great Schism.
todosmisheroes: The English-language Spanish soap opera community for AUs.
tpf_fial: The community Amy, Mags, and Dana used when we turned them down for entry into thepillowfort.
why_soo_serious: The very first trolling occurred here.The culprits: darkflame88 (Abby), ledgerlover (Liz), and bellaxxswan (Surge). Editor's note: Wow, this community deserved so much trolling. I'm saying that now as a mature, adult person.

Early trolling that occurred here:
Abby's Epic Fic: Teh Night ("I'm Bruce Wayne I always have lube")
Liz's Joker/Rachel Fanmix: Tear You Apart (with art!)
Liz's Joker Fanart (best comments are at xwhysoseriousx)
Surge's Icon Dump

Book III: Timeline of Major Events

July 18th, 2008: The Dark Knight opens in theaters everywhere. Chelsea and Liz attend the midnight premiere together.
July 30th, 2008: Surge creates fuckyou_batman, mostly in response to Joker fangirls romanticizing the character and posting fanworks that many thought to be of dubious quality.
August 18th, 2008: The first trollper chat occurs, between itsharveytwoface, poisonpamela, and itsthescarecrow. I think there was just a lot of fear toxin and capslock (and possibly a threesome) involved.
August 19th, 2008: Abby, Liz, Surge et al. ban everyone from batmanholyland, the off-topic FYB community. fuckyou_fyb is created.
August 25th, 2008: allmyvillains is created by undersea for para-style RPing.
September 21, 2008: agreaterevil_08 is created by Maim for the fake Joker/Crane vs Lex/Harvey (later Harvey/Nick) vs Banface Pig/jordan_williams presidential election. Members of batman_lulz are heavily involved in the proceedings.
October 15th, 2008: The Great Schism occurs. Abby and Surge depart the RP. Crane and Ivy commit joint suicide.
October 17th, 2008: thepillowfort is created as a new base of operations.
October 25th, 2008: Mags (magda_lena) creates thegothamtimes for RP-related news.
November 5th, 2008: Mags, Dana, and Amy are denied entry into thepillowfort by a vote. They create tpf_fial, so named because they failed to get into thepillowfort. This becomes the new base of operations between existing AMV members and the "new fags."
February 10th, 2009: AMV becomes a formal RP with rules and an application. Applicants are approved/denied by vote of existing members.
December 1st, 2009: allmyvillains closes its doors. Most of the remaining players contribute biographies and alternate endings in a final goodbye post.

Book IV: Aftermath and Continuing Legacy

James and Mc were the first AMVers to meet IRL. Exact date unknown.

Liz and Chelsea forever cemented their friendship and remain best friends to this day. They still consider AMV to be their greatest internet accomplishment. They saw The Dark Knight Rises together on opening day at midnight, thus continuing the tradition.

Sid and Mc met in New York at one point. They remain friends on Tumblr. Sid went on to become a BNF in the Hannibal fandom, where her art, fanmixes, and meta continue to earn well-deserved attention and admiration. Mc has explored a mind-blowing range of artistic mediums and posts about them on her Tumblr.

Liz and Abby reunited on May 5th, 2010 when they agreed to start a Glee RP together. That RP was limalosers. James later joined as Terri Schuester and proceeded to have bizarre chemistry with Jesse. Liz and Abby eventually flounced from limalosers and were subsequently accused of "abandoning their children on the steps of an orphanage" by the remaining players. Since then, Liz and Abby have joined countless RPs together and co-modded at least four. Sid and Chelsea joined their Inception RP (builtourworld), which showed great promise but never materialized. Liz and Abby have also shared a love of St. Berry, Jonathan Groff, Community, and a deep, burning hatred of Glee.

Chelsea, James, Abby, Sid, and Liz all joined the briefly-lived ontdhp, modded by Surge.

Book V: Glossary

Banface: A nickname for this emoticon: ">:|". So named because repeated use of the emoticon would result in temporary banning from an AIM chatroom.
Capslock is cruise control for cool: Self-explanatory.
Fial: An intentional misspelling of "fail." Source unknown.
Fuck of: At first a typo of Liz's, later used for mockery.
Henching: A group activity involving repeated use of the phrase "hench hench hench" in an AIM chatroom.
James: First name Robert, nicknamed James because he was spying on iamstillthemoon when she friended his regular journal. This was seen as James Bond-like behavior.
Jordan Williams: A student at Indiana University circa 2008. Became a mythic figure when his Gender & Sexuality homework ended up in Chelsea's hands.
I'm Bruce Wayne I always have lube: See Abby's fic.
Lrn2investig8: A condescending term used in reference to someone making unsubstantiated claims. Likely originated when Abby, Liz, and Surge were pretending to be bad Batman fic writers.
Mcbadass: Mc's nickname when she was doing something particularly badass. Inspired many derivatives ("Mcsexy, etc.).
Raver colors: Refers to a particular font setting in AIM. Example:
THESE ARE RAVER COLORS.
UR MEEN: Originated with Abby responding to criticisms of her Bruce/Joker fic.

That's everything I could remember/dig up. If you can think of anything else, please let me know or add it in the comments.

Happy AMVersary!

2012-07-20T16:38:49Z

I know that says September but I met a lot of you four years ago after TDK premiered. Some of you I haven't spoken to in years while others I still talk to pretty much every day. But either way you're all fantastic, creative, lovely people, and I was happy to share that crazy summer with you all.

Never forget banface

or Jordan Williams: American Hero.

(Also Jules, the captcha when I uploaded that graphic was "Bond, James Bond." It's fate~)

I'm mostly on Tumblr now and mostly in Glee fandom, so feel free to follow me, or just reminisce here. If any if you all are still on LJ, that is. :P

Liar, Liar [a St. Berry fanvid]

2010-06-15T05:42:31Z

Title: Liar, Liar
Artist: A Fine Frenzy
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Rachel/Jesse
Spoilers: Features clips up through 1x21.
Notes: This was created in Windows Movie Maker, so it's nothing fancy. But I adore this song and thought it fit them very well.
Download: mediafire
Lyrics: here

Liar, Liar [a St. Berry fanvid] from fistsandfangs on Vimeo.

Glee Music Videos for iPod

2010-06-06T06:05:06Z

Episode: 1x02 Showmance
Song: Gold Digger
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (12.57 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?zlnliyt2lgx

Episode: 1x03 Acafellas
Song: I Wanna Sex You Up
Cast: Acafellas
Format: .mp4 (9.81 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?iq1lukm51km

Episode: 1x06 Vitamin D
Song: It's My Life / Confessions
Cast: New Directions Boys
Format: .mp4 (25.05 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?tvmhymlmw4q

Episode: 1x06 Vitamin D
Song: Halo / Walking on Sunshine
Cast: New Directions Girls
Format: .mp4 (30.84 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?zgq3zmj30md

Episode: 1x07 Throwdown
Song: Hate On Me
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (12.26 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mmzwzue0odm

Episode: 1x07 Throwdown
Song: Ride Wit Me
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (6.41 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?nzioczymtmb

Episode: 1x07 Throwdown
Song: You Keep Me Hangin' On
Cast: Quinn and the Cheerios
Format: .mp4 (15.7 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?zmdvni4ymyj

Episode: 1x09 Wheels
Song: Proud Mary
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (15.87 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?gnzwggokywo

Episode: 1x11 Hairography
Song: Papa Don't Preach
Cast: Quinn Fabray
Format: .mp4 (6.57 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?k5moh2hmmjd

Episode: 1x11 Hairography
Song: Hair / Crazy In Love
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (11.86 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ogmtmngonih

Episode: 1x11 Hairography
Song: True Colors
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (10.26 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?dkolimzjdzu

Episode: 1x13 Sectionals
Song: My Life Would Suck Without You
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (15.9 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?jnantjwymyi

Episode: 1x14 Hell-O
Song: Hello, I Love You
Cast: Finn
Format: .mp4 (18.28 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?wzvmxtej0io

Episode: 1x14 Hell-O
Song: Gives You Hell
Cast: Rachel and New Directions
Format: .mp4 (30.2 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?d3m1tnazk5t

Episode: 1x14 Hell-O
Song: Hello
Cast: Rachel and Jesse
Format: .mp4 (20.79 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?3mzoimmy1vy

Episode: 1x14 Hell-O
Song: Highway to Hell
Cast: Jesse St. James and Vocal Adrenaline
Format: .mp4 (15.55 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?7q0p252fiw8k8x8

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: Express Yourself
Cast: New Directions Girls
Format: .mp4 (27.52 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mmdnjdztmtn

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: Borderline / Open Your Heart
Cast: Rachel and Finn
Format: .mp4 (24.53 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?tycj2jamaei

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: Vogue
Cast: Sue, Kurt, and Mercedes
Format: .mp4 (18.07 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?v4dwy4jgzjn

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: Like A Virgin
Cast: Rachel, Jesse, Finn, Santana, Will, and Emma
Format: .mp4 (16.39 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?eygyhg5y2zm

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: 4 Minutes
Cast: Kurt and Mercedes
Format: .mp4 (25.85 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ox10nkrymty

Episode: 1x15 The Power of Madonna
Song: Like A Prayer
Cast: New Directions and Jesse St. James
Format: .mp4 (26.7 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?hyzmj5tuymy

Episode: 1x16 Home
Song: Fire
Cast: Will and April
Format: .mp4 (18.81 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ezynzj5un2y

Episode: 1x16 Home
Song: A House Is Not a Home
Cast: Kurt and Finn
Format: .mp4 (18.4 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?zwynm4eh5wn

Episode: 1x16 Home
Song: One Last Bell to Answer
Cast: Will and April
Format: .mp4 (26.35 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2kd5jmdd2te

Episode: 1x16 Home
Song: Beautiful
Cast: Mercedes
Format: .mp4 (23.48 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?qmnjnohy4oz

Episode: 1x16 Home
Song: Home
Cast: April Rhodes and New Directions
Format: .mp4 (18.19 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?jmmmwtwtzm3

Episode: 1x17 Bad Reputation
Song: Ice Ice Baby
Cast: New Directions and Will
Format: .mp4 (24.54 MB )
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?jiummwzwyid

Episode: 1x17 Bad Reputation
Song: U Can't Touch This
Cast: Artie, Tina, Mercedes, Kurt, and Brittany
Format: .mp4 (14.27 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?drwkviqpd1uv5b3

Episode: 1x17 Bad Reputation
Song: Physical
Cast: Sue and Olivia Newton-John
Format: .mp4 (24.49 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?hojmyyygy4d

Episode: 1x17 Bad Reputation
Song: Run, Joey, Run
Cast: Rachel, Puck, Jesse, Finn
Format: .mp4 (21.86 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?drgtnnaafdz

Episode: 1x17 Bad Reputation
Song: Total Eclipse of the Heart
Cast: Rachel, Jesse, Puck, Finn
Format: .mp4 (22.03 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?yhztyczy5nn

Episode: 1x19 Dream On
Song: Piano Man
Cast: Will and Bryan Ryan
Format: .mp4 (9.47 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ani4ygmmmmf

Episode: 1x19 Dream On
Song: Safety Dance
Cast: Artie
Format: .mp4 (37.07 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mc1yzhgyymz

Episode: 1x19 Dream On
Song: Dream On
Cast: Will and Bryan Ryan
Format: .mp4 (21.55 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ijmmuj5yx0j

Episode: 1x19 Dream On
Song: I Dreamed a Dream
Cast: Rachel and Shelby
Format: .mp4 (14.87 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2jq2javzlvu

Episode: 1x19 Dream On
Song: Dream a Little Dream of Me
Cast: Artie
Format: .mp4 (14.64 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ufhummtex0t

Episode: 1x20 Theatricality
Song: Funny Girl
Cast: Shelby Corcoran
Format: .mp4 (13.7 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?gzk3zgzdxgn

Episode: 1x20 Theatricality
Song: Bad Romance
Cast: New Directions Girls (and Kurt)
Format: .mp4 (38.89 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ymjw2mgnimx

Episode: 1x20 Theatricality
Song: Shout It Out Loud
Cast: New Directions Boys
Format: .mp4 (33.15 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?yd2kwoj2zzn

Episode: 1x20 Theatricality
Song: Beth
Cast: Puck
Format: .mp4 (14 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?j2mnjjyx3mo

Episode: 1x20 Theatricality
Song: Poker Face
Cast: Rachel and Shelby Corcoran
Format: .mp4 (15.46 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?3yjddxnz1qw

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: Another One Bites the Dust
Cast: Vocal Adrenaline
Format: .mp4 (14.96 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?lqfytfzmmn0

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: Tell Me Something Good
Cast: Will
Format: .mp4 (8.29 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ukngvhw0ymi

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: Loser
Cast: Finn, Puck, Terri, Sandy, Howard
Format: .mp4 (10.82 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?yuhtzl2wylz

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World
Cast: Quinn
Format: .mp4 (24.36 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?nlk4umlu1n2

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: Good Vibrations
Cast: Puck, Finn, and Mercedes
Format: .mp4 (14.83 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mmzmmqyrtgi

Episode: 1x21 Funk
Song: Give Up the Funk
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (15.46 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ivomntnmmgj

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Faithfully / Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' / Don't Stop Believin'
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (78.62 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mxjj3jed4ly

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Faithfully
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (19.47 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?idzllmjziz2

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (30.06 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?dzjzw2bzmzq

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Don't Stop Believin'
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (28.26 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?nkr1i3nngik

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Bohemian Rhapsody
Cast: Jesse St. James and Vocal Adrenaline
Format: .mp4 (84.67 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?4zhlozj2cn3

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: To Sir, with Love
Cast: New Directions
Format: .mp4 (16.26 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2mz4jzyuizz

Episode: 1x21 Journey
Song: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Cast: Will and Puck
Format: .mp4 (12.81 MB)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?julyyk0zzhw

I am currently taking requests for clips from 1x14, 1x15, 1x16, 1x17, 1x19, 1x21, and 1x22. Just comment with the scene/song that you want, and I'll do my best to upload it for you.

Glee 1x21: "Another One Bites the Dust" Picspam

2010-06-03T08:56:30Z

Rachel: Jesse? What are you doing up there with them?

Jesse: I've transferred back to Carmel High, Rachel. I'm sorry that it's come to this, but you guys were awful to me. You never accepted me, you never listened to my clearly superior ideas.
Finn: Why are you here, in our auditorium?
Jesse: The blogs and chatrooms say that we're finished and that you guys are ripe to topple us. We just wanted to show you a little something that we came up with a few days ago to see if you agree with that assessment.

Oooh, let's go
Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low

Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun's ready to go

Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?

Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, yeah
Another one bites the dust

Another one bites the dust
How do you think I'm gonna get along without you when you're gone?

You took me for everything that I had and kicked me out on my own
Are you happy? Are you satisfied?

How long can you stand the heat?

Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat (Look out)

Another one bites the dust

Vocal Adrenaline Female Lead: Thanks for letting us borrow your auditorium, guys. It's quaint.

Please do not edit or redistribute these images. Please do not use them for graphics purposes. All screencaps are by me. Comments are love. ♥

promotion.

2009-08-05T07:57:34Z

distant_radio: an mp3 rotation journal. free music, so go join.

friends only.

2009-07-01T08:35:39Z

formerly ravyn726. comment to be added.