New vid! Road to Absolution

[ash48]

For caffienekitty who donated to fandomaid and got this vid in return. :D She requested a vid to this song. I'm sure it's probably not quite what she imagined when listening to it but after some discussions she said she was happy for me to do whatever I thought would work. So Kevin it is! Hope you like it.

Title: Road to Absolution
Vidder: ash48
Music by: Billy Talent
Length: 1.24 min Size: 28mb (mp4)
Beta counteragent (and part collaborator)
Category: Kevin character study
Summary: "It's a lonely road to absolution, we must walk alone."
Warnings: This is not a happy Kevin vid. The boys aren't let off the hook. Also a moment of torture.

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Many thanks to counteragent for all her help and for suggesting Kevin for this song. I've been wanting to make a Kevin vid for a while so I was pleased to be able to do that. I felt like this was collaborative because she's responsible for planting the seed and offered many suggestions. Thanks bb!

Notes: If you sense of level of bitterness here then you're not mistaken. I think it's appropriate though because his is a tragic story. He was given a task to do and all his efforts ended up being for nothing. The Winchesters (and Cas) weren't always sympathetic to his cause. They had their own reasons of course, but in the end I think it was their neglect led to his death. :(

Comments

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. Beautifully done!

Kevin's story is a tragedy, and a bitter one without redemption (at least, so far). The Winchesters' neglect of him, like all decisions that lead to tragedy, "seemed like the right thing to do at the time."

Your vid has made me think about all the many ways in which SPN has been telling that same story since the beginning: bad choices that feel like the only choice, leading to bad consequences, leading to more no-good-option situations, almost every time because of a Winchester's warped sense of love and duty.

I hope and trust that Osric will see this. He'd love it.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback. :))

I don't think I really had a good appreciation of Kevin's story until I made this. I think the Winchesters part in Kevin's story is integral to their own personal journeys and I had mostly seen it through their eyes. But when I started to look at how he would see them or what effect they had on him, I started to see more of Kevin's overall arc and how really tragic it is.

I hope and trust that Osric will see this. He'd love it.

Thank you. Hee - I won't deny I'd love it if he did see it.

Thanks again for your feedback. I really appreciate it. xx