House/Stacy vid

[laene_lif]

I, uh, finished that video I mentioned earlier.

Title: A Broken Hallelujah
Song: "Hallelujah" - Rufus Wainwright
Subject: House, House/Stacy... and the piano... and angst
Download: YouSendIt
Watch: YouTube

I hope it's not too maudlin. Just, sometimes there are those moods.

It's a really pretty song and ever since Emily and Lorrae put it on that mix-cd, I haven't been able to stop listening to it, so I had to make a video for it.

Plus it does fit House quite nicely. Allows for lots of piano-playing and brooding. This video probably also was inspired by reading namasteyoga's recently finished Eight Days, Eight Months (highly recommended). Also from re-reading (heck, let's just turn this into a fic-rec post!) Muse by pwcorgigirl and Hiding by sy_dedalus.

It's funny that I for some reason have a big weakness for House/Stacy stuff, when the majority of the fandom cannot stand her. Shrug. I think I just have a thing for angst and backstories in general. Because my other favorite subjects in House fanfiction are probably House and his parents, and Wilson and his brother.

Anyway, I think this might be, of the vids I've done, the one that's come out most like what I hoped it would.

Comments

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was lovely! Very nicely done, and it was interesting to see how often House's expressions softened around her.

Stacy does attract strong feelings, but I think it's because House's vulnerability also evokes strong feelings in people. Had she not come along, the bitter, wounded person we see now would not exist. He was aiming for a "live whole or die now" proposition in Three Stories, and what she did assured he'd live but crippled him. He's never gotten over it, and what he does to deal with it, or how he fails to deal with it, have defined him as a character.

That said, she was the great love of his life, and that alone makes her endlessly fascinating.

Thanks for the rec of "Muse." I am honored!

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

That's true, but all that is why I don't understand why people hate her so much... Because it's not just a hate, like, the kind of hate people have for villains... I mean, that's part of it, I think - there is a "You hurt House! Be gone!" mentality, although that seems irrational to me because that's part of the story... and it's part of the character. House is the character we know and love, partly because of her. Maybe I'm slightly sadistic - or suffer from some of Cameron and Wilson's issues - but I like seeing House vulnerable, occasionally. In this sense, people hate her, or at least, dislike or are angry at her, as if she were a real person, while still appreciating her as a character and appreciating her part in the House universe.

However, some of the Stacy-hate is just shippers' rivalry. You know: "Oh, no, back off, bitch, he's Cameron's/Wilson's/Cuddy's!" That idea. And that's just plain ridiculous. There are the people who call her botox-face, etc.

Beyond that, though, some people just dislike her existence altogether and avoid any fanworks that deal with her. And that I just don't understand. Because it's a good story, and it's a huge part of House. Shrug. I don't know.


And about the rec, I don't really have a very big or a very fannish f-list, but hopefully someone will check it out! It's a great piece! I was thinking about it as I made this vid, what with all the emphasis on the piano and stuff, and the memories. And that one line, "But you don't really care for music, do you?" reminded me of it.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

By the way, are you planning on putting "Deeper Waters" on ff.net? That's one of my favorites of yours, and I'd like to be able to stick it on my "Favorite Stories" list on my ff.net account (I've got quite a list there).

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought about it, but I can.