Amatara

Vir Cotto is, to me, a joy both to watch and to write, his character being one that most of us can identify with. He starts out as a perfectly ordinary (at least, from a human point of view; less so from a Centauri one) person, forced by exordinary circumstances to do things he never thought himself capable of. I love him dearly as a character in his own right, but perhaps even more in the context of his friendship with Londo. This fic describes a missing scene between the two of them, set near the resolution of the Cartagia arc.


Title: The thing with feathers
Rating: G
Summary: Vir has always been stronger than he thinks. Missing scene from the s4 episode "Into the Fire": Vir and Londo in the aftermath of Cartagia's death.
Disclaimer: Owned by JMS and Babylonian Productions, not me. If only they were - *sigh*.
Thanks to: hobsonphile for the beta
Note: Cross-posted to babylon5_love

( Fic: The thing with feathers )

Finally, 1 September has arrived, and with it ruuger's yearly B5 Love Month, hosted over at babylon5_love. It's my very first contribution there, on the very first posting date of 2009, and that with the very first fanvid I ever made... can you believe I'm a teensy bit nervous? *bounces*

Anyway, about the vid: despite me being a Centauri-and-Narn (and to a somewhat lesser degree, Minbari) lover, I managed to make it an ensemble piece after all! That's to say, two-thirds is ensemble, the middle third is - well, take a guess. *g* Don't be deceived by the optimistic title: it is decidedly angsty, though the final part should bring some comfort, at least.

As I mentioned, I'm new to this whole vidding thing, so feel free to point out any stuff I might have handled better - I'm all up for learning!

The direct Youtube link is here, while these are downloadable versions in MPG  (huge file, 200 MB) and AVI-DIVX (a slightly more normal 50 MB). I noticed the Youtube clip tends to be sluggish the first time it's played... If that happens, just let it play once all the way through without peeking; the second time (once it's in the cache, I assume?) it should be much better! The lyrics are right below the embedded Youtube thingy.  

So, here you go. Please, enjoy!






( Lyrics )