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The Grand Experiment, by stellarer (Rogue One + ANH) – about the Empire's technology and bringing it down.

Paint It Black, by Wisedo (SW Sequels) – about Rey & Palpatine.

New Born, by findmeinthealps (all SW movies) – 6:04 about the Force and touching it.

sid_guardian has scene discussion claims! I grabbed ep 35, Ye Zun gains his powers, and I'm putting it up tomorrow. I'd like to say I was very strategic and realized the earlier wave of glymr's watchalong would be watching the right episode on that date, but, well, I wanted to discuss that scene anyway and always want the earliest timeslot. The post's drafted. Probably won't touch it much between now and posting but let's see.

In other Guardian news, I want to make a vid of Shen Wei getting whumped to Rihanna's S&M, solely because of the lyric "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me" – Shen Wei does get chained up (repeatedly) and whipped quite nicely during the show. Words have been a bit elusive lately, so audiovisual whatsit should hopefully be a change of pace.

In the realm of other stuff, I (finally) finished watching all 7 seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I love Ahsoka Tano. Also the lightsaber battles; it's animated, so they can do much cooler stuff than in the various clips of the live action stuff I've seen. /continues to not watch any Star Wars films. Does anyone have vid recs? I liked Toy Soldiers.

Too tired to do anything real, so have a driveby vid rec: Start a War by ifshehadwings, a CQL vid for Jin Guangyao, Nie Huaisang, and the destruction they leave in their wake.

Okay, so, here's a bunch of fanvid/-song recs for Modao Zushi English translation, Chinese original) (also known as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation or as Founder of Diabolism). The translators' summary:

As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans – Lan Wangji, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei Wuxian slowly realizes that Lan Wangji, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei Wuxian than he is letting on.

Anyway, for those who haven't read it, I rec it. Wei Wuxian is hilarious. Beneath the cut, fanvid recs, mostly found via the Baidu page. See also the Cloud Recesses, a Google Docs of Recs with tabs for fics and comics etc as well.

ETA: This is a resource that I will update as more stuff gets discovered or subbed.
Latest update: 25.8.2018

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Well. First of all, I did not like the large focus on Korra's trauma journey and her getting beat up. It also brought clear all of the shortcomings of the previous seasons: too much Meelo, too much Mako, Korra getting beat up severely and losing a bit too often, too short seasons so the endings always feel rushed (LOK would've worked better as two 26-ep seasons). Things this season introduced that I disliked: Korra's haircut.

Things I liked included everything Toph, Lin kicking ass, Kuvira as a competent villain, the final Korra-Kuvira fight in the control room, and the teamwork of the finale was more ... believable, in a way, and less "oh but Korra can't defeat the villain for Reasons despite the fact that y'know Avatar state exists". Also, ( spoilers )

I think this show goes into the "love and also loathe" place. I generally don't write fic for non-book canons, but reading is a thing. Also, since this is audiovisual, fanvids! FFA has recced this one with Toph and Lin Beifong earthbending and a mainly-Korra vid set to "Monster" (which is an excellent choice of song, given what happens to Korra later). Other discoveries include Lin Beifong competence porn to music (ft. about as much Lin/Tenzin as I can take), Season 4: Korra going down in history, Korra and her demons, about 10% of the Avatar state no-holds-barred curb stomp I always wanted, another one with a similar premise, though this time with the Equalists, and s1 Korra going around pwning people.

So, rec me things! Vids, art, fic, anything. I really like bending/fighting displays of competence, esp from Korra and Lin Beifong. I also like Kuvira, Toph, and Asami, plus the idea of Amon (I really didn't like the "he was knowingly a bender all along!" thing; anything where he isn't/does not know he's a bender is fine – so eg "Amon is a desert kid who accidentally figured out bloodbending and how to de-bend people but did not realize this was bending" is A-OK, but the canon backstory is meh). NOTPs include Mako/anyone, Lin/Tenzin, all of Bolin's onscreen romances, and Kai/Jinora. I'm not interested in Suyin or Unalaq.

(And because I know you're interested, rankings are: Seasons go 4>3>1>2, villains go: idea of Amon > Zaheer = Kuvira > actual Amon > Unalaq. I most like Korra's biceps and bulky physique, Lin Beifong the BAMF who metalbends her uniform on, and Kuvira with her hair disheveled.)