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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-10-25 21:24:00

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TEAM DRAGON ENTRY: "What I Did on my Summer Vacation" By LittleBlackBow
Title: What I did on my Summer Vacation
Artist: littleblackbow/Chibitoaster (Rana)
Team: Dragon
Email: sblackdog (a) gmail
Genre(s): Post-War
Prompt(s): Message in a bottle, Vacation
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG; None
Artist's Notes/Thank you's:Dedicated to Ven, Djinnj, and Ria who have shown me more support than I ever thought I deserved. Thank you so much!
Media used: pencil, paper, music (see credits), animation
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): with credit, absolutely!!

What I did on my Summer Vacation, by Littleblackbow

"What I did on my Summer Vacation"

*Will open in new window. High res Quicktime movie (30 mb), please let the animation load first!*

Or, watch it on Youtube:

MOD NOTE: POLL IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SNARRY GAMES.

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	ensnarryed 2008-11-01 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	Wonderful! :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	littleblackbow 2008-11-01 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! I'm really overwhelmed with the response. Still, I guess if I can still watch the video myself after so many times, then there's something to it. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	trolleys 2008-11-01 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	This? Is fantastic. Everything came together beautifully - the visuals, music, emotional hints and terrific payoff at the end. :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	littleblackbow 2008-11-01 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I'm really glad you like it. When I heard that song for the first time, it just sounded so Snarry, I knew I had to use it for the games. And Harry and Snape's kids had been playing around in my head for a while now! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hpstrangelove 2008-11-01 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Well there has always been artwork that in the past, I have wanted to be able to give a 10. Yours is the first I'd like to be able to give a 20! This was so tender and touching. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. There are so many great pieces of art that I love in the games, but after seeing this one, it has to be my number one favorite. (Reply to this) (Thread)

littleblackbow
2008-11-01 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Thank you so much. Seriously. This is the first time I've had comments like this, and I'm completely floored.

I did the storyboard to match with the music, wanting to create a kind of story where the characters are redeemed through their children. Where the kids were the embodiment of hope, and the fathers have lost all hope. And then the kids are able to restore their faith in the future.

Anyway, I'm really happy with how many people have been able to draw so much from it.

I love this future. ^_^

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Unbelievable

myheartinhiding
2008-11-04 02:47 am UTC (link)

I've never commented on fan fiction or art until now; never felt the need. I just can't let this exquisite tribute to love, loyalty, and forgiveness go by without comment. The moment when Harry cradles Severus' hand against his face, eyes closing...sorry, I must collect all the moist little shards of my heart that seem to have scattered on the floor around my chair. I spent several years rooting for Severus (my favorite character), only to be left aghast and adrift by DH. Thank you so much for giving Severus and Harry (and their children!) the ending they deserve.

--Cheryl

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Re: Unbelievable

littleblackbow
2008-11-04 07:40 am UTC (link)

I'm so glad everyone was able to draw the emotion out of the video. It was a long time in coming, and I wanted to do it justice.

And yeah, I was so upset with how the characters were left hanging at the end of the book, and ptsd wasn't addressed at all, and once Voldemort was dead everthing was sunshine and roses again.

NOT what I know about war.

Anyway, yeah, I was always upset that every father figure was taken away from Harry, and then here he is as a "perfect father".

Well, not in my world. They have their issues, and I wanted their children to be the healing device for them. And also the harbingers of hope.

At any rate, thank you for your comments! I'm so glad you liked it!

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	Love the music indero 2008-11-04 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much for sharing, almost made me cry. Absolutely wonderful ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Love the music littleblackbow 2008-11-10 09:36 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much for your comment. Yeah, when I heard the music the first time, I just about stopped my car so I could listen to it all the way through and just think about how Snarry it was. And then the story came to me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mangieangie 2008-11-04 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I had to watch it twice before i get it. I haven't been paying much attension to HP fandom for a while and I thought I've lost my touch. but once I did get it, I was totally blowed away. Sweet can't even begin to cover it, I especially like the helpless little Severus. Gorgeous art work. <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	littleblackbow 2008-11-10 09:37 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! I really wanted to give them some kind of redemption after not having any closure in the books. This was how I envisioned their forgiveness of each other. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	athenakt 2008-11-06 11:16 am UTC (link)
	This was an awesome vid; so much emotion and expressiveness, even when we didn't see people's faces. You draw wonderful eyes! I hope you do post all of the images in order when you have a chance so that we can study and enjoy them more closely. Perhaps even with a touch of narrative for each picture. Scrapbook anyone? ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	littleblackbow 2008-11-10 09:39 am UTC (link)
	I will post them all in my journal as soon as the voting is finished and closed. I was planning on posting them with just a line about what happens in each picture. ^_^ (Reply to this) (Parent)

theantipam
2008-11-12 02:38 am UTC (link)

I keep coming back to view this entry - it makes me smile and cry all at once.

A few of the things I love about it: Jimmy definitely looks like he might be a bit Weasley, Al's cute summer outfit and her bare toes, how the motion of her tossing the bottle is shown in just one drawing, Al is so cute - and beautiful - while resembling her father so much, that Harry and Severus have finally found each other, and the part that makes me cry - the message in the bottle!

I don't think I've even loved a piece of any fanart more!

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littleblackbow
2008-11-14 07:21 am UTC (link)

thank you so much! In a couple of days I'm going to post all of the drawings from the work, as well as a few that didn't make it in.

I wanted to keep with canon as much as possible. And since she just left Snape there on the floor of the shack, I consider him being rescued as going along with canon, as well.

Anyway, that's why I wanted to make sure Jimmy looked like Ginny, too.

Thank you so much for your comment. I can't wait to see what femme does with this in fic. :D

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	midnight_birth 2008-11-12 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	You have my heart and my soul. This was incredible!! In all seriousness, it was one of the most incredible, sad and touching thins I`ve ever seen. What a great choice of music, and how well you told the story!! I cried by the end, and I had to watch it twice to completely absorbed it. Thanks so very much for sharing this! This is just incredible!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	szefi 2008-11-13 10:48 am UTC (link)
	This was very sweet, I liked it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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littleblackbow, 2008-11-14 07:25 am UTC

	thank you indero 2008-11-13 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	It's wonderful, especially the song, almost made me cry with each "we thought we lost you". The touches, teh emotions, everything they "said" without one word ;) (Reply to this)

	Liked the song indero 2008-11-13 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	You know it by now: you made people cry ;), espcecially with each "we thought we lost you". For every emotions you made them share with us, thank you so much. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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littleblackbow, 2008-11-14 07:26 am UTC

	gingertart50 2008-11-15 07:30 am UTC (link)
	This is lovely! I particularly love your Harry, a mature adult yet with the shadows of the boy he was still on his face. Great art! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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littleblackbow, 2009-02-19 06:36 pm UTC

gfeather
2008-11-15 11:23 am UTC (link)

I don't think I can say anything that hasn't already been said about how wonderful this is. I really enjoyed the way you panned through the pictures and selected things to highlight. The zoom in on the bottle at the end was fabulous and as powerful as anything that had come before it. I think that more than anything drives home the child's POV.

As wonderfully fabulous as it was as a movie, I'd also love to see the still frames of this as well. I'm sure it changes the impact of certain frames over others, but I must admit I'm curious. (Not to mention fed up with my dial-up which makes movie watching take 5 hours or more)

This is more spectacular than anything of yours I've seen before, and as much as I love your other work... you've raised the bar on yourself. I can't wait to read what Femme does with the narrative and how it compares to what all of us have running around in our brains right now.

Wow.

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littleblackbow, 2009-02-19 06:37 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2008-12-09 04:11 pm UTC (link)

This was fabulous! I'm not in the HP fandom at all, and I've only seen the movies, but I still found the narrative really easy to follow, and your editing, choice of lyrical/musical cues and the illustrations themselves all had a lot of emotional power and resonance. Congratulations on producing a really first-rate vid! You're a really talented artist, and I hope you'll do more soon!

-nos4a2no9 (on LJ)

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	tjwritter 2009-02-18 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	Here via crack broom... This is stunning! The amount of time and dedication just blows me away. I'll have to watch it over and over to pick up on all that was being told in this story! Thanks for sharing it with us! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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littleblackbow, 2009-02-19 06:39 pm UTC

starmom
2009-02-19 06:14 pm UTC (link)

I joined IJ just to be able to tell you how utterly fantastic this creation was. It stumbled my way via crackbroom on LJ and I confess to watching it about a dozen times and reccing it to all I know.

I noted your smithpotter community and will be joining it. I have written several long/short fics (over on LJ and other archives: http://iamstarmom.livejournal.com) and am totally inspired to write this story. Let me know if you have any objections. I will post it there first!

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