The Tribble of Tarth

In honor of New Year’s Eve, here are two vids of Star Trek characters partying a little too hard!


Last Friday Night by MsSjeki
Star Trek: DS9 | Gen | 3:49 | PG
Music: Last Friday Night by Katy Perry

This is a super fun feel-good vid showcasing some of the wilder moments in DS9. I love the vidder’s choice to use screenshots as “pictures” over the lyrics Pictures of last night ended up online, I'm screwed, as well as Sisko’s little head shrug over “oh well,” lol. There are so many cute moments with all the characters in this vid that it makes me smile every time I watch it.


Tik Tok by MissSheenie
Star Trek: TOS | Gen | 2:30 | PG
Music: Tik Tok by Ke$ha

This is a classic with enough pop culture clout Ke$ha referenced it on Twitter/X. I love the vidder’s choice of clips and the use of splitscreen to add to the chaos and create the effect of a lot of drinking. I love this vid and still think about it after all these years!

Woohoo! I did it! I reached ten Fannish Fifty posts by the end of 2024! The goal is to do ten to twelve in 2025 (or more, but let’s be reasonable lol). At this rate it’ll take me six to ten years to finish fifty posts, but oh well lol. Progress is progress!

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe New Year!

Note: Video contains spoilers through the final episode of season 2.

Ma Meilleure Ennemie by zeruliaeps
Arcane: League of Legends | Jinx & Vi | 0:29 | PG
Music: Ma Meilleure Ennemie by Stromae and Pomme

I've been crying over this vid for 48 hours. 😭😭😭 I believe the song is meant for Ekko and Jinx, but it fits so well for Vi and Jinx as well. One particular section of the lyrics I love for them:

(Translated into English)
Why does hearing your name hurt me
When it hides right there in the vicinity?
What kind of emotion, is it hatred
Or pure sweetness when I hear your name?
(Full English translation of lyrics can be found here.)

The relationship between Vi and Jinx is one of my favorite parts of Arcane, and I love how this vid leans heavily into the angsty aspects of it. They may have difficulty understanding each other and their actions, but they will always still be sisters! (*blows nose*)

(Apologies for the gap between the video and the text. I messed around with the HTML for the better part of the afternoon and cannot for the life of me figure out why it's there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Oh look, it's been six months since I said I planned to keep posting Fannish 50 recs, then failed to write a single rec post. Shocking! </sarcasm> Oh well, better late than never. And what a surprise, it's a Quark/Odo vid! Will the wonders never cease? 😜



I Love It When You Hate Me by OlicityFan1
Star Trek: DS9 | Quark/Odo | 2:26 | Video: G, Song: R (two F bombs)
Music: Love It When You Hate Me by Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear

This is one of the top, if not the top, Quodo vids I keep coming back to again and again. I love the song, and think it is a beautiful fit for Quark/Odo. The editing makes it seem like Quark is saying the bits of the song Avril sings and Odo is saying the bits blackbear sings, which creates a wonderful back and forth that is such a perfect reflection of Quark and Odo's relationship. The ending fits beautifully with the lyrics "I love it when you hate me," playing over Odo and Quark laughing together in sickbay at the end of "The Ascent." It's just too perfect. <3

Lavender Haze by Little Dark Olive
Interview with the Vampire (2022) | Louis/Lestat | 3:21 | PG13
Music: Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift

This is a beautifully edited vid that I absolutely adore. This ship has a ton of angst and dysfunction (to put it mildly), but this vid focuses on the beauty and happiness in Louis and Lestat's relationship, as well as touching on happy family moments with Claudia. I'm quite partial to this particular song by Taylor Swift, and it creates a dreamy atmosphere for the vid. The vid is sweet, gives me warm fuzzy feelings, and I have watched it many times.

BONUS:



Call Me Maybe by OlicityFan1
Star Trek: DS9 | Quark/Odo | 1:00 | G
Music: Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson

Since I posted a week ago, I have fallen head over heels for Quark/Odo. I did not expect this to happen, but here we are. As such, several Quark/Odo vids have been added to the Fannish Fifty pipeline. What did I say last week about loving vids with catchy poppy tunes? Well, here's another example. It's short, it's silly, but it's super cute and I love it.

It's here! My first Fannish Fifty post! And, I have decided on a theme: Fifty Fanvid Recs! I intended to make a graphic to help visually tie the posts together, but that has not happened. Perhaps in the future.

And the first rec is:



Done by ImaginarySanity
Star Trek: TOS/Movies | Kirk/Spock | 3:21 | PG
Music: I'm Done by The Pussycat Dolls

For my first rec I wanted to start with one of the first fanvids I fell in love with. Backstory: In December 2009, I was wrapping up a college quarter and needed to write a term paper I had procrastinated on starting that was now due the next day. Somehow, and I genuinely do not remember how, I discovered the existence of Kirk/Spock and, instead of writing the term paper, spent the night reading Kirk/Spock fanfic. I was obsessed. This was especially unusual as at this time I had never seen a TOS episode or film. It seems my forever OTP was calling out to me before I even knew to think of it! In the end, I spent the night reading fanfiction and had to write the term paper in an anxious rush between my statistics final at 8 AM and when the paper was due at 1 PM. Then I went home after my last final of the quarter and blissfully spent the entire night absorbed in Kirk/Spock media. And then another wonderful thing happened: I discovered fanvids! I had been reading fanfic off and on since I was in middle school, but fanvids were brand new to me, and I was absolutely beside myself. I spent the night in a rabbit hole on YouTube and went to bed at 7 AM the next day. (Thirteen years later, I realize this story reeks of undiagnosed ADHD. I laugh to myself about it, but that's not what this post is about.)

This is one of the fanvids I found that night, and it remains one of my favorite Kirk/Spock fanvids. The music is beautiful and the lyrics fit Spock so perfectly. I also love the manip at the end! (The YouTube information credits erikos for this.) I am also so pleased that the image quality holds up after fourteen years. Fourteen years! This vid is fourteen years old! It's amazing, and I love it, and I am so excited to show off one of the videos that got me into watching fanvids all those years ago.



My goal is to try to post a rec once a week and throw in two random posts somewhere throughout the year to complete the Fannish Fifty challenge. I even have a posting schedule drafted! I'm trying to mix it up a bit so there is a greater mix of fandoms and characters than the three to four ships most of my vid watching falls under, but honestly, there will probably be a lot from the same fandoms/ships. (Sorry, not sorry.) I am super excited for this though! Fingers crossed I manage to stay consistent, lol.