So, in case you missed my earlier post of recs and thus don't know this, it's fanvid rec month in my journal. I made scoradh watch some of them, which I don't think were really her thing (BUT SHE MADE ME READ BANDOM FIC, SO I FELT IT WAS A FAIR EXCHANGE [I liked the bandom fic even though I know nothing about bandom except that it exists... so you should definitely be watching her journal for it, btw]).

Anyway, that reminded me of strangefandom, which is an lj community that shows people fanvids of shows they've never seen and then has them write summaries, based on what they saw in the fanvids, of what they think the show is about. This frequently produces hilarious results. There's a list in the userinfo of all the fandoms they've covered, but my favorite is the Stargate Atlantis one.

I am declaring this month FANVID REC MONTH in my journal. Most recs will be grouped by fandom, but today I'm reccing outstanding vids that I think you should watch regardless of which fandom you're in. They should be enjoyable even with only minimal knowledge of the fandom because they all have artistic merits you don't need any show context to understand. Some are pure fun and some offer heftier commentary, but they're all excellently done.

I recommend that you download the big version, turn the volume up, and fullscreen it. And when it's over, watch it again so you can catch the things you missed the first time.

If you don't watch fanvids or don't think you'd like them, I encourage you to at least give the first two on the list a try. The reason I compiled this post is to show you how flat-out AWESOME fanvids can be, because I often feel that many people don't know this (although maybe they do and just don't talk about it?).

( 12(ish) fanvids that are infinitely awesome )