You may or may not remember how I had a short 30 second amv to go with both the SoShad and Namiku battle for the end of Dead Inside
Well, I was rewatching the Namiku one again on a whim
And two things about it struck me
1) It was really good, and I'd chosen a lot of good moments to convey what happened in that battle
2) A lot of these good moments go by wayyyyy too fast for anyone to really see (and is potentially hard to watch because the images flash, and if it hurts my eyes when watching, it's gotta be a lot worse for other people, especially those with epilepsy)
So
I thought I'd do a play by play breakdown of what's going on in the video
((The only other option was upload a slow mo version but even then the images go by to fast, also, then it'd have to go w/o music, and, this seemed easier + gave me the chance to talk a lot about it and really tie it in with the battle))
Here's the video to watch again, if you'd like (mega epilepsy warning though)
And the breakdown of it will be below the cut!!!
Here's the version of the song I used in the video!!
AAaaaaaand let's go
The video starts off with some good ol' creepy vibes:
Hide, hide...
(these lyrics really have no ~meaning~ it's just the song, though I mean, Namine telling Riku to hide???? idk, take what you want from it)
THOUGH TBH THIS BEGINNING PART ISN'T SOMETHING THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE TIED TO THE EVENTS OF THIS SCENE WITHIN THE FIC ITSELF
These opening images are just kind of to ~set the mood~ and stuff
Here is where we get into "this stuff basically happened within Dead Inside and I recreated it within the AMV"
I...
...will be a gun
Riku's surprised to see what has been done to Namine--also, Namine was given a mock-replica of Riku's blade when she was written, so that she had a weapon to fight with (so, that's what that's there for)
As it was, all he could do was stare in horror. It was hard to get air into his lungs. His heart wasn't beating right. He could hardly see through his tears—he tried to hold those back, but it was no use.
He'd been too late.
"N- Namine?"
He runs, but she still manages to knock him down (it only takes a bolt of lightning):
And it's you I'll come for
Riku's on the ground, Namine moves in for the kill....
Those were her feet, next to him. That was her blade, pressed against the back of his neck. He didn't have to move.
"Too easy," Namine scoffed. "You're weak."
He squeezed his eyes shut.
But then!!
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING!?"
Kairi's here to save the day!!!!!
And she's not the slightest bit happy to find this going on
And Namine's not the slightest bit happy to be interrupted
Kairi's prepared to fight, though
((Btw, I'm out of parts of Dead Inside to quote. All of this is What Happened in Dead Inside, but, none of it's really tied to a specific quote or moment anymore, and I line it out just fine w/o Dead Inside excerpts SOOO yeah let's continue))
I really liked this bit:
Kairi and Namine shouting at each other
While Riku just stands there, not at all thrilled to be in these circumstances, and obviously as we all know not wanting to fight Namine, willing to let Kairi do it because he can't bring himself to...
I... will be a gun...
This is another one of my favorite parts. A quick break for instrumental in here cuts to these five images:
In other news, a flashback to Namine being rewritten (while 37 and L monitor and of course enjoy every bit of what they're doing because they're villains)
AND ACTUALLY TBH I JUST LIKE EVERYTHING FROM THIS POINT OF THE VIDEO ON (IT GETS, GOOD, WHEN KAIRI SHOWS UP, LMAO. EVERYTHING DOES.)
There is no
other way
There's no other way to do this. There's nothing to do but to fight her....
Though I suppose this could be a Riku going "there's no other way we'll have to kill her!!" and whining about it and Kairi going "ugh why do you have to think like that it's not true" but whatever it's still lined up..... really well....... Good Job Me
Take a good swing at me
(The shot of Tifa's arm is Kairi punching, this, this stuff works in an amv medium, trust me)
Finally...
...we agree
No place for promises here
There's no place in this for the promises they made--Riku to protect Namine, to make sure this would never happen
his promise to destroy her should it come to this, but Kairi's talked him out of that promise
He's ready to fight, but not to win
No place for promises here
And in a shining moment of clarity
Namine calls out
much to Riku/Kairi's surprise
You better run
(She doesn't want to hurt them)
I MEAN THAT BIT ISN'T CANON but it's still really good I like that for this AMV..... sighs deeply
I did a really good job on this so here is me tootin my own horn (toot toot)
And also being sure you see all the effort I put into it, because, it was a lot of effort choosing the right scenes and I'm so so so happy with myself that I got them to line up like this, sheds a single tear, it's so good
ANYWAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GOOD DAY I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
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