"We don't want to kill you and you don't want to kill us, so why shoot?"

December has started, it is the season, and I'm reminded of my favourite real life Christmas story again, the Christmas Truce of 1914, when mostly German and English soldiers improvised said truce by using the above quoted argument, and fraternized for that brief Christmas time.

And because I'm in a mellow mood, three vids about relationships that make me feel fuzzy and smiling and glowy and about as hardcore as mush. I love vids in general and remain amazed at the creativity and skill vidders have, in all fandoms. Not being qualified to talk about technical aspects, I think what all three I'm going to recommend have in common is that they manage to get the spirit of the relationship in question across, just what I, as a viewer, adored about them when I encountered them in the shows they hail from.



Babylon 5: You're My Best Friend by nerdcakes, about Londo and Vir. Another of my lj friends, thalia_seawood, has just started watching B5 and at once deduced that Vir is Sam Gamgee. Some people needed a lot longer for that, but I don't think anyone watched B5 without loving Vir, admiring his bravery, and loyalty and love for Londo (which was even harder at times to maintain than Sam's to Frodo, because of Londo's fall in seasons 2 and 3). Just what it was that made Vir love Londo so much that he kept believing in him through the dark times is beautifully captured in this vid.


Lois & Clark: "That's all" by obsessive24, to be found here, presents Lois and Clark during the first season of said show and captures what never fails charming me about their relationship and what makes these two my favourite incarnations of Lois Lane and Clark Kent in any medium. (No slight meant against other versions, of course, it's just a question of degrees.) There is the UST, sure, the sparring which is great, but even more importantly there are these two becoming the kind of friends who can show up in the middle of the night at each other's apartments with pizza, and who just have fun being with each other.

Dr. Who: Run With Us. Ace and the Seventh Doctor. Even New Who only people should watch this, because it's pretty clear who is who, no pun intended, in my favourite Doctor-Companion relationship. The awesomeness of Ace, the cleverness of Seven, and the explosions and the running doesn't hurt, either. Seriously, this is just a fabulous vid, and I must admit by the time they clean each other's faces with spit I'm a puddle of goo.