vid tricks

[deird_lj]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hate vids that trick you?


I was watching a Spuffy vid recently, and stopped halfway through in digust, because, mid-vid, Buffy told Spike she loved him.

Except this wasn't last-minute fiery-hands I-love-you - this was sitting at a table and looking up seriously to say I love you.
Because they'd stolen the Buffy-and-Angel "I love you" and pretended that Buffy was saying it to Spike instead!

I just can't stand it. Even if you can't, right then, see what the character's looking at, they were looking at something particular in the original clip, and changing it is just wrong.


So, is it just me?

Comments

[next_to_normal]

Huh. I never really thought about it before. I agree that the example you gave would probably piss me off, but that's more about the ship aspect (unless, like elisi said, it was an AU Spuffy vid. But if they were trying to portray the canon relationship, then I think it's very disingenuous to steal an "I love you").

I could see where in other circumstances it wouldn't bother me - I probably wouldn't even notice unless it was something blatant or a memorable scene.