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2022-03-20
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Blame It on the Stardust: A Star Trek Vid Album

Summary:

"Sorry if you're starstruck, blame it on the stardust."

A Star Trek vid for every song in the album Rainbow by Kesha. (Fifteen vids in total.)

Notes:

Content notes and thank yous/thoughts in the end notes.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Track Listing and Links to Individual Vids:

  1. Boogie Fleet: Join Starfleet! It's a non-stop dance party!
  2. Let 'Em Talk: Don't listen to those Starfleet drones! Dance your own way!
  3. Mostly Tame: Julian and Garak are in love! What can possibly go wrong?
  4. Everything Stops: The single-episode love stories of Star Trek.
  5. Can't Hold a Candle: Starfleet captains in love with their ships.
  6. Finding You: Kirk/Spock in every universe.
  7. Rainbow: A Sylvia Tilly character study.
  8. Praying: Some things only God can forgive. (Kira and Dukat)
  9. Learn to Let Go: A Ro Laren character study.
  10. Hunt You Down: Starfleet really, really, really wants the Maquis to stay.
  11. They're Coming Back for Me: Fuck the Prime Directive.
  12. Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down: A vid for the underserved and screwed-over characters of Star Trek.
  13. Mm Yeah: Fifty years of women in, and despite, Star Trek.
  14. Blame It on the Stardust: This is a hymn for the hymnless.

Plus, a Vulcan bonus track! (Password is "loseit.")

Notes:

Content Notes:

Boogie Fleet - quick cuts
Let 'Em Talk - quick cuts
Mostly Tame - violence, torture, domestic violence
Everything Stops - minor character death
Can't Hold a Candle - none, I think!
Finding You - quick cuts, major (temporary) character death
Rainbow - flashing lights
Praying - character death, implied sexual assault, violence, flashing lights
Learn to Let Go - character death, torture, violence
Hunt You Down - minor character death, violence, mild gore, flashing lights
They're Coming Back for Me - death, violence
Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down - major character death
Mm Yeah - major character death, violence, sexual assault, flashing lights
Blame It on the Stardust - quick cuts, violence
Emotional - death, violence, alien blood, quick cuts

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This vid album is three years in the making. Over that time, a lot has changed in the Star Trek landscape (I think anyone looking at "Boogie Fleet" or "Let 'Em Talk" or "Mm Yeah" would be able to tell that the first drafts of those vids were made in 2019.) But Star Trek remains its beautiful, optimistic, strange, humanistic, flawed self, and I hope that I've captured that. Some of the vids in this album are silly, some are serious, some are celebratory, some are critical. Rainbow is a beautiful and eclectic album, and Star Trek is a beautiful and eclectic franchise, which is why (I hope) they go so well together.

Blame It on the Stardust would not exist, or would exist in a deeply inferior form, without the support and commentary of aceofwands, thirdblindmouse, LittleRaven, dirty_diana, and my wife and sister. Thank you so much to everyone who helped in the creation of this project.