Vid rec: "Half Acre" (SGA, Teyla)

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I've always felt this vid, a study of Teyla's broadening sense of "home" (with certain John/Teyla overtones), never got its proper due in fandom. I'm not sure that its central technical conceit, which some viewers may find a little distracting, entirely works--like "This Is How It Works", its style of fading into and out of short clips evokes a dreamy, remembered quality, but it doesn't quite add the same layers of meaning as in that vid. Nonetheless, it brings to bear on Teyla the kind of thoughtful vidder's gaze that lets you re-see certain overlooked moments as suddenly fraught with meaning. And it's also got several genuinely gorgeous sequences (especially around 2:25, the flight of the jumper fading into Teyla sweeping across the sparring mat). Worth watching if you care for Teyla at all.

kitakatzz, Half Acre (right-click and save)