Dear Festividder,

Thanks so much for making me a vid! I requested the maximum amount of fandoms this year, and I'm excited to see what you will do for any one of them! Please feel free to make any kind of vid you want - happy, sad, pensive, goofy... anything is great with me. Essentially, if you’re into the vid you’re making, I’ll be into the vid you’re making! I'll add some specific things I like about each fandom below, but if you already have an idea or want to do something else, feel free to go with it.

Just a few DNWs:
1. Close-ups of realistic-looking fish. This would mainly come up in the cooking-related fandoms - basically, wide shot of someone gutting a fish? OK. Close-up of fish staring deep into my soul? Not OK. Feel free to run this pastkuwdora if you're not sure!)

2. Please don’t use dialogue from the source over music, as I find it distracting. Other diegetic sound (like sound effects) are great, an intro or tag with dialogue are fine, and using unusual audio like poetry as your “music” is fine! I just don’t love dialogue from the source being used throughout the vid.

Music:
As I mentioned above, pretty open to whatever kind of audio you want to use, including poetry, spoken word, or whatever else you can think of. I am a strong believer in using whatever kind of music/audio that works best for the vid, even if it's not something I'd normally listen to, but if you want to know what I like, I am generally into pop, rock, alternative, anything from the 90s, and classic rock. I'd prefer no Taylor Swift if you can avoid her music, but if you have a genius idea and you truly need to make an I Am Bread vid to Love Story, I'm not going to be mad about it.

COOKING FANDOMS!

Top Chef (US)
Listen, I know this fandom has a ridiculous amount of source. I do not want this to be stressful for you. Feel free to pick your favorite season, some kind of thread throughout all of it that you want to focus on, just a vid of yummy food, quickfire disasters, etc. kuwdora  and I have watched 21 of the 22 seasons of Top Chef over the past year and a half (and are currently watching our final one) and it's just been a nice time. We just really love the way they are all so passionate about food. This show has also inspired me to start cooking!

Bryan & Michael Voltaggio RPF
I just really enjoy their dynamic, and think it would be fun to see a vid of the two of them. This type of sibling rivalry sounds like my worst nightmare, but it works for them, and I love that they support each other, but are still very competitive. The fact that they're both ridiculously talented in their own ways makes them so fun to watch. Feel free to either stick to Top Chef footage, or use anything else you can find.

Kristen Kish RPF
Kristen is one of my favorite Top Chef people! I would love a vid that shows her passion for cooking, her friendships with fellow chefs and judges, and especially how she is not afraid to cry and generally show her emotions. Again, feel free to stick to Top Chef (and/or Top Chef adjacent) footage if you want, but you're welcome to use whatever other source you can find.


VIDEO GAMES!

Date Everything! (Sassy Chap Games Video Game)
I absolutely love the creativity of this game. The incredibly detailed costumes! The sheer ridiculousness of dating your bathtub! I know someone could make something really fun out of the visuals of this source.

I Am Bread (Video Game)
Another game that I think would just make a really fun vid. You are a piece of bread, desperately trying to make it to the toaster to become toast. It's harder than you'd think.

Tiny Bookshop (Video Game)
This game was released a few months ago, and I'm absolutely obsessed with it. You drive a little mobile bookshop around a small seaside town, making friends with the locals, helping them with their quests, but best of all... RECOMMENDING THEM BOOKS! Real book titles, for the most part! The design of this game is so cozy and lovely. I also love that the characters are super diverse, as are the featured books. I'd love to see what someone can do with this.


EVERYTHING ELSE!

Haunted Mansion (2023) [SAFETY]
Copying and pasting this from past years because it's still true: I expected to enjoy this movie going in, but it surprised me with how emotional it was! It was a lot of fun and made me belly-laugh several times, but it also made me cry with how much it had to say about grief. I'd be really happy with a vid about Ben and/or Travis and how they help each other heal, or I'd be just as happy with a vid celebrating how fun the cast of characters is (including the ghosties!)

The Pitt (TV)
This show <3 I am finishing it up now, and it's just so good. There's a lot you can do with this source, and yet I feel like it'd be so difficult to vid. I'd love a general vid of the whole ensemble; or maybe something about the strength of showing kindness and empathy in difficult situations; maybe something about the difficulties of being understaffed and overwhelmed; or I'd be happy with a character study. My favorite characters are Doctors Mohan, McKay, King, Collins, & Robby, if that helps!

The Traitors (US TV 2023)
This show is so over the top, and kuwdora  and I have had so much fun watching it together. The outfits! The secrets and backstabbing! The twists and turns! So much meme-worthy (and vid-worthy) content. Have fun with this one! Feel free to stick to one season or use all three (possibly four by the time go-live happens?)

Nickelodeon GUTS (TV)
I loved this show so much as a kid and always wanted to be on it (I am not particularly athletic so probably wouldn't have done very well, but tbh most of the kids are pretty terrible at these games, so who knows). I'd love some Aggro Crag action, but a Spill Your Guts focused vid could also be fun. Baby Mike O'Malley had so much energy, and I absolutely had a crush on Mo.