In about 2004, I saw my first ever fanvid. It was in an X-Files LJ community and it was an MSR vid set to 'She Will Be Loved'
It was what got me into vidding. And for TWENTY YEARS every time I heard that song, I thought of that MSR vid. I even spent years trying to dig through LJ and doing a million google searches, desperately trying to find it again. But no luck.
It's such an important fandom moment for me, my partner has heard me wax poetic about it on multiple occasions.
Three days ago, I was in my back up hard drive (which has all of my computer files from 2003-present!) and I FOUND THE VIDEO!!!!! Apparently, I had downloaded it back then! It's so old it's a .ram file.
I FINALLY got to show my partner and it was such a delight. The ending even had credits of the fan who made it, including their website from 2004. I knew it was a long shot but I went there and that lead me to an email, so I reached out and told them 'Hey, this video you made 20 years ago still lives in my head forever and I love it'
And today -- THEY WROTE BACK 🥹😭🥰They were tickled to hear I love that video so much and told me where to find it on YouTube. So now, I can finally share my favourite MSR video with tumblr:
Please go check out this person's YouTube for even more great MSR vids!
