Vid rec: "Boy from the North" by sisabet (Game of Thrones)

In 2019, within a few months of subscribing to Spotify, I heard a song that I thought would make for a fantastic Game of Thrones vid. "Boy From the North," by a Scandinavian singer-songwriter named Monica Heldal, had a strong, haunting atmosphere, with recurring lines about dragons, having once been too young, and in the end being ghosts, being gone.

I thought about Jon Snow first, and then about all the Stark children, who'd been so young and naïve at the start of the story when they traveled south to King's Landing or further north to the Wall, then went on such physical and psychological journeys, half their family and more felled along the way.

( Lyrics )

But I didn't want to sift through the ton of footage necessary to make the vid, nor was I sure I could achieve something so mood-driven. So the idea sat.

Then sisabet came along in spring 2020, offering limited vid commissions for charity. I pitched her the idea and she accepted.

Friends: She did it. She took this concept and a few guideposts and not only crafted the vid that was half-formed in my head, she made it better.

( Details, with some show spoilers )

The final product is so good. I'm so happy. It's what I wanted and more, and someone talented made it happen.

sisabet decided to premiere the vid at fanworks in October, where it got an enthusiastic response in the live Discord chat.

Do you know what's baffling, though? More than two months after she posted it to the AO3, the vid has no comments and only 16 kudos. I hope that if you watch it and like it, you'll let her know.

Have you seen it? Do you like it? What else do you notice in there?

A final note: This vid helped support the ACLU, NAACP, Bail Fund, Feeding America, and the Navajo, Hopi & Apache COVID-19 relief funds.