New vidlet! Dukat/Sisko, "Best of Enemies"

[bironic]

Title: Best of Enemies [AO3]
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9)
Characters: Sisko and Dukat, plus cameos
Music: Audio excerpts from The Lego Batman Movie
Length: 1:23
Summary: Pffft. You think you're my greatest enemy?
Content notes: Hurt feelings.
Physical notes: The clips from "Waltz" have flickery firelight.
A/N: A belated equinox_vids treat for purplefringe, who requested:

if you're more a wacky-comedy-vid sort of person, I would absolutely love a vid about Sisko and his many nemeses! Gul Dukat, Kai Winn, Michael Eddington, Solok the Vulcan...who is his one true nemesis??! They all think it's them! :-D

Sorry it took so long! Needed to wait for the movie to come out on DVD so I could use the audio.

(Er, also I reserve the right to change the ending later -- I had to stick in some clips so the credits would render correctly!)

"Best of Enemies" (Watch on Vimeo)

Best of Enemies from bironic on Vimeo.

Dialogue (slightly edited):

Batman: You think you're my greatest enemy?
Joker: Yes! You're obsessed with me!
Batman: *pfft* No, I'm not.
Joker: Yes, you are.
Batman: No, I'm not.
Joker: Yes, you are! Who else drives you to one-up them the way that I do?
Batman: Bane.
Joker: No, he doesn't.
Batman: Superman.
Joker: Superman's not a bad guy!
Batman: Then I'd say that I don't currently have "a bad guy." I am fighting a few different people.
Joker: What?
Batman: I like to fight around.
Joker: Okay, look, I'm fine with you fighting other people if you wanna do that, but what we have? This is special. So when people ask you who's your number-one bad guy, you say...
Batman: ...Superman.
Joker: Are you seriously saying that there's nothing, nothing special about our relationship?
Batman: Whoa. Let me tell you something, J-bird. There is no "us." Batman and Joker are not a thing. I don't need you. You mean nothing to me.

* * *

Batman: I hate you.
Joker: *gasps* I hate you, too.
Batman: I hate you more.
Joker: I hate you the most.
Batman: I hate you forever.

Comments

[happydork]

Ahahahaha this is amazing and perfect and beautiful, you are a visionary, this is the greatest!

[bironic]

\o/ I'm so glad you enjoyed it! When I saw the movie I thought those exchanges were perfect for vidding, and lo, this opportunity came along to make it happen.

[thingswithwings]

lollllll I am giggling madly! So many absolutely perfect decisions were made here. That Sisko wink!

[bironic]

\o/ Hooray that you enjoyed it!

I was almost sorry to recontextualize that clip because his original wink at Bashir was also great, but if fandom has taught me anything it's that there is endless opportunity for reusing and reimagining material, for joy or other purposes.

[cosmic_llin]

OMG I'm screaming, this is amazing!

[bironic]

:D :D

[sixbeforelunch]

Ahhh that was awesome! Thank you for the early morning laugh! The clips fit the dialogue perfectly. Great work! :)

[bironic]

Hooray, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Finding those couple of lip-sync lines was serendipitous.

[seekingferret]

Hee!

[bironic]

:D Glad you enjoyed!

[jetpack_monkey]

HEART.

[bironic]

Said Dukat to Sisko. :)

[stardreamer]

This is really funny -- great editing!

[bironic]

Yay, I'm glad you thought so! I just loved those exchanges from the movie and was happy to apply them to poor unloved nemesis Dukat.

[yhlee]

This is delightful. =) It's been a long time since I watched DS9 but I miss it.

[bironic]

I am so glad it made you smile! DS9 hasn't aged well in some ways (including hair/costumes) but in others it's still all too politically astute.

[cinco]

AHAHAHAHAH LOLOLOL. I haven't watched much of DS9, but I still thought this was hilarious (and of course I've sent it to R, who loves DS9). <333

[bironic]

\o/ I hope she likes/liked it too!

[kuwdora]

god this is soooooooooooo greaaaaaaaat

[bironic]

:D Your reaction makes me happy. <3

[marginaliana]

This made me laugh so hard!

[bironic]

Mission accomplished. :D

[jb_slasher]

Epic. Totally Epic. :D

[purplefringe]

HAI FRIEND

I know I flailed at you about this on twitter, but it doesn't feel like I've left a *proper* comment until I've flailed at you HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS FOR ME, YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN!!! THIS IS LITERALLY PERFECT AND EVERY SINGLE THING I WAS HOPING FOR \o/ \o/

I just. It's SO PERFECTLY CUT with SUCH BRILLIANT CLIP CHOICES, I can't believe the effort that must have gone into finding them. It makes me cackle *every single time* and I've watched it upwards of ten times now. I love all the choices you made (Kai Winn as Superman is PERFECT) and how you included enemies of Sisko that I'd forgotten about - Q! Gowron!

In conclusion: THIS IS PERF YOU ARE PERF THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUUUUU \o/