littlecatk

 

Fandom: Anne of Green Gables (1985) and (2016)

Music:  Hello Saferide - Anna (lyrics) (edited)

Characters/Pairing: Diana Barrys Pov: Anne Shirley/Diana Barry

Warning: a short flash of physical punishment of a child (child abuse)

What ifs…second chances and subtext.

I orginaly posted this video on the 9.02.2017 on youtube. It was one of my first vids.I tried to do something with the audio (i needed to make the song longer and change the structure a bit) and i did not succes fully, 
19.9.2017: i edited out some gosthframes, but i am to lazy/bad at it - to fix the audio.Still I think the video is okay to watch even if a bit wonky at times.

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I like the idea/concept of using a reboot - the song is a sad song its a missed change, something still remembered wishful but past, but this video is hopeful (I am just a hopeful person despite being a depressed mess) i hope one day we get the Anne of Green Gables reboot that finally gives us canon wlw (relationship(s)).

Look at this face and tell me this is not the face of a gal mentally writing the name of her future children on the binder of her mind.

"bought us a cottage near the countryside" found family is obvious one of my fav tropes.
Di wants her to have this home she wished for so long.

"And her granddad could have shown her the way to the bar" When you marry someone you marry a family, and family is complicated. Marilla jumps over her shadow and tells Anne that they want to keep her, the scene with Dianas family is a great contrast here, from the tackle hug to stiff straight backs and handshakes, Dianas family has money and a certain want to conform that gets the kids in trouble, but when this line comes back its with the scene where Dianas father carries Anne after she hurt her feet in the forest.

"Could have supported us when we retired, bought us a cottage near the countryside"Anne and Diana near water in their ridiculous dresses, holding hands - is my retirement goal aesthetic. they would make amazing "spinsters" together.

"You could have taught her to play hockey/I could have taught her the guitar " &"With our collected brain resources she would have an IQ of a 155" a thing that bothered me when i was a kid is how Diana sometimes get a bad rep, she is less rule breaking/out of the box thinking/often called less "creative/and does worse in school. She frets when Anne does stuff like climbing the roof, but she is so proud of herself when she wins the race with Anne. She likes to read too and dream and tell stories.

Anne holds on to Di for support when the test results are been read out loud ans Di is very proud of her. (Di is so proud of her when the sing, when Anne performs a play at the christmas mass in the 2016 movie - heck "we would have made the neighbors jealous/We could have barbecues at nights" the way she looks at her eating her first serving of ice cream ever is pure love - something to cherries and people should be jealous of).

And she would never had to know what it's like when your heart breaks" The wish that no one has to endure the pain (again) and also their dramatic feelings when Dis mom forbids them to see each other again (i will forever love how Anne rush/runs to her hands!)

This is the second chance, their first meeting again, eyes held and flustered courtesy. I also like the structure this time it is Anne who pass down the "sweetheart but with punk rock manners"-ways.

"I am real sorry Anna you never got to be/Cause your daddy moved on and he left me"Diana feeling like she is 2 steps behind, running to catch up (literally too) - but its Gilbert who is left standing

Could have supported us when we retired, bought us a cottage near the countryside"white dresses, sunsets, at the sea, talking about how they have everything they need right here and now? - love. It also has a very final shot way of being