Vid: Superman

[lierdumoa]

Title: Superman
Artist: Eminem
Fandom: QaF
Spoilers: seasons 1-4
Summary: Wherein we explore the evolution of Brian Kinney in the context of his relationship with Justin Taylor, by means of misogynist rap. No, seriously.
A/N: Many thanks to by beta, permetaform, for telling me every time I thought I was getting too obsessed that I wasn't quite obsessed enough.
Extras: The Making Of

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Lyrics

(female voice is Dina Rea)

[Intro]
Oooooh
You high baby
Yeah
Ya'
Talk to me
You want me to tell you something
Uh-huh
I know what you want to hear...

[Chorus A]
Cause, I know you want me baby, I think I want you too
"I think I love you baby", I think I love you too
I'm here to save you girl, come be in Shady's world
I want to grow together, let's let our love unfurl
You know you want me baby, you know I want you too
They call me superman, i'm here to rescue you
I want to save you girl, come be in Shady's world
"Ooooh boy you drive me crazy", bitch you make me hurl...

[Verse 1]
They call me superman, leap tall hoes in a single bound
I'm single now, got no ring on this finger now
I'd never let another chick bring me down, in a relationship
Save it bitch, babysit, you make me sick
Superman ain't savin' shit, girl you can jump on Shady's dick
Straight from the hip, cut to the chase, I tell a muthafuckin' slut, to her face
Play no games, say no names, ever since I broke up with what's her face
I'm a different man, kiss my ass, kiss my lips, bitch why ask
Kiss my dick, get my cash, i'd rather have you whip my ass
Don't put out, i'll put you out, won't get out, i'll push you out
Puss blew out, poppin' shit, wouldn't piss on fire to put you out
Am I too nice, buy you ice, bitch if you died, I wouldn't buy you life
What you tryin' to be my new wife, what you Mariah, fly through twice...

[Prechorus]
But I do know one thing though, bitches, they come they go
Saturday through Sunday, Monday, Monday through Sunday yo'
Maybe I'll love you one day, maybe we'll someday grow
Till then just sit your drunk ass on that fuckin' runway ho'...

[Chorus B]
Cause I can't be your Superman
Can't be your Superman
Can't be your Superman
Can't be your Superman
I can't be your Superman
Can't be your Superman
Can't be your Superman
Your Superman, your Superman...

[Verse 2]
Don't get me wrong, I love these ho's
It's no secret, everybody knows
Yeah we fucked, bitch so what, that's about as far as your buddy goes
We'll be friends, i'll call you again, i'll chase you around every bar you attend
Never know what kind of car i'll be in, we'll see how much you'll be partying then
You don't want that, neither do I, I don't want to flip when I see you with guys
Too much pride, between you and I
Not a jealous man, but females lie
But I guess that's just what sluts do, how could it ever be just us two
I'd never love you enough to trust you, we just met and I just fucked you...

[Prechorus]

[Chorus A / Chorus B]

[Verse 3]
First thing you say, "I'm not fazed, I hang around big stars all day
I don't see what the big deal is anyways
You're just plain old Marshall to me"
Ooh ya' girl run that game
"Hailie Jade, I love that name, love that tattoo, what's that say"
"Rot in pieces, uh...that's great"
First off you don't know Marshall, at all so grow partial
That's ammo for my arsenal, i'll slap you off that barstool
There goes another lawsuit, leave handprints all across you
Good Lordy whoadie, you must be gone off that water bottle
You want what you can't have, ooh girl that's too damn bad
Don't touch what you can't grab, end up with two backhands
Put anthrax on a tampax, and slap you till you can't stand
Girl you just blew your chance, don't mean to ruin your plans...

[Prechorus]

[Chorus A / Chorus B]

[Chorus B x2]



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Comments

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad it had an impact!



The first few lines with the talking and the street lamp? Pure brilliance.

:">

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

i don't like rap music and i don't like this song, BUT i like the video! you really did a great job!

Aw, that's really flattering!



and the end credits are the most beautiful i've ever seen. a long shot of justin kissing and hugging brian and the writing so pale and desreet, the fading.. it just felt really tender... brilliant!

Making them fade was just kind of a spur of the moment whim. I'm so glad it worked for you!

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

I love for you them. I love you for the sex scenes and i love you because your vid is like, my little vid loving hearts new OTP.

We are now OTP twice over! Yay!

*smooches*

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Damn, this is just the most perfect vid ever.

:D!!!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

you have no idea how much I want to molest you right now. I love it so very much. <3

Now, now -- I'm a married woman.

:">

Glad you liked it!

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

So I started out laughing maniacally, and ended up crying with the painful irony, which is a pretty damn cool thing to pull off in a few short minutes.

OMG this is *exactly* the response I was hoping for. Tickle them with the funny then bitchslap them with the angst. I'm so glad my devious plan worked.

*shit eating grin*

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Like, wow. I am getting such a feedback high here. I'm so glad it had that effect on you!

:D

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback and the pimp!!!

:D

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

Thank you for the feedback!

[paddies.livejournal.com]

Wow!

I kinda... really dislike Eminem, but I loved your video!
Amazing editing and perfect timing...very cool :D

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you liked it, in spite of the song choice!

[tehshiny.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lama. All the "Why is it doing this, Ted?" talk leads to such beautiful results.

Everything just flows together so perfectly. *happy sigh*

Me <3 Tiny!Lamapoo.

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

All the "Why is it doing this, Ted?" talk leads to such beautiful results.

Yep. I figured out how to make it not do that.

[tehshiny.livejournal.com]

\:D/

[pumpu.livejournal.com]

I already told you that it is brilliant. :D

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[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

>:D<

You do my ego good.

[joesther.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is one of the most amazing vids I've seen in a LOOOONG time, and I have this annoying habit of DLing every vid I see pimped. And although I really didn't "see" how a rap song would work with B/J, I see it now. It works amazingly well, and I can't stop watching this vid.

I'm seeing it pimped all over my Flist. Seriously: it's everywhere. And very well-deserved. Beautifully done. This is a keeper.

Thanks so much for creating this masterpiece and for sharing it with us. :)

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Oh my.

That was perfect. I loathe rap, mostly for its vulgarity and misogyny, but here, it fit the subject material.

The clips are clean, and I love the way you trace the Brian/Justin Arc.

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

I have this annoying habit of DLing every vid I see pimped.

I do the exact same thing.



And although I really didn't "see" how a rap song would work with B/J, I see it now.

Hee! Never underestimate Eminem.



Thanks so much for commenting!

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

I loathe rap, mostly for its vulgarity and misogyny, but here, it fit the subject material.

I love rap, mostly in spite of it's misogyny. This song kind of surprised me in how well it worked out for what I wanted to get across in my vid.



I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback!

[permetaform]

hee, good shit. =)

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Dude, you helped so much. Thankyou! Could never have made it without you. Well, I could have, but it would have been kind of crappy.

::buttprints::

[spaggel.livejournal.com]

We are OTP foreva and eva. amen.

[cristi-is-here.livejournal.com]

Hi! spaggel was pimping you so I decided to take a look. I thought the vid was great. You made it more meaningful than I think the lyrics were meant to be. lol. (It's a good thing.)

I also really like the idea that Eminem would probably hate it that his song was set to Queer as Folk. hehe. Awesome job!

-Cristi

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

You made it more meaningful than I think the lyrics were meant to be. lol. (It's a good thing.)

Personally, I think the lyrics were more meaningful than Eminem meant them to be (I wrote a whole meta on the song in the post after this).



Thanks for the feedback!