AWA VAT 2018 Professional Awards Discussion

[TnAdct1]

I didn't make anything for pro this year, but I am thinking of you all... let the salt flow!

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Darn. There was two videos in Pro that I pegging as something either you or the Mrs. did.

[SailorDeath]

[MaboroshiStudio]

I didn't make anything for pro this year, but I am thinking of you all... let the salt flow!

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Darn. There was two videos in Pro that I pegging as something either you or the Mrs. did.

I was tempted to make a derpy short entry with my daughter, but haven't had much time to edit this year with baby Mia and bleeping adulting crap (I hate being a home owner) to do. Now I have backed myself into a corner like the previous 2 years and have to crap out a ton of AMVs for the F-Bomb Mep.

Seriously anyone who wants to help with the F-Bomb's for Charity MEP for AWA please join the discord group!
https://discord.gg/TnADUDF

[Lord Rae]

[Tasha Livingstone]

Could someone add me to the new discord chat? When I click on the link, everything is blank.

[TnAdct1]

Could someone add me to the new discord chat? When I click on the link, everything is blank.

Have you sent jingoro a PM about this?

[Tasha Livingstone]

Everything was taken care of today. Thanks

[jingoro]

I almost put in a post here saying we got this too... Thanks for looking out for it, TnAdct1.

[UnluckyArtist]

Soooo I have put together my professional awa reviews. Like last year they are to be evaluated with lucky charm marshmallows...

This year is a little special because as I'm sure you all know, they have come out with the new MAGICAL UNICORN marshmallow. I've made a tiny version to use this year, and I more or less used these for the videos that really stood out and are top favs of mine.

The other shapes are for your own interpretation. If you really want to understand where my head was at in any particular video just ask.

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[PieandBeer]

i'm posting my reviews later today i just want to get this out there before more people vote.

ive seen so many people downplay or write off the videos with lgbt romances as the focus saying things like "i guess if you ship them it's a romance." honestly, this infuriates me because in past years i've seen people praise videos that at the end of the day were just a guy and a girl staring at each other while the song explains what they are feeling.

people assume videos with a guy and a girl relationship focus are romances, but anything remotely lgbt is said to just be friends or "bromances". it's perfectly ok to assume a guy and a girl from an anime you have never seen are dating, but it's "shipping" if you think the same about a gay relationship, even when the source is relatively open with its including gay relationships. it's really kinda offensive. videos this year like 548 (bi representation!!!), 585, 739, 896, and to a lesser extent 510 make it very clear through storytelling, scene selection, and lyrics that they are intended to be at least partially a romance and i hope they aren't snubbed in the noms just because they went a less common route.