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[nikkimonique]

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"Alone Apart - Kana" 07-21-2009
Ana and Kate are married but Anas jealously over Kates friend Jack turns their marriage into an abusive one. Special thanks to Kat for giving me this idea and Emma for the vid pic.
Song: Alone Apart by Marketa Irglova
Vidder: nikkimonique
Length: 4:00 (84.mb mov)

Warning: Contains Mature Themes

Link(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMm6JpYQZ-M
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c606eb0d11f5f3911f8e0fff488e27e0e04e75f6e8ebb871

[littleton_pace]

cant even begin to find words for how much i love this nikki! you pulled off the story so impeccably well!! ana and kates relationship was completely believable as was the abuse; so real it was chilling. that kicking scene was as perfect as I saw it in my head; so real it made me gasp especially with the baby crying and the scene where she was saying 'get up!' to kate, gah so believable. the scene where she came back to Ana at the door with Aaron was so great the ending!!! wow!! so epic thank you so much for making this; im so glad my idea inspired one of your best videos!
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[nikkimonique]

Yay! I'm so glad to hear you thought all the abusive manips were believable! Means a lot coming from the person that I think has the best manips around!! Thanks for much for giving me this idea! It was so much fun!!
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[SawyerLittleton]

I absolutely LOVED this video. As I told Kat in the Spam 89, the ending was so dramatic and everything was so believable. I felt so sorry for Kate the whole time. When she sat on the couch she looked so afraid of doing something wrong that could upset Ana. .( Really sad. And then the kicking scene..wow. You did a GREAT job on this, i can't believe how awesome this turned out. (: Gold!
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[nikkimonique]

Thank you Mel! I'm so happy you said Kate looked scared and so afraid of upsetting Ana. I was hoping that would come across!
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[Lostwithoutdom]

That was awesome Nikki!! I loved the whole storyline, it was so dark and intense. Great editing throughout the whole thing. All the scenes were so believable. I really loved how you used slips from other projects they've both been in. Great Job!!

[xXAngelicEvilXx]

Oooh!!! Very nice! The story and manips were great!

[nikkimonique]

Thanks Morgan and xXAngelicEvilXx! Glad you both liked it and sorry I've forgotten your name Angelic. Its not on your profile.
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[cagedfreedom]

GAH! Nikki!!! How do you do it? Oh i wish i could AU as good as you this was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! (lol you better appreciate the spaced out letters as it took me longer than anticipated!!) I FLOVED the abusive Kana idea, it was SO well manipulated, seriously so well done, especially the kicking scene although vicious it was really exposed and raw for the theme! (scene from Girlfight, eh?)
The baby was Jack's right? The only niggle I'm going to have is that Kate seemed happy to tell Ana she was pregnant, unless it was supposed to be some surrogate thing as they obviously can't have kids?
I liked how she went back to her in the end and how Jack defended her from Ana's continuing abuse. Just SO SO fantastic and worthy of a Gold! You must give me some ideas for an AU again because you rock!

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[nikkimonique]

Thanks Rosie...maybe you should ask Kat for ideas b/c she gave me this one...okay I know the part with Jack and the whole baby thing was kind of vague. I left it open to interpretation...but the way I saw it was that the baby was Ana and Kate's from a sperm donor. Perhaps Jack or perhaps he was just a friend. I didn't really mean for Jack and Kate's relationship to come off as romantic. I wanted it to seem like he was just a friend that Kate turned to and Ana always thought it was something more. OH and yes I appreciate your spaced out amazing...lol thanks for the awesome comment!!
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[Aislynn]

Oh wow, that was awesome AU! Perfect manips and audio choices to sell the story 100%! That kicking scene was painful to watch because it was just utterly real! But more than that, you really did a great job of telling the entire story of a dark, abusive relationship very convincingly. Extremely well done! ♥!

[SassyLostie2]

Omg, that was a great AU Nikki! Your manips with Kate and Ana being together were very convincing, and so were the abuse scenes. Aww, this made me so sad and so angry at Ana. I'm sorry, but I didn't feel bad for her! lol Poor Kate, she was only friends with Jack! Stupid Ana, she brought it on herself! The end was so good though. I knew it was going to happen when it got towards the end. Aww. Great job, Nik! Gold!

[Uruviel]

Great AU, Nikki! WOW the ending was great.

[nikkimonique]

Ais, Thanks for saying my portrayal of an abusive relationship seemed real. I tried to make it seem realistic in that fact the victim usually stays with the abuser thinking its their fault and the abuser no matter how many times they apologize and say it won't happen again the pattern will always continue. So I'm glad to hear that came across well in my vid!!

Allie, I'm glad you got that Jack was just her friend. I was hoping that was clear, that she really wasn't having an affair.

Heather, Thanks! Glad you liked the end! Its my fav!
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[emmasholi]

OMG WOW!!! Absolutely incredible vid Nikki! The story was so awesome and intense but you told it so flawlessly and made it so convincing! I loved the beginning how you zoomed on her mouth, it looked so intimidating and effective. The "I'm pregnant" and proposal scenes were awesomely maniped, I loved the contrast between the happy and dark side. And oh gosh that kicking scene, meep! I loved how you had her apologizing when Kate was sleeping too. And the ending was spectacular! Brilliant vid Nikki another one of my favs. of yours I think Absolute gold!