ALYVIDS: What was the first queer couple you saw in media?

DESSFILMS: For me, it was Clarke and Lexa (Clexa) from the series The 100!

EERIERJK: Oh God, mine was Cazzie from Atypical.

QYUNVS: Freya and Keelin from The Originals!

ALYVIDS: When you discovered Thai GL which ship spoke to you the most?

DESSFILMS: I’ve been a fan of the Thai GL industry since the first official GL released which is GAP the series. The release of this series was so monumental at the time like you truly had to be there. Freen and Becky’s chemistry had everyone on a chokehold and I remember the views of the episodes on YouTube just kept going up and up it was crazy.

EERIERJK: UGH this is a hard question, but when I first discovered Thai GLs, Freenbecky definitely had, like, a chokehold on me.

QYUNVS: I first discovered Thai Gas when they announced the filming of GAP the series on Twitter, I remember going SO crazy about it and Freenbecky had me on a chokehold—their chemistry on and off screen was life changing.

ALYVIDS: Subtitles on screen are a huge part of editing tv shows—what is your process like when creating an edit with lots of voiceovers? How do you not let it interfere with the song?

DESSFILMS: I personally love having a bunch of voiceovers in my edit if it fits the vision I have. Not even gonna lie I spend, like, 2-3 hours trying to find the perfect voiceovers for my edits to make sure that the edit itself makes sense not only for myself but for the people viewing it as well!

QYUNVS: When I add lots of voiceovers its mostly when I do a long edit about 1-3 minutes long. I choose the song (or a part of a song) that really reminds me of a ship and try to match the voiceovers with the audio. It takes me at least two hours to find the perfect voiceover that matches the tempo and lyrics of the song so the voiceover doesn’t overshadow the song.

ALYVIDS: You guys have been editing for a while, so when it comes to transitions is it just muscle memory and intuition of the cut or are you still looking at tutorials? You all have intricate styles that include transitions still even with the clips style being more popular. I would love to hear insight on that with your personal process!

DESSFILMS: It’s definitely a mix of both! For me, i’ve been editing since I started middle school which is crazy to say cause being in college and still editing makes me feel old. But over the years I have experimented with my style to see what works for me and what doesn’t, which can sometimes create a lack of confidence especially with all these new styles appearing at the moment. To this day I still look at tutorials for transitions only because my memory is so bad that if it’s not a transition I use often it doesn’t stick in my brain. With all these editors everywhere, I also look to their edits to gain inspiration or motivation to continue my edits. It’s probably one of the main things that has kept me motivated to edit after all these years.

EERIERJK: Honestly, it is muscle memory at this point but when I want to do something different for a specific ship I do look up tutorials on how to execute it decently because I mostly just remake a certain transition. But when I don't understand it, I crash out and just go search it up on YouTube.

QYUNVS: I've been in the editing community for years now (i’m a part of the furniture now) so I’ve learned a lot and experienced a lot of styles and, to be honest, I still do because I like to challenge myself into new things. But to really answer your question, it’s mostly intuition. When I hear an audio or a song that I think a ship would go perfectly with, I instantly imagine the edit in my head. When I lock in in After Effects, I try to test more complex transitions to challenge myself.

ALYVIDS: Is there a trick to making the perfect ship edit?

DESSFILMS: A ‘perfect ship edit’ depends on the editor themselves in my opinion. How they choose to visualize their ideas, create the edit, and how the outcome of their projects comes out reflects on how the editor themselves feels about their own creation.

EERIERJK: The flow and clip choices, of course!

QYUNVS: I don’t think there’s a real definition of a perfect edit, it really depends on the perspective of each editors to me, as I focus more on the emotional side. An impactful edit would be a ship, a character or even a celebrity on a song that defines them the most, no matter if it’s a transition edit, velocity or simple clips cut on a song.

ALYVIDS: I see all three of you are excited for the new Bridgerton season. what does this mean to you?

DESSFILMS: FRANCHAELA SEASON FIVE BABY LETS GOOOOOOOOO! On a serious note, it’s so refreshing to see a sapphic storyline being mainstream after surviving off of crumbs for so long, Especially with western media. To make it even better, none of them suffer a terrible fate at the end which is sadly rare when it comes to sapphic storylines in general.

EERIERJK: I'm literally foaming at the mouth. I can't wait to see Hasali kiss.

QYUNVS: I’M SO, SO, SO EXCITED! As western media doesn’t really show or write good sapphic storylines (usually portrayed as toxic, doomed…) it's very refreshing to see a wlw couple in a very well known tv show who'll have a happy ending. #haterscangotohell

ALYVIDS: we are living in tough times, is there a specific piece of new queer media that has given you hope?

DESSFILMS: The Thai GL industry has done a fantastic job in portraying accurate wlw relationships on screen recently. I genuinely believe if Thailand continues in this direction with their GL series with its positive representation, its impact could lead to changing how society views queer relationships.

EERIERJK: THAI GLS FOR LYFEEEEEEE! Genuinely the only hyperfixation that has been taking over my life since I discovered it. I love queer medias so much and I was living off literal crumbs back then, and having this whole industry dedicated to making so many queer women feel seen and heard is just so refreshing and i'm so grateful because I got to meet my literal two best friends, Fres and Froc, here.QYUNVS: The Thai GLs industry is giving me hope actually as they continue writing, filming and experiencing new storylines. Some of them portray accurate wlw relationships, and it always makes me so happy that I sometimes say to myself, ‘finally some accurate wlw representations in medias and i love it!’ Thai GL series can help make people see sapphic couples in a good way as it's often seen badly and even not accepted by people who watch western media.

ALYVIDS: As an editor we tell a new story. A lot of y’alls edits follow song lyrics—is there a process behind that?

DESSFILMS: I’m not even kidding this is my favorite part about editing, especially with ship edits. If I hear a song and it reminds me of a certain ship, I can visualize the edit in my head with the lyrics of the song and apply certain scenes that I think fit best. To me, it makes the process of creating the edit ten times more exciting!

EERIERJK: Yes, I want to be able to convey the emotion that i'm feeling whenever I edit something which is why I think song choices are so important when editing and being able to connect with another person through editing is so fulfilling.

QYUNVS: Oh my God, this is the question! There’s a lot of process behind that because, as I said, I focus more on the emotional side of each edit I create so it takes me hours (it sometimes takes me days) to find an audio that'd match perfectly a ship and the voiceovers I think wouldmatch. There’s also clips and transitions to think about as I choose my clips and transitions based on parallels clips from shows.