Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2022: Week 52

Screencap from "On the Prowl" showing man being tortured.

On the Prowl is a multifandom vid by sisabet and sweetestdrain made for Vividcon's 2010 Challenge show "Self Portrait".

The vid is a meta commentary on both media fandom as well as vidders who celebrate media fandom and our fascination with hurt/comfort fanfiction and images. The vid's slow build from "sexy" scenes of naked or semi-naked men fighting to more and more graphic portrayals of violence and torture (always involving men) asks the viewer to examine their own fascination with sex and violence. As the singer's voice is female (and she is singing about her sexual fantasies with men), the vid's subtext is one that challenges female viewers to examine themselves and their motivations (aka a "Self Portrait").