Fandom Promo!

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Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:

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Tales of the Otori

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FANDOM NAME: Tales of the Otori - Lian Hearn

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This is a five book series: an original trilogy, a sequel and a prequel. It's a fantasy adventure story in a pseudo-Japanese setting, with lords and ninjas and romance and battles etc. The trilogy has its flaws (I could have done with way less love-at-first-sight romance) but it's overall a good story and also does interesting things with loyalties and where one belongs etc, and overall I like it a lot. (Bonus, many queer characters, including the bisexual hero.)

And then there's the sequel, "The Harsh Cry of the Heron," set sixteen years later, which is great. It takes the actions and mistakes and flaws of the original protagonists and shows the consequences, it introduces a variety of great new characters, it looks at an entire country and its large cast and shows how everything is connected, and what happens when things start unraveling. My favorite characters were the "next generation" and how they are shaped/influenced both by their parents and families and and which abilities they have and what choices they can and cannot make. It gets quite dark at times but does have a hopeful ending.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): As books or ebooks.