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2020 Yuletide Fandom Promo Post
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>:
For reference, last year's promo post!
This post on LJ
Laverne & Shirley, a Holiday Reunion - XFinity (Commercial), and Light of Day (1987)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This has been the Year of Comfort Fandoms for me, and no fandom is more comforting than Laverne and Shirley. An 8-season long 70's-80's sitcom about two bottlecapping, working-class childhood best friends sharing a basement apartment in '50s - early '60's era Milwaukee (and then mid-to-late '60's era California), it's both slices of inventive slapstick and surprisingly poignant character study. It's femmeslashy with plenty of room for m/m, poly or het, it's got surprisingly good character material yet has plenty of room for crackfic and explores a lot of genres in its goofy way throughout its run. L&S is a wonderful black dress fandom where lots of plot twists "go" with it.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): The show airs in long blocks on LogoTV every week (see this Schedule), making it possible to watch the majority of the show in a month and a half - not that I recommend this due to the edits they use and their tendency to skip episodes (see the show's Wikipedia listing for the correct and full episode order). MeTV currently airs an hour of the show every Sunday from 3-4 PM EST (see this Schedule) with much improved syndication edits. With no legal streaming options or individual episode purchases available, don't tell Paramount I linked to This playlist filled with the show's entire run of full episodes, DVD rips in HQ, uploaded in the correct order and in their entirety.
FANDOM NAME: A Holiday Reunion -Xfinity (Commercials)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This came out after last year's nomination process had gone through and the second I saw it last Thanksgiving I knew I wanted to request something for it this year. A sequel to the 1982 film that I believe works without having seen the movie (though if you want to, it's on Youtube for $3.999 and airs on Bravo and its sister channels a lot) has the alien return to visit Elliott and his family for Christmas. Fluff and emotions ensue. Watch this and try not to picture a story where Elliott and his family visit E.T.'s fam, or all of the missing scenes we didn't get to see, or how Michael and Gertie react to Elliott's news about the visit.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: It's still up in its entirety On XFinity's Youtube Page.
FANDOM NAME: Light of Day (1987)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Paul Schrader directs a blue collar drama about religion, guilt, rock and roll, family inheritance and dreams deferred. With some fascinating character studies, it stars Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox as two siblings, Joe and Patti Rasnick, who perform in a bar band and dream of making it to the big leagues. Patti would do anything - including multiple illegal acts - to reach fame and defy the expectations of their religious and disapproving mother, Jeanette (Gena Rowlands), who remains furious that Patti has rejected God and won't tell her who fathered her son, Benji (big old rape and abuse of religious authority TWs on the result of that plotline). Rounding out the cast is Michael McKean as Bu Montgomery, the band's rhythm guitarist, who lusts after Patti from afar while rampantly cheating on his wife whenever they go on the road. If the unusual casting alone doesn't draw you in *slaps the trunk* You can pack so much angst, so many character studies, aus, future fic and UST into this baby!
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: This one is completely out of print DVD-wise and is not available on legal streaming or for purchase, mostly because Schrader has disowned to the film in the ensuing years. It's in good quality and complete on YouTube.
Re: Laverne & Shirley, a Holiday Reunion - XFinity (Commercial), and Light of Day (1987)
Re: Laverne & Shirley, a Holiday Reunion - XFinity (Commercial), and Light of Day (1987)
Re: Laverne & Shirley, a Holiday Reunion - XFinity (Commercial), and Light of Day (1987)