2020 Yuletide Fandom Promo Post

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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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Ivanhoe 1997

[lalamorn]

Title: Ivanhoe (TV 1997)
Media: BBC miniseries
Time commitment? About 4.5 hours
Where to find it? Streaming for free on Amazon Prime! Also, possibly at your local library. You can also find used copies for highly variable prices online.
What is it?Sir Ivanhoe, a disgraced knight, returns home after the Crusade and tries to help Richard the Lionheart to reclaim his throne. Mostly by getting stabbed and laying around recovering while other people do things. There's a great supporting cast, including Ivanhoe's father and his childhood love, Rowena, Isaac and Rebecca of York, and Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Ivanhoe's main rival and foil.

What do you love about it?Rebecca!!! Rebecca of York, Jewess, doctor, all around best person in the world. I love everything about Rebecca, but I especially love her relationship with Bois-Guilbert. He betrayed Richard and blamed Ivanhoe for it, and later kidnaps Rebecca, first in an attempt to hurt Ivanhoe, but quickly realizes that she's the best person in the world and falls in love. This does not include letting her go. He tries to find his redemption through her, while Rebecca refuses to be a prop in his story. I love them both individually and together, and think their plotline is the strongest part of the show.

Basically: Do you like women who accomplish a lot more than the men around them want them to? Do you like guilt, redemption, and arguments about morality and religion? Do you like deconstructions of chivalric love? Do you like horrible testosterone poisoned men being broken (emotionally and physically) by their love/admiration for women that are way too good for them? You might like Ivanhoe!

What sort of things are you likely to request for it? I'll be requesting Rebecca&/Bois-Guilbert, with an eye towards missing scenes and canon-divergence AUs! I am interested in anything that plays them off of each other, and I'm equally happy with canon-typical to requited shippiness. I am also interested in as much history as my author is willing to provide!

Content warnings: Well, the Crusades are a big part of the backdrop. In-character antisemitism. Attempted and threatened sexual assault (no successful on-screen sexual assault, though one of the villains is absolutely 100% a rapist, and accuses Bois-Guilbert of being one as well). Violence and torture, mostly not graphic, but there is a short scene of graphic injury to an eye. Major character death.