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2021 Yuletide 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>:
(Bonus optional: What are you thinking of requesting for this?)
EDIT:
Useful tips (Not required, but helps people if they want to engage with your fandom!):
- Mention what form of media the canon is. Is it a comic miniseries? Is it a twenty season tv show? Is it a book? Is it a twitter feed?
- Is it standalone or part of a series?
- It's best to make each fandom its own entry with its own title in the subject line! That makes it easier for people to find/see what you're promoting! Don't worry about 'spam', that is the entire point of this entry and you're using it exactly as intended.
For reference, last year's promo post!
Spiritfarer
WHAT IS IT: An indie management sim and sandbox action game released on a variety of consoles last year. Usually takes ~40 hours to play — I took my time, so I finished in about 50, and the playthrough linked at the bottom is 16.
Also, it is addicting if this is your sort of game. There are day/night and weather cycles if that appeals to you.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This game deals heavily with themes of life, death, and aging. (And sprinkle in a failing relationship and references to war, etc.)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: The atmosphere, the music, the characters… And most importantly, that feeling when it’s time for a character to go and you hug them one last time… agh, I cry just thinking about it!
The game is very good at evoking emotion. I think it takes a thoughtful approach to life and death. The premise is that the main character, Stella, ferries spirits to the afterlife through the Everdoor. Often, the spirits stick around on your ship for a while so you get to develop feelings for them before they are cruelly torn from your hands. (Okay, that was overdramatic, but you know what I mean!)
You get to know each of their backstories and the complex things that make them human. (Or, er, formerly human.)
I suggest you look up reviews if you want a more articulate explanation of how compelling the game is with its themes and how beautifully they’re executed
WHERE CAN I FIND IT: On Steam, probably. Or a Youtube playthrough (this one has no commentary and is 16 hours long!)
WHAT I WILL BE ASKING FOR: I would love more backstory into who Stella is, or even a fic that features an alternate universe (or pre-canon universe?) before she took up her job as ferrymaster. Some of the spirits she talks to recognize her and had relationships with her before. Why can’t we explore those? I'd love to know more about Atul, Gwen, etc.
To write such a thing would require a commitment to digging into the lore and paying attention to what the spirits tell you, particularly Gwen, and I don’t know that I have the brain capacity to parse all of that out. It’s been a while since I first played it, but that whole concept of them all knowing each other “before…” it nags at me often.
Re: Spiritfarer
Also there's a decent wiki for most of the characters. Thanks for the rec!
Re: Spiritfarer
It's a splendid game and still one of my favorites. When my Switch forced me to archive some games to make room for new ones, Spiritfarer remained, haha!