yuletide | 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!

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FANDOM NAME:
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
WHERE CAN I FIND IT (optional):

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- 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?
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For reference, last year's promo post!

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FANDOM NAME: Confessions of Dorian Gray

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Confessions of Dorian Gray operates on a simple premise: hey, what if Dorian Gray didn't die at the end of Oscar Wilde's work and instead lived on to have more supernatural adventures of his own? CODG is a supernatural horror series with a very 'monster of the day' feel. Each episode has Dorian and whoever the guest star is dealing with some sort of supernatural occurrence. These supernatural occurrences include, but are not limited to, a bodyswap episode, werewolves in Iceland, a golem in 1930s New York City, the world's worst cocaine trip, and a possibly sentient computer. These guest stars include, but are not limited to, Oscar Wilde, Dorian's vampire boyfriend (voiced by Hugh Skinner), Dorian's serial killer stalker, Sherlock Holmes, and a banker who's just having a REALLY rough day.

Alternatively, do you wanna listen to Alexander Vlahos's voice for thirty minutes in a row? Because I am perfectly fine selling it on that alone.

As you can tell by the phrase 'Dorian's vampire boyfriend,' the series does have queer representation. It might not be the healthiest—after all, Dorian is an absolute hedonist and a terrible person and ends up doing quite a lot of murder. And it might end up super sad in some parts. But it is written respectfully and you can tell there's a lot of care and love written into the relationships. There's no Hays Code era "uhhhh Dorian has 'friendships' with other men" here.

About half the series are stand-alone audio dramas, which makes things quite easy to listen to (series 1, series 2, series 4, the freebie episodes). The other half is an over-arching plot, involving Dorian in the modern times of 2014 as he sees the return of a figure from his past and grapples with the literal devil, self-loathing, and the world's worst psych ward (series 3, 'The Spirits of Christmas,' series 5). This series also may or may not exist in the same universe as Doctor Who, because Dorian first showed up in Big Finish canon in a Bernice Summerfield episode. I like to think it does because fuck it, everything exists in the same universe as Doctor Who.

This series does involve a lot of content warnings. They include, but are not limited to: war, PTSD related to war, suicide, gaslighting, attempting to drive someone to suicide, stalking, drug use, dubious consent, sexual assault of a minor, demonic possession, torture and murder, body horror, and a lot of gore. I cannot understate how much gore there is, Dorian is an immortal with a bonkers healing factor so the writers put him through the damn ringer every other episode. If you're interested in the series but don't want to deal with a particular trigger, DM me and I'll tell you what episodes to avoid.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT: Spotify, baby! I would recommend starting with either "This World, Our Hell" (s1e1), "Banshee" (s4e5), or "Murder on 81st Street" (s2e3). There are a couple of free episodes that aren't on Spotify and can be found/downloaded from Big Finish's webpage here

2021 Yuletide Promo Post

Confessions of Dorian Gray (audio drama)