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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WHERE CAN I FIND IT (optional):

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FANDOM NAME: Moral Orel (TV 2005-2008)

WHAT IT IS: Prematurely cancelled Bush era stop-motion animated dark 'comedy' religious satire. With that mouthful out of the way the basic premise is: 12-year-old Orel Puppington is an extremely Protestant little boy living in the extremely Protestant fictional town of Moralton, Statesota, USA. The episode formula is that Orel gets advice from an adult or hears a sermon that he takes to heart but misinterprets to various wacky results. It does this for its first 2 seasons before becoming, uh, a Twin Peaks-esque surrealist drama about the generational cycle of abuse and the abject failure of the nuclear family. And trust me, I'm a film major, so I do NOT compare things to David Lynch lightly. Creator Dino Stamatopoulos originally pictured it as “a ‘Leave It to Beaver’-style 1950s family comedy that would star Iggy Pop”. 43 11-minute episodes.

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: WHERE TO BEGIN because i have never been so hyperfixated on something in my life. I literally made a dreamwidth account to make this post
- first please just look at him. Ultimate Son Shaped

- in general the art is FANTASTIC, im a sucker for claymation personally and this show is a shining example of it. you ever seen a first person POV shot done in claymation?? watch moral orel and you will
- really good voice acting. scott adsit is the king of my everything. also if you are neurodivergent you WILL start saying 'wow' the exact way orel says it
- good sound design overall....is that a weird thing to say lol. the music is also very good!!
- on that point: if you like The Mountain Goats or if you've ever made a tacky tumblr post about the song No Children you NEED to watch moral orel and think about orel's shitty parents because that song is one of three of theirs used in the third season of the show. it also used music from a lot of other small/independent artists of the time!
- hands down the most nuanced religious satire i've ever seen. the only one i've seen to take shots at the idea of organized religion and correctly identify the problem as the "organized" part, not the "religion" part
- the third season tone shift should have cemented this as one of the greatest works of adult animation of all time in my humble opinion. goes from already pretty good (dark) comedy to EXTREMELY effective drama
- on that point: some of the most genuinely terrifying scenes i've ever seen. ONCE AGAIN scott adsit king of my everything in the season two finale
- *puts on film major hat* makes a really REALLY compelling comment on the nature of episodic tv and the 'reset' by tricking you into thinking its a show that 'resets' after every episode and then pulling that rug out from under you VERY violently. and the way that its signaled by orel drawing attention to the frame in this very subtle fourth wall break...chef's kiss
- not one, not two, but THREE compelling and fleshed out queer characters!!!
- since im making an appeal to fandom i'd like to humbly offer up orel's dad to my Fucked Up White Boy Enjoyers as the worst and most fascinating example of that i've seen recently
- in conclusion. its really good

CONTENT WARNINGS: i don't recommend this to anybody who gets emotionally upset by fictional depictions in general because it touches on a lot of sensitive topics both in the context of comedy and the context of drama. it was a contemporary of south park and though its a LOT more tasteful imo consider that as a warning. What I will say though is that it has very heavy themes throughout of child abuse and alcoholism. season 3 episode 4 also is about sexual assault. if you want more in-depth episode by episode content warnings feel free to shoot me a message!! i think thats a feature of this site lmao

WHERE CAN I FIND IT (optional): are we allowed to say pirating? because i pirated it pretty easily. i think its also on HBO Max and Hulu. theres also someone who's been uploading hd episodes to youtube recently so you can probably find them there too

2021 Yuletide Promo Post

MORAL OREL (TV 2005-2008)