2022 Yuletide Promo Post

[crantz]

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!

NEW: We've made a register! There is now a searchable Google spreadsheet index of the canons promoted on this post. Go ahead and add yours or any you see that are missing! We hope this helps connect people up with canons of interest to them.

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The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster

[regshoe]

Title: The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster

Media: Book

Approx length: About 350 pages, or 127,000 words

Where to find it: It’s in the public domain in most countries, and is available as a free ebook and a free audiobook. Paper copies are fairly widely obtainable in libraries and second-hand bookshops, including online.

What is it, in summary?: Published in 1925, The Flight of the Heron is a historical novel set in Scotland during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Its two main characters are on opposite sides of the conflict: Keith Windham is an English army officer annoyed at being sent to such a barbaric, out-of-the-way place as the Scottish Highlands, while Ewen Cameron is a young Highland chieftain and ardent Jacobite, eager to do his part for the cause of Bonnie Prince Charlie. At their first meeting, in the early days of the Rising, Ewen beats Keith in a sword fight, Keith collapses into his arms and Ewen then takes him prisoner. Keith gives his parole of honour (we're all eighteenth-century gentlemen here, after all), and as a parole prisoner he accompanies and observes Ewen in his preparations to join Prince Charles's army. Later they meet again, and history, plot and emotions all get a bit more dramatic.

What do you love about it?: To summarise—history, drama, slashy subtext, enemies to friends (to lovers?) and hurt/comfort!

In more detail—I could go on about the gorgeous descriptive prose, the wide-ranging and meticulous historical detail (Broster apparently consulted eighty reference books while writing it, and it shows), the intriguing and beautiful hints of the supernatural in a mostly-mundane story and other things the book does well, but the heart of it is in the relationship between Ewen and Keith. Keith has a bit of a tragic backstory, as a result of which he has become cynical and embittered about other people and life in general; the hospitable and honourable generosity with which Ewen, his enemy and a Highlander, treats him as his prisoner comes as a shock to him, and between this and Ewen's good looks (described at some admiring length from Keith's POV) he more or less falls in love at first sight. Ewen, for his part, isn't sure what to make of Keith at first, but later gets plenty of opportunity to appreciate the many good qualities hidden beneath his cynical exterior. Their subsequent meetings involve steadily escalating emotional stakes, more dramatic sword fights and swooning in each other's arms, a truly amazing amount of hurt/comfort, tests of divided loyalty and complicated tangles of gentlemanly honour and duty. By the end, despite everything standing between them, they have more than gone from enemies to friends.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Ewen/Keith slash (hurt/comfort, conflicting loyalties, fluffy future fic…) and/or worldbuilding exploring the supernatural aspects of the story.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, it’s a single novel. However, I should mention that the author later wrote two more books featuring some of the same characters, and the three books together are sometimes (including in the canonical AO3 tag) treated as a series called 'the Jacobite trilogy'; but The Flight of the Heron stands alone as a complete story, and I intend to nominate it alone.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Major character death; fairly non-graphic depiction of the historical atrocities committed by the British Army during the '45, and mentions/threats of torture.

Re: The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster

[(Anonymous)]

Just wanted you to know that I devoured this and then devoured much of the fanfic, and when I showed your rec to my friend they said “I diagnose this with ‘The Eagle of the Ninth.’”
Which made me CACKLE UNCONTROLLABLY, because it’s true. In case you’ve never read The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, please do, and Frontier Wolf as well. (The book differs quite a bit from the 2011 movie adaptation The Eagle btw).

Filibus

[greenygal]

Title: Filibus

Media: Movie

Approx length: 79 minutes

Where to find it: A restored version of the film can be rented/purchased for streaming here, or a DVD/Blu-ray can be purchased here or on Amazon.

What is it, in summary?: Filibus is a 1915 Italian silent film accurately described by its current distributor as a “feminist cross-dressing steampunk jewel thief aviatrix thriller.” (Link goes to their trailer for the movie.)

What do you love about it?: The film’s heroine, Filibus, is an amazing jewel thief/sky pirate, using her airship to commit daring robberies! When Detective Kutt-Hendy declares his intention to catch her, she cheerfully decides to frame him for her next heist, a complicated scheme involving--among other things--faked fingerprints, secret cameras, airship abductions, and, oh yes, dressing up as a man in order to court the detective's sister Leonora. It's a really fun caper movie, and Filibus is a terrific villain protagonist--competent and charismatic, full of clever plans and gadgets, and unrepentantly enjoying every minute of it. And of course she gets away at the end, leaving lots of space for her to complicate Kutt-Hendy and Leonora's lives again, or just have more exciting airship thievery adventures.

Re: Filibus

[(Anonymous)]

A really fun movie! Silent film nominations, such a rare occurrence, always warm my heart. :)

Bionicle (Generation 1)

[lielac]

Title: Bionicle

Media: Multimedia

In order of "amount of story conveyed": Books, comics, movies, Flash animations, Flash games.

While it was a toyline, the toys... did not really contain the story.

Approx length: Oh, god, how do I count this?

- 29 Scholastic chapter books
- 4 Young Readers books
- 17 online serials
- 8 online short stories
- 49 comics, approx. 15 pages each
- 4 animated movies, approx. 60 minutes each (72 with credits); come with novelizations, although those do differ in slight details
- 22 Flash animations, 2-5? minutes each, have been converted to videos
- 2 relevant Flash games, [wobbly hand gesture] each, come with novelizations/walkthroughs

Where to find it:

Almost everything can be found on https://wallofhistory.com/ or https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/, and there's a fan wiki at https://biosector01.com/wiki/Main_Page. The things that weren't first posted online for free are out of print and have been for at least 12 years, so I'm assuming these are legal sources because Lego hasn't taken them down and Lego has explictly approved a free fan game that will be available on Steam. The Legend Reborn, the fourth movie, can be bought on Youtube.

What is it, in summary?:

In the time before time, the Great Spirit descended from the heavens, carrying we, the ones called the Matoran, to this paradise. We were separate, and without purpose, so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the Three Virtues: Unity, Duty, and Destiny. We embraced these gifts, and in gratitude, we named our island home Mata Nui, after the Great Spirit himself.

But our happiness was not to last. For Mata Nui's brother, the Makuta, was jealous of these honors and betrayed him, casting a spell over Mata Nui, who fell into a deep slumber. The Makuta was free to unleash his shadows... and unleash them, he did...

Magic robots, the hobbit-sized Matoran and their wise elders the Turaga, live on an island terrorized by a shadowy evil, the Makuta. The Toa, prophesized heroes with elemental powers, appear to defeat the evil and awaken the Matoran's god, Mata Nui or the Great Spirit. This seemingly simple task becomes much more complicated, and a world that began as "magic robots on an island in the middle of the ocean" unfolds into a world of massive underground domes, Matoran asked to become Toa, Matoran setting out to become heroes even without being Toa, and the eventual discovery that their world, and their god, are not as they thought they were.

What do you love about it?:

The characters, the broad strokes of the story and most of the details, and the worldbuilding, although often more its potential than its execution. Also, I was introduced to Bionicle when I was 7, and it had a formative and lasting impact on me.

I love how the characters we're supposed to root for are good, and yes it was a kid's toyline so it's not exactly going to have grey-and-grey or grey-and-black morality, but it does address nuanced and dark topics sometimes. Cowardice and courage and heroism and trying your best to be what's needed to save the world even when you don't think you're worthy, and failing and trying again and succeeding. Bionicle doesn't shy away from death, either; it's not gruesomely detailed, but people die, and people sacrifice themselves, and it's tragic and heroic or sometimes just tragic.

Is Bionicle ""good"" ""writing""? Not on an overall level, no. One could argue that it mostly had early installment weirdness, but I love the early installments so I don't know, really. Most individual segments are good, even great, and there are powerful scenes. Some of the worldbuilding makes me scream (if you know astrophysics, you might want to tear your hair out), but really, isn't "I can fix this" the perfect breeding ground for fanfic?

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:

Gen friendship and/or worldbuilding, most likely! I love almost everybody in this bar and it's so hard to have to pick just a few characters to nominate. But it's a very complicated moon-sized bar, so I will eventually narrow things down.

Characters I love most include: Matoro, Hahli, Jaller, Takua | Takanuva, Mata Nui, Kiina.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:

Haha oh god. Honestly, if you read the 2001-2003 arcs, and brush up on the wiki for relevant background information that is revealed later in publication order but are true for the '01-'03 arcs, that's enough. I love these magic robots on their island paradise. Hell, if you consume '01-'03 and don't brush up on the wiki, I don't mind if you write something contradicted by later canon.

Most of what I love about, say, Matoro, is in the '06-'07 arc, but he does first show up in '01.

Mata Nui only shows up as a character in the '09-'10 arc, and Kiina isn't introduced at all until then. '09 is a soft reboot, so you can probably get most of what you need from consuming that? I'd be interested in Mata Nui's thoughts about having been worshipped by the Matoran, but I don't think that requires a deep dive into all or even most of the previous years of story. Probably.

Content warnings:

Major character death. Also a really annoying 5:1 male:female ratio in the characters, if "token girl is practically a codified feature of teams" is a hard nope for you.

Re: Bionicle (Generation 1)

[brushapocalypse]

I am also planning to request Bionicle this year! I hardly need to restate the entire promo post, but here's my two cents about the more subjective bits:

What do you love about it?
I love the characters, and I love many of the concepts brought up by the world. I particularly love the parts that are all about the Matoran being hardy little guys, fighting back against evil by themselves because you can't always wait for a big powerful destined hero to come save you.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?
Worldbuilding, of course. There are many cool concepts brought up which aren't explored to their full potential, which I'd like to see examined in greater detail. I'm particularly interested in explorations of societal differences in different types of Matoran, especially the less common elements. Original characters are welcome in that department.

For characters, Takua is at the top of my list, and I'll probably take my pick of the Chronicler's Company as well— they're the height of what I like about the Matoran, in my eye. Beyond that, we'll just have to see.

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance

[robberbaroness]

Title: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance



Media: Film (of a ballet)

Approx length: 115 minutes

Where to find it: For free on youtube, or you can get the dvd on Amazon or ebay.

What is it, in summary?: An absolutely gorgeous staging of the Sleeping Beauty ballet with music by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Matthew Bourne- and vampires! In this telling, vampires were the magical beings who both blessed and cursed Princess Aurora, and her lover took up the curse himself so as to live the 100 years while she slept. And then there’s the complication that the vampire charged with carrying out his mother’s curse upon the princess has fallen in love with her himself…

What do you love about it?: The music, the costumes, the spellbinding reinterpretation of a classic fairy tale with horror and glamor and swooning supernatural melodrama! I just want to get lost in the world of this ballet, and I hope you will as well!

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Lots of worldbuilding, sweet Aurora/Leo stuff, and super dark Aurora/Caradoc stuff.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Vampire-typical violence and sexual menacing.

Re: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance

[hiddencait]

Ooo that sounds right up my alley! No idea when I'll have time to watch it, but really cool retellings via ballet are one of my fave things. Ballet Austin's "Belle Redux" is a GORGEOUS almost haute couture semi BDSM flavored eerie goth Beauty and the Beast revamp that is just stunning! I don't think it's available online sadly but there is a 5 minute teaser that gives the overall vibe - so so good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB5SB6IU8o

Nina Forever

[babster]

Title: Nina Forever

Media: Movie

Approx length: 98 minutes

Where to find it: Free in the US on Tubi, Roku Channel, Crackle, Vudu, Amazon Prime, and Plex

What is it, in summary?: At the start of the movie, Holly is a supermarket employee who is interested in her coworker, who just tried to commit suicide following the death of his girlfriend, Nina. The two of them hook up, and Nina, dead, appears in bed with them. Drama ensues.

What do you love about it?: It's dark and funny and I really like Holly's fascination with Nina and Nina herself. I like the reading of the story as being about grief and relationship baggage, and I also like the literal story being "sometimes the corpse haunting your boyfriend is kinda neat, actually."

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Post-canon Holly/Nina, or Holly & Nina. The two of them living (or not) together and how messed up that is

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: It's gotta be the whole movie

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Lots of blood; grief; discussions of attempted suicide; some self-harm; not really a warning but there is a lot of sex; necrophilia I guess?

Round Sunglasses Always Turn You Into A Villain

[(Anonymous)]

Title:
Round Sunglasses always turn you into a villain

Media:YouTube Sketch Series

Approx length:Six sketches that can be watched in less than ten minutes.

Where to find it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNU3OZ2yPEU&list=PLmqr9UlwiYNkwIiHFgbR1_l-zfMKXE059

Here is the playlist with the sketches.

What is it, in summary?:It’s basically what the title implies. “Round Sunglasses always turn you into a villain” with two friends, one of whom turns on round sunglasses and turns into a villain. Villain in this case means a) straight out of an Indiana Jones movie and both knowing and loving it while trying to drag his confused friend into playing along and b) the villain slapping the other guy’s face. Like a lot.

What do you love about it?:The face slapping ... uh, I mean, the humor? The sketches are pretty funny and I am always delighted about some Indiana Jones parodies with meta humour but yeah, main reason I’m into this is for fannish reason is the face slapping the villain is doing towards his friends while being vaguely menacing.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:Something taking the facing and comedic menacing by the villain towards his friend to its logical conclusion or just something focused on their friendship and how the glasses = villains thing is affecting that. I also do love the wacky adventures being implied and the other friend finding himself drawn into it all.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:It’s a very short canon that can be consumed in less than ten minutes.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): No content warnings come to mind.

Re: Round Sunglasses Always Turn You Into A Villain

[juneloveland]

THIS RULED

The Adventures of Tintin (comics)

[a_belladonna]

Title:
The Adventures of Tintin

Media: Comics - both the black/white and the colourised versions.

Approx length: The black/white comics differ a bit in length, but are a bit over a 100 pages each. The colourised versions are 62 pages. There are 9* b/w comics (including the infamous "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" & "Tintin in the Congo") and 22 colour versions (including "Tintin in the Congo"). Because Hergé, the author, died in 1983 the canon is closed; he didn't want anybody else to continue on the series after his death. Hence why I'm not including the unfinished "Tintin and Alph-Art", as it really only consists of more or less finished doodles and notes. The "finished" version floating around the internet is a bootleg version.

*However, for reasons unknown, only five titles have been published in English. As I'm not from an English-speaking country, I wasn't aware of that. They're most certainly available in French, though. As well as some other European languages.

Where to find it: In libraries and book stores. I can't remember if there was made e-book versions recently, either way the comics are best enjoyed as a physical media (European comic books are much bigger than American ones. Each Tintin-book is appr. 23,5x30,5 centimetres and are available in hard cover).
The Wikipedia article is also a good place to start, although it'll never beat reading the albums. ;)

What is it, in summary?: A young, Belgian reporter travels all over the world and solves crimes, goes on expeditions, saves the day/his friends/the world...
In the beginning it's just him and his faithful dog Milou (Snowy in English), but as the series continued, the amount of stock characters grew, and from "The Crab with the Golden Claws" he's accompanied by captain Haddock.

What do you love about it?: The well-executed plots, the historical context, the humour and the attention to detail in the drawings. (Hergé basically founded an entire school of drawing called "la ligne claire" - the clear line - which is marked by a certain, slight stylisation, all unnecessary "frills" are removed. Doesn't mean unsophisticated, almost the opposite. There's attention to detail, but in an elegant, minimalist way. For a famous example, check out the cover of "Destination Moon".)
That you can both read the stories with your slash-goggles on, or not. (Because of the then laws about shielding children from unwholesome content in comic books, Franco-Belgian comics from that time period are devoid of female characters that in any way could be construed as love interests, meaning that we have basically all-male casts navigating in all-male worlds. A notable exception in this series is the formidable opera singer Bianca Castafiore, "the Milanese Nightingale", who OTOH is portrayed as so much older than Tintin that not even the most zealous censor could claim she was his love interest. Instead the teenage boy just lives in a castle with a much older man whom he isn't related to by blood...)

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Stories that fill out gaps in canon (of the "wonder what happened between this and that event in the story"-variety). Life at Moulinsart (Marlinspike Hall in English). I'm almost equally likely to request smutty/shippy fics as I am to request stories exploring the friendship between the characters.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: As I am an unapologetically shipper of Tintin/Tchang, you can more or less just go directly for "The Blue Lotus" and the magnum opus of the series "Tintin in Tibet" (with a side of page 5 in the following book "The Castafiore Emerald" where he receives a letter from Tchang). For "daily life at Moulinsart", read "The Castafiore Emerald".
In case of either Tintin/Haddock or the friendship between Tintin and captain Haddock, I'd say the albums "The Crab with the Golden Claws", "The Shooting Star", "The Secret of the Unicorn", "Red Rackham's Treasure", "The Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoners of the Sun" should cover it, more or less. (Along with "The Castafiore Emerald" for that glimpse of daily life, along with the beginning of "The Calculus Affair".)

Content warnings: The series can't always hide that it was created between 1929-1976. Especially the first couple of albums ("Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" through "Cigars of the Pharaoh") can be...interesting... to read in 2022. Keep in mind, though, that the first three albums were essentially dictated by the editor of the newspaper where Hergé worked, and that Hergé himself was very young at the time. (He was going on 22 when he began the series)

From "The Blue Lotus" onwards he became more conscious of doing proper research, to a degree where he did several "George Lucas" on some of the albums, from not wanting "The Land of the Soviets" to be published, to reworking a couple of the albums. Most notable is "The Black Island" which was brought up to date in the 1960's, whereas it originally was set in a pre-war Britain. He also agreed to redraw a page of "Tintin in the Congo" for the Scandinavian publisher, where a rhino isn't blown up(! As happened originally!) but instead got scared off by a gunshot.
I'd also argue that one could read the early works and just as easily laugh at the old-fashioned, colonialist, anti-communist, views expressed there. Or they could be used as an argument for portraying Tintin as a violent brat, if you so please. ;)
As historical documents, however, I do think they should be read. Both to see how Hergé developed as an artist and a human, but also to see the views held by a colonial power in pre-war Europe.

It also should be noted that alcoholism is a pervasive theme once Haddock makes his appearance. He's at his lowest in "The Crab with the Golden Claws", but his thirst for whiskey (or other hard liqueur) plays a role especially also in "Red Rackham's Treasure" (where it's purely for laughs) as well in "Explorers on the Moon" where the result of his drinking is almost fatal. (Yes, it's a series where people sometimes die, although none of the main cast ever gets seriously hurt, and it's never graphic.)

Mother of Learning - nobody103

[liryian]

Title: Mother of Learning

Media: Webnovel

Approx length: 824k words

Where to find it: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2961893/1/Mother-of-Learning, https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning, possibly webfiction sites but I haven't checked them

What is it, in summary?: It’s a long, intricate webnovel about a teenage student mage who gets stuck in a monthlong timeloop, and has to become better at magic and solve various mysteries to escape it.

What do you love about it?: I absolutely adore how everything unfolds and the different layers of revelations; there’s an intricate mystery of what the hell is even going on and the way it comes together is something I find extremely satisfying.
Also, there’s quite an ensemble of characters Zorian (the protagonist) meets over the story, and they’re also pretty great. Since they’re not in the loop, they don’t exactly develop the way Zorian can, but since his side of the interactions is constantly changing we still see a lot of different sides to them, which is a lot of fun!

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I will very likely be requesting Kirielle, the main character's little sister, but who knows! I may branch out into other side characters this year, maybe Raynie, or even Fortov if I'm feeling adventurous.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Unfortunately not lmao, and yes, I know it is... very long.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): There's a fair amount of violence, though imo it's not particularly graphic; there are also some character deaths. How permanent you consider most or all of the named character deaths to be depends very much on you opinion on the mechanics of the setting, though. There's also a bit of very casual homophobia (not directed at anyone gay), although I believe there have been some edits made since last i read it online and this may have been changed.

Cyborg 009 (Anime)

[travastila]

Title: Cyborg 009

Media: Anime

Approx length: 48 episodes (24 minutes) and 3 (24 minutes) specials

Where to find it:
https://www.crunchyroll.com/cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier

What is it, in summary?: Nine forced-to-be cyborgs of different nationalities work together to take down Black Ghost, an organization working in the shadows to fuel the fires of war.

What do you love about it?: I am a sucker for found family tropes, and this series is full of it! Plus, I can't resist transhumanism angst. It's a classic sci-fi series with awesome character designs.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: My favorite character is Pyunma (he's my profile picture), and I'd love any fic that revolved around him. I also do ship him with Jet. The series has a lot of timeskipping that is begging to be filled in with fanfiction.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:
Yes! Below I've linked specific episodes regarding characters I'd request and their backstories.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier/episode-14-the-land-of-reunions-806191
https://www.crunchyroll.com/cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier/episode-15-goodbye-my-friend-806193
https://www.crunchyroll.com/cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier/episode-19-the-hero-806201
Plus an episode that introduces all the characters perfectly.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/cyborg-009-the-cyborg-soldier/episode-18-story-of-a-struggling-restaurant-806199


Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Violence, human experimentation, mentions of the Holocaust (Albert's backstory), animal abuse/death in episode 20.
If looking up Pyunma, older sources of Cyborg 009 depict him with anti-black imagery, though this is altered in media post-2001.

Nirvana In Fire

[lannamichaels]

Title: Nirvana In Fire

Media: TV show

Approx length: 54 episodes about an hour long

Where to find it: Viki streaming. Subtitles are available on Viki in 32 languages. (if it vanishes off of viki again, I can help via PM)

What is it, in summary?: Nirvana in Fire is a 2015 Chinese historical drama tv show full of political and palace intrigue. The series tells the story of Lin Shu, who, under the alias Mei Changsu, enters the capital of Liang to seek justice for a conspiracy that labeled his family as traitors 12 years before.

What do you love about it?: This show is, hands down, the best plotted tv show I have ever seen. Everything is so tight and so well done. The political intrigue is perfect, all the characters are well-written and well-portrayed, and the show is paced so well and the storytelling draws you in that you turn around four days later and realize you just watched a 54 episode show.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): There are at least two suicides, which are shown in very brief clips. There's some war violence. Threat of rape, and drugging to arrange a rape (one in backstory, one averted in the show).

Various useful guides: (please add more links in the comments if you have them!)

Nirvana in Fire character guide by julad

Nirvana in Fire Character Guide by lesbloggerables

Guide to people and places (this is focused on the novel, but works for the show as well)

Episode recaps


Other links:
nirvana_in_fire

Lang Ya Hall Discord

Nirvana In Fire wiki

AO3 tag

The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

[lannamichaels]

Title: The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

Media: Book

Approx length: Probably around 200-250 pages in paperback.

Where to find it: Archive.org's library book scanning project has several copies.

What is it, in summary?: Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers. The Westing Game is a children's mystery novel that asks the question: who took Sam Westing's life?

It is the late 1970s in Wisconsin. Industrialist Sam Westing has been found dead in his mansion, after living as a recluse for years. In his will, he designated sixteen heirs, all of whom had just recently been recruited to live in Sunset Towers by Barney Northrup.

There was no such person as Barney Northrup.

Westing's purpose? He believed that one of his heirs had taken his life. And so he paired them up into teams, gave them clues, and set to them to solving his Game. The prize would be the Westing fortune.

Who are these Westing heirs? To quote the book:

They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. Barney Northrup had rented one of the apartments to the wrong person.

They range in age from Sandy, the oldest at 65, the same age as Westing was, who was fired for union organizing at Westing's company (Westing was an American industrialist, after all!), to Turtle, the youngest at 13, who wears her hair in a long braid and kicks people's shins if they pull on her hair. They come from all educational backgrounds, from Crow who dropped out of school at 16 to get married and now works as a cleaner, to Judge J. J. Ford, who graduated from Harvard Law and was the first African-American and the first woman to be elected to a judgeship in Wisconsin (in the novel canon). Four of them are in high school and the delivery boy is 62 years old.

And, yes, one of them is a mistake.

I welcome you to play this Game yourself by reading this 1970s childrens book. Take stock in America, my friends, and may god thy gold refine!

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I am likely to request character-based fic related to Westing, J. J. Ford, Turtle, and Angela, on the theme of "Sam Westing and the daughters he didn't have". I'd be overjoyed if other people nominated other characters, including the daughter Westing did have.


Other links: AO3 tag

Re: The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

[(Anonymous)]

I perhaps quietly gasped upon seeing this nominated. the westing game ran so that knives out could also run.

40 Winks

[ysavvryl]

Title: 40 Winks (alternate title: Ruff N'Tumble)

Media: video game

Approx length: 4.5-6 hours if you watch a video LP, maybe 8-12 hours if you play it yourself

Where to find it: If you can play Playstation 1 CDs on console, it can be bought used wherever you get used games. It's also available on Steam if you prefer that. There is a N64 version available, but it's had cutscenes removed that would be relevant.

If you'd rather watch it, I'd recommend this LP for not only being skilled, but also taking moments to talk to the Winks and watch cutscenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha3vOJHmQM

What is it, in summary?: The Winks are good little creatures who protect good dreams and ensure that they of highest quality. But the villainous Nitekap and his sidekick Threadbear have kidnapped all the Winks and sent out the evil Hoodwinks to spread nightmares everywhere! It's up to the brave sibling duo of Ruff and Tumble to save the Winks and restore good dreams to everyone!

Wikipedia lists this as a survival horror game, but it plays more like a 3D platformer collectathon.

What do you love about it?: It's a fun little romp through the dreams and nightmares of children that's endearingly like a kids' cartoon. The music is great and the environments are well-suited to the cartoony children's world. Plus, you can transform into things like fairies and cavemen! There's even a level that has you infiltrating a pirate ship as a ninja.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Nitekap and Threadbear, because they're basically Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh turned evil. Their cutscenes are hilarious and weirdly sweet; Nitekap is out to ruin everyone's night just because he can't get to sleep and Threadbear is his devoted teddy bear sidekick willing to do whatever he is asked. I want to see more of their sleep-deprived evil, or what they might get up to when Nitekap actually gets the sleep he needs.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: For Nitekap and Threadbear, just the cutscenes will do. If you're interested in Ruff and Tumble, you'd want to see their cutscenes and the gameplay.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): G-rated horror elements such as spiders and zombies, plus one special attack involves projectile vomit.

The Wandering Village

[lea_hazel]

Title:
The Wandering Village

Media:
Video Game

Approx length:
1-2 hours to get the basic idea, more to "beat" the game.

Where to find it:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121640/The_Wandering_Village/
https://thewanderingvillage.com/

What is it, in summary?:
A city-planning game where you build a village on top of a colossal animal wandering through a contaminated post-apocalyptic landscape. The goal is to help both the creature and the villagers survive.

What do you love about it?:
It's both cute and clever, challenging to play, and interesting to think about. The art style is charming. I adore onbu. And I can't stop thinking about the worldbuilding implications.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
Stories from the lives of the villagers, onbu POV, worldbuilding, far-future epilogue.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:
For those who would rather watch LPs than play the game, I recommend Seri's videos, but there are lots more videos on YouTube and streams on Twitch.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
Animal harm for some of the skill trees in the game, though the game has very granular difficulty settings, too.

Re: The Wandering Village

[lea_hazel]

I now have some screencaps on my Tumblr, here.

Rec: The Caligula Effect Overdose

[marinehaddock]

Title: The Caligula Effect Overdose (pssss I super recommend Overdose over the original version and the anime; it's a much more polished story)

Media: Video Game on Switch, Playstation 4, and PC

Approx length: 25-40 hours according to How Long To Beat

Where to find it: AS OF WRITING THIS IT IS ON SALE ON CONSOLE AND IS INCLUDED IN PLAYSTATION PLUS EXTRA
Playstation Store
Nintendo eShop
GOG
Steam
Humble Bundle

What is it, in summary?: A vocaloid learns about humanity through the songs she's taught. Over time, she starts to feel sorry for humans and the struggles they go through (as learned from the songs) and decides she'll make a new world where everyone can be happy. All their dreams will come true and they won't have to worry about anything anymore.
However, the vocaloid doesn't understand any complexities of people's issues and tries to fix them in the superficial ways she can understand. Some people's problems aren't fixed at all because she couldn't understand them to begin with.
You join a group trying to leave this fake reality and get home and have to fight against a group of people that have decided their real lives are too horrible to be worth returning to and don't want you to destroy their chance at happiness.
Overdose introduces a second plotline so that you can get to know the other team and work with them to understand their issues.

What do you love about it?: The main reason I recommend Overdose is the musicians. I love their stories and the added complexity to the situation. Their reasoning for staying is just as legitimate as the Go Home Club's reasons for leaving. Their issues don't have an easy fix. They have to accept things they don't like about themselves. They have to realise when something they think they want isn't what they want; it's something they feel they have to want despite it making them miserable. They have to own up to their mistakes.
I also love that the characters are extremely flawed. They're all prone to the prejudices society taught them. There isn't any instant understanding. They have to relearn things the hard way. Some of them have genuinely been bad people and need to learn to not be that. They can genuinely explore what their issues are.
Or [SPOILERS]
Also, this has a load of vocaloid producers starring in it from the time that I had any knowledge of vocaloid and the soundtrack rocks.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Ike-P and Izuru are my big ship so I'll definitely be asking for ship content of them.
I love Sweet-P and would love some more exploration of her in the epilogue being friends with Mifue and learning from each other. Also Ayana! I love that Ayana's special dialogue with Sweet-P post-game is so affirming.
I think the relationship between Thorn and Shougo is fascinating and will probably ask for something involving them.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Character routes! Do the character routes, especially the musician ones!

Content warnings: Caligula has a big problem with fatphobia. Like it's narratively important because fatphobia is a big issue for two of the characters but there can be a disconnect as the game also tries to play it for laughs. Transphobia is also an issue, one of the characters is trans and the other characters aren't particularly savvy about trans people and are heavily influenced by societal transphobia. The portrayal of trans people is ultimately respectful.
Death, suicide, abuse, bullying, mental health issues (portrayed both positively and negatively)

Mr. Sunshine | 미스터 션샤인

[(Anonymous)]

Title: Mr. Sunshine | 미스터 션샤인

Media:
TV show

Approx length:
30 hours

Where to find it:
Available via Netflix

What is it, in summary?:
A Korean historical drama that takes place in the early 1900s during the Japanese occupation of Korea (but before the official annexation of 1910).
It is primarily concerned with the identities and loyalties of its cast, chiefly of the main character, Eugene Choi / Choi Yoo-jin, an escaped Korean slave and Captain of the Marine corps. The other lead is Go Ae-shin, a noble lady who is secretly in the Righteous army, an underground Korean independence militia.

What do you love about it?: I really enjoy the character dynamics, particularly the main character with various side characters (specifically the character Dong-mae, a chaotic yakuza boss, and Hina Kudo, a thirsty Girlboss™ who runs the local hotel and cafe). Everyone is very extra and the comedy is sometimes sly and understated, and sometimes outright and farcical. I also love the cinematography- unlike other historical dramas with similarly gritty tones, Mr. Sunshine has a fantastic sense of color and lighting.


What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Romance, smut, fake dating/marriage... maybe even a polyfic between the central cast. I would love something darker that would involve dub-con or forced marriage. I might also like something that would expand on the underrated character of Hotaru (the canonically mute woman that lives with Dong-mae and has a quite nebulous relationship with him).

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:
No, not in my opinion, unfortunately.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
Violence (of the beating variety), blood, assassination, rape of minor characters (offscreen but directly spoken about).

As the focus of the show is about Korean independence, racism and prejudice from imperial nations and characters (America and Japan, chiefly) toward Koreans will be present in each episode. As this is a show produced by Koreans for Koreans, viewers may also detect racism in the portrayal of Japanese characters as well.

Also, please note that this show ends largely in tragedy, and may not be suitable for those would find canonical major character deaths upsetting.

Sweetest Kulu

[kitkaos]

Title: Sweetest Kulu

Media: children‘s Book

Approx length: 32 pages

Where to find it:
Your favourite bookseller / Amazon / There’s also a read-aloud version of it on YouTube

What is it, in summary?: basically an Inuit prayer/song of wishes for a newborn child

What do you love about it?: The art is breathtaking and the prayer/song just so beautiful and wholesome and grounding! I’m a new mom and I was deeply moved by it <3

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: On the one hand there’s the child, of course, who will grow up and be connected to those wishes, which I’d love to read about. Then there are the aspects of nature, the animals and plants, whose stories I imagine equally wholesome and inspirational to read

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: it’s short enough to be consumed in 10-20 minutes as a whole

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
None

Re: Sweetest Kulu

[trefoil_underscore]

I hope you get something for this! I just promo'd another kid's book if you're looking for more!

World's Strangest Meet Cute

[simonlorden]

Title:
World's Strangest Meet Cute

Media: comic

Approx length: about five minutes at most

Where to find it:
on tumblr, here: https://amarguerite.tumblr.com/post/665963488862142464/tooquirkytolose-worlds-strangest-meet-cute

What is it, in summary?: A short comic about a brave knight who is asked by the villagers to confront an evil warlock.

What do you love about it?: Everything. The plot twist, of course, and how varied the children are (and the possibility that there might be more off-screen).

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I would honestly love to see anything about the kids, especially the reading one in the wheeled chair or the excited one with the prosthetic leg, but also any potential new ones that the writer comes up with. Basically domestic family fluff, or maybe romance/shippy fic with the two adults.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: It is very short.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Some ableism from the villagers.

Re: World's Strangest Meet Cute

[lot]

I love this! Thank you for bringing it to my attention :)

Oban Star-Racers

[simonlorden]

Title:
Oban Star-Racers

Media: cartoon

Approx length: 26 eps total, 23 minutes each

Where to find it: It's up on Prime Video in two parts:
Part 1, Part 2. Feel free to DM me if you're having trouble getting it.

What is it, in summary?: A girl called Eva longs to reunite with her father who abandoned her when she was a child, and also to become a star racer like her mother was. Quite by accident, she ends up participating in an intergalactic racing competition on the planet Oban that might decide the future of Earth itself.

What do you love about it?: The characters!! I LOVE Eva being such a realistic teenager, kind and yet hotheaded and messy. I love the tension and the broken relationship between her and Don, and how similar they both are, even though they'd never admit it. I also love the two boys she's totally crushing on, and her mentor figure.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'm not even sure what I'd request, probably just something Eva-centric with any of the above mentioned characters.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: The whole thing is kind of a unit, but since my requests wouldn't really be about the Plot, I would be happy if someone only watched the first arc of the show or something and wrote fic based on that.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
parental abandonment, (past) parental death, side character deaths, some depiction of PTSD

A Hero and a Garden

[simonlorden]

Title:
A Hero and a Garden

Media: game

Approx length: I don't remember exactly, but I think a couple of hours max to finish the story.

Where to find it:
Up on itch.io: https://npckc.itch.io/a-hero-and-a-garden

What is it, in summary?: A little game about a hero who destroys a town to save the princess, then realizes that maybe things aren't as simple as he thought. It's a really cute, relaxing story. It has a canon F/F relationship and a heavily implied M/M relationship. Also there is a cute cat child and other friendly monsters!

What do you love about it?: The way the relationships unravel as you play the game, the cute art, and the characters. Yen is the best.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Probably shippy fic with Yen and Cyrus, but also maybe gen stuff with Nell or the other monsters.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
nothing major that I recall.

Asterix the Gaul

[a_belladonna]

Title:
Asterix the Gaul

Media: Comic books (there have been made both animated and live action movies as well as computer games, but since they deviate quite a bit from the comics I'd rather just focus purely on the comics here)

Approx length: Albums 1-24 are the "classics", written and drawn by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo together. 25-33 were made by Uderzo alone, after Goscinny's death. Albums 35-39 (and counting) are being made by Jean-Yves Ferri & Didier Conrad, and personally I'm not too keen on those and I'm discreetly ignoring them for now. ;)
New readers will have plenty of fun with albums 1-24. Every album is 48 pages, so they're a relatively quick read.

Where to find it: Libraries and book stores

What is it, in summary?: A satirical, humorous take on life in France (Gaul) in first century BC (every story apparently takes place in 50 BC...)

"All of Gaul has been occupied by the Romans... Well, not entirely..."

We follow the eponymous Asterix, his friend Obelix and the rest of the Gauls in a little village in Brittany as they refuse to bow to the Romans, led by Julius Caesar. (The reason why they're able to withstand the Romans is that they have a magic potion that gives them superhuman powers. The Romans, of course, would like to get their hands on it. Hi-jinks ensue.)
The Wikipedia article is a good place to start.

What do you love about it?: The humour, the way current, 20th century events get poked fun of through a historical lens. The names (Roman or Gaulish) that are based on puns. The meta-level, where the characters sometimes seem aware of their own place in history. And the fact that despite all this, deep down, Goscinny & Uderzo did do their actual research, so we might see Asterix and Obelix running across a field with a historically correct plough in the foreground - right after they've visited an office, where the "intercom" consisted of Pygmies running from room to room.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Mostly fics about Asterix & Obelix' friendship and relationship in general and what might have happened during their adventures. I've tried, but I can't ship them. Whether it's because of their cartoonish proportions (which makes it rather difficult for me to see them as sexual/romantic beings) or because I just really like the way they're portrayed as brothers of different mothers (they're born in the exact same moment, on the exact same day), I don't know.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: The thing about this series is that you can more or less read the albums in whatever order you'd like (except for the first album). Every album is a finished story, and it's only the main cast (the Gauls of the village, Caesar and Cleopatra) that are recurring characters. Even the Roman troops in the garrisons surrounding the village change from album to album.
If I have to recommend just some titles, it should be album 10 through 21, as they're all incredibly solid, compelling stories. But also "Asterix and Cleopatra" and "Obelix and Co." are to be recommended.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): None, it's a very tame series in that regard. It's very much an all-ages canon.

Re: Asterix the Gaul

[pikkugen]

Asterix! My favorite comics during childhood, and the ones that made me learn French and Latin. =D

The Champions (1968)

[fabrisse]

Title: The Champions (1968)
Media: TV
Length 30 episodes of approximately 60 minutes each.
Find it: In the U.S., Amazon Prime has it.
Summary: Three people work for Nemesis, a not quite Interpol, not quite UNCLE, based in Geneva. They are in a plane crash and the people who rescue them give them superpowers. The powers skew a bit based on their existing skills and personalities. The episodes are problem of the week. The effects are cheap to non-existent, but the characters are charming and intelligent.
What do I love? Charming characters. Intelligence as important as powers. Deep friendships. World travel (even if it is on backlots).
Potential Requests: There are two torture episodes, each with a different character in the hot seat. Their different reactions both to being tortured and to their colleague's distress fascinate me. I love Craig and Sharon together, but I can see Richard making it an OT3, as well.
Sections of Canon:For my requests, the first episode and up to four others are all that's needed.
Content Warnings: While two of the episodes that I'm most interested in have torture, the series was filmed in the late 1960s and early 1970s so it's not at all graphic.

The Cass Neary series by Elizabeth Hand

[rachelmanija]

Title: The Cass Neary series by Elizabeth Hand.

Media: Books.

Approx length: Four novels of around 200-250 pages.

Where to find it: Anywhere that books are sold. They're on ebook and hard copy.



What is it, in summary?: Four noir mystery/suspense novels with elements of horror/dark fantasy. In the 1970s, Cass Neary was a photographer for the punk scene, specializing in the grittiest and darkest subjects imaginable. Now she's a drug addict and alcoholic with the morals of a raccoon, an eye for composition, and a tendency to get enmeshed in lurid crimes and weirdness that might or might not be supernatural. Sometimes she rescues people, but don't count on it.

What do you love about it?: The writing is gorgeous, the books often involve very cool settings and Maguffins (an app that gives you PTSD, a prehistoric ornament that might be a precursor to moving pictures, etc), and Cass is an unforgettable, unsentimentalized antiheroine.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'm going to request a focus on the horror/dark fantasy elements of canon.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: For my request, you could skip the first and last books, and just read Available Dark and Hard Light

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): What doesn't this series involve? Cass was raped in the past and it was a life-shattering event which comes up repeatedly. She's an active alcoholic and drug addict. There's lots of murder and violence, and some depiction/discussion of racism, sexism, Nazism, etc.

One December Night (2021)

[bring_me_sugar]

Title: One December Night (2021)

Media: TV Movie

Approx length: 1 hour, 24 minutes

Where to find it: I absolutely can't find current places where it's legally streaming, but it was exclusive to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries when it debuted last year, so maybe it'll repeat on there during the season.

What is it, in summary?: Steve Bedford (Bruce Campbell) has been on the outs with his longtime performing and songwriting partner Mike Sullivan (Peter Gallagher), since Mike showed up to an important concert drunk. Mike's ambitious but estranged daughter, Quinn (Eloise Mumford), wants to launch her new client's singing career, and what better way than by arranging for a major concert special from her childhood hometown featuring a reunited Bedford and Sullivan? She enlists Steve's son Jason (Brett Dalton) in her scheme. Soon Steve and Mike confront their current paths, distant pasts and Steve's uncertain future, while Quinn and Jason grapple with newfound romantic feelings.

What do you love about it?: A cute, semi-fluffy holiday story about Simon and Garfunkel expys that is intensely and unintentionally homoerotic? Because



Seriously





What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Steve/Mike slash, though I'll request some pre-canon or post-canon gen as well.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: There's some stretches, but it's a quick TV movie.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): The plot deals with Steve's Alzheimer's diagnosis, and with Mike's sobriety. There's also an offscreen parental death.

We Know The Devil

[wolffyluna]

Title:
We Know The Devil



Media: Visual Novel

Approx length: Depends on the speed you read at. Generally takes between 1.5-3 hours to play through all four routes.

Where to find it: Link to Steam page.

What is it, in summary?:
From the steam page: "Anyone can kill the devil; that’s why they always make teens the vampire slayers, the magical girls. But some kids can’t even get that right; and that’s why meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus have to endure one more week of summer camp and each other, singing boring songs about jesus, doing busywork for adults, and hoping god’s radio can’t hear them.

Before they can leave the summer scouts, they’ve got to spend twelve hours in the loneliest cabin in the woods and wait for the devil to come and live through the night--or not. You know."

Our three protagonists are nearing the end of a Protestant Nightmare Logic Bible Camp, and just have to managed to face the devil. Throughout the game, there will be points where only two characters can do something, and the other has to temporarily left behind. Who gets left out effects which ending you get.

What do you love about it?:

The writing is excellent. It's deep and rich and symbolic without sacrificing being clear or stylish, and it stands up really well on replays. And the characters are really evocative too. The art and the music meshes really well with it, and creates a great atmosphere, that's eerie and threatening while still leaving room for transformative hope. It's great psychological horror (with a touch of Innsmouth Lovecraft) while still having a satisfying happy ending.

It's a game about being a queer teenager in a homophobic/transphobic environment, and trying to find out who you are. Pillowfight Games has a thing for stories where there is both metaphor queerness alongside actual queerness, and WKTD is no exception.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:

I love all the characters, but especially Venus. I'm likely to request both gen and shippy fics about the relationships between her and the other characters.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, but it is a short game.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
This game contains a lot of homophobia and transphobia. It also has a bit of body horror.

There's no canonical child sexual abuse, but there's a character where some of her motifs combined with her dialogue have been reminiscient enough to trigger people.

Tall Tales and Legends: Johnny Appleseed

[bring_me_sugar]

Title:Tall Tales and Legends: Johnny Appleseed

Media: Television episode

Approx length: 50 Minutes

Where to find it: Streaming on Amazon Prime. They've completely mislabeled these on the website, so nope, that's not the John Henry episode I've linked you to.

What is it, in summary?: A version of the Johnny Appleseed legend that was a part of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends series.

What do you love about it?: Do you want something in which a young Martin Short is incredibly adorable? Where he has what is basically enemies-to-friendship chemistry with Mac Macintosh, a farmer whose life (and the life of his innocent son!) he saves by teaching him how to farm apples? and they look at each other like this (click for larger images)?





And have a rivalry-to-friendship situation that resolves like this?




...Then this is the canon for you.




What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Mac/Johnny slash, but I'm going to nominate either Jenny Smith or Betty Nature as well.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: The movie's around 50 minutes, but you can zoom to the middle part involving Mac and Johnny at about midstream.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Made for kids, so this should be clean as a whistle.