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2022 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!
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.
Here are some areas you can cover:
<b>Title:</b>
Please put your fandom's title in the subject of your comment, too. This helps people find your promo again.
<b>Media:</b>
<b>Approx length:</b>
<b>Where to find it:</b>
(If giving links, please only link to legal sources. You may want to encourage people to contact you directly if they are having trouble finding a canon and you can give them tips)
<b>What is it, in summary?:</b>
<b>What do you love about it?:</b>
<b>What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:</b>
<b>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?:</b>
<b>Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):</b>
This is at your discretion and is not expected to be comprehensive
(Bonus options: What are you thinking of requesting for this? If you're thinking of nominating worldbuilding, what sort of worldbuilding topics might people explore?)
Useful tip (Not required, but helps people if they want to engage with your fandom!):
- 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.
Previous fandom promo posts can be found at this tag!
Alphas
Media: TV show
Approx length: Two seasons spanning 24 hourlong episodes
Where to find it: Roku lists Prime Video, VUDU, and Apple TV, but it's a TV show that was canceled almost 10 years ago, so the DVDs are possibly cheaper than streaming rentals depending on where you look.
What is it, in summary? Think the premise of X-Men (some people are born with mutations that let them do things like see/manipulate EM waves or get people to do what they want) but with a little more sense of "the things you do have permanent consequences." One group of these Alphas (led by a neuropsychologist played by David Strathairn) helps investigate crimes committed by other Alphas and help to keep them quiet (as the government knows about these people but would much rather not have the info made public).
What do you love about it?: Some things I love: Found family who kind of hate each other sometimes. A fairly realistic autistic main character (though he is played by a NT actor). A strong supporting cast of recurring characters. People who make mistakes and (sometimes) learn from them. Also, this was the first time I heard the word "neurodiversity" on television.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: All the Gary and/or Anna. This one is my Yuletide white whale, forever taking up space in my letters.
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 a main character, Gary's in every episode, but Anna is only in "Rosetta," "Original Sin," and (kind of) "Gaslight."
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
It does get fairly heavy at times. There is character death throughout (especially in the second season) and some violence. Also, it was canceled on a massive cliffhanger, so. Um. Sorry?
Re: Alphas