yuletide | 2022 Yuletide Promo Post

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

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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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Title: 神鵰俠侶 | The Return of the Condor Heroes

What is it?: A wuxia series set in early 13th-century China, made in Hong Kong in 1983, and starring Andy Lau and Idy Chan.

Approx length: 50 episodes, ~35 hours

Where to find it: For an English-subbed version, message me or check the past letters in my journal. :) There are also box sets on eBay, and if you don't need English, it's free to watch on TVB Anywhere with Chinese subs.

Summary: This show is based on the novel of the same name by Jin Yong, and is part of a trilogy (but can easily stand alone with no knowledge of the other series). It tells the story of a young, orphaned, mischievous, irreverent martial-arts student, Yeung Guo, whose quest to avenge the death of his father (the villain of the previous series) gets complicated by (among other things) his falling in love with his martial arts master, Dragon Lady, in defiance of strict social taboos against such a relationship. Meanwhile there's also a Mongolian invasion underway, rival sects vying for power, gatherings and contests among martial heroes, run-ins with roving trickster adepts, a zillion kinds of poison, a giant condor... it's a wuxia classic and it's got everything. :D

What I love about it: Yeung Guo is a great character, and I really enjoy all the messiness and conflict in his character arc, and the ways he matures across the series, which spans a couple of decades. I also find his relationship with Dragon Lady extremely interesting, from the shades of Oedipal attachment and intense mutual dependence to his having grown up basically trapped with her in a tomb, and her extreme possessiveness over him, and their extravagant mutual pining. Most of Yeung Guo's other relationships are also rife with drama, which is great too. :D The show is admittedly dated and low-budget, and does require some active suspension of disbelief. But if you're okay with that, it's a great series!

What I'll be requesting: I'll probably be requesting Yeung Guo solo, but would be happy to see him interacting with other characters, too! :) I especially enjoy his extreme levels of angst and pining and suffering through various afflictions (e.g. so many poisons, good lord), and roaming around trying to accomplish one or another of his dubious quests. You can see some specific prompts in my Fic in a Box letter.

Are there sections of canon that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: I think you probably need to watch at least the first 20 episodes or so to get a sense of the story and the characters, but you definitely don't need to watch the whole series to write a story for my requests! Something based on just the earlier episodes would be great, if you don't have time to finish the show for Yuletide.

Content warnings: Nothing graphic, but lots of death and fantasy violence, child abuse and abduction, rape, suicide, permanent mutilation, a student/teacher relationship as the central romance, and probably some other warning-worthy things that I'm forgetting.