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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!
Rec: Constellation Games (Leonard Richardson, 2012)
Media: Novel
Approx length: 368 pages
Where to find it: The author hosts a page for the book which has two sample chapters downloadable for free, and links to places to buy it.
What is it, in summary?: Constellation Games is a comic and philosophical first contact novel where humans are on the receiving end of first contact. The main character, Ariel Bloom is a video game programmer and enthusiast whose primary reaction to seeing the arrival of these advanced and ancient alien species is, approximately "I wonder what kind of video games they have!" He then gets wrapped up in matters large small with a number of alien and human friends and factions, as he tries to keep up with the political/cultural changes provoked the Constellation as well as his blogging.
What do you love about it?: The book's sense of humor, its reflections on art, games, culture and politics, and some of the characters in particular, are especially appealing to me. It is one of my favorite "comfort" reads/re-reads.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: The book itself, almost by necessity, focuses on human perspectives. But the various alien cultures are really fascinating and I am really intrigued by the development they do get/the peeks we get into their cultures. I am likely to request either world-building or stories about various alien characters in particular.
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?: It's a novel, so, hard to go for sub-sets.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): There are comprehensive author's notes on the linked page above, so I would recommend scanning those for subjects/topics that might be in these areas. There are some sex scenes, but they aren't graphic, and if I recall correctly, some discussions of racism in the abstract, but not much to flag with CW. A bit of violence in the book, but even that is on the lighter side, I think.
Re: Rec: Constellation Games (Leonard Richardson, 2012)