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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!
Fire Island
Media: Movie
Approx length: 2 hours
Where to find it: Hulu
What is it, in summary?: A modern Pride and Prejudice retelling, with the Bennett sisters played by a diverse group of gay men and Margaret Cho as their lesbian den mother/Mrs Bennett, set on the gay summer vacation mecca of Fire Island.
What do you love about it?: This is honestly one of my favorite P&P retellings ever. The script was written by comedian Joel Booster Kim, who also stars as Noah, and it’s funny and FUN and well-paced while dealing with the canonical class issues as well as the complicating race ones. Noah and Howie (Bowen Yang) have a wonderfully deep and complex friendship that goes beyond Lizzie and Jane’s family one in the novel, and Will Darcy is played by Filipino hottie/Broadway star Conrad Ricamora. The setting feels like a little bit of summer escape, and I watched it 3 times this year. Overall it’s just amazing how well the story translates to the gay community, especially the divide between the have and have-nots on the island.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: First time for Will and Noah, their developing relationship, and anything about the side characters, preferably with some humor.
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 2 hour movie
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Party drug use (no OD, but scenes with characters getting high or drunk), some implied anti-Asian racism from the Caroline Bingley character. Lots of crude sexual language and a scene with a blowjob (no body parts shown).
TLDR: GAY ASIAN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE!
Re: Fire Island
Re: Fire Island
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