yuletide | 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.

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Where to find it:
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What is it, in summary?:

What do you love about it?:

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

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?:

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
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Title:
Ultra Q

Media:
TV Show

Approx length:
28 episodes, a bit less than a half hour each

Where to find it:
Streaming for free on Tubi!. Also available on Blu-Ray from Shout!

What is it, in summary?:
A science-fiction anthology, in the same vein as The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone, only made in Japan. And, since it was the brainchild of Eiji Tsurabaya, who had worked on the original Godzilla movie and would go on to create the Ultraman series immediately after this, a lot of the episodes feature kaiju, giant monsters. Original airdates were in 1966.

What do you love about it?:
The endless imagination of the scenarios that the show came up with. Unlike the Ultraman series that came afterwards, it wasn't beholden to the beat-a-kaiju-every-episode format, which gave it more flexibility. Also, Yuriko is, by the standards of a 1960s Japanese TV show (and quite frankly by the standards for decades to come) is a very adventurous, independent character, so much more than the Token Girl and often the driving force of the episode's plot.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
Anything involving the main trio of Jun, Yuriko, and Ippei, either platonically or as a poly trio. Bonus points for a tale that includes a kaiju/alien from a later Ultra series, but that's super duper not a requirement.

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 episodic series, so most episodes can be watched in a vacuum. Personal favorites include Episode 4, "Mammoth Flower," Episode 5, "Peguila is Here!" Episode 11, "Balloonga," and Episode 17, "The 1/8 Project,"

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
Period-typical sexism sometimes, flashing lights in many episodes.