Yuletide Fandom Promo 2024!

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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!


Cheju has started a spreadsheet for promo! Here's the link!

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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>:
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(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?)


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Comments

Dot (BBC Radio Drama)

[(Anonymous)]

Title: Dot

Media: episodic radio comedy

Approx. length: 13 half-hour episodes (3 seasons of 4, plus the pilot), plus one 45min special (Dot and the Russian Dossier), so around 7h in total

Where to find it: can be purchased on Amazon or Audible, you can also message me on Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/wyvernquill) if you need help finding it!

What is it, in summary?: a radio comedy by Ed Harris about Dorothy, nicknamed Dot, a secretary in the Cabinet War Rooms during WW2, and her (female) colleagues.
In her attempts to make herself useful to the war effort, and also perhaps earn a medal or two, Dot stumbles her way through various schemes (none of which ever really seem to work out for her), bosses around her friends/underlings Myrtle and Peg (Pearl in the pilot), and enjoys a healthy (mildly homoerotic) rivalry with snotty fellow secretary Millicent.

What do you love about it?: I generally enjoy a good historical sitcom, Blackadder is one of my favourites, and this feels *very* similar in vibe - except with a mostly-female cast (some of whom really feel very, uh, *directly inspired* by Blackadder characters tbh.)
Overall, I just love how all these ladies are weird, selfish, useless, and often horrible to each other in the most comedic fashion, and the sometimes-absurd humour of it all. The historically-inspired plots/references are also always delightful, and sometimes, when you least expect it, there’s a surprisingly raw and genuine moment of acknowledging the horrors of war and/or being a woman in mid-20th-century Britain tucked away in there…

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: femslash! Most probably Dot/Millicent, because I enjoy their rivalry with poorly concealed romantic-sexual tension underneath - though I’d also be quite open to general comedic shenanigans with these characters.

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?: I think just the pilot episode could give you a feeling for most of the main characters and the general humour - I can also recommend The Astonishing Adventures of Agent Whiff-Whaff (s1ep1) for Dot having a bit of a lesbian crisis over a rather butch female pilot, and London Can Take it (s3ep4) for Dot and Millicent sniping at each other throughout and very good characterisation of them both individually and their dynamic together.
Overall, as the format is quite episodic and there is only limited continuity, it’s definitely not necessary to listen to the whole series to write for it.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): general warnings for “this is set during WW2” (some scenes of air raids and bombing, some references to male relatives dying), and some of the period-typical British attitudes cropping up (though mostly in a way that clearly parodies them), in particular rampant classism.