Praise! Your! Fandoms! Get others interested!

[crantz]

Hey, everyone! It's Praise Your Fandom time!

Get people into your canon! Tell them what's awesome about it!

Tell them where to find it!

Tell them ALL ABOUT IT!

Please use this format:

<b>Fandom/Canon Name:</b>
<b>What's awesome about it:</b>
<b>Where to find:</b>


Thank you and have a great yuletide!


(ALSO: Please feel free to ask for specific recs too! Like post a thread going 'hey I'm looking for canons with bisexual leads' or something!)

Comments

[blueteak]

Fandom/Canon Name: un village francais|A French Village
What's awesome about it:
If you're into loyalty, reluctant allies, mentor/mentee relationships, and complicated family relationships, A French Village is the canon for you. The series starts with the occupation of a small French town in 1940, and its current season begins with its liberation in 1944. This series is one of the best at showing how the war influenced people and relationships. It demonstrates, for example, the conditions under which people would collaborate as well as what would make them resist and/or join the resistance even if they had tried to keep their heads down.

A French Village has a sprawling cast and explores the web of relationships between characters as they evolve (or not) through the years, and the show really makes you feel the weight of that time, that sense that this or that relationship would not have worked in 1941 but could in 1944, or that even though there's been vehement disagreement between characters through the years, there's still an innate need to protect one another when push comes to shove. You also see the opposite, when groups that had united against a common enemy start to fracture when they've won, and the tension this causes between people who had protected one another with their bodies and been lovers and/or mentor/mentee.

Speaking of mentor/mentee, here are Antoine and Anselme:

Antoine is mentored/encouraged in the resistance by Anselme, which we can see here:

Other nominated characters are Raymond and Marie: They are lovers when the occupation starts and must contend with differences of opinion on how to respond to the occupation.

The series as a whole is also strong on found family, forbidden love, and relationships with power and/or affection imbalances as well as those where they are much more balanced.


Where to find: 5 seasons available on Hulu!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if I have time to watch five seasons, but it looks interesting.

[blueteak]

It definitely is! Hope you enjoy it!

[wendelah1]

I think the first couple of seasons are available through my library. Now that I know it's been nominated, I will give it a look.

[blueteak]

I hope you enjoy!