Canon Promo Post 2020

[modzilla]

Please use this post to promote the fandoms you're interested in requesting, or ask for recommendations of canons that suit you!

Promoting your canons

Comment here with information about the canons you are thinking of requesting, or otherwise want to get people into!

Information you might include

Title

Media

Approx length

Where to find it (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.)

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?

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence) - this is at your discretion and is not expected to be comprehensive

Some examples: Yuletide, Fandom5k

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Asking for recs

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[batman]

Title: Akiba's Beat

Media: Video Game

Approx length: It's about 50 hours to play, and I guess about 30 hours to watch all the cutscenes.

Where to find it: Akiba's Beat was released on Vita and Playstation 4. Here's a video playthrough of the game as well!

What is it, in summary? Tachibana Asahi is a NEET, having dropped out of college and freeloading off his parents while living in Akihabara. His hobbies include playing video games and watching anime until the early hours of the morning, sleeping most of the day, and standing up his only friend. Well, they were, until he woke up in a timeloop where Sunday keeps repeating and he's one of the few people to have noticed. Turns out Akihabara is a place where, if you want something enough you can make it happen, and there are a lot of people with fervent dreams in Akiba. Consequently, Asahi has to step up, find out what is causing the time loop, and break it so that Akiba can finally see a Monday.

Of course, it's not quite that easy. For one, people don't always want to lose their heart-felt wishes, regardless of how improbable they are. Some people may want to be celebrities, some might have strong views about how Akiba should be, and some just want their loved ones back. And then there's the answer as to who or what is causing the timeloop, and their motivations for doing so. (Also, there's a conspiracy to weaponise this reality warping, but who cares about that?)

What do you love about it? A large part of my affection for this game is the localisation. The dialogue is fun, the characters likeable, and the voice acting surprisingly good. The game isn't afraid to make fun of itself, and there's one musical joke that makes me laugh every time the track changes. Asahi is one of those rare magnetic heroes that you can see exactly why people are drawn to him, and the other characters are all well-drawn and interesting. Further, while the game can at times be hilarious, it's not afraid to go down some pretty dark paths with surprising ease. It's a game with an ultimately positive message of "having dreams is positive and good for you, so long as you are realistic about them".

What sort of things are you likely to request for it? Daily life for Asahi in the timeloop, given that the game is pretty focused on the narrative. What happens afterward, and whether Akiba goes through something like this again! And an AU where Asahi's line of speculation about what is going on turns out to be 100% correct.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests? No, sadly! Akiba's Beat is a spiritual successor to Akiba's Trip, but you don't need to know Akiba's Trip to play Akiba's Beat.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence) Akiba's Beat contains references to suicide and depression, unhealthy coping mechanisms, and general otaku subculture weirdness.