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Canon Promo Post 2021
Please use this post to promote the fandoms you're interested in requesting, or ask for recommendations of canons that suit you!
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What is it, in summary?
What do you love about it?
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Some examples: Yuletide, Fandom5k, last year's fffx post.
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For example: "Please tell me about canons for which you'd be excited to receive a Choose Your Own Adventure story."
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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
Please put your fandom's title in the subject of your comment. This helps people find your promo again.
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, last year's fffx post.
Please keep an eye on comments, as people may have follow-up questions about your canons.
Asking for recs
You're also welcome to leave comments (anon or not) asking people to rec you canons that they are likely to request.
For example: "Please tell me about canons for which you'd be excited to receive a Choose Your Own Adventure story."
Consider letting people know if you're interested in specific media only, or have other restrictions.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000, a.k.a. MST3K
Media: TV!
Approx length: 10 seasons (we don't talk about Jonah here). Mike's run (which is what I'm requesting) is about 5-1/2 seasons (literally, it's the second half of season 5 through the end of season 10). Each episode is 1-1/2 hours long.
Where to find it: One site to rule them all! http://www.club-mst3k.com/ They have almost all the episodes with multiple links (and if you can't find any particular one there, PM me and I'll hook you up).
What is it, in summary?: A man is sent up in/to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit around Earth/somewhere in Time and Space by a Mad Scientist and his partner/his mom/the mom and her minions, to watch bad movies with some robots. It sounds weird, but basically, a guy from Wisconsin/Minnesota in the 90s makes fun of old movies with puppets.
It's amazing.
What do you love about it?: I love the jokes, the references, the weirdness of it all, AND, mostly, the fact that while the villains are "villainous", they're so darn bad at being evil. But seriously, I listen to episodes to fall asleep. This is my comfort show.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Interpersonal relationships for the characters. For the pairings, mostly platonic/romantic-without-sex ships. For the &'s, just general canon-typical fun.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests?: Yes. While there is an overarching storyline (especially Season 8 and on), each episode can really be watched on its own with no prior knowledge. The theme song at the beginning of each episode tells the story of what's going on. The Club MST3K site recommends those with most laughs, but I'd like to give some personal recommendations (Note: these will all be Mike episodes since he's my fave host):
For Clayton Forrester/TV's Frank episodes:
The Brain That Wouldn't Die--Introduces Mike as host
Radar Secret Service--"Why don't they look?"
12 to the Moon--Just a solid episode
The Dead Talk Back--Solid season 6 episode
San Francisco International--Come for the 70s jokes
The Beast of Yucca Flats--"Flag on the moon. How did it get there?"
For Clayton and Pearl Forrester:
Night of the Blood Beast (Turkey Day or regular)--Note, this one has two sets of host segments, but the movie's jokes are the same
The Brute Man--Chicken of Tomorrow
Laserblas--Last episode of the Comedy Central run, before it moved to the Sci-Fi Channel (back when it wasn't "SyFy"). It's a good one to watch if you like 2001: A Space Odyssey jokes and want to see how the show first ended
For Pearl/Brain Guy/Bobo:
Revenge of the Creature--So you know how they came back from "the end"
The Deadly Mantis--Mike blows up his first planet
The She-Creature--Mike blows up his second planet
Riding With Death--More 70s jokes! And Tom's new ...trucker body... *shudders*
Prince of Space--Wormhole fun!
Werewolf--Or "warwilf" your choice
Actually, Season 9 is very good as a whole
Track of the Moon Beast--With corn, chicken, green peppers, chilis...*sigh*...onions
Hamlet--If you like Shakespeare, like I do
Diabolik--The very last* MST3K episode where everyone gets back down to Earth.
*I SAID WE DON'T TALK ABOUT JONAH HERE!
Content warnings: Some 90s-style misogyny and transphobia (hoo boy, the 90s were rough) especially in The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed Up Zombies (it's a really bad movie, too, worse than some other fair, but WOW does it start out with hella transmisogyny). I'd say skip that one altogether. Oh, and some "men enjoy being raped" type jokes in The Violent Years (which is a real shame, because the host segments are so good). Note: Prince of Space definitely has some racist Asian jokes in there.