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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!
Comment here with information about the canons you are thinking of requesting, or otherwise want to get people into!
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Title
Please put your fandom's title in the subject of your comment. This helps people find your promo again.
Media
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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?
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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.
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.
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.
Sinbad (TV 2012)
I adore this show for being a super cheesy Xena-style fantasy show that had zero shits to give in regards to production values or plot, but is shot in gorgeous Malta, has a great cast who are often eyeliner-positive/shirts optional, and if nothing else means well. There's a lot of learning to be a team, loyalty kink, h/c, people trying to redeem themselves from past mistakes, an fantasy trope soup. There's just about any kind of ship you care to ship happening here, and also Naveen Andrews without a shirt (guest stars were paid in tickets to Malta, and we have a lot of fantastic one-off characters, like Nikki Amuka-Bird as a mad scientist). There's a tonne of room to flesh out stuff the show didn't quite cover, and I'm very into the people from all different cultures stuck together on a boat aspect.
Caveats: There is a mild cliff hanger at the end of the show, but it's not a huge thing, just set up for the next season. Episode two has some weird sexism, and is just generally bad. I'd rec skipping it, even if it does guest star Sophie Okonedo. On the whole, the show is not actually good in terms of having a coherent plot, or plots that made sense, or decent CGI, or good dialogue (though there are some fantastic bits in there), but it's on par with cheesy '90s fantasy shows, so if you liked those, this is great. Several of my faves are written out part way through the series.
I'm asking for an M/M loyalty kink pairing, an M/M/F OT3 that is super hot and also has a lot of comedy value, an F/F opposites attract pairing, and gen about a mystery character.
Re: Sinbad (TV 2012)
If you watch the pilot and like it, you can also buy the whole season on Amazon Prime for only $11 if you don't want to watch ads.
The eyeliner positivity (including on shirtless Naveen Andrews) is wonderful to behold.
Anyway, seconding this rec! The show is not "good", but it's so much FUN, in a breezy, daft kind of way. So sunny and full of loyalty and hot people. It makes me happy and I keep finding myself rewatching bits when I need to turn my brain off and cheer up. All of the ships mentioned above are super hot and full of potential.
Re: Sinbad (TV 2012)