Canon Promo Post 2021

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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!


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Title
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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.

Comments

XCOM 2

[(Anonymous)]

Title XCOM 2

Media Video games

Approx length 30 to 50 hours for the main story; 1 hour or so for the cutscenes on Youtube

Where to find it You can find playthroughs and cutscene compilations on Youtube; the game itself is available for all major platforms, including Android and iOS.

What is it, in summary? It's a turn-based strategy game about repelling an alien invasion after Earth's been conquered. XCOM is the resistance - you play as the Commander, their leader. At the beginning of the game, said Commander has been a prisoner and plugged into the aliens' psi network for two decades. A group of resistance fighters led by your former second-in-command rescue them and for then on, the Commander takes charge.

What do you love about it? The pretty damn random ST:TNG reunion in the War of the Chosen DLC. The dubious science. The two layers of battle tactics and base building. How you end up very invested in your randomly generated units - they can even Bond with each other and have special actions because they've become fire-forged friends.

But what I love about it particularly is Bradford and his undying loyalty for his Commander.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it? Which is my request: Bradford/Male Commander. In the first game, Bradford is your second-in-command who's slightly dorky and, like all mission control NPCs, pretty annoying. But XCOM 2 takes place in an alternate timeline where XCOM lost - and therefore Bradford is now a grizzled man with alcohol issues and who's spent two decades fighting a losing war against an overwhelming enemy. He's been the leader, but he gives it away the second he rescues you. Because he believes THAT much in the Commander - enough that even if the Commander spends two decades missing, he still believes he's somewhere out there. Enough that he actually is doubtful when the key to defeating the aliens can put the Commander at risk.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests? Not really because the Commander is the player character.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence) - you do shoot a lot of aliens but it's not a gory game