Fandom Promos

[galerian_ash]

Have you already decided what fandom(s) to write for? If so, how about doing a little promoting? :D

We've all chosen tiny obscure canons, needless to say. But by posting here you might be able to entice someone else to give it a try — or perhaps you'll even run into a fellow fan, who can't wait to read your coming fic.

Your promo can be long or short, and contain whatever you feel like. Want to post a couple of intriguing screencaps from a movie? Quote a few paragraphs from a book? Rec the best episode of an anime or a TV series? Talk about why you love your favorite character and/or pairing from your fandom? It's all good; anything goes!

Comments

[sunfright]

I'm writing for the tiniest, obscure little Danish poetry collection by Naja Marie Aidt and Mette Moestrup called Omina. Like, even in Denmark, this collection of poetry is obscure, although both authors are relatively well-known for other works.

Quoting the opening poems from the collection below, English translation by me and very unofficial, okay.

this will be about
doubt and this will
be a hammer
of burning steel

this will be about
the hardness of the heart
and this will be soft
as a severed breast

Through a series of mirrored poems, we follow the journey of the main dramatis personae, the Amazon, as she leaves behind the ghosts of her past to travel between battlefields, through forests and across mountains. Her only companions on this journey are her horse and her dog, otherwise she's alone, having said goodbye to her love under unknown circumstances. What she fights against is injustice and the power structures of society, though she fights by also killing innocents in cold blood. The collection portrays her journey, both the physical one and the emotional one.

The title of the book comes from Latin, it's the plural form of omen which means warning.



If anyone should be interested, I've translated the whole poetry collection into English and will share a link to the full (still, you know, very unofficial) translation if you poke me.

[flo_nelja]

This seems awesome!
(I'm interested in the translation)

[sunfright]

It is honestly the best poetry I have ever read! I love it so much.

I've sent you a PM, just as a heads up.

[flo_nelja]

Thank you again! I love it very much!

[sunfright]

So glad you enjoyed!

Would you mind if I friended you? I talk about a lot of other things, but I certainly also talk a lot about this particular writing project.

[flo_nelja]

Oh it would be nice!

Can I ask if, as a fanfic, you're writing poetry or prose?

[sunfright]

A bit of a mix, actually! I don't write in the concise, brief style of the original collection, but I'm writing a series of prose poems - so it's still poetry in some form.