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!

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[geri_chan]

I'm writing for the graphic novel My Aunt is a Monster by Reimena Yee. The official summary reads: "Safia thought that being blind meant she would only get to go on adventures through her audiobooks. This all changes when she goes to live with a distant and mysterious aunt, Lady Whimsy, who takes Safia on the journey of a lifetime!"

Safia has gone to live with her Aunt Whimsy after her parents died. Whimsy used to be a famous adventurer, but now lives in seclusion because on her last adventure, she was cursed into the form of a monster. Being blind, Safia is unaware of this, and lives happily with Whimsy and Whimsy's childhood nanny/housekeeper/assistant Cathryn, though she dreams of going on adventures like her aunt once did. She finally gets the chance when Whimsy's rival discovers the lost kingdom where Whimsy was cursed, and they must go to stop her before disaster strikes again.

The art is bright, colorful, and charming, and I love the eccentric Lady Whimsy in both her human and monster forms. Safia is also a wonderful character, and I love the way that she and Aunt Whimsy are both lonely and grieving, albeit for different reasons, and how they bond and truly become a family.

I also love Whimsy's rival, Dr. Professor Cecilia Choi, aka the Pineapple Tart (so nicknamed because of her favorite dessert). In the flashbacks to the beginnings of their childhood rivalry, Whimsy regards the Tart as her nemesis, but Cecilia seems quite smitten with Whimsy, and I'm hoping to expand on their relationship in my fic.

It's a great adventure story, while also being humorous and whimsical, and at the same time touching and emotional when it comes to the relationships between the various characters.

It's available in print and ebook formats, and you can read the summary and see a few sample pages at the author's website.