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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[rekishi]

Demian Syndrome ( デミアン症候群) is a manga by Mamiya Oki that is sort of left unfinished (I have to assume she wanted to write more but it wasn't popular enough? something) but has an open enough end that leaves everyone in a position to be okay. It plays at a Christian (I assume Catholic) boarding school in Japan that is separated into a girls and a boys track.

Azuma and Takayama used to be friends when they were children, but then Takayama moved with his father to America suddenly. Three years pass and suddenly one day, Takayama shows up again at Jouhoku Academy to be a boarding student. Azuma is...less than pleased to see him. Or is he?

Both of them have grown up a bit, but they're each struggling with their own problems. Azuma especially is keeping a lot of secrets very close to his chest, while Takayama struggles to fit himself back into his friend's life. But Takayama deals with his own scars and some of the reasons he's come back to Japan without saying a word.

ETA: The title is connected to the book "Demian" by Hermann Hesse, which actually does play a role in the manga as well, although a minor one. It's not necessary to have read the book to understand the manga.

I'm genuinely surprised there's no fic for it. I think as of last year there was none at all and now there are two Russian-language fics, but I hadn't found anything else by the time of signups. The manga should be available at all the usual manga reading sites, but be aware that this is a typical mid aughts shounen ai manga which features a few scenes that are at best dub-con. No clue if it was ever licensed in the US, it was released in its entirely (7 volumes) in Germany though.