Fandom Promos
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bethefirstHave 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!
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!
Exordia / The Majesty of Colors
Date: 2024-04-05 10:21 (UTC)1. (I Fell In Love With) The Majesty of Colors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Majesty_of_Colors
Riffing off Wikipedia, this is a pixel-horror game that's short and simple but very atmospheric and can be completed in 5-10 minutes. "The user is a tentacled sea creature and they interact with humans, creatures, and objects in and around an area of sea. The player's actions can be benevolent towards the humans and creatures, or destructive. The actions of the player determine which of five different endings will be shown. "
2. Exordia
I love this book very much and this is my secret ploy to siren more people into reading it. It's A LOT and I'll admit straight up it's YMMV and very niche.
On its surface it's a "first-contact sci-fi novels full of physical and metaphysical mindbending, along with an (un)healthy amount of Alien-esque body horror, neatly wrapped up by a good ol’ fashioned extinction-event apocalyptic threat." (https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/19ai1li/review_exordia_seth_dickinson/?rdt=35916)
But it's not just hard scifi -- it's got lots of soul and a good critical evisceration of American imperialism and consideration of the ethics of drone strikes. I'm not a STEM bro at all and this appealed to bits of my id. Also there's a snake alien woman who's really hot.
I'll just link these two reviews (one of them mine):
https://meikuree.dreamwidth.org/15959.html
https://canmom.art/crit/baru/exordia-advance-review