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

[tildytwo]

I want to write for Where's Marlowe? if possible given time and inspiration. It's a comedy movie about a pair of documentary film makers, Wilt and AJ, who decide to make a documentary about a small, struggling private investigation firm. They follow around Boone, a guy probably too nice to be a very good private eye, and his friend Murphy, who seems to be in the business solely because Boone wanted to do it. The usual cheating spouse and insurance fraud cases are interrupted when Murphy is abruptly killed, and Boone, Wilt, and AJ try to find his killer.



This movie was billed as a black comedy/mystery, but it's honestly so sweet? Murphy and Boone spend a lot of the time before Murphy's murder bickering, but there's a scene afterwards where the gang views Murphy's video dating tape (this movie came out in 1998, can you tell?) and Murphy explains to the women he's trying to date how much he loves his buddy Boone. Boone himself is a sweetie who can't hang onto money—he's always giving it away to people he thinks are in need. Wilt and AJ try for a while to hang onto their journalistic integrity but are eventually like, "Shit, we've grown attached. Guess we'd better start investigating cases so Boone's business doesn't go under."

I'm hoping to write about Boone and Murphy's relationship. It's one of my very favorite parts of the movie, and of course Boone is the usual Miguel Ferrer character I can project upon.

If you're interested in this movie, I got a copy of it for twenty bucks on Amazon, or you can rent it from google play, apple tv, fandango, and amazon prime for $4 each. You'll notice it has some low ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, but what's a few rotten tomatoes between friends?

[delphi]

This sounds right up my alley - and aw, baby Mos Def!

[tildytwo]

I knowww, he was so young!