Fandom/Relationship Promo Post

[candyheartsex]

If you want to promote your fandom or the relationships you want to request/create for, this post is for you!

How you write your your recommendations, enthusiastic squeeing, or manifestos is up to you, but please put the name of your canon in the subject line of your comment. Here--with liberal borrowing from Yuletide's promo setup--are some other things you may want to include:

• Title
  
• Medium (e.g., Book Series, Podcast, TV Show, etc.)
  
• Approximate Length (e.g., page count, runtime, etc. This is also a good place to mention if only a specific installment of the canon is relevant to the relationship(s) you're requesting.)
  
• Where to (Legally) Find It
  
• Brief Description
  
• What You Love About the Canon
  
• What You Love About Your Ship(s)
  
• Kinds of Things You're Planning to Ask For
  
• Content Notes (e.g., incest, period-typical attitudes, noncon, torture, etc. These notes are optional and may not cover everything even if they're included.)
  

Please post a separate comment for each promo you do, so the canon title can always be highlighted in the subject line.

Comments

Andor (TV)

[artemisdart]

Andor
TV Show
# and Length of Episodes: 12 episodes, each between 38 and 57 minutes
Viewable on: Disney Plus

What I love about the canon: I cannot stress enough how much I love this show. Among the many, many things I love about Andor are -- the tough moral choices, the overwhelming banality of evil under the Empire, the snazzy uniforms and intra-organization warfare of the ISB, the brutalist architecture found on any Empire-controlled planet, the raw hope of the Resistance... ohhh, I could go on and on, but I'll stop here.

What I love about the ships: I chose Cinta/Vel because they're clearly together and they clearly have some issues to work out. What happens when your dedication to the cause conflicts with your most important relationship? Which do you choose? Even if the other person understands -- could they forgive you?

I also chose Syril/Dedra because those two FASCINATE me. At this point, Dedra is too far gone to be redeemed as a character (in my opinion), due to her torture of Bix. However, Syril, to me, is not. He started his quest based on a sense of justice. Will he realize that the Empire is not the way to create a better tomorrow? I sincerely think he might. He's currently such a twisted, bitter man -- will his proximity to Dedra in the wake of her rescue change that or just exacerbate it? Can he actually help her with the petty turf wars within the ISB, or is he a liability to her? How does Dedra treat her liabilities?

I also chose Nemik/Syril because to me they are two opposites of the spectrum. Nemik is the sweet, passionate, tender cinnamon bun who must be protected at all costs. He is too good for this world, and his sense of justice and righteousness will burn on long after he's gone, as his passionate anti-Empire manifesto inspires a new generation. Meanwhile, Syril has been raised on the Empire, steeped in it, molded by it. He believes in it. (Or does he?) They are SO opposite that I really want to see what happens if they were to ever meet.

Kinds of things I'm hoping to ask for: Tough decisions, spycraft, philosphy, maybe some action, maybe a heist or a battle or an operation. But I don't need action -- a story with just two people talking could have plenty of suspense all by itself.

I do not want unhappy endings -- ambiguous is fine!, major character death (yes I know someome dies in canon -- I'd prefer not to see them die again a different way), permanent physical or mental illness or injury (being the result of torture counts DEDRA I'M LOOKING AT YOU), permanent body changes, incest, poop, anything underage, eggs, pregnancy, gender swapping / gender switching, fantastical elements such as changing into animals, bestiality, A/B/O, cutesy names for body parts, or racism UNLESS the racist is fully punished within the story.

Content notes: The Empire is bad and terrible things happen all the time. Many people's lives are hopelessly crushed, and all hope often seems lost. This show can be pretty heavy. I find that it makes the hope shine even brighter.