Fandom Promo 2025
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Fandom Promo
One of the really fun things about a multifandom exchange is seeing what everyone else is into and maybe picking up a new fandom or two or three! This post is a place to let everyone know why your fandom(s) are great, how to get into your fandom(s), and so on.
You can see last year's promo post here (link).
(PS, say hello to our mod helper account! Our minions are helping with the data entry, plus this keeps the promo alerts from clogging up the mod inbox.)
Promo Spreadsheet
For ease of browsing fandom promos, we will be putting all fandom promos in a sheet for easy browsing, including browsing by roughly the length of time needed to consume the fandom. You don't need to do anything to get your promo info on the sheet, just follow the posting instructions and it will be added for you.
What to put in your promo
Necessary for the spreadsheet:
- Fandom name: Also make this the title of your comment below. If you're promoing a certain ship or section of your fandom, include it after your fandom name.
- Tagset fandom: Please copy/paste from the tagset if your fandom is already there. This will help if you go out for pinch hit.
- Media type: What kind of thing is it?
- Length: How long does it take to consume the canon? We want this to be useful for people looking to pick up new fandoms! You can put an exact time if you know it, or you can sort into these categories:
- For fandoms under 2 hours long: Very short
- For fandoms 2-5 hours long: Short
- For fandoms 5-10 hours long: Short-ish
- For fandoms 10-20 hours long: Medium
- For fandoms longer than 20 hours: Long
- For fandoms longer than 40 hours: Very long
Suggested other info:
- Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.)
- What is it/what is it about?
- What do you love about it? Also, what are you planning to request for it?
- If it's a big/complex/long/scattered fandom, where should people start? Also, are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?
- Do you have any content warnings? These are at your discretion and don't need to be comprehensive. Some content "warnings" might also help attract people who deliberately look for that kind of thing!
How to post your promo
Comment on this post by clicking "reply" in the bottom right corner. You do not need a Dreamwidth account to post.
Put your fandom's name as the comment's title.
Copy the code in the text box below and fill it out. Necessary-for-the-spreadsheet fields are marked with a * so you won't forget. Other fields can be removed if you don't need them.
The Marvels
Date: 2025-07-29 09:41 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom:The Marvels (2023)
*Media type: movie
*Length: Very short
Where can it be found? On Disney plus: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-75c90eca-8969-4edb-ac1a-7165cff2671c
What is it/what is it about? Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels."
What do you love about it? Found family, female friendships, banger quotes and a great soundtrack. It's fun. It's silly. It's heart wrenching at times and it really digs into the message that family isn't always what you expect it to be. I will definitely be asking for the 'Valkyrie/Carol Danvers' pairing as well as the 'Carol & Kamala & Monica' relationship tag for fanfiction and fanart as well as other mediums.
Where should people start? If you want something easy, you can start by watching the movie! It is a stand-alone film that explains the history of the characters without you needing to watch the other Marvel films. BUT if you would like to get more into the depth of the characters, Captain Marvel (2019), and the TV shows: Ms. Marvel and Wandavision will provide you with the backstories of each 'The Marvels' character.
Do you have any content warnings? PG-13 movie dealing with PTSD, parental death, genocide and sacrifice.
Re: The Marvels
Date: 2025-07-30 11:31 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Bring Her Back (Movie 2025)
*Media type: Film
*Length: ~1hr 45
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Currently in cinemas in the UK! Presumably also available on most streaming services. Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBskrYZfhw8
What is it/what is it about? Grisly, brutally gory horror from the directors of Talk to Me (2023). Some really cool, inventive ritual horror, themes of grief and codependency and devotion taken to extremes.
What do you love about it? Features the sweetest, most touching (step) sibling relationship that I’m just obsessed with. Really great performances from all the actors, but it was especially awesome to see an incredibly talented, visually impaired actress in her first role!
Where should people start? N/A
Do you have any content warnings? It's a horror film with a lot of difficult themes and some intense gore. I'd recommend looking on doesthedogdie if you want to check for anything specific!
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Date: 2025-07-29 09:56 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Palia (Video Game)
*Media type: Game
*Length: Varies based on desired type of gameplay. Would probably take a while to complete full story, but many mission walkthroughs are available on Youtube. Howlongtobeat says 67, so long.
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) main website / Main Story Playthroughs on Youtube
What is it/what is it about?
Long Summary
Taken from the Palia lore page.
In Palia, humans are the legendary race, having disappeared thousands of years ago at the height of their grandeur and mastery of magic. Nobody in the modern day knows why. Until one day humans begin to appear all over the world. As one of the newly re-emerged humans you’ll have to make yourself a new home in this friendly world, and forge a future for yourself and humanity. Palia has a deep, evolving story that we plan on telling (with you!) for years to come.
What you know when entering Palia for the first time is that some pretty major events happened a good thousand years plus in the history of the world, and that is the last time anyone saw hide or hair of a human. Part of the story will be delving into those secrets and finding out what happened in the past to cause humanity’s disappearance, in order to understand current events and find solutions for the future. You’ll see ruins dotted about the landscape with lore attached for you to discover, and meet characters that may offer better insight into humanity’s history. As for the future, and the timing of your return… Well, that is its own mystery you’ll have to unravel. It certainly seems like things are happening for a reason, but what that reason might be remains to be seen.
What do you love about it?
Copy-pasting from my journal/discord promo.
Do YOU like games that have interesting mechanics and a plot-heavy outlining story but aren't stressful to play? Do YOU like cozy games where you can grow vegetables, go fishing, craft furniture, catch bugs (and crabs!), and more? Do YOU like a varied cast of characters with their own backstories and personalities, including robots (some romanceable!), heavily-ND coded MILFs, an older woman/younger man ex-couple, toxic sibling relationships, and a cast of romanceable characters who are ALL queer (for the romanceable characters, nothing is genderlocked; and many of the non-romanceable ones are or were in queer relationships).
I'll talk about some of my favorite characters. Elouisa, who is an older woman, twin of Caleri (great potential between them if you're an F/F incest shipper btw), and is heavily coded to be neurodivergent. She is sweet and kind, but also paranoid, and loves talking to you and catching bugs. I also love Tish, who is the sweet bubbly chronically ill (I think?) woman who runs the furniture store (also brosis potential for her), and Sifuu, a fun strong blacksmith who recently lost her wife and deeply loves her son, Hassian, the village hunter who cares deeply for the wildlife of Kilima, Einar, the robot whose life is dedicated to fishing and who is absolutely sweet, you can date him, and who has an interesting past, and finally, Jina, an autistic-coded researcher who is studying the extinct human race you come from.
I love Palia so much, it's such a calming game that can also get pretty dark or deep once you dive into the lore. Sadly not much of that lore is detailed in the wiki so you just have to play the game or watch playthroughs (maybe). Overall, it is just so very fun to play and the characters are so so fascinating!!!!
Do you have any content warnings? None I can think of, it's a pretty cozy game.
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Date: 2025-08-03 03:06 am (UTC)Final Fantasy XII OGC
Date: 2025-07-29 10:15 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Final Fantasy XII
*Media type: Video Game
*Length: Short-ish/Long (Main content and movies can be consumed on YouTube in 6-ish hours, but the full game experience is 20+)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) To play, you can purchase on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and at least PS4 (I play on Steam, so not sure about the latter); you can watch the main game cutscenes on YouTube HERE for a crash course.
What is it/what is it about? A fantasy RPG in the Final Fantasy Series that takes place in the world of Ivalice. An empire striving to take over a continent acquires a small nation through some supremely dubious means, and the country's displaced princess enlists the aid of some sky pirates, a fallen knight, and a couple of street orphans to exact revenge. Plot unfolds like a blooming onion.
What do you love about it? It's such a wonderful story, great characters with a lot of potential for fanfic growth, and the world is absolutely gorgeous. The game is never explicit about pairings and relationships, and the ending leaves much to the imagination and is quite bittersweet, so it leaves a lot to work with particularly when it comes to post-canon fan works. I have some bones to pick with how they left my favorite character in the ending, hence my nearly 20 years now of seeking out some fan service. But it is overall just an amazing sandbox to play in.
Where should people start? Honestly if you have time, get the game and give it a go. If you don't have the time, watch the cut-scenes, or a longer play through if you don't mind player VoiceOver and stuff so you can understand the world and the game mechanics.
Do you have any content warnings? Mild gore and violence? Typical stuff if you're familiar with the FF series. Oh, lots of family drama.
Re: Final Fantasy XII OGC
Date: 2025-08-04 03:35 pm (UTC)Re: Final Fantasy XII OGC
Date: 2025-08-04 04:54 pm (UTC)And hooray for another for the fandom! It’s my main ask so I’m nervous/excited! Let’s gooo!
The One Within the Villainess
Date: 2025-07-29 10:55 pm (UTC)Tagset fandom: 悪役令嬢の中の人 | Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito | The One Within the Villainess (Manga)
Media type: Manga
Length: Short-ish (28 chapters)
What is it/what is it about? emi reincarnates into the villainess of her favorite otome game! perfect! now she can make sure her favorite character gets the ending she deserves. as she works tirelessly to improve remelia's life, remelia—the actual villainess—watches her, and is moved by the depth of emi's care.
when the world turns on emi-as-remelia, remelia steps back into the life emi took over to take revenge, not for herself, but for emi, and the remelia emi created.
What do you love about it? [slaps towtv] this can fit so much Yuri in it (if you ignore the ending lmao) and also a fun 3p as well. emi and remelia are so devoted to each other, emi haunts the narrative as remelia tries to avenge her the most maliciously kind way possible, all not to stain the reputation emi worked hard to create. they are obsessed with each other your honor.
Where should people start? The manga!
Do you have any content warnings? Slutshaming, capitalism, the politics is kinda weird at times
Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story (NYTRS)
Date: 2025-07-29 10:59 pm (UTC)Tagset fandom: 흔한 빙의물인 줄 알았다 | Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story (Webcomic)
Media type: Webcomic
Length: Medium (100 main chapters and ongoing extras)
Where can it be found? https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/not-your-typical-reincarnation-story/list?title_no=5556
What is it/what is it about? (from the webtoon summary) When Suna Choi reincarnates as Edith Rigelhof, the villain from her favorite novel, she is determined to change Edith’s life around and treats everyone with kindness. Although she marries the handsome Killian Rudwick, he is madly in love with the original protagonist of the book and mistrusts Edith because she is from a rival family. Will her marriage survive the whirlwind of family feuds, love triangles, and more? Will Edith find her happy ending?
What do you love about it? the reveal that it is ORIGINAL RHYSE that caused the transmigration and has been. just to save the original edith has me at a chokehold. rhyse loves her so much and doesn't regret the suffering she caused!! i love how they are mirrors. original edith doesn't believe she can love and i want her to get to that point where she can. and the fact that she decides to STAY for rhyse when freedom is within her reach got me. it got me good. and how she was willing to take the fall for her. willingly. they CARE so much about each other.
Where should people start? Webtoon only! The novel differs widely.
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Date: 2025-07-30 12:08 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Dial M for Murder (1954)
*Media type: Movie
*Length: Very short (1hr 45mn)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Rentable on Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, AppleTV, and Fandango
What is it/what is it about? Based on the play by Frederick Knott, Dial M for Murder tells the story of retired tennis player Tony Wendice discovering his rich wife, Margot, had an affair with American mystery writer Mark Halliday. Afraid she'll leave him and he'll no longer be wealthy, Tony manipulates his old classmate Charles Swann into a plot to murder Margot while Tony is conveniently out with Mark and securing his alibi. Things go wrong when Margot survives the attempt and kills her would be assassin. Tony manipulates the evidence to make it look as if Margot planned to kill a man blackmailing her, and she's sentenced to death. On the day before she's meant to be hanged, Mark comes by to beg Tony to say he arranged everything—not knowing he nearly has Tony's exact plan down to the letter. While they're arguing, Inspector Hubbard (the cop who first investigated the case) stops by, pretending to be investigating a lead about Tony spending an unusual amount of cash; in actuality, he's setting up a sting operation that involves getting Tony out of the apartment + bringing Margot back + getting Tony to attempt to come back before proving he knew where Swann would have left a key after the murder. It goes according to plan, proving Margot's innocence and Tony's guilt.
What do you love about it? I love how intricate the plot is, how the messiness of an affair and true love are tied into the same couple, and the fascinating train of trauma Margot in particular experiences. I think there's a lot of potential for character exploration with her pre-, during and post- film.
Where should people start? The beginning of the movie :)
Do you have any content warnings? Misogyny, attempted murder, mentions of death penalty.
Christian Astrology - A Lady, If Marry the Gentleman Desired?
Date: 2025-07-30 01:51 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom (assumed): Christian Astrology - William Lilly
*Media type: Book
*Length: Very short (<15 minutes for the relevant section)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Freely available online.
-Modern edition (different page numbers)
-Original 1647 edition (those are long s's, not f's)
Because some of it might be hard to parse if you're unfamiliar with horary, I also put together a version that replaces the technical parts with a high-level summary of what Lilly was saying.
What is it/what is it about? This is a 17th century love story preserved as a case example by the astrologer that the lady consulted. She harshly rejected a man who'd been pursuing her only to fall for him afterwards, and she's desperate to fix it without damaging her honor. It’s full of personality and drama, has a happy ending, and reads like the plot of a romance novel.
What do you love about it? It's juicy and full of potential! Even in the little we get, the lady and her desired gentleman are both compelling and flawed characters, and come with a surprisingly full side cast. Because of how the events are recounted, there are a lot of pieces to play with, but room for creativity in how they fit together.
Where should people start? You can start directly in the relevant section - there's no need to read the rest of the book.
Do you have any content warnings? None
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Date: 2025-07-30 02:15 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: G Gundam
*Media type: Anime
*Length: Long; 49 half-hour episodes, so ~25 hours
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Crunchyroll for the sub, Internet Archive for the dub
What is it/what is it about? Setting: Earth has been ravaged by war, so all the nations created space colonies, and everyone who could afford it fled to them. In order to try and 'fix' the problem of war, they have decided to settle their differences by way of the Gundam Fight. The Fight happens every four years, and calls for every country to send a Gundam and a fighter to control it, and they spend a year battling it out, and the last one standing gives his nation the right to rule all the others for the next four years.
Earth is the ring.
The other thing to know is the presence of a secret quasi-mystical society called the Shuffle Alliance, which has existed throughout time for the purpose of overseeing wars and making sure humanity survives. There are five at any given time, mapped to card ranks, and they are magically 'chosen' rather than deciding to join.
I have a longer summary/pimping post with pictures here
What do you love about it? The characters are so dang charming, you guys. This show celebrated its 30th anniversary recently. It's very hot-blooded power-of-friendship/love stuff, and even at its most logically ridiculous really lands the emotional beats. Also it's chock full of hot dudes in latex fight suits.
Where should people start? I'd love you to start at the top, but I do have some episode guides for some of the requested tags! Episodes 2, 18, 31, and 35 are highlights for Chibodee and the gals (Shirley, Bunny, Cath and Janet are Chibodee's support crew), with all of those but 31 also being go-tos for the Chibodee/Domon dynamic. (Not that 31 doesn't have moments, but it's very much a spotlight episode.) The episodes for Argo/Nastasha would be 5, 8, 19, 38, and 46. The other tags I didn't nominate, but I believe for Domon/Master you want 12-16, 23-24, 39 and 45, Domon/Allenby would be 30, 34, and 38, and for both Kyoji/Schwarz and Kyoji/Devil Gundam I'd say 6, 17, 23-24, and 40-44.
Do you have any content warnings? Death, animated violence, PTSD, brainwashing, a nanotech-virus, occasional zombies, some dystopian elements
LOVE ME hard - Music Video
Date: 2025-07-30 02:24 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: LOVE ME HARD - Jerry Heil (Music Video)
*Media type: Music video
*Length: Very short, just over 3 minutes
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) YouTube
Port Saga (Podcast)
Date: 2025-07-30 06:56 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast)
*Media type: Podcast/audio drama
*Length: Short-ish (8 hours)
Where can it be found? Spotify, Youtube, various podcasting sites
What is it/what is it about?
A murder mystery in the world of Vampire: The Masquerade (no previous knowledge of the setting required). Titus Reed, a young-ish vampire with some anger issues, returns to his home town after the murder of his estranged, but still beloved sire and ex-lover. An old friend of his has confessed, but Titus is convinced that there's more to it and starts investigating, which sees him pulled into the vampire politics of the city and forces him to deal with his own issues with his sire and his past and his existence as a vampire.
What do you love about it?
- great voice actors, tight plotting and writing (it's a scripted audio drama, not an improvised actual play)
- Titus is a great character: he's a Malkavian, but his "insanity" is both convincing and heartbreaking rather than quirky and silly; he has believable moral quandaries he deals with; he's tough in a fight, but hilariously bad at politics and scheming; he's also a musician and the podcast does really cool things with his psychic ability to "hear music" in certain situations that tells him something about what's going on
- a big, varied cast of side characters who all have their own agenda and moral complexities, whether you love them or love to hate them
- lots of shipping potential: several characters (including the main character) are canonically bi or gay, and while there's no central romance going on, there are some background relationships and some flirting and many characters have shippy interactions you could build on in fic
Where should people start?
It's very straightforward, two seasons with ten ~20-minute-episodes each.
Do you have any content warnings?
In addition to the usual vampire stuff (murder, blood drinking, violence), Titus' background story involves (non-sexual) child abuse (he was abducted and locked in a basement for years as a kid) and he has some harrowing mental breakdowns.
Parliament of Knives
Date: 2025-07-30 06:57 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives - Jeffrey Dean
*Media type: visual novel
*Length: Short-ish (~5-8 hours)
Note: That's for one playthrough, but the game has many different paths and great replayability.
Where can it be found? Steam, Android/iOS, Choice of Games website
The first three (out of ten) chapters are available for free.
What is it/what is it about?
A "choose your own adventure" type of story set in the world of Vampire: The Masquerade (no previous knowledge of the setting required; the game explains things well and has an in-game glossary).
The vampire ruler/Prince of Ottawa has mysteriously disappeared and in his absence, every vampire in the city is plotting how to take advantage of this, at the same time as a group of Anarch vampires comes to the city and causes trouble. You play the childe and assistant of the Prince's extremely ambitious second-in-command. Your character has the option to ally with and betray various people, to be loyal to your sire or not, to investigate what happened to the Prince, to help or fight the Anarchs, and to romance different characters if you want (m/m, f/f and m/f options; the romances aren't genderlocked).
What do you love about it?
- the complex plot with intrigues and scheming, which makes for great replayability because it's impossible to find out about every character's goals in one playthrough
- the background story of the Ventrue Prince and the Brujah leader of the Anarchs, who used to be lovers, broke up because of political disagreements, but are not even remotely over each other - part of the plot turns out to be driven by their relationship and other characters' reactions to it; they say things to each other like "you asked me to be your lifeline so you wouldn't lose yourself"
- so many fascinating NPCs you can get to know, and the amount of freedom you have in who you choose to interact with; the m/m romance I played through (with Qui) is wonderful - there's a reason Steam reviews call this the "Nosferatu dating sim" and it's because Qui is just that great
- playing a vampire with cool supernatural abilities (depending on which clan you pick) is a ton of fun and gives you many different options to solve problems
- vampires hot
I will request (and offer!) a couple of m/m ships: Arundel/Ward (the canonical Prince/Anarch "opposites attract" ship), Arundel/Qui (pure loyalty kink of the king/knight variety), Ward/Qui (they hate each other and it'd be hot), and Arundel/Ward/Qui.
Where should people start?
Like I said above, the beginning of the game is free so you can check it out before deciding if you want to buy it. If you play on Steam, you can manually save the game for easier replaying.
Do you have any content warnings?
It's about vampires, so murder, violence, blood drinking, torture, betrayal, mindfucking, manipulation ... IIRC there's no sexual violence, though.
Path of Night (Podcast)
Date: 2025-07-30 07:00 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Path of Night (Podcast)
*Media type: actual play podcast (audio only)
*Length: Very long (~100 hours)
Where can it be found? Spotify, Youtube, other podcasting sites
What is it/what is it about?
A Vampire: The Masquerade actual play set in 1999 in New Haven that's going for a classic 90s Vampire vibe (no previous knowledge of the setting required).
It focuses on a group of vampires who have to deal with a variety of problems ranging from political intrigue, hiding their dangerous secrets, fleshcrafting horrors, protecting ghost friends from necromancers, revenge plans of people they pissed off, and possibly the end of the world as they know it. And also the fact that they're bloodsuckers who are always at risk of losing what humanity they have left and who cling to the people they are/were/want to be. The story is a mix of political plotting, supernatural elements and complex character development and interactions.
What do you love about it?
- excellent storytelling, roleplaying and voice acting; it's well edited and focuses on telling a cohesive story rather than on lots of table banter/jokes
- emotional depth: these characters are repeatedly put through the wringer and you get great depictions of all their anguish and grief and pain and moral dilemmas (and hope and love and ambition); all the emotional details that so many canons gloss over get explored in detail here
- the coterie members genuinely love and support each other, and all the dynamics within the group are convincing and intense; lots of loyalty and affection and self-sacrifices, but they also get to have serious conflicts and disagree and argue – this also makes for great shipping potential (I'm mostly into the m/m loyalty kink between the emotionally stunted Ventrue leader and his rough-but-caring Brujah right-hand man, but there are lots of fascinating shippy and platonic character dynamics that I might also request/offer)
- it's so fucking cool: the world they live in is dangerous and they get in plenty of trouble, but they also get to be badass and use cool powers to solve their problems in creative ways, and listening to them fight and plot and plan is just as much fun as listening to them talk about their feelings
Where should people start?
Episode 1 "Baptized in Blood".
Do you have any content warnings?
Typical vampire things (murder, blood drinking, violence, manipulation), and also a fair amount of body horror due to the aforementioned fleshcrafting horrors. Every episode has more specific content warnings.
Yume Nikki
Date: 2025-07-31 09:59 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: Yume Nikki | Dream Diary
Media type: Video Game
Length: Short (HowLongToBeat gives around 5 hours for the "main story" of the game, though I'd argue this is a game where you can't really give an average playtime, as it doesn't really have a "main story" to speak of and mostly consists of exploring, something that most people will do at a different pace. It's perfectly possible to reach "the end" in a few hours by using a guide in my experience, but you'll definitely miss out on a lot of the game.)
Where can it be found? It's free to play on Steam, and you can also play it online (which works on mobile as well.) There are a bunch of guides on Steam, and you can find full-length walkthroughs (like this one) as well as events showcases (like this one) on YouTube.
What is it/what is it about? Yume Nikki is a pixelated adventure game where you play a girl of indeterminate age (though usually theorized to be a child or teen) named Madotsuki who refuses to leave her room and prefers to stay in and sleep so she can experience very intricate and surreal dreams. Madotsuki explicitly refuses to leave her room, leaving you no choice but to sleep in her bed and explore her dreams. In them, you'll meet strange characters (some hostile, some friendly, some somewhere in-between) and gather "Effects," abilities that let Madotsuki use certain objects, change her appearance, affect the environment, trigger events... The "goal" of the game is to gather all of these effects and drop them in the main area of Madotsuki's dreamscape (referred to as "The Nexus") where they turn into eggs. Once you've found and dropped all the effects, you can trigger the ending.
What do you love about it? This game was really meaningful to me as a teenager, and I've drawn a lot of art for it. It's ripe for all kinds of interpretations, and I love that none of them have been debunked. Exploration is the heart of it all, and everything you bring in from your own experiences and feelings will influence how you react and appreciate what's shown to you. I also love the colorful yet often oppressive aesthetics, and the music is truly gorgeous.
Do you have any content warnings? This is widely considered to be a psychological/surreal horror game, and as such does have some unsettling and frightening elements. There are a lot of grotesque depictions, both through drawings or pixelated characters, and some blood. There are a few jumpscares. I'm putting a special note about the ending under a cut, so as not to spoil those who might not have played it and would like to experience it blind.
Content warning for the ending.
The ending of the game (that triggers the credits) has Madotsuki going to her balcony and (by all appearances) committing suicide by throwing herself off of it. Nothing is shown beyond her jumping off but you do have to manually make her walk up to the edge and jump..flow
Date: 2025-07-31 10:30 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: .flow
Media type: Video Game
Length: Short (HowLongToBeat gives around 2 hours for the main story of the game and 5½ hours when adding the side events, with an average of 5 hours total.)
Where can it be found? You can play it online (which works on mobile as well.) You can also find full-length walkthroughs (like this one) as well as events showcases (like this one) on YouTube.
What is it/what is it about? .flow is a pixelated adventure game where you play a girl of indeterminate age (described by the creator as being between 10 and 20) named Sabitsuki who refuses to leave her room and prefers to stay in and use her computer to access her mindscape through a process referred to as "flowing." As you can probably tell if you've read my Yume Nikki promo post or if you know about it, .flow is a Yume Nikki fangame/spiritual successor. It has a clearer "story" to follow than Yume Nikki does, though it's still told through exploring and stumbling upon events and characters that only give you hints of what may be going on. A lot of it seems to revolve around a potentially terminal illness Sabitsuki has. The game has three endings depending on "completion".
What do you love about it? Just like Yume Nikki, it was very meaningful to me as a teenager. You might say that it's the "edgier" Yume Nikki, but I personally wouldn't use that descriptor as a negative/criticism. I love the gritty, industrial asthetics and the sense of hopelessness. The themes of isolation, grief, and illness have always resonated with me. The fact that you can better pierce together Sabitsuki's deal makes it even more fun to worldbuild/theorize about than Yume Nikki, in my opinion at least.
Do you have any content warnings? This is one of the most horror-y of the Yume Nikki fangames, and includes a lot of gore, blood, and upsetting imagery, including but not limited to references/allusions to suicide, terminal illness, abortion/miscarriage and alcoholism as a coping mechanism. Most of it is depicted through simplified, somewhat cutesy pixel art but it does bear mentioning. There are also some tense moments, including chases and uses of flashing/glitchy aesthetics, and a few jumpscares.
Petscop
Date: 2025-07-31 10:32 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: Petscop (Web Series)
Media type: Web Series
Length: Short (4h26min without counting the soundtrack video, which does include around 3min of a post-ending scene at the very end, starting 42min in.)
Where can it be found? On YouTube. There's also a very extensive document that goes over everything, including things you might not catch on a casual viewing, and keeps a list of every character and most theories.
What is it/what is it about? Petscop is an analog horror story in the form of a Let's Play for a lost Playstation game. The protagonist and narrator, Paul, explains in the first episode that he's showing off "this game (he) found." While the game's setting starts off as cheerful and upbeat, promising a gameplay experience involving solving puzzles to capture "pets", it becomes clear once Paul uses a cheat code that came with the game that something a lot more sinister is afoot, and that it's very strongly tied to Paul himself and his family.
What do you love about it? It's an absolutely brilliant use of the Let's Play medium to tell a story, and it's (in my opinion) the best rendition of an old school video game creepypasta involving a brand new game. There's something about the writing that's haunting while also oftentimes managing to be darkly funny. The visuals capture the Playstation era perfectly and the music is genuinely great. Going in, I didn't expect to be so moved by the story, but it truly knows how to draw you in. I think my favorite thing about Petscop, at the end of the day, is that it never gave us all of the answers, yet still provided enough to be compelling.
Do you have any content warnings? The series is largely about child abuse, some of which is heavily implied to be sexual. It goes over some of the trauma associated with adoption and how it can be misused. It references real life events that are extremely upsetting. There are also mentions of (implied) suicide, child death, and dog death. The horror is more insidious than it is in your face, so there are no jumpscares or graphic depictions.
The Protomen
Date: 2025-07-31 10:39 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: The Protomen
Media type: Music (Concept Albums)
Length: Very short/Short (1h51m for all the songs. The short film runs for around 14 minutes (the remaining 2 minutes are credits.) So around 2 hours in total.)
Where can it be found? On most streaming platforms, as well as the band's bandcamp. The albums are The Protomen (2005) and Act II: The Father Of Death (2009.) The three bonus songs are This City Made Us, Hold Back The Night (2015) and The Fight (2022.) You can also find the lyrics narration/notes on Genius. The short film/music video is available on Vimeo here.
What is it/what is it about? The Protomen (or Act I,) the first album, tells the story of Megaman, a robot created by Dr Thomas Light after the presumed death of his previous robot, Protoman, at the hands of Dr Albert Wily, the tyrannical leader of the dystopian world the story takes place in – or rather, at the hands of his robot army. When Dr Light tries to warn Megaman not to follow in his dead brother's footsteps, he ends up inadvertently fueling his desire to change the world for the better, which leads to nothing but misery for both of them.
The second album, Act II: The Father Of Death, is a prequel that tells the story of Dr Light and Dr Wily. In it, we learn that they worked together to create a robot workforce that would remove the need for humans to do dangerous work. It goes about as well as you'd expect, considering what happens after.
The short film depicts some of the later events of the second album. The more recent songs are additions from the same universe (presumably post-Act I) that don't yet have a full storyline attached to them; I'm including them for completion's sake.
What do you love about it? Well, it's good rock, for a start! I stumbled upon it in early 2019, in an Ask Reddit thread of all things. I've never played any Megaman games, and in fact knew very little about it (and most of what I know about it now I gleaned because of The Protomen, heh.) Yet, the story of Megaman, reaching out to his presumed-dead-brother-turned-enemy, and failing to save him, really spoke to me... And then I listened to Act II, and the more I listened, the more I became drawn to Wily and Light, their history, the relationship they might have had... I love friends-to-lovers-to-enemies and this is just ripe for it. Also Wily's singer sure puts a Special Sort of Energy in his most... interesting lines. "We can bend and we can break," huh, Albert? I'm also a sucker for robots and dystopias, admittedly.
Do you have any content warnings? The overall tone is pretty dreary (most of it is set in a futuristic dystopian world, for a start.) There are a couple of deaths that I will list out under a cut for the sake of those who might not want to get spoiled.
Death toll.
The first act ends with Megaman being forced to kill Protoman. In the second act, Light's girlfriend Emily is killed by Wily. Later in that same act, Joe dies while attempting a terrorist attack against Wily.BEASTARS
Date: 2025-07-31 10:50 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: ビースターズ | BEASTARS
Media type: Manga & Anime (Please note that the anime is not yet up to date with the manga, while the manga is complete.)
Length: Long/Very Long (Anime: 36 episodes of 22min each, a little over 13 hours. Manga: 22 volumes of around 200 pages each; approximately 44 hours, assuming it takes you 2 hours to read one volume.)
Where can it be found? You can get all the manga volumes digitally through Viz apparently (only for people in the US, I assume) and maybe Amazon. The anime is on Netflix.
I will not link to them, but alternatives are pretty easy to find.What is it/what is it about? BEASTARS takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, within a society that's divided between carnivores and herbivores. The story follows a teenage wolf named Legosi (or Legoshi) who falls in love with a rabbit named Haru, though the actual plot of the manga starts with the murder at their school of an alpaca by an unknown carnivore, putting the spotlight on the difficulties inherent to carnivore-herbivore cohabitation. It is also, more often than not, about cannibalism as a metaphor for sexual desire, and there's an entire subplot about a deer (who's also a theater kid) taking over a yakuza gang of lions. The anime currently covers up to volume 14 of the manga.
What do you love about it? I'll preface this by saying that I could never get into the style they went with for the anime, and I've only experienced BEASTARS through the manga. I love the peculiar art style, as much as it may take a bit to get used to, and I love the cast of characters. My favorites are Louis, the aforementioned deer, and his gang of lions, especially Ibuki, who becomes his main support and mentor as he takes on the role of boss of the Shishigumi. What is there not to love about a tiny deer in charge of a group of massive lions?
Bonus iconic Ibuki panels I think about at least monthly (and yes he's talking to Louis):
Do you have any content warnings? In case the "cannibalism as a metaphor for sexual desire" part didn't give it away, BEASTARS involves many bloody, sometimes even gory, and mildly sexual scenes, especially considering the entire thing hinges on prey animals and predatory animals co-existing. Several characters also die along the way, including on-screen/page.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Date: 2025-07-31 11:07 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
Media type: Video Game Franchise
Length: Very long (more than 40+ hours long of history and lore)
Where can you have access to it?
You can buy some of the recent games on Steam, or watch playthroughs on YouTube. I recommend Choctopus or Alpharad for playthroughs.
What is it about?
It’s about a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog and his friends on various adventures across Earth and islands. It’s a speed plateformer that used many styles over the years, and is currently using a boost-style formula for its more recent games.
What do you love about it?
What I love about this franchise is how Sonic inspires people around him to be the best version of themselves, or to change their beliefs. Sonic can be an interesting character to explore, but it’s the supporting cast and their stories that attracted me. I am mostly going to request various friendships that are depicted in the video games, who each have distinct dynamics because everyone has a distinct trait.
Where would someone start?
I would start with a playthrough of Sonic Adventure 2. It’s the story that captivated me the most, and the one most people are familiar with for various reasons. Windii Gaylord on YouTube has translated cutscenes of various Sonic games as well, so, if only the cutscenes interest you, you can start with that account. If you want to play the game, I would start with The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (free on Steam) for character dynamics and Sonic Generation (and consequently, Shadow Generations as well). These are the easiest games to get into. The Murder of Sonic is a visual novel, similar to Ace Attorney, while Sonic Generations has a short story, mostly focusing on gameplay rather than the story itself. With these three games, you already get a feel for most of the relationships requested. If you want to dive deeper, Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog should be the next two games to check out, as they give more insight on the relationships requested. If you’re interested in how Sonic as an inspiring character works, check out playthroughs of Sonic Unleashed and Sonic and the Black Knight. These don’t feature a huge cast of characters, but shows Sonic’s morals and beliefs and how it affects the secondary characters travelling with him. If you’re interested in a modern take on Sonic, Sonic Frontiers provides story and some world building of the Sonic Universe, connecting previous games (such as Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic Adventure) to the current timeline. It mostly shows how much Sonic loves his friends and the lengths he would go to in order to keep them safe.
Paprika (2006 Movie)
Date: 2025-08-01 08:33 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Paprika (2006)
*Media type: Movie
*Length: Very short (90 minutes)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Free with ads on YouTube here here and Tubi here
What is it/what is it about? Paprika is a sci-fi animated movie about a small team of psychologists who've developed a machine to enter their patients' dreams, and the surreal chaos unleashed when the machine is stolen.
What do you love about it? Absolutely gorgeous animation-- the dream sequences are so cool to watch! I love the clever use of the medium (film) to make the viewer constantly question whether we're viewing reality or another layer of nightmares (would recommend to anyone who enjoyed Everything Everywhere All At Once, it's a similar style/effect here). The lead researcher (Dr. Chiba) and her dream alter ego (Paprika) have some fascinating interactions as well--what does it mean for them to technically be the same person, but be able to manifest face-to-face with such different perspectives?
Do you have any content warnings? Dream sequence violence and threatened rape (ie. presented in a fantastical rather than a gory or realistic manner). Some fatphobia from multiple characters, including some protagonists
Re: Paprika (2006 Movie)
Date: 2025-08-03 03:26 pm (UTC)Invisible Inc (Video Game)
Date: 2025-08-01 08:47 pm (UTC)Fandom name: Invisible Inc.
Tagset fandom: Invisible Inc. (Video Game)
Media type: Video Game
Length
Short-ish: 5-10 hours. You could watch a full playthrough in a day to see the story and Vibes, then spend a few hours reading all the unlockable lore (character dialogues, backstories, in-universe documents) on the wiki, and you're golden! Although I personally recommend playing it, it's a fantastic game :D
Where to find it?
Steam
Let's Play (first 10 episodes for main campaign)
Wiki: Lore and Characters (a very helpful resource for anything fannish as fully unlocking all the lore and character backstories requires many playthroughs!)
What is it, in summary?
Invisible Inc. is the tense infiltration and escape action sequence from every heist and spy movie, crystallised into an enthralling team tactics XCOM-like spy-fi stealth game. The cast is cybernoir spies and blitz infiltrations are their bread and butter. But everything changes when the corporations attack....
What do you love about it?
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?
Fic, art, logic puzzles, anything I can think of...
Content warnings
Stylised violence
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Boy Meets Maria (Manga)
Date: 2025-08-02 03:41 am (UTC)"Wouldn't it be cool... if there was an actor who could play both male and female roles?"
*Fandom name: Boy Meets Maria
*Tagset fandom: Crossover Fandom: Arima Yuu (Boy Meets Maria)/Kaname Tasuku (Shimanami Tasogare)
** Be sure to (optionally) check my promo for Our Dreams at Dusk if interested! **
*Media type: Manga (One volume)
*Length: Short
(One volume; took me an hour to complete)
Where to find it: Barnes & Noble for $9.99 (ebook) but you can find it at many major book retailers
What is it, in summary?
A story about the main character Taiga falling in love with a boy he initially mistakes as a girl who acts for the school's drama club. The beautiful actor in question is Arima Yuu, whose mother raised him as the girl she always wished she'd had (and which is, naturally, the source of the manga's name— Maria). As Taiga and Arima grow closer, Taiga learns more about Arima and his struggles with his gender identity and along the way helps Arima find the courage to act onstage as more than a dancer but as the lead male role in a play.
What do you love about it?
I'm in love with Arima and his journey as a boy whose mother made him live like a girl to exploring his own gender identity as a man throughout the course of the manga, with him eventually settling on just being “Yuu.” Taiga insisted he loves Arima no matter what his gender identity is, and I loved that aspect of their relationship very much. Arima doesn't let the past stop him from pursuing his dreams of becoming an actor despite his unique upbringing. It's trauma and he's healing from it and finding a way to take something that had been torture for him into a tool to improve his acting. Both male and female roles!! Ahh, he's so handsome and beautiful and amazing and— and— [etc.]
Where should people start?
It's pretty short, so the beginning is probably best, lol!
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?
Absolutely more Arima. More of his snark, more of his face, more of his acting and putting his foot down. I will be asking for character-driven works about Arima and his journey with his identity/sexuality because I love that story and think the closure of getting more "screentime" with him could absolutely fix me. I'd love to see more acting, and kissing, and maybe other things! Arima still has more of his charm to flex and I want to see all of it.
Accordingly, I'm going to be requesting a crossover between Arima and the main character from Our Dreams at Dusk, which is another manga with a similar theme around gender identity and sexuality!
Content notes:
Explicit pedophilia & attempted rape at the start of ch. 4 (The explicit scene ends at pg 129 but it is still a prevalent part of the rest of the plot going forward), sexual assault (pgs 204-211)
Yes, No, or Maybe? (Light Novel Series)
Date: 2025-08-02 03:53 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: イエスかノーか半分か | Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka | Yes No or Maybe? (Light Novel Series)
*Media type: Light Novel
*Length: Medium
There are 3 main volumes, with 3 extra "Off Air" volumes that I could not currently find official English translations for. Please note this is for the light novel, although there is a movie covering volume 1 and an ongoing manga that has covered volume 1 so far. (fwiw, both of those other formats are pretty accurate plot-wise for what content they cover.)
(Look at them both doing bleps I CAAAANTTTT 😭 💕 🥺 😭 🙏)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Can be purchased from any major book retailer; each one is about $15.99 from the publisher's site
Barnes and Noble eBooks at ~$8.99: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3. I was also able to find some translations online by googling!
What is it/what is it about?
Kuneida Kei is a man with two personas-- the hardworking, kind, and revered announcer who works at a TV station and the crude, selfish, prideful private character who spends his off-hours eating beef bowls in raggedy sports clothes and "studying" the other news stations religiously to stay on his game.
He originally meets the love interest, Tsuzuki Ushio, on assignment since Tsuzuki is an animator creating the new intro for their program, The News, using claymation. But one day, while Kei is walking home from buying his favorite beef bowl to-go, he carelessly crosses a red pedestrian path and Tsuzuki's bike crashes into him. Since Kei is in his disguise at the time, Tsuzuki doesn't recognize him, and manages to enlist in Kei's help to finish the animation since the accident injured his wrist.
There's more plot to be uncovered in the other two volumes (lots of spicy drama about Kei's job and Ushio's secretive personal life), but hopefully that is enough to draw in your attention for now.
Ushio and Kei are really cute together and Kei is a huge tsundere!
What do you love about it?
I love, love, LOVE the dynamic between Ushio and Kei. I love the way they pick on each other and yearn for each other and complement each other. I love everything about Ushio and how real he feels to me, like a person I'd actually meet out on the street. On the other hand, something about Kei's double-sided nature and how hard he works to succeed and be liked by others makes him almost cartoony to me. I adore the dichotomy of his character and all of the complexities that come with that– how Kunieda Kei handles a situation vs the real Kei. How he's so handsome and adored then turns around and bad-mouths people! 😂 I can relate to him in some ways, which makes me happy.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?
I'll be requesting fic of their established relationship, particularly domestic moments or "all is lost" moments where they have to do something for one another to help the other out of difficult situations. I love generally anything with them but especially something placed in canon, since half of my enjoyment of the fic absolutely comes from Kei's placement as a news announcer who is thus restricted by that role and can't act out as his "true" self whenever he feels like it.
I also have a new NSFW section of my likes list that I'm trying to get some potential use out of this year! 👉👈
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: If you read at least the first volume, that would be enough for me! And as stated before, various formats do similar jobs portraying the events of that first volume, although I personally still love the original light novel the most. I also found myself blowing through all three available volumes; I found the story so addicting!
Do you have any content warnings? There are explicit sex scenes in the story, although not until the end of volume 1 and then throughout the rest of the following vols.
Our Dreams at Dusk (Manga)
Date: 2025-08-02 04:20 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Crossover Fandom: Arima Yuu (Boy Meets Maria)/Kaname Tasuku (Shimanami Tasogare)
** Be sure to (optionally) check my promo for Boy Meets Maria if interested! **
*Media type: Manga
*Length: Medium
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Barnes and Noble (Paperback for $12.99 or ebook for $8.99)
What is it/what is it about? A coming-out, coming-of-age story centered around Tasuku Kaname, who is a closeted gay. At his lowest moment, he meets Someone-San, who introduces him to the drop-in center, a place where he meets people whose problems aren't much different from his own.
This manga has a really diverse representation of queer identity, from asexual characters to trans characters, all depicted in a realistic way. It explores their lives, their struggles, and the community that keeps them together.
Content warnings (moved up because there's a few big ones, and you might want to see them before going further):
Homophobic slurs, hate speech, minor character death (vol. 4), terminal cancer (vol. 4), suicide attempt/thoughts of suicide (vol. 1), body dysmorphia, misgendering, sexual assault (vol. 2, ch. 9 with passing mentions elsewhere).
What do you love about it? Its ability to absolutely devastate me emotionally. I thought I was doing pretty well, and then I hit the ending and ended up bawling like a baby. It's such a raw, genuine depiction of what it's like to be discriminated against just because of who you are or who you love.
But there's also tender moments, and growth, and the main character, Tasuku, comes out of it a stronger person. All the female characters are particularly strong too, including Daichi-san and Someone-san. One of my favorite lines is Daichi saying, "Gay people are not zombies who only think about love and sex twenty-four seven". (But if you really want to talk about my favorite line, it's, "Look, dad. Your favorite person's here.")
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
I'm going to be requesting a crossover with Arima Yuu from Boy Meets Maria. On the whole, I would like more exploration of the characters and their world, queer representation, found family, bonding, kissing, etc. This is a canon that is very character-driven and thus drives me to want to know more about the characters 😂 And hopefully in a way where they can be happy in the end.
no subject
Date: 2025-08-03 06:07 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: 역대급 영지 설계사 | The Greatest Estate Developer (Webcomic)
*Media type: Webcomic
*Length: Medium (184 chapters)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Free on Webtoon! (First chapter here)
What is it/what is it about? A civil engineering student gets isekai'd as the asshole son of a baron (Lloyd). He has to use his work ethic and knowledge of architecture to rehabilitate his image as well as save just about everyone around him. It's mostly lighthearted, with a fast-moving plot, in a fantasy setting.
What do you love about it? So satisfying watching Lloyd build (literally) his family/estate/entire country out of the troubles that beset him. Also my beloved trope, guy who acts like an asshole but actually is so dedicated to saving everyone. Seriously, the evil faces he makes, oh god.
Also, Javier, his father's knight!! He understandably hates original Lloyd but also has a deep loyalty for the family. It's fascinating to watch that loyalty of obligation develop into a personal loyalty of admiration as he witnesses the changes new Lloyd is bringing to their people. He's still conflicted over Lloyd's unscrupulous methods, and is hella snarky about it, but there are some great fealty/I am your weapon sort of elements. Here is an excessive number of screenshots of him.
Falsettos
Date: 2025-08-03 10:36 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Falsettos - Lapine/Finn
*Media type: Musical theater
*Length: Short; just a little under 2 hours and a half
Where can it be found? Youtube for the revival pro-shoot, and most music streaming services for the original & revival albums
What is it/what is it about? It is a two-act musical set in 1979 and 1981 in New York City, centered around a middle-class Jewish family's dysfunction in the wake of their divorce. It centers around Marvin, a middle-aged gay man recently divorced from his wife; Trina, his ex-wife still struggling to deal with the divorce and what it means for her; Jason, Marvin and Trina's preteen son; Whizzer, Marvin's partner; and Mendel, Marvin and Trina's psychiatrist who falls in love with Trina.
What do you love about it? The music is beautiful and enchanting, the revival cast has a real special energy to them and really put everything into their characters! All the characters feel alive and it is such a good representation of suburbia and gayness in late 20th century US. The Jewish aspects are also done with a lot of love. It's a very poignant, heartfelt musical that I think everyone should listen to and/or watch at least once.
Do you have any content warnings? Major character death due to AIDS-related illness in act 2; major illness; dysfunctional family; one instance of domestic violence (Marvin hits Trina by the end of act 1)
after the zero hour - adastreia
Date: 2025-08-04 02:03 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: not yet nominated
*Media type: fic/original work
*Length: Very short (13k words)
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) available on ao3 here.
What is it/what is it about? this is an OW fic written for another exchange. it's a non-linear, alternating POV story about a down-on-his-luck archaeologist on a lonely outpost planet and the cyborg soldier compelled by a punitive justice system to act as his personal bodyguard. it follows them as their relationship deepens and professional and ethical boundaries are crossed.
What do you love about it? this fic takes place in a wonderfully fleshed-out and lived-in world with characters that feel whole and organic. its main themes are around identity and consent in a context where those things borderline impossible to ascertain the authenticity of, which is so deeply delicious to me. it's also about hierarchy and power and has some very tasty background/implied past noncon that complicates the primary relationship, which only adds to the flavor. i love the development of the relationship and how it's enhanced by the selective revelation of how that happens through the non-linear structure. i love the personalities and quirks of the two mains. i LOVE that it's told in alternating second person POV.
Where should people start? open it up and give it a go!
Do you have any content warnings? as mentioned above, there are major consent issues and discussions of past noncon. there's also dehumanization and related abuses of power. other warnings can be found in the tags and notes of the fic.
Translation State by Ann Leckie
Date: 2025-08-05 12:51 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Translation State - Ann Leckie
*Media type: Books & Literature
*Length: Short-ish
Where can it be found? Your local library and libby! Or anywhere books, ebooks, and audiobooks are sold.
What is it/what is it about? Translation State takes place after and a little outside the Imperial Radch trilogy. It’s far-future political sci-fi focused on the interactions of humans from many polities and the alien Presger— a species so alien that they had to create a specialized species of Translators just to communicate with humans at all. It follows three characters:
The novel follows these three characters as their lives converge around the mystery of the missing Presger Translator. The story focuses on themes of self-determination within a complex political system that seeks to control the characters. As with all of Ann Leckie’s novels, language, gender, and colonialism are all gonna come up and be important, though less prominently than in Imperial Radch in some ways.
NOTE: This takes place AFTER the Imperial Radch trilogy and contains some spoilers for the ending of that series. In addition, everything makes a hell of a lot more sense if you’ve read the trilogy already, but it is not technically necessary.
What do you love about it? I ADORE really alien aliens! The Presger Translators are fascinating, and Ann Leckie is a masterclass in writing aliens who truly experience the world in a completely different way! She also has a wonderfully immersive sense of world-building that avoids hand-holding the reader and instead relies on dropping you into the world and letting you figure out how it works from inside. In addition, I like political sci-fi and Ann Leckie does it well. Her novels are generally a critique of empire and colonialism in some way. ALSO Qven is the best!
Where should people start? You can read Translation State on its own, especially if you have previously read the Imperial Radch trilogy. However, the book does contain spoilers for that trilogy and also reading the trilogy first gives background context for the politics and setting.
Do you have any content warnings? Coercion, sci-fi trauma that is an allegory for sexual assault, backstory/background emotional abuse and difficult family relationships, cannibalism, descriptions of vivisection
Deltarune
Date: 2025-08-05 02:53 am (UTC)Tagset fandom: Deltarune (Video Game)
Media type: Video Game
Length: Medium (about 16.5 hours of gameplay. Completion is around 39.5 hours)
Where can you have access to it?
It can be bought on Steam or watch playthroughs on YouTube. I recommend Alpharad or Snapcube
What is it about?
It is about three heroes going into fantastical worlds to seal the source of their creation, called Dark Fountains. It has a lot of characters dynamic and character growth in each chapter, with a conflict between the player vs. the playable character.
What do you love about it?
The game style is very similar to Undertale, but the story is different. This is about teenagers trying to fit in, chosen for a prophecy, and them trying to be heroes in a world that seems against them. Each character has different dynamics with another, and it always grows at the end of each chapter. You root for certain characters, you dislike others, you develop strong opinions, you get easily attached to the story. I will be mostly requesting the main trio with a side character or two, focusing only on their friendships and the crack and hilarious situations teenagers in a fantastical world get roped into.
Content warnings: it is rated Teen in ESRB Ratings for language, suggestive themes, mild blood, and fantasy violence. There are themes of abuse and lack of control.
Cast Down Chronicles
Date: 2025-08-05 10:08 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Cast Down Chronicles - anonfeather (DFE)
*Media type: Original Work
*Length: Very short
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Cast_Down_Chronicles/profile
What is it/what is it about? It's an Original work I wrote for the Omegaverse Exchange 2024 and I'm still having fun developing it. I have a few characters, but it’s an open setting, and anyone can create their catfolk OC and plop them in the setting. I’ve got loads of world-building lore and I can answer questions, but you can also invent whatever you want ;). It’s a big planet!
Summary: In a far distant future and galaxy, the Aliens known as Nims, stole human DNA (and other material) and engineered human-cat hybrids (homo felis). Some live in luxury (domesticats), purring on satin pillows, with full bellies, and performing Idol shows to win clout for their masters. But the Nims are fickle: underperform, and you're Cast Down, hurled from the Towers without remorse. Many were discarded at birth for something as trivial as the wrong coat. Over centuries, the Cast Down formed feral bands and fringe societies: from pastoral-apocalypse communes and feudal warbands to Mad Max-style turf fighters and cyberpunk rebels pulling high-stakes heists against their creators.. Also, there are so many Omegaverse tropes you can play with!
What do you love about it? I love Omegaverse, and Catboys, and Worldbuild ^_^
Where should people start?
Cast Down, Bound Together That's the first fic. It's Explicit/NSFW 3800w story. (Feral!Alpha/Feral!Beta/Feral!Omega/Domesticated!Omega, M/M/M/M)
Rating: TEEN, 7000w, Beta/Omega pseudo-feudal arranged marriage)(art commission, done by reia3A on vgen)
Then read the Slice of life vignettes or the other porny fics.
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You can read the New Cast in Bite the Bound
(art by me)
If you just like reading worldbuilding infodumps, here are my entries on my Pillowfort. Be warned, it's full of spoilers.
MAPS
Reproduction and Genitals
Suffixes
Language and Literacy
Bite Marks
Lios(There's art!)
Do you have any content warnings? Smut, Sentient beings kept as pets by a big Alien Race. Heats/Ruts and all the consent issues that come with. But my fics are rather tame (other than the smut) in that regard.
If you think this might interest you into requesting/offering, please show your interest here (https://ficinabox.dreamwidth.org/77056.html?thread=1797888#cmt1797888) , in the nomination post so that the tag can be added :)
The Borden Dispatches - Cherie Priest
Date: 2025-08-06 04:00 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Not there yet - this would be the VERY first fanfics for this fandom!
*Media type: 2 Book Series (though specifically requesting first book timeline)
*Length: Very short/Short/Short-ish/Medium/Long/Very long Short-ish. Two books long, though I am primarily interested in the first book's timeline.
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Anywhere ebooks are sold, Libby/Overdrive for library copies of the ebooks.
What is it/what is it about? You know the infamous story of Lizzie Borden? Well what if she DID kill her parents with that ax... but it was because they'd been infected by the Deep Ones of Lovecraft's Innsmouth? And better yet, the story is told entirely in epistolary format through journals, letters, reports of an ongoing investigation, a doctor's notes, etc. And oh yeah, IT'S QUEER.
What do you love about it?
This is one of those fandoms that I’m honestly SHOCKED doesn’t have any fics for. It’s based on an infamous historical murder AND the Innsmouth story ala Lovecraft. Oh and THEN, as I said above it’s written completely in epistolary/found document style with letters, diary entries, snippets of the doctor’s findings, reports of an investigation… I heart epistolary so SO much. Oh yeah, and it features women fighting monsters and chronic illness and a chronically ill woman masquerading as a male academic on paper and a self-taught scientist with an ax and a sapphic sunshine grump couple between Lizzie and her actress girlfriend, and and and. I just loved this concept so so much, and the first book did not disappoint! I would like any gift to be set around the Ravenscroft timeline as opposed to the second book Chapelwood as sadly the massive decades long time skip lost so much of the characters and location I loved so much from the first book! Prompt-wise, you honestly can go wild as long as it’s featuring these ladies! Between their complicated relationships and the crazy circumstances, there really is SO MUCH potential!
Where should people start?With the first book Ravenscroft as that's where I primarily am hoping for stories to be set. Chapelwood was a good read, but it had such a massive time jump that we lost several of my favorite characters and relationships. Still good, but not as fic inspiring if that makes sense.
Do you have any content warnings?Genre typical violence and death - like so SO much of it. Depictions of chronic illness. Domestic violence (though again with horror novel reasons). An open ended/ambiguous Buried Gay though thankfully not the only death in the book.
聖女の魔力は万能です | Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou Desu | The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipo
Date: 2025-08-06 04:11 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: 聖女の魔力は万能です | Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou Desu | The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent (Anime)
*Media type: Anime
*Length: Very short/Short/Short-ish/Medium/Long/Very long 2 Seasons for 24 episode's total so Medium I guess?
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Currently on Crunchyroll only I think?
What is it/what is it about?
This is an isekai where an office lady is summoned to be a "Saint" in a Regency-esque fantasy world, only two people are summoned and Sei our protag is shuffled off to the sidelines, where she happily takes up alchemy/apothecary type research and pretty much charms all the men around her, specifically a soldier Albert Hawke. Only, oops it turns out she IS the Saint and has healing magic. Whodathunk it?
What do you love about it?
This sweet little monster-filled anime was recommended in a blog from Ilona Andrews randomly enough – one featuring “comfort” animes to watch given The Everything. And this really was SUCH a comfort of a story. Again, there are monsters to fight and chauvinistic elements to the world building (the prince is an ASS and arranged marriages are very much a thing and not always a great one) which is sort of a fantasy Regency vibe – and thus so my jam LOL. Sei was a delight of a main character, and I loved that it got close to that typical “every handsome man in the vicinity falls desperately in love with her” trope but JUST sidestepped it enough that it’s “every handsome man in the vicinity absolutely ships her and her love interest, Captain Hawke and does their best to get him to just MAKE A MOVE ALREADY.” I will say the slow pace of the anime got a bit overdone at times (2 seasons and a marriage proposal and they NEVER KISSED ON SCREEN), so I would not be opposed to romantic letters getting spicy between them on the road to marriage! Also, I loved all of Sei’s research and experimentation in everything from cooking to healing to monster-slaying, so books or articles from her featuring her academic mind would be a delight!
Where should people start? With the first season and on through the second!
Do you have any content warnings?
Monster violence and depictions of serious injuries due to said monsters, unwanted/unfaithful arranged betrothals, chauvanism.
Horrible Histories - The Start Of WW1
Date: 2025-08-10 01:52 am (UTC)*Tagset fandom: Horrible Histories
*Media type: Sketch
*Length: Very short
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEvuMhP2CuA
What is it/what is it about? A 2 minute sketch to teach kids about World War One - bear with me here!
What do you love about it? Two officers who love being best friends, and then go on to associate "being best friends" with kissing like one line later. To me, it's an original work prompt for two silly officers who are friends/lovers and generally incompetent but perfectly happy.
Do you have any content warnings? The vague idea of WW1? Absolutely nothing graphic, it's a kids show.
no subject
Date: 2025-08-10 05:59 pm (UTC)*Tagset fandom: There isn't one.
*Media type: movie
*Length: Short-ish, I guess? It runs 82 mins.
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) There's a pretty good print with English subs on YouTube.
What is it/what is it about? In this movie, a walking ray of sunshine named Lauriano Treviño Gómez (he lives in Mexico with and takes care of his little brother and a milk cow named Lollobrigida) runs into some alien ladies named Beta and Gamma. There are there because, oops, Venus is out of men, so they're scouring the galaxy for males of different species who might help them out. A lot happens involving, among other things, captive male species escaping the spaceship, Lauriano teaching Beta about consent, a jukebox falling in love with a robot, and glorious songs being sung.
What do you love about it? I mean, did you read that summary?! Plus, Lauriano (who is played by the great and adorable Lalo Gonzalez) is incredibly pure and optimistic and wonderful, Gamma and Beta (esp Beta) are badass, the character design for the monsters is cheap but creepy, and it is cheerfully, magnificently unhinged.
Where should people start? Watch the movie!
Do you have any content warnings? Not that I can think of.