Nominate fandoms for Yuletide - 2 days left!

[rachelmanija]

It's my favorite time of year!



How and where to nominate.

Who's participating this year? Who's still contemplating? What have you nominated or plan to nominate?

This year I nominated Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Finisterre: The Nighthorses by C. J. Cherryh, and Mojo Magical Horse Figurines.

The latter may require some explanation. This is a new fandom which currently exists only in my mind. These delightful magical horses are currently prancing about my bookcases. I intend to ask for a story in which they come to life.

MOJO Dark Unicorn



MOJO Rainbow Unicorn

(Schleich image as Mojo image won't work).

MOJO Dark Pegasus



MOJO Rainbow Pegasus



I was unable to nominate this one as it's not Mojo, but Morbane said I could mention it as an optional detail. Behold the Safari Ltd. Pyrois!

Comments

[lydamorehouse]

I participate every year, but usually as a pinch hitter--which is a unique challenge that I love a lot.

But, I did nominate fandoms this year, because there are some really great new anime that have come out this year that qualify. I nominated:

Midnight Occult Civil Servants,
Given (anime),
and Morose Mononokean (which came out a couple of years ago, but doesn't have a ton of fics yet.)

I have the weirdest thing for a side character in Midnight Occult Civil Servants, which is a thing that happens to me, (anyone with even a hint of previous sex work is my main,) but the whole premise makes me happy, too. It's a bunch of government workers who can see yokai dealing with the various public nuisances that the spirit realm causes. I want more people in this fandom and maybe a bunch of fic will be the ticket.

Given is a yaoi manga that got an anime this year, and I tell everyone that if you want queer content with a STORY and NO YAOI HANDS, this is for you. Plus, there's a lot of interesting stuff about forming a rock band/learning an instrument and what it means to be "talented."

Morose Mononokean is yet another high schooler who can see yokai story, but what I love about it is that it's really focused on yokai politics? There's a whole underworld with some fairly sinister players with their own agenda, despite the fact that the story is still mostly a lot of the classic high school supernatural drama.

[hippogriff13]

I liked "Midnight Occult Civil Servants" too, despite the *Animefeminist* online zine damning it with faint praise as mediocre. I've still only watched about the first seven or eight episodes, so I'm not sure which side character you're referring to.

It beats me how any of the other employees were able to do anything about most of the problems caused by yokai before the alleged reincarnation of Abe no Seimei came along with his "Ears of Sand" ability to understand yokai language. If the existing employees couldn't even communicate with the troublesome supernatural beings, what were they supposed to do? Use the various weapons, etc., their resident mad scientist-type invented to scare or shoo them away? It seems as if in some cases, that might actually make things worse.

Maybe there was a previous "Ears of Sand" employee generations ago who negotiated some kind of agreement with the various types of yokai who were around back then, and that's why the yokai who are still hanging around Tokyo now at least pay some attention when the Midnight Occult Civil Servants show up and attempt to intervene.

Did you know that the "Given" manga has been licensed by SuBLime/Viz? Volume one is supposed to come out in January or February.

[lydamorehouse]

I just heard that last night! Yay!

The character I'm referring to in Midnight Occult Civil Servants is the guy who used to be a host (Kyoichi). You can quibble, but host clubbing is sex work, IMHO.

I'm not sure what things were like before the Ears of Sand. I imagine they treated yokai like pests. There are city dog catchers, after all. It's not like we talk to the dogs and ask them why they're roaming without a leash, we just lock them up and cart them away and hope someone claims them. I imagine they worked like that. Someone should write a fic. (If I'm not careful, that someone will be ME.)

And I wouldn't necessarily argue that Midnight Occult Civil Servants is kind of derivative, but that rarely stops me from loving a thing. I fell hard for the former host who now has an older sister who is his younger sister and grew up in an orphanage. Theo (Seo) intrigues me as well, since the manga seems to give Theo the they/them pronoun, and Kyoichi uses Theo as an excuse to not date. I feel the fic plot bunnies just churning there. :-)