Fandom Primer Post (aka Pimp Your Fandom)

[deliaknows]

Now that nominations are done and sign-ups are just on the horizon, here's a post where you can advertise your fandoms to the rest of yuletide. Tell us about your fandom(s) and link to sources you think will help a new fan interested in checking it out or an old fan looking for canon refreshing. And if you're looking for new (or old but forgotten) fandoms

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[quillori]

Fandom: Liáo zhâi zhì yì | Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio - Pú Sônglíng
Category: Books & Literature
Comments: Canon gen, het, slash, poly, gender swap, gender queer, platonic friendship (both m/f and f/f) ... something for everyone. (Well, not quite. I'm afraid there's no femslash, although there are plenty of one man, two women situations that could readily be taken in that direction, should you so desire. And there's no wingfic. On the other hand, there is canon mpreg.) Liaozhai is a collection of short tales of the bizarre, the supernatural and the out-of-place; they're playful, occasionally satirical, boundlessly interested in the world and at times melancholy. The original is a masterpiece of classical (as opposed to vernacular) Chinese, both elegant and difficult. English translations generally don't attempt to reproduce the style and are content to be simple and straightforward - which happily licenses you to write in whatever style you prefer