SMALL fandom sharing and suggesting
As we near nomininations, here's the post to discuss women elibible for LARGE fandoms [http://rarewomen.livejournal.com/804.html] and THIS right here is the place to discuss SMALL fandoms and see if there is interest. If you like, please use this format:
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Title of Fandom: Forever Knight
Medium: television, 3 seasons (70 episodes), 1992-1996
Description of some AWESOME ladies: FK's outstanding female characters begin with Doctor Natalie Lambert, coroner for the city of Toronto; club owner Janette Ducharme, thousand-year-old vampire; Detective Tracy Vetter, rookie with many new worlds opening before her; and Captain Amanda Cohen, department veteran. In addition to them, I'm still devoted to Fleur de Brabant, the protagonist's brainy sister and one of the villains' obsessions; Urs, a singer burdened by abandonment issues but buoyed by a moral sensitivity unusual in her milieu; and many others...
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, FK Wiki, "What is FK?" Essay, Bright Knight Fansite
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Title of Fandom: Young Blades
Medium: television, 1 season (13 episodes), 2005
Description of some AWESOME ladies: In this The Three Musketeers-like historical fiction, farmer's daughter Jacqueline Roget masquerades as disinherited nobleman's son "Jacques Laponte" in order to join the Musketeers, avenge her family, and defeat the evil cardinal. Anne of Austria is Queen Regent of France, posing as superficial and flighty in public but maneuvering behind the scenes to preserve the nation for her adolescent son. Other women characters include Lady Charlotte Larousse, Elise Parisot, Emanuelle (the Cafe Nouveau waitress), Mimou (Captain Duval's niece), and Liana (the sorceress).
Links: Wikipedia, IMDB (Note: The IMDB summary is wrong, based on a different pilot proposal, not what was broadcast. The other IMDB information is mostly right, however.)
[Edited to remove link and fix date.]
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2. Have you seen The Rose of Versailles? It is an anime but I think you might like it based on the description of this show.
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>"Where would one find this series?"
Snippets from Young Blades are here.
Unfortunately, it's not easily available. It aired on Pax (now Ion) in the US and in syndication in other countries. As I understand it, InSight Studios created just one limited, in-house run of DVDs (with more footage than aired in the US). I have been hunting for one of those DVD sets to buy for years! I personally have only VHS copies that I recorded from US TV during the original run.
Many of its actors are a bit famous, at least in fandom -- Bruce Boxleitner, Sheena Easton, Michael Ironside, Charles Shaughnessy, Karen Cliche, etc. -- and I would think that DVDs would attract their fans...
>"Have you seen The Rose of Versailles?"
No, I haven't. I will look into it; thank you. I love historical fiction, and don't mind anime at all (Rurouni Kenshin is a favorite).
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Oh, and you also might like Le Chevaler d'Eon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24iHGP3UdBo
That is a legal stream for the first episode, but it might be region locked if you are outside the US. The series is pretty smegging awesome.
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Medium: Video Game
Description of some AWESOME ladies: The problem here is that this is a game with important plot twists and I don't want to spoil it for anyone with the slightest chance of eventually playing it. I would be interested in all the ladies however, meaning Clover, Lotus, and June. So I wanted to post this comment in case there are some other fans out there.
Here is the Wikipedia entry but be aware that it is filled with said enormous spoilers.
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Medium: ongoing video game series (each game stands alone)
Description of some AWESOME ladies: What about Claire, Layton's former fiancee and awesome lady scientist? Or Flora, who had the courage to leave a world that revolved around her? There's Emmy, Layton's faithful assistant, or any of the interesting/helpful/weird/wonderful NPC characters that Layton meets on his journey!
Links: Wikipedia, Flora's wiki page, Claire's wiki page, Emmy's wiki page (all pages contain spoilers)
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