Fandom Promotion

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Many of us are already planning which fandoms to offer and request! Nominations open in about a week, which may give some of us enough time to pick up a new canon before signups begin.

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All for the Game - Nora Sakavic

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All for the Game is a book trilogy by Nora Sakavic about a fictional sport called Exy and the worst college team in the US, the Foxes, all of whom come from broken homes. The main character, Neil Josten, has been on the run from his gang-boss father since he and his mother ran away in his childhood, and since his mother's death, he's been living on his own and trying to survive. He's not supposed to do anything but survive, but the coach of the Foxes shows up with a contract and won't take no for an answer, setting off a chain reaction that pushes Neil much further into the spotlight (and into danger) than he expected.

Features:
+Canon M/M
+Underdog sports story
+Strange mafia and pro-sports politics
+Not quite team-as-family, but team-growing-to-like-and-protect-each-other-eventually
+Ridiculous amounts of whump, like, seriously, ridiculous
+Rape and torture and abuse recovery
+Lots of great characters
+Characters breaking free of abusive situations and recovering from trauma
+Often described as "very iddy". If it even partially hits your id, you're likely to have a good time

Warnings, that may be features, as non-spoilery as possible:
+Rape and past CSA
+Violence and torture, somewhat graphic
+Abusive relationships, including a "human pet" sort of thing
+Alcoholism
+Drug use, drug abuse, noncon drugging, legally enforced drug use (+very medically inaccurate drug stuff)

What I'm (probably) Requesting:
Neil/Andrew and/or Neil/Riko (or Neil & Riko).
Neil/Andrew is a codependent, unhealthy, but somewhat functional canon relationship between two very damaged people. Trust, promises, protection, and finding purpose and some form of joy instead of surviving day by day. Canon or AUs, I like many things!
Neil/Riko is a non-canon ship between a torturer and someone he sees as property. I like sadistic rapist Riko or Riko catching feelings or Riko being less fucked up, depending on the story. Really, I just love anything with these two together, especially if it involves Riko being brought down to Neil's level somehow.

The books are available from Amazon Books. The first book, The Foxhole Court, is free and the other two, The Raven King and The King's Men, are $0.99 each. All of this for $2 USD!

Feel free to ask me about anything else, I'm happy to answer questions or search my copies for anything you'd like!