It recently occurred to me that one of my fave feel good/comfort movies, Big Eden, could be included as part of C6D because it stars Eric Schweig who was in the due South pilot.
Big Eden is a sweet film about a gay man who returns to his small hometown in Montana to take care of his ill grandfather, and pretty much the whole town then proceeds to play matchmaker between him and the local general store owner, Pike (Eric Schweig).
This film means a lot to me as Native/Indigenous representation is hard to come by, and queer Native/Indigenous rep even more so. I highly recommend it to any dS/C6D fans, and anyone in general, who wants to watch a lovely queer romance.
Signups for the 16th annual due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang are coming soon! The Big Bang celebrates fic in the 20k range, or equivalent art, podfic, vids or craft of any type.
Here's the 2024 schedule:
Sign-ups open: March 11
Chat 1: April 20
Chat 2: May 18
Chat 3: June (tbc)
Chat 4: July (tbc)
Primary works due: August 4
Complementary claims open: August 11
Mandatory checkpoint for complementary creators: mid September (tbc)
Complementary works due: October 7
Go-live date for all works: Canadian Thanksgiving, October 14
Please note that ferox has taken a step back from modding - but we have a new mod in the form of the wonderful wicked3659, aka CJ!
To find out more about the Big Bang and how it all works, see the Rules and FAQ.
Told my mother that her fave since the nineties Callum Keith Rennie is going to be in disco, and she was uninterested!!!?!?
honestly kids today do not honour the blorbi of the past, you see a new hunk and you're like that's my blorbeaux, and you forget that blorb that had stood by you through thick and thin, through Canadian scifi and prestige drama. Smdh.
Ok Tumblrinas*, I remember when we (ok, me, three people and a napkin) were all insane about dueSouth, Paul Gross and Callum Keith Rennie, and because Canadian actors and film makers were like, nine people and their cat, we called the fandom "Six Degrees of Canada" (or "Canadian Six Degrees" or "C6D").
Now, dear Taika Waititi/Rhys Darby/Jermaine Clement et al. Tumblr fans, what do we call the New Zealand equivalent?
Thank you all for your canon thoughts and findings—oh, wait! We have more than one canon to enjoy!
This week's goal is to wander further into the Dominion of Canada.
Don't know what Canadian Six Degrees is? Basically, the fandom for any media our beloved due South main cast appear in.
Some things you can do:
rec and review all the stuff you watched to see more of a beloved face!
haven’t seen any? now is the time! (some links are in the resources post, but don't be afraid to ask around for more!)
of course, create, share and comment on fanworks for these smaller fandoms—they need more eyes on them!
Prompts are optional, and you can interpret the theme however you see fit. Wanna do something else this week or do the C6D thing later? No worries! The AO3 collection is open indefinitely and I will be sharing everything tagged #ds30below or mentioning @ds30below.
❗Note that if you're reblogging something as a contribution (e.g. responding to meta), you'll need to mention @ds30below in your reblog, since it won't show up in the tag search.
Our fourth chat is coming up! For the fourth live chat for the 2023 due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang, we have a choice of two times:
Chat 4A will take place at 12 noon Chicago time on SATURDAY July 22nd (What time is that where I am?)
Chat 4B will take place at 4 p.m. Chicago time on SUNDAY July 23rd (What time is that where I am?)
Chats and check-ins take place on our discord server. We encourage you to check out the server in advance of the chat - and, if you'd like, to use it to hang out and support each other even outside of the officially scheduled chats! Everyone is welcome, whether you're a participant, beta, cheerleader or just want to chat about due South and other C6D fandoms.