Contest: ENTER SF&F Avatar Contest: CanCon in SF&F

So it's after midnight here... which means it's officially Canada Day! To celebrate, our theme for this contest will be Canadian content in science fiction and fantasy!

Your entry should satisfy at least one of the following criteria:

• be from a show or movie filmed in Canada
• be from a show or movie set in Canada
• feature a Canadian performer
• feature a Canadian character

(I'm fairly flexible; if something doesn't meet these specific criteria, but you can still demonstrate a Canadian connection, I'll probably allow it! )

And of course, the other usual rules: maximum size of 200 x 200, 1 MB, and SFW. You may enter up to two avatars, and contest will be open for about a week.

There are a significant number of possibilities out there. If you're not aware of any right away, an internet search should turn up something you may like!

(For those wondering about the thread title, yes, "CanCon" is an abbreviation of "Canadian content", and is primarily used in terms of Canadian content rules imposed by the CRTC to help prevent our entertainment industry from being completely overwhelmed by our neighbour. More details here, if you're interested.)

To start us off, I'll offer up a "four-fer":


- Canadian performer Tatiana Maslany, portraying Canadian Alison Hendrix, in Orphan Black, which was both filmed and set in Canada

(I'll enter a second one later.)

Have fun!

 

IMDb claims California.

(And no one says “aboot” in my part of the country! )

 

Oh, it wasn’t a criticism or anything! It’s just something we laugh about here because that’s one of the main stereotypes we hear about us from the US, but we never hear “aboot” in our day-to-day lives.

To answer your question, TBH I’ve never been to Manitoba (I don’t travel much), so I don’t know for sure. But that type of pronunciation is generally something I associate more with an East Coast/Maritimes accent.

 

I am fairly close to the border with Michigan. Although I haven't done so in many years, when I used to occasionally cross over, the Michiganders tended to sound the same way we did... except for the short a sound. Any time they said a word with a short a, it always sounded a little "off" to my ears.

 

Any luck with PB or an alternate image hosting service? I was going to try to hold off adding my other entries until I saw what you entered.

 

Maybe you'd have better success with PostImage?

There were so many choices, but since no one has entered Firefly, I had to go with Firefly.


- Canadians Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite as Mal Reynolds and Kaylee Frye in Firefly

(I actually had another one picked out for my third entry, before realizing we were only allowed two. What was the OP thinking?? )

And I guess it's been about a week, so Last Call! I'm planning to post the poll in about 28 hours or so.