#aftermath zine

[planetsandmagic]

take a good look at it, brat

my piece for Calamity zine, a sukuna focused zine!

[2c75ff]

GET TO KNOW YOUR ADMIN !!

NAME -- 'Miller' will do.

PRONOUNS -- he/him preferable; they/them acceptable.

PREFERRED COMMS -- Tumblr IMs to start, but I tend to prefer moving to Discord once it becomes apparent that we vibe nicely.

NAME OF MUSE -- Seventeen. (I may or may not have a short but running list of names that would feel fitting on him if indeed he ever arrives at a point of being willing to allow someone else to give him one, but that's a whole other thing for a whole other time.)

EXPERIENCE IN RP -- All the way back to the days of LJ, forums, and Yahoo Groups.

BEST EXPERIENCES -- I met somebody on here a handful of years ago who was a long-time fan of the character I was playing. At first they just sent questions to the inbox and tagged me in their art sometimes -- (which was supremely touching) -- but eventually they worked up the confidence in their English to try out an OC blog of their own, and we started doing IC interactions in addition to chatting OOC. It was nice to know that someone felt inspired enough by my silly little blog to go out of their way to befriend me specifically, and to know that they felt comfortable practicing things like art and English with me.

And that's the story of how I ultimately ended up drunk as hell at their wedding in Germany.

PET PEEVES / DEALBREAKERS -- Excessive passivity both IC and OOC. / Excessively lengthy RP replies in which very little of substance actually happens or is communicated. / People treating ships as mere smut/fluff wish fulfillment machines rather than as ongoing plots, or cooling off toward me the instant they realize that shipping with me is going to take actual time and work. / Constant mental health crises being essentially liveblogged OOC on a person's RP account.

MUSE PREFERENCE ( FLUFF, ANGST, SMUT ) -- Variety is good for you, and it's also good for your character. I'm up for just about any flavor as long as it's revealing or playing around with something interesting about our character(s), the dynamic between them, the setting, etc.

PLOT OR MEMES -- I like both. I do think, however, that it's incredibly useful to at least discuss a general, ballpark dynamic and get a vague feel for the overall, initial direction we both want. It's fine and natural if what we want flexes or changes with time, but I think even just a little bit of communication right up front eliminates a ton of guesswork. It also makes it easier to pick memes that could be interesting or useful in terms of advancing the goals/ideas we've already talked over with each other.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES -- I tend to write somewhere in the ballpark of 2 to 3 developed paragraphs per reply, but overall I ascribe to the principle of worrying less about the word count itself and more about simply taking whatever space is needed in order to get the point across.

BEST TIME TO WRITE -- If I knew that, I would be unstoppable.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE? -- In terms of a passing flavor, perhaps; sure. I've run from the popo, I've had a concealed carry license, the underside of my car's bumper is held together with Gorilla Glue and my own shoelaces, I did Driverless Car Shit for a living for like five and a half years, and I live almost exclusively in men's flannels and Levi's. Anything 'deeper' than that is for y'all to judge as we get to know each other.

tagged by -- no. tagging -- also no. steal it. do whatever.

[miru667]

The whole Once-ler family is working full tilt!

Here's my full piece for the VK Onceler Zine! I was very lucky to get to be a part of it...🥹 I used concept art as my inspiration this time: [link] Keep reading below for my process vid and all my director's commentary!

Thank you for being curious! Here's a video of my WIPs:

Deadlines were TIGHT for this zine! We were given only 2 months (compared to the 6 months I had on the previous onceler zine), so to make sure I could finish on time, I decided to do only base colours and lighting, with almost no shading anywhere. Still, trying to balance all the colours took the longest for me, as you can see in the vid. xP

Also idk if anyone noticed, but for the face I chose to use an already existing onceler doodle: [link] Why? Well, why not! I really liked that doodle and I didn't want it to go to waste. 😆

Things that I enjoyed sneaking in:

-the golden spiral! Vaguely, at least! At the very least I hope your eyes can follow the order of thneed production, from the fallen tree at the window to the tuft harvesting to the thread spinning, to knitting the thneed and then drawing up plans for bigger and better things, and then ending with him pulling on his iconic glove to show he's going to take control now

-15 cents, a nail, and a great great great grandfather snail, as well as a tin pail since that's where you're supposed to deposit your payment

-combining things from the 2012 movie and concept art, the 1972 movie, and the 1971 book (e.g. that funny wrench he uses to fix pipes)

-Miss O'Schmunce-ler! You can see from the vid that I added the bracelet pretty late, because it was a late decision to have a Miss O'Schumunce-ler somewhere. I chose her to be the one picking up the pencil in the end, since she's pretty good with a pencil in the movie hehe. You guys can pretend the arms holding the phone is Miss Funce-ler.

-a thneed, a seed, and a (grickle grass) weed on the floor. The thneed is just the first of many that will soon create a giant pile. The seed lies forgotten in the corner. The weed is foreshadowing the future.

-hinting that Lorax and Once-ler were actually good friends, like they were in the Lorax musical stageplay. 🥺 I kept this part of the script in my mind for this piece:

This was aftermath Once-ler talking to the Lorax, reminiscing on their good times...and also being stupid and inconsiderate because the Lorax was in fact there all along as his friend, trying to warn him of what was going to happen. 😔

So in my zine piece we're witnessing a peaceful time before all the real biggering really starts. I like to think that in this scene, the Lorax had been sitting on the Once-ler's lap, holding his gloves for him and having a nice chat together with maybe some harmless bickering, but then the Once-ler gets a phone call so he cuts their convo short and rolls his chair over to the window to answer it. Putting business over friendship as usual, of course. Inspo for the lap sitting comes from this fanart by Emi that I love: [link]

What else...the parts that I'm proud of the most are the stool (I spent 2 days just drawing this stool), the curtains, the fact that I was able to include every truffula colour, and the Once-ler's pose. I was close to giving up on that pose because I had no idea how to draw it but I'm glad that I tried again. I wanted to show him at ease during a stage in his life that we never got to see much: the happier and more innocent days of his biggering when he only had a small shop. 😊

That's all, I think! Thanks for reading if you did! Once again it was an honour to be part of this zine!!

[blackseafoam]

EEE I’m hyped to be a page artist for the Aftermath Zine! A TBB postapoc zombie au with a lot of inspo from TLOU and TTG Walking Dead.

I’m so excited to share what I’m plotting for my contribution, in the meantime here’s a practice sketch.

[ineffableeraszine]

Ineffable Eras, Volume 4: Before the Beginning, baby! Save The Date!

June 24th, physical and digital zines are coming your way—plus a whole host of merch. It's our biggest volume yet! That's right: this bad boy can fit so much beauty, suffering, pining, angst, wonder, and hope. SO MUCH HOPE.

IEZ4 features art, comics, and fic set during Creation, the War in Heaven, the Fall and its Aftermath, and the Garden of Eden.

So set your reminders, as it will only be available for preorder for a limited time. Don't miss out!

We'll have more news and info for you in the coming weeks.

Happy Pride, Good Omens fandom! See you on the 24th!

[mae-kent]

To raise awareness and funds for the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza, we want to create a collaborative zine that sheds light on an issue that people may not be thinking about, and that is what happens after. Many Palestinians will have life long mental and physical disabilities in the aftermath of the tragedy they are withstanding: everything from PTSD to chronic illnesses. Disability is a particular kind of struggle- it makes you feel helpless and exhausted and frustrated. There is rarely a cure for a disability; the only true cure is to never become disabled at all. 

Our idea here is to take passages/essays written by disabled people about their experiences, and combine it into a zine. All of the profits made by selling this zine would go directly to the PCRF or a vetted gofundme- we’re doing more research on that second option right now to make sure we get the money to the people who need it. 

We ask that you focus on your disability (a condition that significantly impacts and impairs your long-term quality of life, often requiring varying degrees of accommodation) in your submission. For passages/essays, we ask that you limit your submission to a maximum of 1,000 words, with flexibility up to 100 words. For poetry, we prefer a line count maximum of 40-45.

Please message me or email us at disabilityforpalestine@gmail.com if you have questions or would like to participate.

[gungigarden]

✨️Merukomu Luxury Project Cover Reveal✨️

ETCHED X AMBER

A collection of the refined, sophisticated, and extravagant, Etched X Amber is a Merukomu Zine that doesn't hold back. The most perfect paradise, high stakes and status, and the fiery aftermath of star crossed lovers. Our cover has been artfully crafted by beloved Merukomu Artist @frenchublog. Indulge in the richness of sweet honey and lose yourself in glistening amber.

Etched X Amber will release August 31/2024

[hermitszine]

The Aftermath

Now that the Geminitay Fanzine is well and truly complete, there are just three things left to do.

First, a curtain call for all of our wonderful participants as a final send off! Keep your eyes open for that, and make sure to check all of them out.

Second, feedback! What did you think about the Zine? Would you want to see and/or participate in any future Zines (👀)? How do you think the Zine could improve?

Well, today is your lucky day, because you can fill out this form to give us feedback and opinions on any potential future Zines!

Third, reset back to default. You may have noticed the Gem-themed style of the blog has been replaced by the normal appearance, but fear not — that won’t last long…

[ascendancyzine]

Contributor Spotlight: CountessLamont!

WRITER Name: JediHlaalu / Hlaalu Tumblr: @jedihlaalu AO3: CountessLamont

Hi, I'm Hlaalu! I've been a Star Wars fan since my parents took me to see the special editions in theaters in 1997. My college roomomate and I had a star wars "shrine" in our dorm room with all of our action figures, posters, and a yoda pillow. I've made some of my best friends in this fandom, been writing for over a decade, marketing professionally for almost a decade, and am currently praying for a live action Sinjir Rath Velus in Andor S2.

Favorite Ascendancy Character? Ziinda! I think she has the best character arc. And watching her go from the hothead in Greater Good to the only one able to calm Roscu down in Lesser Evil is just *chefs kiss*.

Favorite Star Wars book / tv show / movie? Sorry chiss fans - the Aftermath Trilogy (and Sinjir Rath Velus and Sid Uddra of course) will always have my heart. THEN it's the Ascendancy Trilogy (Sinjir/Conder OTP <3).

Why (or what) are you contributing to the zine? I'll be writing about Ziinda and probably the Grayshrike fam because they deserve infinitely more love than they usually get <3 (I also named one of my cats after Ziinda :D)

Are you elsewise active in a star wars community that you'd like to highlight? I'm a mod over in the Chiss Ascendancy Discord (link). Come join us and hang out!

Fun Facts?: "Countess Lamont" is the protagonist in my fantasy novel! Also, I have an ISD Chimaera tattoo that I've forbidden myself from having finished until I get into the 501st (which -- hopefully soonish ... we'll see). PS: if you've read any fic on AO3 with Sid Uddra in it, it was literally all me. Please someone else get obsessed with this BAMF so I can read stuff about her I didn't write XD Art by @grand-admiral-lawn for JediHlaalu

[viv-url]

hi!! i really love your art, and really like seeing your claude/sylvain fanart ^^ would you happen to have any fic reccs for them?

thank you!!! and oh howdy thank you for asking because BOY DO I HAVE SOME RECS FOR YOU !!! and for everyone else here too (I'm making this everyone's problem)

Heretical by howlish (post azure moon) - this is the bible, the gateway drug to claudevain. an actual novel of slowburn romance, political drama, attempted assassinations, heists, and more. the way this writer understands Sylvain and Claude, both individually and together, is so real and thoughtful and perfect.

all this riot of light by asael (post crimson flower) - this one is melancholic but bittersweet in its nostalgia. Claude and Sylvain find themselves bereft in the aftermath of the war, but their unexpected reunion is light and hopeful.

fox trap by omobot (white clouds) - cute and sweet! Sylvain gets turned into a fox and then runs into Claude?! Ohhh the absolute fluff in this... my heart melts.

Salt, Stone, and Secrets by timehopper (mermaid AU) - Claude finds a new face in Derdriu, mysterious yet alluring... I love the world this writer sets for this AU, it feels like a dreamy and romantic fairytale.

The Tent by retikrit (verdant wind) - I can only give you this summary: "Claude discovers that people are having a lot of sex." There is so much pining and fleeting touches here. the banter, the tension ... I adore their interactions, the inner turmoil Claude goes through in trying to understand how he feels about Sylvain. It's a little horny, a tiny bit angsty, and very endearing.

and a super special mention to Ruined Sky, Fallen Star: Claudevain Anthology which is coming out soon! this zine is made up of an all-star team of talented artists and writers, plus I drew a postcard with a naked Sylvain. Here's a preview:

please enjoy, make sure to comment and kudos if you liked any of the fics, and please spread the good word of our lord and saviour claudevain

[shannendoherty-fans]

Vogue — Opinion

Team Brenda Forever

By Fiorella Valdesolo

July 15, 2024

Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection

“TV’s brashest 21-year-old talks revealingly about her wild past, her brief engagement, and ‘people who think I’m a bitch,’” the coverline next to a picture of Shannen Doherty reads on a 1992 issue of People magazine. A year later, on another People cover: “Out of Control! These days, Beverly Hills’ hard-partying, check-bouncing bad girl may be going way too far.”

In the ’90s—before a wave of early-aughts tabloids and bloggers like Perez Hilton made a mint lampooning young, female celebrities like Lindsay and Britney and Paris—Shannen Doherty was popular fodder. Drunken nights out, shotgun marriages, fights at the club, court-appointed anger-management classes, and other run-ins with the law were breathlessly chronicled for a celebrity-obsessed public thirsty to see the unraveling of the stars they tuned in to watch every week. Doherty was deemed unhinged, branded a liability. How the media treated her (and Drew Barrymore, too, for that matter) was a template for the years to follow, when such cruelty would become ever more commonplace and, with the dawn of social media, ever more accessible. Doherty was branded a bad girl; she was called difficult, a notoriously loaded term when lobbed at women.

But for teenage me, those were the very labels that made me fiercely love her. They were labels that Brenda Walsh, the character that arguably made Doherty most famous, had already confronted onscreen. When Beverly Hills, 90210 debuted in 1990, I was in junior high and already deeply familiar with Doherty from her roles as Jenny on Little House on the Prairie, Kris Witherspoon (opposite tween dream Chad Allen) on Our House, and as one of the titular mean girls in the seminal 1980s film Heathers. Brenda Walsh (played by a then 19-year-old Doherty) was introduced to audiences as a wide-eyed girl from Minnesota with a stretchy headband, mousy brown hair, and pastel-hued wardrobe who, along with her goody-two-shoes twin brother, Brandon, had been plopped into the decadence and debauchery of LA. “Nobody knows me here—I could be anybody, I could be somebody,” Brenda says to her brother on the show’s first episode as she anxiously considers what to wear on her first day at a school in a city that was definitely not Minneapolis. Beverly Hills, 90210 would dive into taboo topics like AIDS, domestic violence, eating disorders, suicide, and drug abuse, becoming a runaway hit for producer Aaron Spelling. All these years later, the show remains the pinnacle of teen drama, and Brenda its queen. (Let’s face it: The seasons after Spelling booted Doherty from the cast could never measure up, even with the addition of Tiffani Thiessen’s chaos-courting Valerie Malone.)

Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection

Over the course of the four seasons that Doherty was on 90210, Brenda would grow and shift, both in her look (along came the bodysuits, high-waist jeans, endlessly imitated dark brown hair with blunt bangs, and that signature knowing smirk) and her identity. We watched her decide to have sex for the first time (an episode that famously raised conservative eyebrows); contend with a pregnancy scare; fight and make up and break up (to the tune of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”) with Dylan; rebel against her parents’ arcane rules; try on new personas (bonjour, Brenda Dubois); get arrested (for protesting animal testing, naturally); and face the aftermath of a best friend’s betrayal. Yet Brenda would also face well-publicized backlash from fans of the show, as people began to conflate the character with Doherty’s off-screen behavior. (There was even a popular ’90s zine called the I Hate Brenda Newsletter.)

Brenda—or was it Shannen?—became the girl people loved to hate. Doherty once said in an interview: “People couldn’t separate me from her, and I got sick of people assuming that I was as naughty and bad as Brenda was. It was all very hurtful.” Though one was fictionalized, they were both up against the complicated pressures of adolescence and wanting to be taken seriously. Both on television and off, Doherty was passionate, she was intense, she was straightforward, she was self-assured, and for all these reasons, she was dismissed and poorly regarded. For those of us navigating our own coming of age, and simultaneously facing harsh judgment from our families and peers, we saw ourselves in Brenda—and, in turn, in Shannen. I know I did.

When the news broke this week that Doherty had died from cancer, prompting an outpouring of social media tributes and Instagram messages from saddened friends, I saw that others felt the same way. Part of the sadness seemed to come from how hard Doherty had fought to live; she’d recently shared on her excellent and refreshingly candid podcast Let’s Be Clear how hopeful she felt about a new course of chemotherapy.

But for many of my fellow Gen X’ers and older millennials, we’d also lost a part of ourselves. We loved Shannen Doherty, we idolized her, but most of all, at some point, we saw ourselves in a version of her. We were all a little wild once; we were all a little difficult. We were all a little Brenda.

[arainaizevran]

Moonlight

Shadowheart finds solace in Marcy, a drow bard, as she deals with the aftermath of Nightsong’s revelation.

My humble contribution for Love by the River - a Baldur's Gate 3 zine (@lovebytheriverzine). Check out the AO3 collection here, and download the zine for free here.

Shadowheart/F!Tav

Gen, No Archive Warnings

Spoilers for Act 2

2,378 words

[Read on AO3] [Read on my website]

[kipperlillycopperkettle]

NOTHING STOPS THE DREAMS.

[a starstruck odyssey. norman takamori in the aftermath of the infamous cadet graduation. 3.1k.]

“you find your uniform, crumpled up in a ball in the corner, and it yields no answers. it’s crumpled up and dirty and smelling of sweat, just the way it would have been on any other day. you spend far too long staring at it before making up your mind in a split-second to go to the dining hall. perhaps gust knows what’s wrong with you; why you’ve woken up feeling as though the world has shifted on its axis for you, and no one else. surely gust will know why. that will fix it, you think to yourself. gust will know what happened, and that will fix it.” or; norman takamori wakes up the morning after the cadet graduation with a splitting headache, and no memory of what happened.

if i think too long about norman takamori i will go crazy. and here is a fic (and, also, a whole zine) about that fact!

this is one of several fics (i did three & i'll be posting one a week to allow each one their time to shine) i did in july for the dimension 20 zine jam; this one was for a zine i ran entitled ‘Oh Captain: A Norman Takamori Zine’ which was, like it says on the tin, a zine centered around my beloved blorbo norman takamori! you can find the whole zine here and here is the whole zine jam collection! it's pwyw for the next month), with all proceeds going to the un's occupied palestinian territory humanitarian fund, so please donate what you can! i promise there's a bunch of incredible zines in exchange <3

read ‘nothing stops the dreams.’ here on ao3!

[mhadadmightzine]

✨ ZINE PREVIEW ✨

@eliza-dearest splendidly develops Izuku & Yagi's bond even in the aftermath, aiming to answer the question, "If Izuku's mere presence disturbs the peace the countryside offers, where does he stand in relation to the Symbol of Peace?"

POs EXTENDED 'til July 31! Get your your fave bundles & add-ons HERE! 🌻

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Ineffable Eras 4: Before the Beginning | Preorders open June 24

This is our largest volume yet, featuring 42 artists and 16 authors, creating works about Creation, Heaven's War, The Fall and Aftermath, and the Garden of Eden! Both physical and digital editions available-- digital version includes screen reader text! Shipping from United States, expected late September or early October. - @ineffableeraszine - Twitter - Instagram - Bluesky -

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[ineffableeraszine]

Our Full Bundle includes 1 physical book of Ineffable Eras: Before the Beginning with the cover option of your choice!

That's 120+ pages of new fanart, comics, and fics by more than 60 fans set in the ineffable Creation, Heaven's War, The Fall & Aftermath, and the Garden of Eden eras.

Along with the zine, this bundle includes ALL Physical Merch:

• 5 Sticker Sheets (4.1 x 5.8 in.) • 1 dual-sided Bookmark (2 x 6 in., rounded corners) • 1 Enamel Pin with metal lock back (1.5 in.) • 1 Acrylic Standee (3.5 in., not including base) • 1 Acrylic Spinner Standee (3.5 in., not including base) • 1 Holographic Acrylic Charm (3 in.) • 1 dual-sided Acrylic Keychain (2.5 in.) • 2 Magnets (3.8 in.) • 1 Sticker (2.5 in.) • 2 Button set (58mm round pinback) • 2 Art Prints (6 x 9 in.) • 8 Postcards plus 1 dual-sided Covers postcard (5 x 7 in.) • 1 Lanyard with PVC Badge card featuring both Covers (Lanyard: 30 x 0.625 in. | Card: 3.54 x 5.11 in., 0.86mm thick)

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This also includes a digital copy of the zine (PDF and epub); digital copies of angel sticker sheets, bookmark, magnets/stickers, and postcards; the zine's podfic parcel; digital coloring pages; and an Eras-themed Discord emoji pack as our gift to you!