An archive of fandom news (Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2015) and nostalgia from 2012/2013.
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I remember when the thneedtimes started out I was expressing some doubt over whether or not it would be a good thing to introduce to a fandom that to me seemed to always have drama over attention-seeking
and I’m not just saying this because I have much love for the mods (although thats also tru) but I was really impressed with the work y'all were doing to be as inclusive as possible ✨👍 that’s hard work dudes. I’m so glad for all your efforts and it really paid off
in 2012 when the fandom was buzzing it was actually an enormous source of stress for me to keep up with all the blogs and people I loved…since I worked a 24/7 job at one point and was a full time student, and there was NONSTOP content on tumblr. so I was actually relieved when the activity died down a bit in the later years. I could keep on top of things as best I could until it started to pick up again and I was just @_@
so thanks @thneedtimes for being a wonderful way for busy bees like myself to find a little footing in this fandom that I still am so glad to be a part of in my little ways 😌💕 your hard work was much much appreciated
Thank you! Your kind words mean so, so much to us! We still remember your other posts about us clear as day. I guess this one makes it a trilogy. ;)
It was challenging trying to fit in as much news as possible while balancing other factors like post length and sticking to the story themes. Writing each issue was very much like assembling a puzzle made of words and URLs in just the right way. So we definitely did little victory dances inside our heads every time we were able to include someone new in the next issue. Hopefully, we did okay! 🐌
Now that we’ve gotten the mod post out of the way, I also want to say that we’ve read all of your comments and they made me cry, thank you all so much!
We’ve kept a record of a few shameful behind-the-scenes moments from Skype in regards to working on the paper, and we’ve decided to share them! The fandom was very inactive before August, as you can see from our convos, but later there was so much news that we had trouble fitting it all in (a good thing).
[1/11/2015 7:38:13 PM] once-lier: Hehe u added the height comparison thing
[1/11/2015 7:38:21 PM] once-lier: Very creative
[1/11/2015 7:38:21 PM] Jessie (Miru): yeah cuz there was no news
[1/23/2015 5:11:28 PM] Jessie (Miru): But seriously dam there is no news this week
[2/24/2015 9:31:11 PM] Jessie (Miru): there’s like no news
[3/12/2015 9:11:36 PM] once-lier: the blog duckler is actually spelled without a dash! just thought ud like to know
— ineffablye
[3/12/2015 9:12:34 PM] Jessie (Miru): oh shoot WHAt
[3/12/2015 9:12:45 PM] once-lier: ?
[3/12/2015 9:13:03 PM] Jessie (Miru): holy shit
[3/12/2015 9:13:09 PM] once-lier: WHAT
[3/12/2015 9:13:11 PM] Jessie (Miru): i fixed it
[3/12/2015 9:13:15 PM] Jessie (Miru): the url duck-ler
[3/12/2015 9:13:19 PM] Jessie (Miru): leads to a nude blog
[3/12/2015 9:13:23 PM] once-lier: kjfa;lksjf;lskjdf;askdjfak
[3/12/2015 9:13:35 PM] once-lier: gimme the url
[3/12/2015 9:13:54 PM] Jessie (Miru): http://duck-ler.tumblr.com [NSFW]
[3/12/2015 9:14:20 PM] once-lier: hahahahahahah aholy shit
[3/25/2015 5:04:23 AM] once-lier: i have literally no idea wats going on
[3/25/2015 5:04:28 AM] Jessie (Miru): me neither
[3/30/2015 6:44:58 PM] Jessie (Miru): there’s like no news
[4/23/2015 6:47:37 PM] once-lier: Idek wats going on woth sketchlet
[4/23/2015 6:47:48 PM] Jessie (Miru): me neither
[4/23/2015 6:48:06 PM] Jessie (Miru): i dont know what's going on with anyone
[4/23/2015 6:48:20 PM] once-lier: Lol
[4/23/2015 6:48:39 PM] Jessie (Miru): another golden quote from the thneedtimes mods
[4/23/2015 6:56:37 PM] once-lier: Let make a post compiling evidence of our incompetence as mods
[4/23/2015 6:56:46 PM] Jessie (Miru): okay
[4/27/2015 3:35:10 PM] Jessie (Miru): there's like no news this week
[4/27/2015 3:37:00 PM] Jessie (Miru): our nostalgia column is da bomb though
[4/30/2015 1:18:53 AM] 2012 Onceler: Of course Swag is mentioned like five times in this.
[4/30/2015 1:19:01 AM] Jessie (Miru): shuSH
[8/6/2015 7:48:20 PM] Jessie (Miru): next issue is #34 eue
[8/6/2015 7:48:28 PM] once-lier: lol
[8/6/2015 7:48:33 PM] once-lier: link some porn
[8/19/2015 5:29:42 PM] Jessie (Miru): this is too much news
[11/6/2015 4:05:01 PM] Jessie (Miru): ugh gdi
[11/6/2015 4:05:09 PM] Jessie (Miru): i
[11/6/2015 4:05:22 PM] Jessie (Miru): wanted to reblog the issue but
[11/6/2015 4:05:40 PM] Jessie (Miru): i accidentally reblogged to thneedtimes
[11/6/2015 4:05:42 PM] Jessie (Miru): lol
[11/6/2015 4:06:18 PM] Jessie (Miru): i deleted it right away
[11/6/2015 4:06:34 PM] Jessie (Miru): but it had very miru-ish tags
[11/6/2015 4:07:04 PM] 2012 Onceler: i
[11/6/2015 4:07:31 PM] Jessie (Miru): time for me to get out of bed : );;;
[11/6/2015 4:09:13 PM] Jessie (Miru): i suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[11/26/2015 2:09:04 AM] Jessie (Miru): there is so much dang news,,
~The Thneed Times is a sideblog shared by 3 mods. Mod D is me, Miru. I’m the one who does the research and writing for each issue.
~This is Chriss as Mod S and I basically check over each issue and whatever’s in our draft before posting and offer a second opinion on things. I also tried to make sure nothing gave us away. We decided to assign Mod B status to my askblog, 12, to try and complete the BDSM initials because we’re totally serious writers like that (and we needed a coffee runner to satisfy my coffee needs).
Many juicy details and embarrassing secrets under the cut!
Hummingfish Pizza
~Hi this is Miru again! Thank you so much for reading our paper! And I am so sorry if you had hoped to be mentioned in an issue but never were. We really did try our best to include a variety of blogs and to figure out ways to link to lesser known blogs in our news stories, directly or indirectly.
~Also, I’ve found that the decision to feature something was often influenced by how much people seemed to care about it that week. So it doesn’t matter if our silly little paper mentioned you or not. What’s important is individual fandom members reaching out to each other. Have fun, post in the fandom tags, and look in them, as well!
~At the same time, I’m surprised and flattered that people cared about this paper to the extent that they were happy to be mentioned or sad to have not been mentioned. I never expected to get so many followers on this blog (almost 420, blaze it!), because at the very beginning, we intended to just be a shady, underground news source even though we posted in the fandom tags that passively stalked blogs and whispered info in a dark alleyway. We were anonymous in case we got hate. We’ve changed since then.
~And I like to think...that we did a good job. Working on this paper definitely took up most of my free time, and even though it’s always just been for fun, we worked really hard to post every issue on time each week despite going through some rocky spots in life or being on vacation.
Thornville
~Wednesdays were usually dedicated to catching up with Thornville askblogs. We had some resistance at the beginning from anon asks (that we haven’t published) about having a section for Thornville at all, but I’m glad we didn’t listen to them. Turns out, I enjoyed keeping up with Thornville blogs and I loved watching everyone have fun. I’ve learned about so many OCs that I had never heard of before we started the paper (thanks Minty for acquainting me!) and I’ve grown attached to a lot of them. I’ve also noticed that many Thornville mods seemed to really appreciate being mentioned in our issues!? Which made me ridiculously happy. Your excited tags made this whole experience worth it! :’)
Name Origins
~The name “Thneed Times” was taken from Rachel’s drawing of a newspaper, submitted to my Audrey askblog on Dec. 31st, 2013. I had headcanoned with Rachel that Audrey would one day find an old paper dating back to when the Once-ler was at the height of his success, and it was going to show a scandalous story about him on the front page. Bless you, Rachel.
~The subheading “This Booty Ass Town” originated from when Bitter expressed his frustrations to One about Thornville’s magic anon phenomenon (July 14th, 2013). One picked up the phrase and used it later, too.
~“What’s the dish, hummingfish?” is a parody of the Big Bang Theory episode where Penny answers her door multiple times and greets Sheldon with a different cute rhyming phrase each time. The vanity card idea (our 15 Cents section) came from this show, as well.
~As for “Paparazzi Pizza”, I just thought it sounded cute.
Thank You, Chriss
~Chriss is my editor and PR person. Every Thursday, I show her the draft of the issue and she reads it over to see if anything needs to be changed. I don’t post a single issue or ask response before getting her to look at it first. I wouldn’t have even started this blog without her agreeing to help me. Thanks!! ♥
Thank you all so much for linking some really big posts from not only my page but others. It was a big help to keep everyone informed and I'm sure everyone worked super hard on them all. :) keep on being awesome in wherever you go next.
Sass, you’re going to make me cry! Thank you! Get well soon. -- D
Hey. Thanks for always stayin' on top of things. Sad to see this thing go, but it was great havin' ya around while it lasted. Good luck in your future projects. Next song I sing, I'll keep you in mind. See ya!
Thanks Dea! Aww dude, I look forward to your next song, and the ones after that, too! -- D
Amazing blog! Sad to see it go. Kinda sad that I joined the fandom too late and was never able to get featured in one, heh. Guess we can't win 'em all! Anyways, enough sob stories. I'll definitely miss the blog.
Thank you, and sorry you were never featured. I’m sure you’re an amazing person and deserve to get a mention, too. Maybe you’ll see your name elsewhere in the fandom someday! -- D
Air! It means so much hearing from you (and Tree, too!) and it was a pleasure reporting about Thornville. I actually only learned about a lot of you after we started the paper, but you guys have won this mod’s heart. – D
Thank you so much for these wonderful newsletters, and for adding more smiles and laughter to the fandom! I'm gonna miss you guys!! *hugs*
Pluto, you’re so wonderful! Thanks so much for reblogging us every single week, suggesting news, and supporting us throughout the entire year. We look forward to Unless Press’s 50th issue. -- D
Mod: Thank you so much for running this paper! It was super helpful for me, especially being new to the fandom, to figure out what was going on and it was really cool to see what had happened in the past. Thanks again!
You’re very welcome! That means a lot to know that people found us useful! We loved being able to share all the nostalgia with the fandom, too. -- D
