[And on the eve of our grand premiere, a round of applause for our—teehee—sponsors~! ✨]
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Here we are, one day out from the release of the Darkroom Fanzine! What began as an idea formed in November-December of 2024 has now finally and fully, a whole year later, come into fruition.
There's a lot of emotions to speak on, as we near the finale. But for now, I think it is most prudent to thank those who made this zine even possible in the first place.
To mod Izzy, for all the love and support you have shared, for every day you have made sure life ran smoothly so that I could pour my focus into this project, for your patience in the midst of this coinciding with our wedding and for loving fiercely, thank you.
To mod Raven, for the priceless organization you gave to us at the very beginning that allowed this process to start off so cleanly, that set the tone for many months to follow, for your clever ideas and tie-breaking expertise, thank you.
To mod Ave, for all the Loopfail art that spiced up every form for our contributors, for being my brother-in-arms of knowing the ins-and-outs of this fandom, for being the hype man to end all hype men, thank you.
To mod Canary, for all the server wrangling, all the scheduling and reassessing of realistic expectations, for all the proofreading and editing and ideas sharing and emotional reinvigorating, for being first and foremost a good friend, thank you.
To mod Moon, for all the everything that you endlessly do to assist in every project I take on, all of the artwork, the editing, the formatting, the ceaseless hours of staying up well past the rising of the sun to see this thing done, for being the best partner in nefarious crime (and dearest friend) a void could ever ask for, thank you.
Every single one of you made this possible. I don't want to picture a world where we do not share in the joys of creation yesterday, today, and all of the endless tomorrows.
