Pillars of Love

Pilalrs of Love is an anthology of primarily fanfiction featuring Ace Attorney characters and centered around the theme of the four Greek words for love.
==About==
Pillars of Love was announced on April 15, 2022, as a zine for writers in the Ace Attorney fandomhttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1514970379558825994. The project would be centered around four of the Greek words for love: eros, philia, storge, and agape. Interest checks opened from April 25 to May 25, 2022https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1518600345068388352. Contributor applications for writers opened from June 1 to June 30, 2022https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1532000851895668736. Results were sent out on July 8, 2022https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1545430003625623554.
Preorderse opened on January 9, 2023, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1612687073693106176:
* The Prologue ($8 USD) - Digital DGS/TGAA Book
* The Prologue ($15 USD) - Digital AA Book, 
* The Prologue ($20 USD) - AA and DGS/TGAA Books (PDF)
* The Original ($30 USD) - Physical AA Book, Digital AA Book, Additional Stretch Goals
* The Classics ($15 USD) - Physical DGS/TGAA Book, Digital DGS/TGAA Book, Additional Stretch Goals
* The Duology ($40 USD) - Physical AA Book, Physical DGS/TGAA Book, Digital AA Book, Digital DGS/TGAA Book, Additional Stretch Goals
Stretch golas included a die-cut sticker at 25 physical orders, a bookmark at 50 physical orders, and a print at 75 physical ordershttps://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1612687085059588097https://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1628891508010000386. All goals were unlocked by February 23, 2023https://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1628891504851779585. Additionally, a collaboration deal of magnets were offered to fans who preordered physical copies of both Pillars of Love and Where I Can Follow, another Ace Attorney project that was running preorders around the same timehttps://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1615538516452073472. Starting on February 14, 2023, a share campaign was run, offering an additional sticker sheet to all physical orders if the share campaign post reached a set amount of likes and shareshttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1625694720667136001. The share campaign was completed on February 22, 2023https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1628557019711000577. Preorders closed on March 1, 2023, with a reported total of over 100 ordershttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1630840797351297025.
The project's social media account gave periodic updates on the progress of production. Zine proofs had to be reordered more than once, resulting in the organizers considering a different printer and leading to delayshttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1657413419690082305https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1666617167658332161https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1670606987485126657. Meanwhile, all merchandise produciton was completed and received by the organizers by June 28, 2023https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1674203510705930240. The zines arrived by July 15, with some additional need for reprintshttps://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1680296919631908866.
Physical orders began shipping after July 31, 2023https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1686194384373526528. All shipping was completed by August 16, 2023, including digital ordershttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1692023053461356910. Leftover sales opened from September 26, 2023, with an expected end date of October 26, 2023, provided supplies last until thenhttps://twitter.com/AAWriterZine/status/1706716159742030157. Additional discounts of 20% and 50% were offered throughout this periodhttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1712610963512267119https://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1716253258564415544.
The project was declared complete on December 27, 2023, with a post showing the receipt of a $2590.83 USD donation to the Indigenous Literary Foundationhttps://x.com/AAWriterZine/status/1740239358534590485.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	April 25, 2022 	May 25, 2022
Contributor Applications	June 1, 2022 	June 30, 2022
Preorders 	January 9, 2023 	March 1, 2023
Shipping 	July 31, 2023 	August 16, 2023
Leftover Sales 	September 26, 2023	October 28, 2023
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Artists===
* Den (u3pxx)
* Hoji (cachocabraa)
* Marit (MaererittMarit) - Cover Artist
* MARLOWMEMO - Cover Artist
* Naina (cubedmango)
* Oona (anileanoo)
* Ronnie (starjuicebox)
* Neon (spiralstain)
===Writers===
* andromeda (exquisitefrogprince)
* ApprenticeofDoyle
* abrightgrayworld (aritalks1)
* br0wn13f0x
* Cat (caffeinatic)
* Elliot Sonder (call_me_elliot)
* Emi (choose__joy)
* Esque (tirralirra)
* ExperimentalDragonFire
* HopeStoryteller
* JJsaDragon
* June (dragonair, tsukisyama)
* Kia (seasonal, tingential)
* lwtis
* Madi Wander (timepatches, monimolimnion)
* Maya (sunwarmed)
* PoodlePunk (hellopoodle)
* Riley Rethal (rib14)
* River (riveroflight)
* romacharm
* sailorartemis
* Sarina Edwards
* Snow (queergodot)
* Tide (tidedotwav, likethetide, totalspiffage)
* Vyn (runandgo, bringmoreknivez, franzizka)
===Mods===
* Téa (transtrucy) - Head Mod, Finance, Production
* Zhen(ya) (permetstuuu) - Graphics
* Quo (_qquoe) - Formatting
* Ronnie (starjuicebox) - Artist Mod
* Krissey (kissykrissey) - Writing Mod
==Gallery==
File:Aa pillars of love banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Aa pillars of love stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals Listing
File:Aa pillars of love full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Aa pillars of love magnet collab.png|Collab Magnet Listing
File:Aa pillars of love share campaign.png|Share Campaign
* Pillars of Love Collection on Archive of Our Own
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
vyn wrote on Twitter
m wrote on Twitter
dee / vini wrote on Twitter
Alika wrote on Twitter
hadesbutmortal wrote on Tumblr
letapollojusticesayfuck wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Ace Attorney Zines
Category:2023 Zines