Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck is a zine project focused on the relationship between Katsuki Bakugou and Denki Kaminari. The project was unable to complete fulfillment due to a case of moderator misconduct that also affected other zines.
==About==
Interest checks for a BakuKami zine began on August 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1295910369035083778. The interest check was closed on September 30, 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1311511193836642304. Moderator applications ran from October 4 to October 20, 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1312998864585019392. The deadline was extended to October 25, 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1318441232624807937.Contributor applications for artists, writers, and beta readers ran from November 10 to December 1, 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1326177801020518400.
A poll was run on social media to submit name suggestions the title for the zine from September 30 to October 15, 2020https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1311514059645186055. A poll on Twitter presented the possible options as Flasbang, Stun Grenade, Thunderstruck, and Flash Bomb, with Thunderstruck winning the majority of the resultshttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1317331805150744576.
For Valentine's Day, the project's social media account hosted a Valentine's Day Contest from January 21 to February 11, 2021https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1352344555882999808. Fans were asked to submit artwork and fanfiction that "captures both the romance and love between Kaminari Denki and Bakugo Katsuk as well as the Valentine's Day holiday as a whole." Winners would receive digital copies of the zine and digital merch. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to insufficient number of entrieshttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1360222418963476487.
Preorders opened on June 14, 2021 with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1404508487619690502:
* Sparks ($15 USD) - Digital Zine, Coloring Pages, Phone and Desktop Wallpapers, Emotes
* Nitroshock ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Digital Merch
* Extras ($25 USD) - Die-cut Stickers, Buttons, Sticker Sheet, SFW and NSFW Print, Charm
* Ignite the Storm ($35 USD) - Physical Cinze, Random Stickers, Sticker Sheet, SFW and NSFW Print
* Thunderstruck ($50 USD) - PHysical Zine, SFW and NSFW Print, Die-cut stickers, Sticker Sheet, Buttons, Charm, Digital Zine, Digital Merch
A preorder bonus of a holo sticker was offered to the first 50 physical ordershttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1404508511191584778. A givewaway was run from June 22 to June 20, 2021, for a full bundlehttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1407353702172794888. The winner of this giveaway was Twitter user bkoebakuhoehttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1409932715923841044. To celebrate Denki Kaminari's birthday, a flash sale was run from June 29 to July 1, 2021https://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1409999479122665477. Preorders closed on July 27, 2021, with a total of 101 ordershttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1420005766971502593
During the production period, the social media account posted proof pictures of itemshttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1445734298313625610.
On November 12, 2021, the project announced that they could not complete fulfill orders due to the misconduct of their new finance mod, who joined after their original finance mod had to step down from the project for personal reasons. The following is a copy of their statement:
On the same day, the mod team of Thunderstruck was featured in a statement put out by the mods of Boom Brigade regarding the unprofesisonal conduct of their finance mod, Silverhttps://twitter.com/bakusquadcal/status/1459206240744222725. The statement included Discord screenshots as evidence. The following paragraph is a summary of Silver's behavior on the mod team of Thunderstruck in particular.
Silver was introduced to their team on April 26, 2021, as a replacement for a previous finance and shipping mod. After preorders closed, Silver stopped communicating with the mod team and failed to notify the team for formatting corrections in a timely manner. Through Silver's order invoice, the mod team discovered a significant difference between the amount of merchandise required to order and the amount of merchandise actually paid for. The discrepancy gave rise to concern about how the funds were being handled, since both the project's Paypal and Stripe were in Silver's name and no login credentials were shared. Attempted correspondence from the mod team with Silver upon this revelation received no response.
A new update came on November 19, 2021, informing buyers to close their refund claims, since the mod team had arranged for funds to be redirected from Silver to Raine, the head modhttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1461924805825888260. The project's funds were announced secured by the head mod on November 22, 2021, with hopes of moving forward with productionhttps://twitter.com/bkkmzine/status/1462919778977206274. In the same announcement, the head mod also issued the following apology, stating that the situation could have been handled better and that the project will continue production, even if it means the zine may have to be released for free and all buyers be refunded. The mod team continued to handle refunds in the early quarter of 2022.
The project remains in production status as of January 2, 2023.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	August 18, 2020 	September 30, 2020
Mod Applications 	October 4, 2020 	October 25, 2020
Contributor Applications	November 10, 2020	December 1, 2020
Preorders 	June 14, 2021 	July 27, 2021
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===SFW Page Artists===
* insinirate - Guest
* Gabi (gabifalcaoart) - Cover Artist
* WonduhhWoman (stillfly94)
* Naomi (naomi_rose_art)
* Apollo (oracleofcorvus)
* Soomi (nassoomi0)
* Sandra (lyinpretty)
* xiieru
* Kyla (lucidkyla)
* Freyja (freyseizeplus)
* Leigh
* Calesia
* Zero (serialnumber07)
* MeowMonster (meowmonster97)
* Nonimelt 
===NSFW Page Artists===
* snowybunz - Guest
* Nikke (nikkehym) - Cover Artist
* Trashy Bee (beetrashy)
* Storm (stxrmieexart)
* Quant (spicetimequant)
* Tsuki (tsukiafterdark)
* Arba (arba0000)
* Nwodmlac
===Merch Artists===
* Tsuki (tsukiafterdark)
* Quant (spicetimequant)
* Naomi (naomi_rose_art)
* Apollo (oracleofcorvus)
* Nonimelt 
===SFW Writers===
* NinjaBunniesCos - Guest
* Pipes (thefriedpipes)
* Bazi (queerlytired)
* Starrystarryroyalty (starryroyalty)
* Twen (crybabykacchan)
* Fether (fethaire)
* Hime (hikarinohimew)
* Fallyn (fallynwriter)
===NSFW Writers===
* Dragonshade (dragonshadow02, gyakkounoflugel) - Guest
* Aravis (bear_coughing)
* Choku (chokumepurisu)
* Luxurias (luxuriasao3)
* Carissa (farmraisednerd2)
===Beta Readers===
* L (magicallyhorny)
* Addie (styx_o_o)
* Hiba (hibakyochan)
===Mods===
* Raine (filthynari) - Creator
* Blaque (chapterblaque) - Social Media
* Lily (bby0verhaul) - Art Mod, Merch Mod
* Jeeejae - Graphics, Formatting
* Lee (onierokinetic) - Writing Mod, Beta Mod
===Former Contributors===
* Crypt (nckturnai) - Finance, Shipping
*Iggy (imitationicarus) - Writing Mod, Beta Mod
* Silver (silverstring000) - Finance, Shipping
==Gallery==
File:Thunderstruck bkkm zine banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Thunderstruck bkkm zine covers.png|Cover Designs by Gabi Falcao and Yen Mae
File:Thunderstruck bkkm zine full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
== References ==
Category:Boku no Hero Academia Zines