Flurry of Dancing Flames

Flurry of Dancing Flame is a charity zine centered around the character Axel from the Kingdom Hearts games.
==About==
The project's social media account dropped a link to an inquiry for a zine about Axel on August 12, 2019, with the aim of starting applications in late December 2019 or early January 2010https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1160903252948336643. On January 31, 2020, the project announced that the zine would be splitting the proceeds between two charities, Direct Relief and Wireshttps://flurryofdancingflameszine.tumblr.com/post/190575886679. Applications for contributors opened on February 1, 2020, and ended on March 1, 2020https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1223637132163604480https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1234211615202926592. All acceptance and rejection emails were sent out to applications on March 20, 2020https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1241211158842859520.
Preorders opened from August 8 to October 8, 2020, with multiple pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1292117463329456135. The follow pricing tiers may not be accurate because they were put together from cross referencing multiple merchandise spotlight posts, giveaway announcements, and archived pages:
* Cha-Cha Chakram - Digital Zine
* Burn Baby! - Physical Zine
* Bond of Flame - Physical zine, Button, Sticker Sheet, Die-Cut Stickers, Bookmark, Two-sided Print
* Got It Memorized - Physical Zine, Enamel Pin, Double-sided Charm, Button, Acrylic Standee, Sticker Sheet, Die-Cut Stickers, Bookmark, Two-sided Print
* Eternal Moments (Limited to 50) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Axel-themed Tea and Tin, Charm Bracelet, Two-sided Print, Bookmark, Acrylic Standee, Enamel Pin, Double-sided Charm, Button, Sticker Sheet, Die-Cut Stickers, Digital Merch
On September 9, 2020, a giveaway for a exclusive merchandisehttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1303783347940859905. The first prize winner would receive both a wrap bracelet and hedgehog shaker charm, and second and third price winners would receive the hedgehog charm. The first prize winner was twitter user CopriComahttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1307696016481808384. The second and third place winners were Twitter useres onizeruk and celesta_ffixvhttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1307696266047115264. A "Win Everything" giveaway was run from September 10 to October 8, 2020, for an Eternal Moments bundle with an additional wrap bracelet and hedgehog charmhttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1304150441425432577. The winner of the "Win Everything giveaway was Twitter user arabesukuhttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1314279397692567552.
Physical orders of smaller orders began shipping on approximately May 1, 2021https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1388614411066118144. By August 8, 2021, digital zines and all remaining physical preorders were sent out on Axel Dayhttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1424422564575600641.
Leftover sales began on January 15, 2022, and ended on March 27, 2022https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1482539482804936706https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1508186310502084609.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	August 12, 2019 	-
Contributor Applications	February 1, 2020	March 1, 2020
Preorders 	August 8, 2020 	October 8, 2020
Shipping 	May 1, 2021 	August 8, 2021
Leftover Sales 	January 15, 2022	March 27, 2022
===Concurrent Zine Controversy===
While Flurry of Dancing Flames was running contributor applications, another zine, From the Ashes, was also being run, having launched in January 2020. In addition to similar schedules, the zines were similar in that both were charity zines aimed to donate to wildfire relief charities. While some fans were thrilled that two zines about Axel were running at the same time and were willing to support both zines, not all fans were as excited.
The existence of these two zines raised concerns among fans that the two zines could be directly competing with each other, leading to fans urging either one of the zines to delay their schedules so as to allow potential buyers to buy both zines but at different times.
Another concern was a number of fans not wishing to interact with or participate in these zines because one of the mods happened to ship controversial pairings such as AkuRoku. This concern became a driving force for some fans to make callout posts and send harassing replies and direct messages to the zines' social media accounts.
The mod team for Flurry of Dancing Flames tweeted on January 15, 2020, an acknowledgement of From the Ashes and expressed excitement that there would be more content of their favorite character, while also urging fans to not harass the mods of the concurrent zinehttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1217497253071310848. Another status update was posted shortly after that both mod teams had a pleasant conversation to resolve any issues in scheduling and reiterated that they did not condone harassment of any users affilated with any of the two zines and would block any user if the harassment continued.https://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1218016818222096386.
Twitter account and Kingdom Hearts zine tracker, khzines, ran a poll on April 4, 2020, asking fans if they were able to buy zines as they normally would at the time or if they hoped projects would delay preorders for financial reasonshttps://twitter.com/khzines/status/1246471181529518080. An overwhelming majority of fans voted to delay. In response to the poll, the mod team of Flurry of Dancing Flames announced the next day that they would not delay the zine, but would reevaluate if the situation did not improvehttps://twitter.com/axelflamezine/status/1246820689140539393.
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* GhostMilk - Guest
* Elledriitch - Guest
* kevinkevinsonnn
* sushichanart
* axelsaywhat
* kasurias
* Jeredu
* Xarinesca
* Idefix (Faufix)
* pookiepie
* Jask
* Pepperly
* Mana Nana (mana_iac)
* Kari
* Ankosart
* XLEHX
* AmyHayaNora - Cover Artist
* Beccrea
* krtoons. (krtoons1)
* cabeeese
* tixca_
* Haelyonn
* itadakimeat
* Hackwolfin
* Lazy Afternoons (l_impeto_oscuro)
* kiokushitaka
* Yuuchi Ng
* wryyyka
* ZingoDraws
* TuesdayinThedas
* tiredprince_
===Merch Artists===
* Timmigotchi
* teabearers
* shelbynwolf (divine_rose)
* BarrierSurge
* Januxxxx
* Kari
* Xarinesca
* SirLadySketch
* Beccrea
* AmyHayaNora
* Ankosart
* Lazy Afternoons (l_impeto_oscuro)
* evynvenpha (evynv)
* Yuuchi Ng
* kiokushitaka
===Writers===
* oodlewrites - Guest
* LizzyMaySpd - Guest
* Aaricia Phoenix
* Akira_Hearts (Pikuna)
* teabearers
* ignisgayentia
* evynvenpha (evynv)
* shelbynwolf (divine_rose)
* amarxlen
* brnseries (mikaelamauthor)
* BlissfulNightRain
* noctislucent (Baekhanded)
* effervescible
* salvadore
* serenelapins
* destini islands
===Mods===
* Plants (dancingflaaames) - Main Mod, Social Media Mod
* SirLadySketch - Layout
* twilitowers - Discord Mod
* komorebi_cos
==Gallery==
File:Kh flurry dancing flames zine cover.png|Zine Cover by AmyHayaNora
File:Kh flurry dancing flames leftover graphic.png|Leftovers Graphic
File:Kh flurry dancing flames giveaway graphic.png|Giveaway Graphic
== References ==
Category:Kingdom Hearts Zines
Category:2021 Zines
Category:Charity Zines