Blooming Rose

Blooming Rose is a charity zine dedicated to the character Xaldin from the Kingdom Hearts games.
==About==
Interest checks for a Xaldin zine began on March 3, 2020https://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1234973904214478850. The survey closed on April 3, 2020, with 40 responseshttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1246067086440488961.
Artist and moderator applications for the project opened from May 3 to May 31, 2020https://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1257035540861456385. Amidst the last hour of the application window on May 31, 2020, the project announced that they would dedicate the zine's funds to Black Lives Matter due to current events at the timehttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1267203009790054401.
On June 3, 2020, the project gave an update on its status and announced that the physical format of the zine would be cancelled and that the zine would continue as an exclusively digital project so as to not lose funds in production expenses and shipments and have mroe to donate to their charity of choicehttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1268309083964178441.
Preorders opened from November 20, 2020, with the following preordershttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1330170912545644547:
* Dragoon Bundle ($10 USD) - Digital Zine
* Lindworm Bundle ($5 USD) - Emojis, Stickers, Social Media Headers, Icons, Coloring Pages, Wallpapers
* Whirlwind Bundle ($15 USD) - Digital Zine, Emojis, Stickers, Social Media Headers, Icons, Coloring Pages, Wallpapers
The deadline for preorders was originally November 30, 2020, but was extended from December 1, 2020, to January 8, 2021https://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1333950590498508802. The orders were mailed out on January 11, 2021https://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1348691143144345600.
At the end of the project on January 13, 2021, the mods announced that $165 USD was donated to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundationhttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1349413507721265152.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	March 3, 2020 	April 3, 2020
Contributor Applications	May 3, 2020 	May 31, 2020
Preorders 	November 20, 2020	January 8, 2021
Shipping 	January 11, 2021 	-
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/XaldinZine/status/1289706179602440192.
===Page Artists===
* Asoka (0utlastingspace)
* AT/80 (fanime_gurl)
* Aiko (aiko_lpez)
* Anko
* Apollo (Apollo_Moon04)
* Brie (ArtKhabriesi)
* Aza (Azagdeves)
* Ben (wayfinder_3)
* Bess (9000Dnz)
* Chara (Charamander459)
* Corey (SophisticateZom)
* Xey (foretellerxey)
* Hackwolfin
* Hyaku (HyakusBubble)
* Jask (j_poemerlin)
* Junimochi
* Kamouflan
* Kerrie (Koffeeknight_)
* Laythaba
* Lilly
* Lo Bennett
* maniacalchimera
* Mezduin
* PFravin
* RakiParra
* Ramourzi
* Mono (SereneTrash)
* Shea (Fairy_Fort)
* Sushi (sushichanart)
* TFNY (tfnytrn)
* TiredTiger241
* Willow (Faunafell)
* Sakda (xiglux)
* Yuidreams - Cover Artist
* Zauber
* Sorita (SoritaDreams)
* Bun (FishtoonzArt)
* Noix (PoppetNoix)
* Momo (Momochiiee)
===Writers===
* Atrezzo (theclosetssp)
* Allison (bookwormallison)
* Hinata (CurryFury13)
* Whirlwind Projects
===Mods===
* Noix (PoppetNoix)
* Momo (Momochiiee)
==Gallery==
File:Kh xaldin zine socmed cover.png|Social Media Banner
File:Kh xaldin zine full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
== References ==
Category:Kingdom Hearts Zines
Category:2021 Zines
Category:Charity Zines