Intertwined Fates (MDZS zine)

Intertwined Fates was a planned Mo Dao Zu Shi zine containing fanart and fanfic that was cancelled in February 2024.
The zine was intended to include a print version, fan merch, and a digital copy. 
==Theme==
The theme was weddings or "anything that’s related to marriage: arranged marriage, betrothal, ceremony, honeymoon, after party, bridal showers, bachelor(ette) parties, proposals, etc." (Accessed 25 March 2024.)
The zine would have two sections: modern and ancient settings.
==Content Rules==
Noncanon ships were allowed, but incest ships were not. 
"Intertwined Fates requires all marriages to be between characters of at least 18 years of age. Betrothals and other promises to be married between younger characters are acceptable." (Accessed 25 March 2024.)
==Schedule==
*May 20, 2023: Project Launch
*May 30 - June 20: Interest Check
*June 26 - July 20: Contributors Applications
*Sep 5: Check in 1
*Oct 5: Check in 2
*Nov 5: Final Submission
*Jan - Feb, 2024: Preorders
*Feb - Apr: Production
*Apr - June: Shipping
==Mods==
*An - head mod
*Jin - graphics, formatting
*Sora - art
*Shadaras - writing, beta
*Kuro - animation
*Kai - graphics assistant
==Controversy==
The project seemed to be on schedule, with the final list of contributors posted on January 22, , 22 January 2024. and the preorder interest check posted on January 29., tweet by MDZSweddingzine, 29 January 2024. Shortly after the preorder interest check tweet, Twitter user luckymarrowb started criticizing the zine for accepting sweetlolixo as a contributor, referring to sweetlolixo as "miss colonizerji herself", 29 January 2024. and accusing her of being a "genocide enjoyer", tweet by luckymarrowb, 30 January 2024.. When the zine twitter account asked if luckymarrowb would be open to discussing his concerns via DM, tweet by MDZSweddingzine, 30 January 2024., luckymarrowb replied,
In July 2022, sweetlolixo had expressed a wish for more fic with Dark Lan Wangji. 3neetee then wrote a controversial threadfic that referenced the use of smallpox blankets in the genocide of Native Americans and gifted it to sweetlolixo, who expressed a positive sentiment. Much discourse then occurred on Twitter28 July 2022 tweet thread by wuji_mp3 and also on fail_fandomanon, fail_fandomanon, 2022-07-31.; the threadfic and/or the entire incident is often referred to as "Colonizerji". sweetlolixo later apologized for liking the threadfic, explaining that as an ethnic Chinese person living in Asia, she had been unaware of the historical context and had assumed the context of the story was closer to the fantasy "human face disease" in TGCF rather than a real-world event., 30 July 2022. Other fans have argued that 3neetee's (now-deleted) twitter thread itself provided the necessary context. 3neetee's tweet:
Meanwhile, in 2024, it seems that both luckymarrowb and the zine twitter account deleted some of their tweets, but on February 1, the zine mods posted a google doc with screenshots analyzing each of luckymarrowb's allegations in depth and concluding that luckymarrowb was spreading misinformation., 1 February 2024. Some anons at fail_fandomanon agreed that luckymarrowb's behavior was problematic, but thought the zine mods handled the situation extremely badly., 2024-02-02. Anons suggested that luckymarrowb was engaging in grudgewank, possibly motivated by top/bottom discourse and/or jealousy over sweetlolixo's fic being more popular., fail_fandomanon, 2024-02-04. One person remarked, "If he were actually upset about the fic and not the fact that Sally writes the wrong guy topping and is more popular than him, he would have gone after the person who actually wrote it.", fail_fandomanon, 2024-02-04.
On Twitter, many users took luckymarrowb's view of the situation at face value and criticized the zine mods for defending sweetlolixo. Observing the Twitter situation, one fail_fandomanon commenter said,
==Cancellation==
Zine mods announced the cancellation on February 5, 2024:
==Links==
Fanlore:
* Colonizerji
fail_fandomanon:
* (2024-02-02)
* (2024-02-03) 
* (2024-02-06)
* (2024-02-07)
==References==
Category:Mo Dao Zu Shi
Category:2024 Zines