Dracaena Somnolenta

Dracaena Somnolenta is a for-charity fanzine centered on the character Kokomi from Genshin Impact. When complete, the project plans to donate all profits to the Great Barrier Reef Foundationhttps://dracaenazine.carrd.co/#about.
==About==
The interest check for this project ran from September 28, 2021https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1442926266940739587 to October 21, 2021https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1451188151980941319, garnering 182 responses - some statistics from which were shared in a Twitter thread. Mod applications for the project opened October 31, 2021https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1454825112688107526 and closed November 28, 2021https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1465184446316003328, while contributor applications ran from December 25, 2021 to January 30, 2022https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1474754825157939200.
During the creation period, in celebration of Kokomi's February 22 birthday, the zine mod team released a Choose Your Own Adventure game hosted on a dedicated happybirthdaykokomi Carrd. For April Fools' Day, they released a meme-y emote packhttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1510281469465407503. Then, for the month of May, they hosted a "Kokomi x MerMay" prompt list/eventhttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1520754468228272128.
Preorders opened on September 10, 2022 with a scheduled end date of October 10, 2022https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1568698381547237377, which later was extended to October 31, 2022https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1579621984572702720. For October 31, there was a 10% discount availablehttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1586930992077422592. The following preorder pricing tiers were offered:
* A Dream ($15 USD): PDF + DIY Paper Doll Pattern
* The Divine Priestess ($30 USD): Physical Zine + PDF + DIY Paper Doll Pattern + Bookmark + Random Print
* The Grand Strategy ($45 USD): Physical Zine + PDF + DIY Paper Doll Pattern + Bookmark + Random Print + Random Stickers + Acrylic Charm
* Pearl of Watatsumi ($60 USD): Physical Zine + PDF + DIY Paper Doll Pattern + Bookmark + Prints + Stickers + Acrylic Charm + Wooden Charm + Enamel Pin + Memopad
* Orobashi's Legacy ($75 USD): Physical Zine + PDF + DIY Paper Doll Pattern + Bookmark + Prints + Stickers + Acrylic Charm + Wooden Charm + Enamel Pin + Memopad + Holo Totebag
Three stretch goals were included in the project: a shaker charm at 75 orders, an enamel pin at 150 orders, and a dakimakura case at 250 ordershttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1571267720951496705. Only the first stretch goal was announced successful, on October 6, 2022https://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1578177289510354945. A few hours before preorders were scheduled to close, the zine Twitter account stated that the second goal was less than 20 orders awayhttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1587261816282890240.
The zine did two merch collaborations with other Genshin Impact zines. Firstly, a triple-collab with the Eternal zine centered on Raiden Shogun and the Yatagarasu zine centered on Kujou Sara, where anyone making physical orders from all three zines would get a standee featuring all three charactershttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1509724205151006746. Secondly, a collab with the Teyvat Kids Zine, where anyone making physical orders from both zines would get a lollipop charm featuring Kokomihttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1568997012053565440. The zine team also hosted promotional giveaway where physical zine orders had a chance of being signed by Kokomi's English-language voice actor Risa Meihttps://twitter.com/dracaenazine/status/1580732817918435329.
As of Jan 11, 2023, this zine project is still in its production period.
==Contributors==
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== References ==
Category:Genshin Impact Zines
Category:2023 Zines
Category:Charity Zines