Ninjago Fanzine

VOLUME 2 IS FINALLY OUT!!! 

After months of waiting, the zine is complete and ready to be shared! We cannot wait for you all to see all the amazing talent in this zine! Everyone worked incredibly hard to finish their part and it shows! Thank you again to all our participants- This is for you!!

Thank you to our supporters for all your support throughout this journey! This zine means so much to us and we are just so grateful for the chance to do this! <3 

The majority of emails were sent over last weekend (June 23rd-24th) and into this past week! If you have not heard from us please check your spam box or contact us via email to see what the status of your application is-- as we have had emails not arrive at their intended destination before.

Thank you again for all of your patience and support!!

Hey guys! Mod Bella here to give you an update on the status of the zine! Mod Jay and I have been working hard to get acceptance/rejection letters to those who applied! As we said in a previous post, we have had to change our schedule due to recent events in our own lives. Emails will be sent by the end of the week at the latest! We will post an announcement once they are sent out!

Thank you all for your love and patience as we go through this process!

Thank you again to everyone who applied! Since applications were extended, the schedule will be adjusted accordingly. We will announce on here when we have sent out all of the acceptance/rejection letters! Thank you all for your support and patience!  

That’s an excellent question!  I would say that will heavily depend on the individual situation.  Lloyd and Harumi’s relationship was an integral part of the series, but as the truth came to light it was definitively shown to be negative and wasn’t glorified.  We also want to be considerate of those who may be sensitive about that topic, so we definitely don’t want to show anything more extreme than what the show portrayed, and we don’t want to glorify an abusive relationship.

It’s hard to give a specific answer without a specific example, but as a general rule I think we will allow submissions that don’t glorify negative or abusive canon relationships and that also don’t take them to any extreme.  We will definitely be closely reviewing any submissions on this sensitive issue however, so as to be careful about what we portray.  If we do allow any such pieces, they will be along the lines of/representative of what was shown in the main show canon, so you can look to that for a metric of what you may see in the zine.

I hope that helps clarify things!

Recently we learned about a post going around claiming we (specifically Mod Jay) are “homophobes”, “bigots”, and “anti-diverse”. Many of the screenshots they used were out of context and grossly misrepresent us. Mod Jay and I are Christians and we have conservative values. That said, just because we are does not mean we are anti-diverse or “homophobes”. Those who know us, both on the internet and in real life, know this and will vouch for us.

We have never judged anyone based on their race or sexuality. The majority of the participants in last year's zine identified as LGBTQ+ . We chose people not based on their race, gender, or sexuality, but rather on their talent. We loved the art and stories they created and brought them on board. We are proud to have brought together a diverse group of people with different views from all over the world to create something the whole fandom can enjoy. We wanted to create an escape from the current political climate and just have fun. We never forced our views on anyone nor would we want to.

Some people felt our rules were “homophobic”. This is far from the truth. We wanted to create a zine based on canon content. That includes canon ships. And while there is discourse about canon relationships, at the end of the day they are still canon and no one can dispute that. With non-canon ships it’s more difficult and contentious because there is more speculation there. I (Mod Bella) have been a part of multiple zines that were run by people with many different views. In these zines, the mods used the exact same wording we did pertaining to canon ships and SFW content. They wanted to stick to only canon ships.  In one case the moderators just banned ships outright from the zine to avoid problems. This is not an uncommon rule, no matter the views of the admins.

It has come to our attention that another zine was launched to rival ours. We have no problems with someone doing their own zine and we most certainly do not have a problem with people joining both or just doing theirs, but what is not okay is that this rival zine ripped us off completely. Their timeline, FAQ, layout, theme and info posts are exactly word for word, copy/pasted from ours. This is plagiarism. If people want to create a zine, they can, but at the very least they should take the time to write up their own content and theme and let the people decide what they want. Like we said before, we will not discourage anyone from joining if they want to. There can be multiple zines running simultaneously, but please bear in mind that this zine is plagiarizing us and that is not okay. We do plan on continuing our zine. We are not going to stop just because others are jumping to conclusions without even knowing who we are as people. Our hope is that you make your own conclusions about us and our zine. We love this fandom dearly and hope to create more positive content. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to chat with us off-anon. We would love to talk to you and address anything you would like to know. <3

Yes there is! Just contact us and we will help you out!

The time has finally come for you to show us what you got! All you have to do is click the one of the links below, fill out the application that applies to you, and hit send! 

Artist and Cosplay Applications: 

https://forms.gle/WRJCxn6aNFQ3n8q66

Writer Applications: 

https://forms.gle/Kexx1g4LTekoihK57

All applications close June 2nd!

Good luck to all!!

-Ninjago Zine Team

Hey guys! Just wanted to pop in here to give you all an update on zine applications. We have had some delays but we are working as hard as we can to get them up within the next hour. 

Thank you all for your patience!

Absolutely!  Having been in Volume 1 won’t guarantee you a spot in Volume 2 but it certainly won’t disqualify your entry either :)

That is an excellent idea-- we definitely will have to do that!  I actually thought we’d did it last time but apparently not, oops.  Maybe we’ll have to reblog some of the vol1 pieces here as well :)