Stay in my Memories

Zine
Title:	Stay in my Memories
Editor(s):	fluff, Toasted, Aerys, Mookie, Liv
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Type:	Fanart, Fanfiction
Date(s):	2022-2023
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Medium:	PDF, Print
Size:	A5, 104 pages
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Fandom:	Final Fantasy VII
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Language:	English
External Links:	Twitter Tumblr carrdarchived
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Stay in my Memories is a charity zine celebrating the relationship between Cloud Strife and Sephiroth, also known as Sefikura.

About

Interest checks for the zine opened on February 7, 2022, and closed on February 21st. Contributor applications for writers, artists, and merch artists on February 28, 2022, and closed on March 31st. Results were sent out on April 14th.

Preorders opened on August 11, 2022, with the following pricing tiers:

• S-Cells ($15 USD) - Digital Zine, Emotes, Origami Star Paper Printables, Cover Art Wallpaper
• Reunion ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Stretch Goals
• Defying Destiny ($45 USD) - Button Badge, Sticker, Acrylic Charms, Acrylic Keychains, Acrylic Standee, Stretch Goals
• Gift of Despair ($60 USD) - Physical Zine, Button Badge, Sticker, Acrylic Charms, Acrylic Keychains, Acrylic Standee, Stretch Goals

The digital bundle was available to add onto physical bundles for $9 USD. Stretch goals included a mini print at 50 orders, an enamel pin at 100 orders, and an additional charm at 200 orders. A giveaway for a full bundle was hosted from August 18th to September 25th, with the winner declared to be Twitter user poisonhakushaku.Preorders closed on October 8, 2022.

Physical orders began shipping on January 21, 2023. All orders were shipped out by January 24th, and digital zines were released on January 31st.

Leftover sales began on March 10, 2023 and would run until April 14, 2023. On May 5, 2023, the mods announced that the project was able to donate $1887.94 to International Dark-Sky Association. The zine was announced closed on the same day, its social media account and email no longer to be monitored. Attached to the final tweet was a link to a new zine account for a new SefiKura project called "I Will Never Be a Memory".

Project Schedule

	Start	End
Interest Check	February 7, 2022	February 21, 2022
Contributor Applications	February 28, 2022	March 31, 2022
Preorders	August 11, 2022	October 8, 2022
Shipping	January 21, 2023	January 31, 2023
Leftover Sales	March 10, 2023	April 14, 2023

Contributors

The following names were taken from the project's social media account.

Page Artists

• beccrea
• Ck (eddanis_k)
• Cloud (firstsurugi)
• emzie
• Gabriel Saoghal
• Gwibart
• Iscah (iscah_sama)
• Kanna Productions (kananproductions)
• Katharynmarie
• LENN (echov0id)
• Luna Taylors
• Naphyla
• Nashi / Valentine (getvalentined)
• NightmareDaybreaker (nachtdaybreaker)
• RaunchyBanana (RaunchyBanana69)
• Ree (Sephikura)
• Rimuin (rimuinart)
• Rui (ruiojousama)
• SoTypicallyTori
• Simplydifficultart
• SYAC (sy_a_c)
• Tomo (Tomowowo)

Merch Artists

• Simplydifficultart
• Ree (Sephikura)
• Katharynmarie
• NightmareDaybreaker (nachtdaybreaker)
• SYAC (sy_a_c)
• Gwibart

Writers

• astral_prince
• jukboxhound
• MistyDeath
• skadren
• skuldchan
• soranokumo
• Sten (Valmangrim)

Mods

• fluffy (fluffybabybirds) - Head Mod, Arts/Graphics Mod, Production
• Toasted (ToastedCatBread) - Co-Head Mod, Writing Mod, Production
• Aerys (Aerysoblivion) - Social Mod
• Mookie (speromintpatty) - Finance Mod
• Liv (livlovelaugh7, silver_doe287) - Beta Reader

Gallery

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  Social Media Banner and Logo

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  Full Bundle Listing

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  Stretch Goals

• "New Gods" by astral_prince
• "Tektite" by jukeboxhound
• "Phialam" by MistyDeath
• "Polaris" by skadren
• "For the Rest of All Time" by skuldchan
• "Heartstar" by soranokumo
• "Per Ardua, Ad Astra" by Valmangrim

Fan Reception

The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.

fourth edition knitting needle wrote on Twitter

got my @SefikuraFanzine yesterday! The perfect way to start of sefikura week! 😍❤️ It's so unbelievably gorgeous, I love it!

Sir Plazasta wrote on Twitter

@SefikuraFanzine holy crap you packaged this really well! Not a chance of this being damaged in transit!

Lyn wrote on Twitter

got my @SefikuraFanzine bundle in yesterday and I couldn't be happier! It was so well packed and all goodies arrived in perfect condition. As you can see, I did not hesitate to incorporate the merch into my Sefikura collection~ Ty everyone who helped bring this zine to life!!

Kanna Productions wrote on Twitter

My first standee, zine, and merch bundle. 😍🤩 I didn't pay for any of this, so felt like opening a Christmas gift. 😳 Zine by @SefikuraFanzine

This was an absolutely amazing project to work on.

nashi wrote on Twitter

AAAAAA everything looks so GOOD! @SefikuraFanzine really set a new standard for me—everything from mod communication to product quality to how it was packed up and shipped out is really a cut above any fan project I've seen or been on. I'm so honored to have contributed to this!

SY.A.C. wrote on Twitter

🎵 On the 6th day of February, the mailman came to me - a Sefikura Fanzine! 💖

It’s been my first proper journey being in a fanzine & see it to fruition- I want to thank the mods & other contributors to make this happen- these are all just glorious 😭🫶💕✨ @SefikuraFanzine

yugen wrote on Twitter

Thank you @SefikuraFanzine and everyone participated in the zine. The packaging’s very cute 🥰 the shipping is faster than i thought and very careful

Hinata wrote on Twitter

Stalking of my local post office... ...finally successful! 😍

And a MASSIVE "Thank you! 😘" to the awesome people of @SefikuraFanzine! For re-sending these pretties!

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