A Passion Project · 5:45pm Feb 8th, 2018
As some of you know, I am one of the many writers on the fanfic entitled the RWBY Loops. If that does not interest you, please do not click the read more button. If it does, please be prepared to sacrifice your sanity.
I NEED TO RAISE TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS BEFORE JULY okay, maybe I should explain this.
The RWBY loops is a BIG fanfic project. It's the longest RWBY fanfiction, and the second longest in the overall Infinite Loops setting (beaten out by, yes, the Pony loops). A lot of it is silly nonsense but there are some arcs. And one arc is scheduled to come to a climax very soon (not THE climax, the story never ends, but a biiiiig marker). It... is a shipping arc, and the event is a wedding.
Let me be clear: THERE ARE OVER EIGHTY PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMPILATION. And as we all know, shipping is Serious Business. In a project like this, if you want a ship to sail it can't be token 'oh but they're cute.' You have to put effort into this, you have to get others on board, you have to show that there is a depth to the relationship. Because you're not the only one who can make a ship sail in a group project. Everyone has to be on board.
So, for those of you who aren't in the RWBY fandom, there are two characters named Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna, and they started dating in chapter 19 of the RWBY loops. They got engaged in chapter 65, but agreed to put off their wedding for... some time. The most recently published chapter is 112, and the wedding itself should happen in or after chapter 120. Literally it took a hundred chapters for them to get to this point. In the longest RWBY fanfic ever. So, yes, this is a big thing.
Now, since this is a big thing that a lot of people have contributed to, I decided (being the crazy guy I am) to commission a group shot of the wedding and all its guests. Like... maybe less than 120 individuals. Oh, and also the Infinite Loops says 'all fiction is real' so yes, Twilight Sparkle is likely to be there, alongside a few more crazy-looking entities. Like Twilight the Alicorn. Look there are literal wolves and dogs and gods and cats on the guest list already... point is, 2000 dollars seems like a reasonable amount of money for this.
The problem, of course, is getting my hands on 2000 dollars, while living off Patreon and being under the poverty line.
So....
Any hints? Tips? Bits of advice? I'm already in negotiations with artists, the problem is funding.
(I mean if any of you happen to be ludicrously rich people that can just slap down a few hundred, AWESOME, but you know that's not realistic...)
Well comision of stories may help most commison stories i see are shortish so offer a more longer story for a higher price that may help
Are many of the guests in the image O.C.? If so, ask them each with a direct message for a contribution. Same goes for each contributor/author / involved member of the community.
You could also make a graphic bar that fills up with a RWBY image as contributions come in, sharing a link to whatever blog post charts the progress.
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No, there are no OCs. Just characters from various pre-exiting franchises.
Fanfiction: the most serious of business.