mythos:
a vminkook zine
a fanzine dedicated to exploring vminkook's relationships across diverse myths and legends ♥
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSGeneral
1. What is a zine?
➵ A zine is a physical and/or digital collection of original artworks and/or written pieces crafted as part of a collaborative effort between multiple individuals! After a creation period, it is made available online for purchase for a limited time only.2. What is this zine's theme/concept?
➵ This zine's theme is exploring Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook's relationships, whether platonic or romantic, across different myths and legends. There are four subsections, each one focusing on a different theme:➀ Journey, which features any of the stages towards heroism;
➁ Fate/Love, which focuses on happy endings or star-crossed lovers, and other stories of people who are destined for one another, whether for good or bad;
➂ Hubris, which focuses on shortcomings and downfalls, exposes the angstier side of things and allows for themes of redemption, enemies to lovers, and the tragedies of life.
➃ Hedonism, which will be our exclusively digital side zine, focuses on the pursuit of pleasure.➵ For more details on each section, check out our about section.3. Do contributors have to portray romantic relationships in their pieces?
➵ Nope! Love is not solely romantic, and platonic love is just as wonderful, just as beautiful. Each section has the potential to feature nonromantic relationships in some capacity, such as queerplatonic and platonic relationships. We want creators to have free reign while also staying true to the theme! We will not limit stories to solely romantic love being portrayed ♥4. Will contributors be compensated for taking part in the zine?
➵ Yes! Each and every contributor is guaranteed a free, digital version of the zine as well as 50% of the profit (after production and manufacturing). Ideally, we would also like to provide a free physical bundle to all contributors but this will depend on how sales go.5. Will this zine allow minors to apply?
➵ Unfortunately, no. To apply to this zine, you have to be 18+ or older internationally at the time of application.6. What themes/concepts are strictly prohibited for this zine?
➵ For your application, the following content is strictly prohibited: incest, pedophilia, bestiality, non-con, dub-con, any depiction of abuse or harassment between the main characters, mpreg, underage relationships.If your best works include any of the above, and there is absolutely no way to refrain from including it, then we ask that you properly tag the appropriate trigger warnings for each and every snippet that contains any of the above.If your submissions include NSFW content, we also ask that you tag that appropriately as well. As well, please tag any other triggering content.➵ For your final submission to this zine, the same restrictions from your application apply. However, we now add major character death to the list of prohibited themes/concepts for this zine. There will be no exceptions made for the content in your final submission.Other things, such as hybrids and omegaverse, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. We want this zine to be a happy, safe, and fun experience for everyone involved. As well, we want our mods to be safe. These content restrictions are in place to assure just that!
ABOUT MYTHOS
Mythos is a fanzine centered around vminkook (Taehyung/Jimin/Jungkook) dedicated to exploring their relationships across diverse myths and legends ♥ This zine will be a beautiful collaboration between artists and writers in which they craft beautiful, lovely pieces for every monogamous pairing in vminkook (vmin, jikook, taekook) as well as the poly pairing, vminkook, as a unit ♥The mythos zine will have four sections: journey, fate / love, hubris, and hedonism. Each section centers around a different theme or trope commonly found in legends and mythologies across the world.
☾ Journey | ☾ Fate / Love | ☾ Hubris | ☾ Hedonism |
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Any of the seventeen stages of heroism, or a Hero's journey: call to adventure, supernatural aid, crossing the threshold into the Unknown, mentors/helpers, trials, revelation, transformation, atonement, return from the Unknown, and/or return to a Normal Life. This section will highlight character development and growth, meetings, and discovering new things about oneself across a new adventure. | The intricacies of love and happiness, and even moreso in the context of Fate and Destiny. Are they destined for a happy ending, or will their story be that of star-crossed lovers? This section will highlight people who are meant to cross into one another's paths, be in each other's lives, or go against the will of the universe to be together... all whether for good or bad, is up to you to determine. | Character flaws, shortcomings, and downfalls are the center of Hubris. This section exposes the angstier side of things and allows for themes of falling, inner turmoil, redemption, enemies to lovers, and the tragedies of life and of oneself. | The search for pleasure, sensuality, irrevocable self-indulgence, and the intricacies - and clashing - of pain and pleasure. This section will center entirely on what's commonly referred to the sins of the flesh. |
Given this zine's theme and motif, all contributors of this zine must be 18 years or older internationally at the time of application to the zine.Have any questions? Check our Frequently Asked Questions and, if you can't find an answer there, go to our Curious Cat!
APPLICATIONS
Contributor Applications for Mythos are officially closed.
STRUCTURE
Layout | Sections |
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Physical + Digital | Journey |
Perfectly Bound | Fate / Love |
A5 Dimensions | Hubris |
300 dpi | Hedonism |
Subsections | Contributors |
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Vmin | 2 page artists + 1 writer |
Taekook | 2 page artists + 1 writer |
Jikook | 2 page artists + 1 writer |
Vminkook | 1 page artist + 1 comic artist + 1 writer |
Merch: 2-3 artists; 2-3 pieces per artist
TOTAL AMOUNTS |
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Page / Comic Artists: 25 |
Writers: 12 |
Merch Artists: 2-3 |
Estimated Total: 39-40 Contributors |
NOTE: This may be subject to change.
MODERATORS
Lyx | 23 years old, they/she
Creator | Head Mod
Discord and Communications Mod
Organization Mod
Twitter: @glossymk
Favorite Myth: Calliope and Socrates
Previous Experience• h^^py: a Jimin-centered zine (creator, head moderator, social media and communications moderator)• 2!3!: BTS Poly Zine (writer)• Moderated multiple fests, assisted in many fests, and has participated in approximately six fests.• Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, concentration in Religious Studies and Business Law• Juris Doctorate in Law, clinic legal work in commercial transactions and transactional drafting.