Cirque Rouge: An 18+ Lumine x Harbingers Zine is a NSFW digital-only Genshin Impact collection of works featuring Lumine and her relationship with all Eleven Fatui Harbingers.This project aims to produce a digital PDF and ebook fanzine with accompanying digital merch. If there is sufficient interest, we would also like to produce suggestive, but non-explicit physical merch items. This will be a for-profit project, with the proceeds equally distributed to each moderator and contributor based on their amount of contribution to the zine.The details of the zine specs, including page size, fanfiction length, types of artwork and writing, as well as the amount of contributors accepted into the zine will depend on the result of our interest check.
Cirque Rouge: An 18+ Lumine x Harbingers Zine is a fanmade book and merch collection centred on Lumine's relationships with all eleven of the Fatui Harbingers.The zine will feature an anthology-style formula, where writers and artists will be paired together to create a full piece featuring Lumine's relationship with one (or more!) of the Harbingers. The zine will feature a 3,000 to 3,500 words story accompanied by one or more illustration(s) for each ship represented, featured in a physical A5 book of about 200 pages.Important note: This zine has an anti-harassment policy. Contributors are free to create whatever content they choose to create outside of the zine, as long as they respect the Discord server rules and TOS, and compose their application portfolio according to the submission guidelines. Any contributor found to engage in hate, harassment, discrimination or bullying in or out of the zine server will be excluded from the project.
1. What is a zine/fanzine?
A fanzine, zine, or fan magazine is an unofficial, independent, fan-made collection of works centred on a pre-existing work of fiction or relating to a specific theme or other common element.2. Is this zine physical or digital?
This project will be physical and include physical merch, but a digital version and some digital merch will be offered. The digital version of the zine will be provided as a digital PDF and as an EPUB e-book for e-reader devices and apps. Merch items will be available alongside or separately from the zine itself.3. Is this zine for profit or for charity?
It is for profit. Proceeds of its sale will be redistributed equally between moderators and contributors, with contributors who contribute to more than one category of content being offered additional shares of the proceeds.4. What type of content will be featured in this zine?
This zine will feature sexually explicit and suggestive works aimed at a mature, adult audience. It may also feature so-called ‘dead dove’ type of content, which may not be suitable for all adult audiences. All characters involved will be portrayed as 18+.The following kinks/tropes will be excluded from the zine:
• Scatophilia
• Watersports/piss kink
• Extreme goreThe full list of content/trigger warnings is listed for each of our chapters in our content & trigger warnings section. Please make sure to consult it before purchase if you are sensitive to some tropes, topics or themes. If you are unsure, please consider reaching out to us via email.5. How old do contributors need to be to apply?
All contributors need to be 18 years old or older at the time of sending in their application. Any contributor found to have lied about their age at the time of application will be immediately removed from the project.6. How many contributors do you plan on accepting?
We plan on accepting 11 writers, up to 23 page/spot artists and up to 6 merch artists. These numbers include guests and mods who would like to contribute.7. What will be the specifications for this zine?
This zine will be A5. Writers will be asked to write a fic of between 3,000 and 3,500 words and artists will be asked to draw an illustration (full page, spread, or spot art) based on the fic.8. How will you judge applications for this zine?
Applicants will be judged on how well they can demonstrate the skills required to create the type of work they would like to create for the zine.In particular, page and spot artists will be asked to demonstrate their skills for anatomy, composition, colour, and rendering, as well as their personal style. Writers will have to demonstrate their ability to tell a complete and compelling story within the maximum word count, as well as their grammar, characterization and general use of language. Merch artists will have to demonstrate their ability with composition, colour, rendering, and the suitability of their art style to the type of merch they opt in to create for the zine. More detailed guidelines will be provided before contributor applications open.Please note that under no circumstances will applicants be judged on their social media presence/following, degree of experience working on zines, or the work they have created outside of their submitted samples and portfolio.Feel free to ask any additional question on our Retrospring or via DM on Twitter or Tumblr.
Please note that the schedule is tentative at this time and may be adjusted as the project progresses.
| Phase | Dates |
|---|---|
| Interest Check | April 5th-May 5th |
| Contributor Applications | May 24th-July 7th |
| Results Sent | By July 17th |
| Pitches Due | August 4th |
| Pitches Approved | August 12th |
| Check-in #1 | September 8th |
| Check-in #2 | October 6th |
| Check-in #3 | November 3rd |
| Finals Due | December 15th |
| Preorders | February 14th 2025 |
| Production, etc. | April 2025 |
Bio: There is an imposter among us and it's probably me.
Experience: The Genshin RNG Zine (all editions); Vulcan: A Zhongluc Zine; Illumination: A Lumine Ship Anthology; & more!
Favorite Harbinger: Scaramouche
Socials: twitter
Bio: hi i'm misa! your local lumine stan and villain enjoyer
Experience: Contributor on Illumination: A Lumine Ship Anthology, In the Moment: A Genshin NSFW Zine, Tartaglia™: A Transmasc Childe Zine
Favorite Harbinger: Arlecchino ♦️
Socials: twitter
Bio: Hoiya! (⌒▽⌒)☆ I love evil women
Experience: Mahou Genshin Zine, Exquisite Chests: A Genshin 2023 Fan Calendar, Viridian Sands: A Cynonari Zine
Favorite Harbinger: Chold
Socials: twitter
IMPORTANT NOTE: The content & trigger warnings listed below are not exhaustive lists of tags and tropes that may be found in our anthology. They only contain sensitive topics that may be upsetting, triggering or unsavoury to some readers. If you are sensitive to content not warned for in this list, please don't hesitate to reach out to us to make sure you will be comfortable reading our works.
Chapter I. Tartaglia/Lumine. N/A.
Chapter II. La Signora/Lumine. N/A.
Chapter III. Scaramouche/Lumine. N/A.
Chapter IV. Pulcinella/Il Capitano/Sandrone/Lumine. Manipulation, unhealthy power dynamics, dubious consent, double penetration.
Chapter V. Arlecchino/Lumine. Slight predator/prey dynamics, mild food play.
Chapter VI. Arlecchino/La Signora/Lumine. Non-con, religious blasphemy, penetration with a foreign object, aphrodisiacs.
Chapter VII. Columbina/Lumine. Mild blood, biting.
Chapter VIII. Il Dottore/Pantalone/Lumine. Dubious consent, mild mindbreaking, unhealthy power dynamics, mentioned aphrodisiacs, insemination, double penetration.
Chapter IX. Il Capitano/Tartaglia/Lumine. Dubious consent, dream sex, compulsion, monsterfucking, extreme overstimulation, mild paranormal horror, double penetration, top!Capitano, switch/verse!Childe, switch/verse!Lumine.
Chapter X. Pierro/Lumine. Dubious consent, unhealthy power dynamics.
Chapter XI. All Harbingers/Lumine. Non-con, gangbang, aphrodisiacs, bondage, fisting, nipple play, hair pulling, double and triple penetration.