My personal goal is to try and make fanfic binding as accessible to everyone as possible, so here are some resources on how to make a fanfic hardcover for under $25.
This is a barebones bind for the broke college students and such. Happy to field questions, too!
Here's a proposed budget breakdown:
Loosely organized thoughts:
Fanfic bookbinders often share typesets amongst each other. Never pay for a typeset for a fanfic.
You'll hear a lot about grain direction for your printer paper, but as a newbie on a budget without your own printer, settle for some nice 92 bright paper. If you like the hobby, splurge after but expect to pay at least 2-3x more for short grain paper.
Printing is a pain because some copy shops won't let you print intellectual property smut, and it's very expensive. You are better off bartering instead or looking for a free printer on Buy Nothing.
You know the thick paper wrapping that comes with online orders? It's a good weight for endpapers if you need to scrounge. Paper grocery bags or gift bags (birthday presents) might work, too.
Ask your local library to give you covers from books they are throwing out. Ask for outdated textbooks (those covers are built like tanks) or three-ring binders that are too busted to be binders anymore.
Obtain a used book that was mass produced (so your destruction of it does not impede anyone's access) and maybe even become a little vindictive with it.
If you can afford it, I recommend the Olfa SVR knife (~$10)
If you can afford it, upgrade your ruler to a t-square.
I really hope this resource is helpful! I want to stress how possible this is and encourage people to cherish what they love through art.
If you are interested in fanfic binding and have a little more disposable income, I have an affordable Fan Fiction Bookbinding Starter Pack that I carry on my site. I pack them myself and drop them 1x/month on the 15th.
my fav thing about skk is it can cater to whatever your heart desires but both sides of the coin actually work in canon…
you want angsty toxic yaoi? dazai watched chuuya lose everyone he loved and then left him too, without a word. vanished for 2 years and showed up as a traitor to the PM, chuuya’s “family”.
you want sweet soulmate fluff? the author literally said they’re one soul in two bodies. there’s official art of them going on a cute date. dazai said he chose to LIVE for chuuya.
you can either make them kiss like barbies or strangle each other with coat hangers and both work!
^Euthanasia for "undesirables" like the infirm and mentally ill is literally just nazi shit.
Corruption chuuya because I love him.
I,,,, kinda went even crazier than usual with the coloring for this one,,,
Realized after drawing this that dazai saying "be normal" is kinda ironic
Kitty :)
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It took me forever to work on in short bursts while still injured, but sometimes and idea just sinks its teeth into you and won't let go. 🦁
Me to my cat as she jumps on the window sill: Enjoy your virtual hunting experience ma'am!
I DISCOVERED SOMETHING ABOUT MY APARTMENT MIRROR! KEEP THIS A SECRET FROM THE OTHERS!!
So you see this?
Looks normal, right? On the other side is this-
Again, it looks normal, right? (This next part is thanks to my cat. She scratched the first part, I scratched the rest.)
Closer...
Closer...
Closer...
I can see through my closet mirror! But I can't on the other side. My mirrors are made of double looking way glass(or whatever it's called). Science behind this anyone?
Sidenote: Feel free to use this to Rickroll people.
Oh this one is so cute~! My OC is suffering! <3
I can never leave Tumblr because after years of sporadic therapy utterly failed to even approach the core of my problem some random tumblr user was like “I processed my trauma by writing a 10,000 word work of filthy fanfic erotica” and I was like “fuck it I’ve tried everything else” and now I’m 17 chapters and 20,000 words deep into an unpublishable work of obscenity and after careful literary analysis with one of the Beloved Mutuals I have come to some Terrible Revelations about my childhood and may now continue the process of Healing. Where else am I supposed to get this kind of experience. Who does this. Why are we like this. I’m never leaving. I love y’all.
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The End!
Thank you for reading! I hoped you liked this story. It was meant as something short and fun and I hope I achieved that.
Also, with this my adventure with BSD ends. Well, not entirely, we still have manga, and that movie, and short novels and hopefully another season of the anime... But yes, that's it for my work in this fandom.
Thank you all for being here with me.
I have a short The Owl House comic in works. First pages will be up soon for my supporters on Kofi and the whole comis will be posted in parts [just like this one] on TOH-truth-or-dare.
I finished Ch 3. I haven't done a good job of updating anyone here that I updated my fanfiction so I'm doing all of the updates I forgot to do at once