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About the Black Hole

Our mascot, Black Hole-chan!
Secondary mascots: Terri (they/them), Tsuki (she/they), Starla, Mina and Lucetta (all she/her)
Artwork by Wanderstar39 - please do not reupload.

Note: TBH is no longer open to new invites; this information is here purely for archival purposes.

This server is dedicated to planet gijinka-themed fandoms, also known collectively as the Milky Way Fandom! We hope to encourage original content and fanworks featuring space gijinka characters, and we have channels for sharing your artwork, writing, and audio/music work!Not only are we open to discussion of your own MWF-inspired works, we’re also open to other planet gijinka fandoms (such as My Moon, Nebula by Ghostfruits, Cosmic Funnies, Microcosm (The Quark Side), Planetarium (Webtoon), Solarballs, Earth-chan, amongst others)!!Be sure to check out our Stellar Contributors who've helped with the server!⭐ Dedicated channels for Milky Way Fandom and Astronomy
🌙 Channels for sharing creative work (artwork, audio/music work, writing, original characters, etc.)
⭐ Useful + fun bots like PluralKit, ToddBot, Pancake, Solis
🌙 Self-assignable roles; pronoun roles, pride roles, decorative space-themed roles, and more!
⭐ Fun/Activity channels for roleplay, bots, gaming, streaming, etc.
🌙 Regular server events (art collabs, movie watch parties, etc.)
⭐ Positive and inclusive space for LGBT+/MOGAI, BIPOC, neurodivergent folks, plurals/systems, alterhumans and more 💖

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About the Milky Way Fandom

Image from George Hall's recording of the Jupiter asteroid impact on September 10, 2012.

last update: Sept. 21, 2024The Milky Way Fandom, or the MWF for short, is a fandom inspired and dedicated to creating personified characters of the planets, stars, and moons, amongst other celestial objects.Although the MWF is predated by fandoms like MWGG and Planetary Moe, and has been supplanted by fandoms such as Planethumans, Earth-chan, Planet Master, Solarballs, and Ghostfruits' Nebula in terms of popularity, it's seen recent usage as an umbrella term unifying all these fandoms together, as well as individual artists' own interpretations of space gijinka!The fandom has its origins on Tumblr in September 2012, when the planet Jupiter blocked Earth from a potential asteroid impact. Tumblr users made jokes about the prospect of "shipping" the two planets together, which led to another user, bloggish, creating a short fanfiction about a personified Jupiter protecting Earth. (For posterity, the fanfiction, also known as A Thousand Burns, has since been reuploaded to Archive of Our Own.)Within a week of the fanfiction being uploaded, an entire fandom was created in response, known as the Milky Way Fandom. While Jupitearth remained one of the most popular ships in the fandom's initial boom, several other artists also began to write and illustrate their own interpretations of not only Jupiter and Earth, but dozens of other celestial objects and even create content for other ships, such as Mars/Earth (also known as Marth, or TerMars).The fandom's sudden popularity inspired an article from the Daily Dot, and after the MWF's initial craze died down, multiple artists still continued to create content for the fandom; that is, until activity in the fandom declined for much of the 2010s.While the fandom remained small and relatively stagnant for most of the 2010s (perhaps due to its biggest creators moving on to other projects or because of other fandoms taking its place), there is a current effort to bring the fandom back together and bridge the gap between all space gijinka fandoms!

Interested in seeing what the MWF's up to now? See our evergrowing catalog of MWF works!

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Resources & Fun stuff

last updated: December 7, 2023

General Links- Pixiv tag: Solar System Gijinka
- Pixiv tag: Planet Gijinka
- Pixiv tag: Celestial Body Gijinka

Humanized AstronomyThese focus particularly on humanoid/human-like designs, as opposed to simply personifying the objects.- Black Hole-chan (Meme - Unrelated to TBH's mascot!)
- Earth-chan (Meme)
- Heliosphere: Under the Sky (Webcomic)
- If Planets Were Cute Girls + Guys (part 1, 2, 3) (Video series by LavenderTowne)
- Meeting Earth-chan (Visual Novel)
- Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls (Multimedia; book, toys, cancelled TV show)
- My Moon (Short film)
- My Only Sunshine (Visual Novel)
- Nebula (Webcomic)
- Planetarium (Webtoon/Webcomic)
- Planet Master (Mobile game)
- Planetary Moe (Webcomic)
- Pluto vs Mercury (PC game)
- Sparkling Stars (Gaia Online webcomic)
- Spectral Clash (Webcomic)
- Stella Maiden (Mobile game)
- Stellar Memories (PC game)
- Stellar Moves: The Story of Pluto (Short cartoon)
- Step Into My Light (Webcomic; Toyhouse login only)
- SubSpace (Webcomic)
- A Thousand Burns (Short fic)

Personified Astronomical ObjectsThese focus on personifying actual astronomical objects, often similar in style to object shows, as opposed to humanized designs.- Celestial Buddies (Toys)
- Cosmic Funnies (Webcomic)
- Did You Know the Moon is Gay? (Short video)
- Microcosm (The Quark Side) (Webcomic)
- Object Cosmos (Webshow)
- Pluto's Tears (PC game)
- SolarBalls (Webshow)

Miscellaneous & Other Interesting StuffContent that doesn't neatly fit into the above categories, or doesn't technically feature personified space but may still flirt with personification or astronomy themes.- Perihelion - prompt-based storytelling game about the blossoming relationship between the Sun and the Moon.
- Sailor Moon - Magical girl anime/manga franchise, focusing on the guardians of the planets known as Sailor Guardians, sworn to protect the universe. I'm honestly not sure where this stands in terms of personification; the cast is simply described as the guardians of their planets, but whether or not that means they're the actual representations of the planets or simply that they're spiritually connected/guarding their planets, is, uh... not clear.
- The Stars Whisper - LARP where players act as stars asking each other philosophical questions.

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Invites are closed indefinitely.

The Black Hole is now archived and has closed invites indefinitely. Please consider joining our successor server, The Lunar Lounge!

Invites are closed indefinitely.

The Black Hole is now archived and has closed invites indefinitely. Please consider joining our successor server, The Lunar Lounge!

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Invites are closed indefinitely.

The Black Hole is now archived and has closed invites indefinitely. Please consider joining our successor server, The Lunar Lounge!

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Stellar contributors

Here we give special thanks to our Stellar Contributors, who have tremendously helped contribute to the server and made it fun for everyone! All Stellar Contributors are given a special role in the server as well as exclusive rewards!

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Thank you for 5 years!

Sept. 21, 2024Updated Jan. 19, 2025

After 5 years of operation, memories and lots of stargazing, it's come time to twilight The Black Hole. We are now closing invites permanently, as well as discontinuing all server events and activities. The server will remain up as a read-only archive.We will transfer future events to our new server, The Lunar Lounge.Thank you so much for continuing to be apart of this adventure with us. It's been an incredibly lovely 5 years, and it's thanks to this server I've learned so much about not just myself, but how to be apart of a community. I hope to see you all on our next adventure!

Ad Astra,
Mod WS & the Black Hole team