Mistiq Alts

Exiled Prince: A Prince Lotor Fanzine will officially be open for pre-orders this Thursday,14 and run for two weeks until the end of the month, February 28. We want to thank you for your incredible patience and support along the way since this zine has taken a lot longer than usual to be put together. Below is important information to keep in mind. 

 The zine is a digital zine, the pdf will be sold on Gumroad. When preorders open, the link to Gumroad will be given on both Tumblr and Twitter for those interested in purchasing the file. The file won’t yet be available, but it will guarantee that you will receive access to the file when it releases (March 1). All artists and writers will be linked within the pdf itself so if a piece catches your fancy, you will be able to travel directly to their social media! Due to the delays in production, the fanzine’s standard price is now $7 as opposed to the intended $10. Those who participated and those who applied but were rejected will be able to purchase the zine for $5. Exiled Prince is a charity zine! All proceeds will go toward Direct Relief. More information will come when preorders open, but please check back as we get closer to Thursday! If you have any questions, please let us know.  

Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad she’s a huge hit, it’s super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. It’s validating.

But it’s also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment. 

I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out. 

I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: “I know you realize this is really hard for me,” my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didn’t have my dream job anymore – or any job at all – and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.

She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesn’t matter. Get the fuck out.

Glasses make everything better! Nerd Lotura prompt, keep the prompts coming, I need fuel!!!

#LoturaWeek2018 Day 4 June 27: Dystopian AU