idk if i scream but i definitely talk to myself or go like EEEEEE if things are tense

THANKI !!

THANK YOU!!! this means a lot to me i spent a long ass time on this piece 😭😭 i’m glad you like it!!

THE END thanks for reading i've been sitting on this for months and have been so excited to share it LOL

the digital version of the zine is still available to buy on strikercentral.com !! go check it out if you haven't already!!

last but not least, misc personal headcanons :D

-vyce chews her pencils
-vyce wears mismatched socks
-the tiniest thunderstruck implication i could get away with
-lesbian vyce, which is why she has the pride flag sticker in her window 🏳️‍🌈

photos!
i referenced my own art here because i thought it would be funny and i wanted to see if anyone would notice LOL, though i kind of doubt it. but it was mostly just for me anyway :3

notebook!
i based her songwriting notes off of another nano song called Omoide Kakera, which is extremely vyce-coded to me. i tried to make them kind of messy and illegible and added some random doodles in the margins because i feel like thats something she'd do :3
she drawing that damn S everywhere

next, window!
vyce likes stickers, so i wanted to put a bunch of them somewhere in her room. most of them are based off of emotes from the game, but i threw a pride sticker in there too for good measure.
she also likes carbonated drinks, so i put a super surge and a knockoff ramune as well.

first, posters!
(bottom two ended up getting mostly covered up, lol)

dragonforce -> daemonforce
paramore -> paraless
rage against the machine -> anger against the apparatus
anthesis by nano (nano is the artist that sings Vyce's theme song!)-> antithesis by macro

also threw the OS vinyl up there :3

because at the end of the day, we’re all the same. i want people to understand that. we’re all the same. and we could accomplish so much together.

i don’t want to give up hope. i want to believe it will get better. i have to.

so i’ll continue to strive toward a future where neighbors aren’t terrified of each other, where people can live and let live. where people are kind and understanding. where people stand up for each other.

but that’s WHY fear is instilled into people. it’s systematic. if we stay afraid of each other we’ll never be able to join together to face the true enemy in all this. it’s all fucking planned and it pisses me off.

human connection is the whole point of living, and they’re taking that away from us.

it makes me so upset. we’re all in this together, you know? things are shitty right now, and i understand that it’s scary. and it’s scary to trust people that you don’t know. but we’re all fighting tooth and nail, trying to make it through, and we could be so much stronger if we worked together.

…unfortunately, i feel like that’s becoming increasingly common. because when there’s a Stranger on one’s property they MUST be there to harm them. so of course, they have to harm the Stranger FIRST before they get their chance.

like, jesus christ dude. how fucking tiring is it to live like that?

people are being convinced that they need to be afraid, that people are dangerous, that those that are different from you are out to get you. people are so paranoid and skeptical of each other and it’s fucking sad!!!
i was lucky she didn’t have a damn weapon on her or something because…

but i still gave her my usual “have a nice day” that i give every customer, and i left. i got teary-eyed the moment i got in my car, because i hate getting yelled at, and especially since i didn’t do anything wrong.
but honestly, i was mostly sad about the state this country is in right now. fear.