Girl Genius fan gets laid off; insists Girl Genius creators lay themselves off, too
Over at girlgenius_lab on LiveJournal, midnightchemist vents about being laid off and hating the world. The person then decides to use this opportunity to vent their frustrations about Girl Genius.

To say I'm royally pissed doesn't even begin to cover my feelings at this moment.... but you know what, that is not the only thing that has pissed me off lately.

All I have to say to the Foglios is this - if you are serious about getting through your epic tale of one Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius, then please do us all a favor and either take a shit or get off the pot! Seriously!

I have been a fan of Girl Genius since the time it was only on dead trees - over ten years ago. Quite frankly, and I have been thinking this for a while now, this story is going nowhere, and nowhere fast. How long have we been in Castle Heterodyne? More importantly, how much longer are we going to be here? At this rate, it will be way past volume 20 before we ever see anything outside Mechanicsburg.

And what of the love triangle between Agatha, Gil and Tarvek? Will that ever amount to anything? And if it does, will the resolution (if there even is one) be worth the years of drama building up to it? Somehow, I don't think so. When it comes to romance, the Foglios think frustration is funny. Frankly, I'm not laughing.... not any more.

If the Foglios were serious about finishing this story in a reasonable amount of time (instead of the next 20 years since we are only a third of the way though), they could do one simple thing - get more people to help you instead of doing all the heavy lifting themselves. Seriously!

Think about it. The Foglios had a guest colorist when Chyenne was in the hospital, so why not give him a break now and again? And as much as I love Phil's artwork, what would be wrong with giving someone else a chance? It is not a mater of money. How many student artists would just jump at the chance to put "Assistant something-or-other of a Successful Webcomic" on their resume, even if they never make a dime off of it? To me, the story is the most important thing. Getting it done as soon as possible should be the Foglios goal, not dragging it out and boring everyone in the process. When your story moves at a glacial pace, you are going to lose readers over time. Right now, you have already lost one.

I'm tired. Tired of working hard with nothing to show for it. Tired of everyone in the world treating me like I'm a doormat no matter how much I stick up for myself. Most of all, I'm tired of being dicked around by the Foglios. Like hell they have a plan.

For anyone out there that is thinking of responding to this - Fuck you. Fuck the Foglios... Fuck you all.

This is crossposted as a comment on the Girl Genius comic account as well as midnightchemist's own LJ. So far, there are no responses. On the other hand, there are 42 comments and counting on the girlgenius_lab post, the second of which points out the irony of the situation.

You are asking them to basically fire themselves and hire somebody else. After complaining about your own life sucking because you were fired.

There are calls for balletion, a tl;dr, and even some expressions of sympathy.

Apparently, this isn't the first wank this person has been involved with in girlgenius_lab, they posted in their own journal that they've been banned before from the comm.