Hyrule Apocrypha

Hyrule Apocrypha
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Hyrule Apocrypha is a fic-centric zine focusing on these lost tales of Hyrule. From forgotten mythology to unexplored history, this zine intends to expand on canon lore and fill in the blanks with interpretations of how certain events may have come to pass. Writers and artists will collaborate in the storytelling process, culminating in an anthology that looks, reads, and feels like a real history book in the Zelda universe.

I was thinking about sitting out this zine in order to focus on original work, but the New Zelda Content™ released yesterday got me all fired up. Also, the zine's social media seems very organized and professional, and the mods are good people. Contributor applications haven't opened yet, but here are my pitches...

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New Zelda Content™

I’m going to say something that can easily be interpreted in bad faith, but I’m going to say it anyway because I think it’s important.

A new trailer for the new Legend of Zelda game was released yesterday morning, along with the official game title and release date. Nintendo’s tweet of the video gained hundreds of thousands of notes within minutes as it was widely shared and celebrated across social media.

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Speaking of capitalism, the reason why most people do “exciting” things during vacations is precisely because the feeling of being excited is supposed to be a sustained mental state with an appropriate build-up and wind-down. This is why, back when broadcast television was a thing, advertisers would pay exponentially more for ad slots during the weekend, so that they could connect the “excitement” of their ads with the excitement of a good weekend augmented by big-name sports games and tv shows.

The Twitter news cycle is very much a 9-to-5 workday sort of thing, however. Nintendo is incentivized to make its announcements during what has become the prime time of the American online news cycle, which is 10am East Coast time. This timing is good for American journalists being paid to stay on top of press releases, not for like. Students who need to go to class.

ETA: What I'm trying to say is that I'm frustrated by mental health professionals' lack of understanding concerning how social media works and how it affects people, and I hate how medical science reconfigures normal life experiences as brain dysfunctions. I hope all neurodivergent people are doing okay.