Despite my announcement over at the comic's comment section that I'd abandon ship once SSSS is finally wrapped up, even I am morbidly curious about her autobiography. I know I probably won't enjoy it (at least not the way Minna intends it to be enjoyed), but still.
It's funny, that in a way Minna has gone back to her artistic roots. Or rather, WILL go back once she's done with SSSS. Back to publishing predominantly anthro art, the way she used to in the early 2000s when I stumbled upon her art for the very fist time. Back then, there were absolutely no human characters to be seen, either on her website or over at deviantart, none at all. Folks over here have brought up many good theories as to why she's decided to continue with this art style, whether it's because they're faster and easier to draw, because they're cute and suck people in easier etc. But perhaps, she might've simply missed that era in some way, either consciously or unconsciously. The simplicity of it all, after drawing more realistic (and therefore more demanding) art for years now. That said, the cute lure effect mentioned here is certainly an intentional part of it, no doubt about it.
As for expectations for this autobiography, I hazard a guess that the backlash from the Emil slur incident from adventure 1 might be mentioned, one way or another. Especially so, when even the afterword of LP talks about how "nobody is allowed to say or write anything "harmful" anymore" in Minna's doomsday vision for future. And if the backlash-thing DOES come up, I wouldn't be surprised if Minna writes it entirely from a martyr's perspective, how "everyone was being so horrible to me over a harmless joke."
Of course, there was undoubtedly whole bunch of vitriolic messages that absolutely were NOT okay. I've heard something about even death threats... was that true? Regardless, the way Minna responded even to the reasonable criticism back then was very childish and unprofessional, which in turn made me expect similar attitude from her later on. So yeah, if Emil incident does come up and Minna does depict her perspective as that of a completely innocent victim, well, I'll probably let out a dry chuckle at that point. One of many, no doubt.
One thing that I've also thought about, quite a few times actually, is that she doesn't seem to care much about professionalism in these situations. Or how lack of it might affect her business in the long run. Indeed, Minna even mocks the "fake apology" culture in LP. But really, had her announcement of LP been more considerate, without the sneak tactics or the condemnation of others, she might've retained some of her customers for book 4, even if they'd decide not to see her religious works after that. There's no telling how many customers she has actually lost over this though, perhaps not that many, perhaps quite a few.
But whereas with the slur case Minna was caught completely unaware, with LP she MUST have anticipated the backlash. Her condescending commentary on the page day after LP's release told as much. I got the impression the sneak tactic was in the naive hope of converting more people to her cause... But did she really convert that many, especially those who weren't already Christian to begin with? As opposed to losing folks permanently who could've supported her financially before she moves on to her next Christian works after LP? I dunno, perhaps she did consider that, but didn't care. Because coveting wealth too much is a sin, or something? And she does have savings for a while, but still...
Overall, even from the professional, financial standpoint (regardless of being considerate towards others for it's OWN sake, rather than over mere moola) her approach is just mind-boggling to me. But hey, I'm not someone who's experienced a major religious awakening, so what do I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
