AJ (they/them)

What do I do when I have a whole month of insomnia, and medicine isn’t helping?

I’ve made a couple of RWBY AMVs over the years, and I am by no means calling myself great.  Im simple, Im good.  My most recent video, a Monty Oum Tribute AMV, I made with meticulous effort in which I felt was very well put together:

Then 2 weeks later, along comes this imitator:

Twice the views, likes, and comments praising him for how “Beautiful” and “Tear-jerking” it was and how it was “Put together WAY too well”.  The editor steals the same concept, slaps inappropriate footage together, mis-times numerous clips, throws off the pace, uses crappy footage, worked in the wrong frame rate and people who know nothing about why the video is BAD praise him for it. 

Are you fucking kidding me?

There are literally THOUSANDS of videos that upload the same monotonous, sloppy, ill-conceived, pitiful videos showing little to no effort and what they put out is utter garbage.  Im not talking for myself now, Im talking for the hundreds of AMV editors out there who put up amazing work and are not receiving their due commendation and respect.  

When people put heartfelt time and conscious effort into a video and receive little to no commendation at all…THAT…just…SUCKS.  HOWEVER, when other videos are put up that show literally piss poor skill AND ARE LAUDED AND APPLAUDED…THAT…IS…THE BULLSHIT I CAN NOT TAKE.  

The audience is half to blame.  They simply provide fluffy positive feedback at free will when the editor CLEARLY NEEDED CONSTRICTIVE CRITICISM.  I did not get to where I am by falling into the allure of praise, I criticized my own work over and over and over until I got it RIGHT.  I will sometimes REFUTE praise if I consciously knew I could do better.  I KNOW BETTER.

Putting in conscious effort to collect, compose, and create something RIGHT shows respect not only for the audience but it shows respect to the makers of the very inspiration you use.  

song: “friction” by imagine dragons editor: remnant productions