#moon animate

I want to take the time to thank you guys for your support. Fandom can be a hellscape, but I’ve always found the Moon Animate fans to be positive, encouraging, thoughtful, and kind. I am filled with love for you guys and I hope in your animation adventures, you never have a dropped frame.

I try to keep it on topic in here, but this is an important reminder. Today’s another day an artist has been chased off social media for not catering to the demands of the alleged fans of a cartoon show.

Moon Animate Make-Up is an exceptional project because of how many hundreds of artists have come together to make a little piece of fun that culminates in a half-hour of loads of fun. I’m very lucky it’s been received so well among fans and artists, and it motivates me to continue with these works since we’re all having a good time.

There is this other unpleasant side of fandom and I want to be clear there is no excuse to harass someone because they’re not drawing the art you want. If you’re old enough to be on the internet, you’re old enough to know how to be respectful of other people. These artists aren’t “being afraid of criticism”. They are exhausted from being abused.

Artists don’t owe you anything. You are not special. You are not entitled to anything. Do not harass them about their choices, hack their phones, call their workplace and demand they be fired, stalk their SOs, or anything else that aggravates their day because you’re in a mood the cartoons didn’t kiss and you don’t want to do the work to create your own art. And as I say this as someone who used to party in Gundam Wing fandom. I understand frustration.