Hey you know what fuck you if you think that people who make happy/simplistic content are less competent as content creators. Just because what someone makes isn't dark, complex, and serious doesn't mean that they don't take their work seriously or that their work shouldn't be taken seriously by others. Complexity and seriousness do NOT automatically make for a good story or art piece.
For example, I make and consume a lot of cartoony and comedic content, because that makes me happy and I want other people to be happy too. Just because what I make is simple or humorous doesn't mean I don't put time and effort into what I do. I make and consume this kind of content to cope with personal issues, as many other people do. Stories/art that are too complicated or serious genuinely make me upset and stir up a lot of unpleasant emotions that can seriously effect me. Being someone with ADHD emotions like this will hit me 10Ă— harder then they would another person.
Comedy is so important to me. Comedy gives me a reason to laugh, it shows me a side of the world that isn't so painful. It's the perfect distraction. But because comedic content isn't serious or complicated it turns a lot of people off. People will call it childish or uninteresting.
What people don't understand is that there is an art to simplicity. There is an art to comedy. There is an art to silliness. Art is difficult to perfect. Look at spongebob for example. A colorful and silly cartoon for kids. Behind that, there is a team of hundreds of people working day in and day out to write jokes and draw storyboards. People that put serious work into this not so serious show.
People cope in different ways, I understand that. A lot of people cope by projecting their trauma onto characters that people with similar trauma can relate to. That, is so so so valid. But with this rising tide of people expressing themselves this way, people who cope with happiness are looked over. This can be so damaging to content creators who cope this way. I myself have gone down continuous self hating spirals because I think the things I make aren't serious enough to ever be recognized.
Again, I'm not saying that complex and serious stories are bad or that they shouldn't be used to cope, im not saying that at all. Please cope however you need too. But people who cope by spreading happiness deserve your attention too. Cartoony art, bright colors, comedic comics, even memes, are all just as worthy of your attention as more serious content. People who make simple silly content are not less competent then other content creators. They are not playing it safe. They are not trying to be crowd pleasers. They want to make people happy, first and foremost, and THAT is deserving of respect.
If you make simple or silly content, weather it be to cope or just to make people happy, you are deserving of so much respect. You take time out of your day to spread happiness to people who cant find it in themselves. But most importantly, you mastered the fine art of being wacky
