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I was around and a part of the peak of Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons. Fandoms used to make aus and crossovers and crackships, it was a part of the fandom ecosystem and very fun

I was also there back in the day when youtubers like Markiplier and Jacksepticye where making "egos" left and right, and fans were making fan-made egos for youtubers like MatPat and Natewantstobattle as well. I was there when people were making comics and aus and fanart of Darkiplier, Antisepticeye, Natemare, and whoever tf MatPat's was lol I can't remember, I'm old

The "Ryan Gosling Cinematic Universe" is so similar to that. There's all these characters, even minor ones like from SNL, that people are making fanart of and crackships and crossovers and aus. It feels like fandom is thriving again. It's just like how fandom was before "cringe" was ever a concern