Been having this on the mind and its been messing with me so here goes.
I genuinely am so glad TADC is over because it meant that people could finally shut the hell up and stop doing stupid shit. Like, specifically the fandom and stuff whatnot with all the drama that kept rising up and people basically throwing tomatoes at Gooseworx and Glitch for being "Indieslop". Like. Is THAT how we would have acted when Gravity Falls was still airing? Was THAT how we would have acted when freaking Fairly Oddparents was still airing? like the GOOD seasons I mean but whatever.
Point is, as much as I DO know and DON'T know about a lot of the controversies, a lot of it was just people being entitled and spoiled about the series that they liked and getting mad about shit that didn't matter and digging up as much dirt as they could to justify sending shit like death threats and gore which. If I recall they sent that to fucking CAINE'S VA???? HE DIDNT FUCKING DO ANYTHING GODAMMIT?!
Like, obviously hold people accountable and it's ok not to like the people who work on this thing when less than innocent stuff from the past comes up. But going to the lengths that I saw going on?
It scares me. Like, actually terrifies me.
I mean what WAS Glitch or Gooseworx supposed to do when the leaks came up for Episode 9? Just give up? If they did THAT people would still be mad, if they said NOTHING people would still be mad, if they said they were sincerely trying their best people would STILL. BE. MAD.
Just the fact that so many people's blood was boiling over the fact that a creator of a fantastic show couldn't care any less because of THEIR actions, both fandom and generally just mostly the fandom, to the point that they didn't want ANYTHING to do with it anymore?
It fucking disgusted me, because I don't think any of the people who were mad about everything were even SORRY for driving Goose to those lengths!! I genuinely feel like if we should be holding VA's accountable for bad shit, we should hold the NASTY ASS TOXIC FANS accountable for being so entitled to the point of ruining a creator's love for the thing they made!!
And then it just. I start to think and worry about my own endeavors.
Obviously i'm alright, y'know? My Aus, people certainly love those even if they don't always get much attention. My Clangen blog? Doing great! Getting closer and closer to the end sucks especially since I'm kind of procrastinating the more experimental parts, but even then I can't wait for what's next in store for me.
But then I get this horrible, horrible chill when I remember the things going on in TADC's community and with Glitch. All the people calling them pieces of shit and "Indieslop" despite the fact that, by ALL means, Glitch is probably far, FAR less evil than the Corporate bastards that have been continuously failing in recent times in comparison to them. They're doing their best and when they make mistakes, they make mistakes. That's life, that's how you know they're human. Sometimes they did a bad job of handling things while other things they do just fine. I can't wait for KOG, Gaslight District and Gameoverse to get their spotlights, but I fear how people will start looking at those and already have.
Maybe they'll get impatient and entitled. Maybe they'll stop caring. That worries me.
It makes me afraid people will turn their backs on the good creative things that can be platformed and spread to the world. That they'll all go crawling back to those bastards like Disney and Warner Bros, that the world will get a little more complacent as it has in so much time already.
Then I think abut what it means for me, and I think that's where the REAL fear kicks in.
I want to be big, at least enough for people to appreciate what I make. Oftentimes, I feel like I'm not being treated as a should because I. Should be getting more respect. I. Should be adored and have my art loved like everyone else's!!! Why not me? Why not ME???
I can live with being a little smaller now, that I've learnt to handle.
But I fear that one day, I'll want to make my own Animation studio or generally dive into Entertainment from Animation to Video Games to even Animatronics because let's be real I LOVE the potential and care and LOVE!! LOVE!! that goes into those too!!
...And I fear I'll be treated the same as Gooseworx and Glitch by the community. That people are going to get so attached to something I and Others work to make, that it will take a toll. That it might make the things that stress me out or make me even more paranoid worse.
Sometimes I wonder if it's all a ploy THEY made. To surpress us. Oh, surely no one wants anything to do with THAT series and THAT Creator. You know their fans are alL CRAZY and GROOMERS right? They platform all sorts of evil people, don't bother with "Indieslop"! We've always been here first, please ignore our dissent into evil and corruption! Surely THEY are worse than us! We're the good guys!
Haha. I feel sick talking about this.
I swear it's all a ploy to destroy us. To topple our creativity and imagination in place of the corporate bastards who feel threatened by us.
I'm scared. I'm so fucking scared.
