#animation community

[meltedwax87]

Rose and pearl i will shatter you both

[moisok20]

I think Vivzie making a sympathetic cartoon starring characters who were condemned to Hell says a lot about her character.

Listening to “Hear My Hope” really made it click.

Growing up in the west, with religion that is taught to be very “black and white, good vs bad” can do a number on a person. Especially once they grow up, expand their worldview, and open themselves up to more nuanced ways of thinking about the logistics of morality.

Heaven and Hell, Sinners and Saints, all singing together about hope? Says a lot.

[aonglegs]

Homeowner's Nightmare

Animation

[x0verseer]

For those who wonder what happened to Zirlwyn's Bandits / NightofCarnivora / Zirlwyn's Criminals, this might offer some insight;

TRIGGER WARNING: Allegations of PEDOPHILIA, SEXUAL HARASSMENT & GROOMING, SELF HARM & HARASSING VICTIMS INTO SILENCE;

I was asked for this to be brought to light on behalf of a victim of this group (who requested to stay anonymous) simply because my platform has a higher reach to the public; I retain no involvement in this context myself. Any questions should be redirected;

[dalia1784]

Coyote vs ACME must stand as a lesson to all of us. In that we need to start holding studios accountable when they choose to scrap a completed movie for no reason other than tax write-offs. ALL movies good or bad deserve to be seen by the public.

[deviiancetv]

Attack On Femme Creators, The Problem with Fandoms

If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard about the wildly popular mega webseries, “The Amazing Digital Circus”, it’s both good and bad for you. Bad, because you’re missing out on such a brilliant series exploring deep existential topics wrapped up in a Y2K digital game-inspired series. Good, because you don’t have to be a part of the madness that is this fandom.

Gooseworx, is the creator of The Amazing Digital Circus from the Australian-based indie animation studio, Glitch Studios. It became the fastest-growing indie pilot in, 2023 when it debuted. As most colorful and vibrant cartoons do, they attract an array of people who become obsessed with the media, from kids to adults. Some criticize the series for whatever reason you can think of, but the main topic has been with two of the standout characters, Pomni and Jax. Pomni the main protagonist of sorts, is a skiddish, slightly neurotic jester girl, and Jax a supporting/main bunny character with a sly smile and an asshole personality to go along with it.

These two polar opposites originally used to buttheads upon Pomni’s arrival, they then began a budding potential friendship, until Episode 6 when Jax began to crack under the guise of his own fears of getting too close to her and others. Controversy arose on the ever-so-not-lovely forum social site, Reddit, where Goose was interacting with some of the fans, sharing her opinions about her characters. The keyword, HER characters, and fans attacked her for it.

I'm not gonna lie, the TADC fandom is sooo severely reminiscent of the way people treated Rebecca Sugar, creator of Steven Universe, and their crew members during its heyday. So many controversies happened, from a teen fanartist nearly committing, because of an adult male and other adult fans harassing them for drawing a slimmer version of Rose Quartz, the mysterious gem matriarch and leader of a rebellion within the show. Meanwhile, years later the true identity of Ross Quartz comes out. Not to mention, a former member of the show's team, known as Zuke at the time, was an avid shipper of two characters, Lapis and Peridot dubbed Lapidot. They were harassed by certain fans over encouraging small glimpses and nods to their ship in the show, when they were tasked with storyboarding and writing some of the episodes. So much so, that they had to leave just for the sanity of their mental health.

Another example, is with another femme creator, Dana Terrace, creator of The Owl House and co-creator of another Glitch Studios project, “Knights of Guinevere”. Recently, fans of the KOG series harassed and unrightfully labeled Dana as a TERF simply because fans headcanoned one of the characters, Frankie, as trans because of another character in the show misgendering her, and using a male nickname when speaking to her. Dana clarified that Frankie isn’t trans, but this did nothing, and instead the fans were discouraged and started to label her as transphobic all because she clarified a headcanon that wasn’t real, all for a character she simply HELPED in co-creating. Not to mention, in Dana’s Disney series, The Owl House, she had a nonbinary character as a love interest for one of the main characters in the show.

All of this is to say, that the same stuff that was done to them, is being done to Gooseworx, to the point that she’s mentioned possibly not wanting to return to the series at any point in the future because of how toxic the fandom is. The parasociality of modern day fandoms, has been a major issue for years, and it is one of the BIGGEST pollutants within the internet’s ecosystem.

We see it so often in places like Twitter/X, specifically the stan portions of that hellsite, constant name-calling of current and former pop stars over who is a ‘flop’, who is coming out or coming into the ‘Khia Asylum’, and who stole who’s “nachos”. Now I won’t pretend to be above it all, cause I do find certain stan twitter lingo hilarious, and I’ve even been in the trenches of the Steven Universe fandom wars, fighting YouTube creators over theory videos, harassing Tumblr artists over fan art, etc. I’ve done the hard work and learned about the wrongs of my old internet ways. I wouldn’t even want those things done to me either.

I do believe the bigger issue I’ve seen, is that these femme creators are some of the few to have such popular, mainstream shows that have gained cult-like fandoms. Yet, amongst all the divisions, fandom controversies and wars, why is it always the femmes that get the worst people to become obsessed with their work? Food for thought…

When I do become a full-time content creator and indie showrunner, I'm either going to completely not interact with my fandom once it gets big, or I'll Chappell/Doja my fans into better treatment of my content and characters. But only time will tell.

[kdivine9]

The m.a.p is now temporarily closed bc idk how to host one properly and i gotta figure it out .

WELCOME WELCOME!! THE ELECTRIC DREAMS M.A.P just edgar!FOR THE 42TH ANNIVERSARY IS OPEN TO ACCEPT YOUR WONDERFUL PIECES OF ELECTRIC DREAMS THEMED ANIMATION

The full animation will be around 30 minutes long!

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The link to the Google Doc where you can upload the animation ^

I accept 42 animators of all kinds maybe more!

I'm your host

K divine!