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Something that confuses me abt the whole "why is indie animation dialog like that" discourse is that it's singles out animation specifically, seemingly excluding independent live action, video games, webcomics, older internet animations etc. Like, if you're gonna generalize something, at least generalize the WHOLE thing😭

EDIT: Found my thoughts, but those are entirely different industries that can't really be put on the same level, even if they are 'Indie', so yeah, thats why they get excluded because ur talking about MANY vastly different work paths

I had to look it up and genuinely didn't know it was a thing people even focused on for real as a 'discourse' LMAO

The reason I also see animation as the forefront is because People consume imagery and content at a never before seen speed (doom scrolling. We're all guilty of it), and most of the generation THAT GREW UP now, grew up with animated shows on tv. You can actually sit back and realize how many elderly would prefer more 'Live films' than an 'animated cartoons', vs the majority of the generation who show up for a cartoon.

The elderly in THEIR years had live shows as their growing experience! OUR generation and the following, grow up watching cartoons on tv, animated fantasy creatures and talking cars!

We're gonna be more critical of 'how a cartoon presents itself' or animation, because we've consumed an INSANE amount of it growing up in the past 20-30 years, so we naturally want our comfort animated shows to grow up with us- to learn with us, but a show or series has target audiences, and indie animation and creators strongly believe 'It can be for ANYONE!'

The reality of it is: Marketing will say it's for everyone, but you as a creator NEED TO KNOW your target audience. Because trying to please everyone will disconnect EVERYONE at some point from the show, and that can be pretty upsetting when you DON'T expect it!

(Long yap under readmore)

But TLDR: I like art and animating cartoons, fork found in kitchen if I get critical of fellow writing/storytelling but also supportive?

But Animation itself is a category of storytelling. You don't have the same pacing as video games or comics:

Video games: You need to have skill and time to look around a game for lore, fast reaction time, button combos, replaying the game multiple times for the perfect score, and especially since its indie, you'll generally be paying for it Comics: Depends at the pace you read, the updates (if theres been a few months between chapters, no audio, motions might not be properly conveyed, or it can only be conveyed in comic and not in animation Animation (Episodes/movies): You have everything in 1 episode, you have visuals, or if you can't see, you have auditory, you just need an internet connection and a screen, it has a preset pace for you, it just- IS the product.

so two categories that have 'go at your own pace' vs 'this is the pace and you WILL like it' A lot of games have mixed reviews for pacing because a lot of people play at different speeds or read and understand speech at different speeds.

AND THATS ONLY THE VERY, VERY TIP OF THE ICEBERG SUMMARY I cannot stress just how many layers this has, Indie Animation is only *part* of the image, but it can stand on its own just as every other subject can.

It's personal preference and comfort, and if 90% of the population prefers animation, then 90% of people like animation, i dunno how else to break it to ya DHSHBJCSDBHJ

When you, as a creator WILLINGLY AND OPENLY 'fight against the grain', then in that very same breath, you understand how LITTLE support that realistically gives you, and that if you WANT to become the front image of change, then you need to work for it and give a reason for people to be invested in what you have to say, comic, game, animation, all of it!