Eliza McLamb had an apt analogy abt modern fandoms: Fans no longer treat creators as creators. Fans treat creators like stock options they’ve invested in; like they’re part owners of a creator’s work just by *being fans*, and therefore get a say in what creators make/how they act. And it sucks.

Despite creating a billion-dollar franchise - with a new $200M budget Hollywood blockbuster launching in a month - the creator of He-Man's family were unable to afford his dementia and care facility costs, and had to setup a GoFundMe. Mattel gave $5,000.

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

It’s really funny that people act like Megatron not turning into a gun anymore is Hasbro being lazy and not a case of “putting a transforming toy that looks like a gun on shelves for kids is going to be a liability, logistical and legal nightmare that’s not worth the risk”

Once u realize someone else disliking a show/movie u sincerely love actually has no effect on your own personal enjoyment of that film/show the freedom is euphoric. They could be like “Eww __ is trash” Instead of defensiveness its lik “Damn sad for u bruh, oh well Imma go rewatch em tho, be safe ✌️🏾”

An Animation Studio that has spacious offices that also act as apartments and that the cost would be only a third of the income. That all workers, including the janitors and maintenance, would get six-figure salaries. That way they can live comfortably, get to work on time.

#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky #ChristoperReeve #Superman 💔🔄

Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.

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I love the #ArtistsofBluesky community laughing at being blocked by the guy who belittled us with “It’s always the poorly drawn cartoon pfps.”

Really wish I could’ve seen in that episode yesterday. I’ll see it tomorrow

Although even before his gross predatory behaviour, he had a reputation for constantly missing deadlines on R&S and talking smack about other artists in the animation industry. E.g. he HATED Animaniacs, so it was awesome karmic justice that Katie Rice later became a director on the 2020s series.

And most ironically of all, even though Rebecca Sugar and "Steven Universe" seems to be the primary targets of the "CalArts style" insult these days, John K praised Sugar for specifically NOT drawing in what he called "CalArts Style." Such a meaningless phrase.

Yep, he wrote on his blog back when Sugar was in art school how much he liked her work and saying it was way better than anything being done at Cartoon Network (lol). He also said her art wasn't a certain slur for gay people that starts with "f."

DUDE. Just, stop. That Calarts "insult" doesn't work for two reasons: 1. The style it criticized was made by people who NEVER attended Calarts. 2. The person who coined the term, John K (a statutory rapist), to criticize people for opting to Disney's style instead of his.

2 things: Wish seemed to be made on a rushed deadline to be the 100th anniversary movie and Moana 2 was forced to become a movie when it was originally a streaming show. Hexed was meant to be a movie from the start, so I’m sure circumstances are much better for this.

It’s hard when going onto YouTube.

Enough is enough. Bonus panel on Patreon!

It was someone saying, “Too bad, so sad, no handouts” about people with cancer or someone hospitalized because of a freak accident not being able to afford healthcare. That guy might as well have said, “I was born better than you and I don’t care.” Makes me want to hand them a free knuckle sandwich.

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

The statements: "The fact YouTube has reported on the explosion of indies is amazing news for animation" and "Popular indie animation needs to be given room to evolve & grow past the current status quo for it to become a sustainable industry that can pay living wages" can and should co-exist.

Attacking a place of worship and the people attending said place of worship, because you take issue with a government, is wrong. Plain and simple. In fact, not once has vandalising and destroying a synagogue helped Palestinians or led to a decrease of conflict in the Middle East.

We need to stop the myth that the cartoon comminuty in general has respect for indie animators. They get treated even worse than the ones from mainstream studios because the latter has the company they work at as a shield so that all the vicious rage go towards that instead.

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 17: (Spoilers) Rabies made a comeback in the Capitol due to the war.

Last October I finally finished Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I have notes from it that I wrote down in several journals that I did because I feel like I wouldn’t have enough battery for live posting my readings. Admittedly I started writing in from chapter 16. But I think it’s still worth it.

Can we give all the stolen land back while we’re at it? Maybe do some reparations work, too? Use funds from billionaires to make education safe and give teachers a 6 figure minimum wage? Ensure every person has access to medical care & food always? If we’re gonna do it, let’s really do it.

When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism. A few suggestions...

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When someone tells you children’s programming in their day was nonpolitical, they are really saying they weren’t a very bright child.

This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.

Good news everyone.

I’ve never seen a big thread like this that is all dedicated to the absolute takedown of a person and how their legacy is just an illusion. If you got the time, check out this thread about John Lasseter and his impact (or lack of) in the animation industry

To make doubly sure that the studio will become fresh and exciting again and that will have found memories of both the production of their films and the films themselves.

But going back into Pixar, with Pete Docter in charge, he’s going to make sure that everyone will have a chance to shine either at the small screen (aka, on Disney Plus) or on the big screen (In Theaters).

And speaking of which, can we stop saying that Disney’s making a full 2D feature again? Because Disney themselves haven’t made the word yet and even with the teases from both CCO’s of Disney Animation and even Eric Goldberg, nothing’s confirmed yet.

Long story short, say what you will about how she ran at Disney, but let’s all agree that it’s miles better than what’s currently happening at Skydance Animation and that like Pixar in the 2020s, they’re still making original films despite getting started on making sequels.

As for Walt Disney Animation Studios, the CCO position was given to Jennifer Lee, which she ran for 5 years until she stepped down the position to focus on Frozen 3 and 4 and was replaced by Jared Bush.

These include, Enrico Casarosa, Domee Shi, Angus MacLane, Peter Sohn, Kelsey Mann, Madeline Sharafina, Daniel Chong, and many, many more.

Part 2 Pete Docter On June 19, 2018, Pete Docter, the director of such beloved films like Monsters Inc., Up, Inside Out, and then-upcoming film, Soul, became the new Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios. And lucky for him, he was able to fix the problems that Lasseter had caused.

Jee, I thought that the non-Disney animated film of the 90s are Disney wannabes. And I wonder why Apple broke up with Skydance Animation in 2023, only to be picked up by Netflix immediately afterwards. Source: Hollywood Reporter

He didn’t get hired to be a creative visionary, he was hired because Skydance execs wanted him as a marketing tool, and again, thank the stubborn Ellison as to why John got hired days after he left Disney just so he can desperately uncancel John.

And sure, the results are the complete opposite of what Disney was hoping for, but at least they took the risk of trying something new. And I guarantee you all that it’ll not be the last time that the house of mouse would be taking a risk of making something different.

And only them are allowed to make films under his belt and not the others that were fresh off of directing short films or have dreams of becoming a big name filmmaker at either Disney or Pixar.

And that’s another reason why both Disney and Pixar are better off without him. He didn’t give the filmmakers that aren’t close friends with him a chance to make their own big name features.