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four-bastard-bustle · 8 months ago

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Random hot take i guess but i think at some point between legacy and beyond eddsworld stopped being a personal project and instead turned into a brand and that absolutely sucks but it's also unavoidable in capitalism. You can't just make art for yourself and your friends because it's fun anymore, at some point ya gotta make a real tangible profit. And the profit has to keep growing. So of course, eventually you bring out the youtooz of the most popular character even though he's not in the show anymore

#There's a lot to be said about ew and at what point it stopped being personal #and at which point it turned into characters going through planned out scenarios #even though it started out as online friends irl wanting cool things to happen because they were cool #Or actually there isn't because it i kind of a personal thing for the people involved in running the show and their choice #But it is strange to behold #I think it's pretty foolish to blame matt h for wanting eddsworld to make money because that's capitalism that's what it has to do now #just look at digital circus rolling out merch before there was even a first episode #Or monkey wrench struggling between the artistry and the monetary value of their show (they are Not making a lot of money rn (afaik)#Online cartoons HAVE to make money now or else they just won't run #It's a shift in the entire economy online #I think it's worth pointing out that trying to say this respects edd g's death is a bit scummy but I don't think matt's doing that anymore #But it's also a VERY good point that taking this much money from a fanbase you're mocking a lot in the eddisodes sucks #It's almost like this whole situation consists of multitudes and perhaps even nuances #Anyways capitalism bad

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