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emeryleewho · 3 months

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People on here are always like "fuck capitalism, why can't things be weird anymore" and then write up a whole dissertation about how the biggest IPs need to change to be weirder.

Like, you are so close. You are so close to getting the point. "Big" IPs *can only exist because they are normal*. They will *never* be weird. They will *never* do what you want. Go find some smaller IPs. Bring back discovery. Bring back never having heard of a book before you buy it. Bring back watching obscure anime online that none of your friends know about. Bring back trying new things, even if they're bad or cheaply made. That is how you get *weird*.

#if y'all want some obscure recs i got em #but understand that centralized will never be weird #weird exists because it appeals to a few #mainstream exists because it tries to appeal to everyone by boiling out individuality #it is impossible for the weird to become mainstream because that would inherently make it *not weird*#stop trying to shift the things you like into the capitalism model #break the capitalism model #fiction #fandom #stories #books #reading

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