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I hope you know that literally nobody is going to be able to live up to the standard you, V*v, and Glitch have set and your arrogance and exploitation of your fanbase and connections has screwed millions of creatives out of their dreams because Hollywood is a joke that isn't worth telling and wealthy e-celebs like yourself have claimed the indie scene all to yourselves and moved the goalposts into the stratosphere.

Nope. This isn't a zero sum game. There is not some limited, prescribed number of indie trophy slots that a few studios greedily filled up, blocking everyone else out. That is not how it works. Nothing any other creator is doing - short of personally sending hired goons to your doorstep or stealing your credit cards - is taking anything away from you or preventing your success. In fact if an indie creator can manage to demonstrate that they've got something viable going, it may help to map out a pathway for others.

I think I'm not going to bother trying to address whether or not cartoons in return for support from fans - an entirely voluntary exchange - constitutes exploitation. And I'm living in the Midwest driving a 2007 economy car with 200k+ miles on it, but let's just skip past the assumptions that I'm wealthy and connected too.

Instead, let's get to the weirdly myopic notion that the indie scene is held captive by three studios. Maybe YouTube algorithms or Twitter bubbles are somewhat to blame, but in actuality there are so, so many individual people, friend groups, and small production houses out there making independent animation, I cannot possibly name them all.

Here are some anyway:

Far-Fetched Worthikids Satina | Scumhouse Noodle and Bun Punch Punch Forever Ramshackle Noodle Papajoolia | Pipi Angel Hare | The East Patch Jonni Peppers Salad Fingers Monkey Wrench Studio Heartbreak Felix Colgrave JelloApocalypse Odd1sout (started indie, got picked up by Netflix) Allie Mehner JaidenAnimations Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy Cloudrise | The Worlds Divide Telepurte RubberRoss James Lee ENA Godspeed | Olan Rogers Ollie and Scoops Meat Canyon Port by the Sea Kekeflipnote Boxtown Kevin Temmer Weebl Joel Haver CircleToons Long Gone Gulch Atlas and the Stars Animist Skibidi Toilet A Fox in Space Alex Henderson Talon Toniko Pantoja Sr. Pelo Hullabaloo Kane Pixels (started indie, picked up by A24) Homestar Runner Fennah Gods' School Alan Becker Dungeon Flippers JazLyte Psychicpebbles (started indie, Smiling Friends picked up by AS) Piemations vewn Metal Family Dead Sound chluaid

By no means a full list. That's just YouTube, and mostly just English language stuff, and I didn't even get to the multitudes of Warrior Cats animation collabs.

The point is, the indie landscape is vast and populated by creators new new and old, making all kinds of animated media from skits, to shows, to ARGs, to films. Audience sizes vary as much as the content, stylistic approaches, subject matter, and budgets do. There are no compliance standards, no gateways to entry, no goalposts. There's not even any preset definition of success except what you decide for yourself.

Anyway, instead of nurturing your resentments, consider making something. I assure you, it's a far more rewarding use of your time and energy, and pretty much no one can stop you. ------------- EDIT- Made some additions to the list based on comments. Thanks!

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design sketches of the trashion alley girlies 🖍️🐀

#Trashiona Alley #they're just so gorgeous #If only #I'm obsessed with TA

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Heathers but it's a fictional true crime tv series investigating the 'suicides'. Maybe the crew starts the series trying to make a memorial or a suicide psa but then things get more suspicious over time.

#heathers #at least it'd be more interesting than peathers imo

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a silly little nextgen with all the most common mane 6 ships :) a little info about each one under the cut

pretty please: her talent is forming connections between people and bringing them together. she’s the first student of princess cadance!

honey bunch: her talent is beekeeping. she’s a strong advocate for pollinator-friendly gardening.

warp speed: her talent is studying exobiology. she often wishes she lived on another planet where she fit in more.

cherry bomb: her talent is rock music. she’s having a hard time finding gigs in the small town of ponyville.

wishing star: her talent is that her wishes can come true. she’s definitely never wished someone was dead.

serendipity: her talent is currently unknown. she’s obsessed with appearing as cute and approachable as possible.

#poners

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Let's go back to 2010

#LPS popular #god look at her #the queen just the queen

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fullbody cms

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another rainbow dash, apparently I can't draw her design consistently lol

#poners #OHMYGOSH #she's so gorgeous #the dark blue is very dashing

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🌈grimdark pones pin designs !!🌈

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late drawing of petscop to cheer myself up!

#petscop

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more pony designs!

#poners #literally perfection

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genuinely forgot i had tumblr, have a compensation sunny

#poners #ohman look at this cute twig

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Nobody asked, but before I started with my chansaw brainrot this was actually the first heathers draw I did after watching the movie

Just wanted to share it idk

#heathersposting

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sunzy is back for pride!! <3

#poners #cute gay horses

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Heartmallow 🩷💛🩵 MLP fan design based on a conversation with a friend 🫶✨

#poners

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Sc5week: Crossovers!

Pony ulala because idk, something possessed me again

#poners #ohmy it's her

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doodles

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This is the truest episode title of any episode of any show ever

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