Instead of having a SuperWhoLock trifecta, the modern online loser has a clusterfuck of interest that are always one degree of separation away from forming one large, dorkish singularity of online entertainment. The significant pockets of the cluster fuck are as follows:
Dropout TV
Critical Role
The McElroys
Polygon
Watcher
The Try Guys
Smosh
Starkid
There are likely other pockets in the clusterfuck, as well as semantic arguments to be had over which pockets overlap too much to count as single entities, or arguments over which pockets shouldn’t count as entities at all. There are bound to be discrepancies seeing as I pulled all of this information out of my ass.
With this in mind, take a look at my handy dandy poll. If you choose one of the numbered options feel free to specify in the tags, and add anything you think I missed :]
Sometimes I get tired of useless tumblr discourse so I pop on over to twitter to see what’s going on. And. You know. There’s only so many times you can look between Q and M on your keyboard while Pussy In Bio pornbots descend upon you. Your soul and body are drained too soon, and with your head hung low, you trudge back to Tumblr
I don’t think it will happen, but I so so badly want Ayda to send Adaine a message through time. They are canonically best friends and I am gnawing at the bars to get a scene between them. Just a little message will do, a little friendship bracelet, anything!! Give me the Ayda-Adaine friendship back!!
People who are genuinely seething with rage over Kipperlilly Copperkettle and trying to start discourse about why she’s the most evil character to ever exist are so funny. That’s literally Kipperlilly Copperkettle behavior.
I am a little disappointed this far that Kipperlilly’s whole thing is being angry that she’s normal. But. Also. I’m kinda into it. I’m so sorry to inform everyone my position as a Kipperlilly apologist still stands. She’s just so fucked up and as Zac Oyama would put it “A regular freak.” I love it.
A vision came to me recently in which Undertale was turned into a movie, and it was done in the same vein of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. Creepy puppets. Practical effects. Yes it’s for kids but it will disturb the whole family. Outstanding makeup and sets. Minimal human presence onscreen. It’s ethereal and timeless and creepy and comforting, and at its core, it’s just a wee bit silly.
I honestly think Watcher’s goal here was to become like Dropout. There’s several reasons why CollegeHumor’s transition to Dropout was nothing like Watcher’s transition to their streaming service, but I keep coming back to the certainty with which Watcher thought we were going to love this. They so clearly thought this was something on par with Dropout.
Part of me gets it. The model Dropout runs on is enticing for a reason. It focuses on artists over outside companies. Advertisers and sponsors really can hinder the creative process, so I feel for Watcher in that regard. Having an audience supported network is a great goal to strive for since it removes the ethical, stifling yuckiness that dependency on sponsors creates but…holy shit. Watcher is not close to the heights that CollegeHumor reached as an organization.
There should have been someone to stop this, to point out this insane difference. I’m so baffled that we even got to this point.
I’m so disappointed by Watcher right now. They deserve money and funding for all their hard work but there were so. many. alternatives. to a shitty streaming service. I feel like this is going to really, really damage the relationship Watcher has built with their fans over the years. Yikes.
I just can’t stop thinking about Mary Ann Skuttle getting a stuffed animal she already has and immediately saying she’ll give it to Toy Bank. There’s good in her, okay?? 😭