#like they wouldn't just find a slightly different way to make low effort media that maximizes profit. lol

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& on the topic of fandom i frequently see posts talking about how fandom is the death of media because every piece of media is trying to be this expansive marketable universe and sacrificing good stories in the process and like... they’re not WRONG but they have cause and effect all mixed up. fandom would continue to exist with or without 5 million mcu copycats because people have always been die hard fans of stuff. what is happening is companies have noticed die hard fans buy shit. a lot of shit. and once you have them invested, they’ll put up with way more bullshit than casual viewers will, so you really only need an interesting hook and the promise that there’s more to come and then you have an ongoing moneymaking machine where all you have to do is vaguely imply future cool stuff and deliver JUST ENOUGH that fans don’t get 100% sick of it and leave. and it’s kind of irritating that so many people look at this situation where everyone is getting screwed over and instead of going like “maybe the issue is that profit is the be-all-end-all of media creation” they’re like "ugh fandom is ruining media”. correlation is not causation etc etc.

#good idea generator #takes off the halloween mask to find the villain was capitalism all along #its just like. you really think you'd get better movies if fandom disappeared tomorrow? in this economy? #like they wouldn't just find a slightly different way to make low effort media that maximizes profit. lol #sorry for all these posts im avoiding doing my stats homework so i have to ramble about nonsense