#i think the picture ppl have of ppl who use ai are generally supported by capitalism. why base ur need to defend art on work

[marissaofunderground]

tbh looking at every media ever someone behind the scenes has hurt ppl no matter what…..so….while I get not wanting to support a certain show because there is proof the creator has hurt a couple people, I also wanna point out…….

Pixar Animation Studios: Sexist history full of perverts in charge with no respect for women and treating female artists and employees like sex toys. Testimony:

How do you feel about Pixar classics now? As much as I still enjoy Toy Story I can’t deny I feel a little bad taste in the back of my throat knowing the creator is a pig. Makes it just a little more difficult watching those movies now….same with any other films, Pixar or Disney, that he was involved in….

Stuff Joss Whedon worked on, from Buffy to the first two Avengers movies. There’s lots of reports on this. Needless to say, I’m glad Marvel fired him.

She Who Must Not Be Named, the creator of the biggest franchise of a generation and the very destructor of said franchise. Like many, I’ve cut that book franchise out of my life entirely and refuse to ever engage with it again.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller pixel-fucked Sony Pictures Animation over the making of Across the Spider-Verse. You’d think they’d have a better understanding of how animated films are made, but their actions behind the scenes of this movie say otherwise.

Related to that, almost all animation studios screw over their workers, (including indie studios, yes, Spindlehorse is sadly one of them), who are overworked and underpaid. When the Animation Guild’s contract runs out next year, expect an animator’s strike that’s been long overdue.

And even more related to that, VFX artists are also screwed over by EVERYONE. They’re even the coiners of the term “pixel-fucking” that I used describing the treatment of the artists behind Spider-Verse. Marvel Studios is one of the worst offenders of this, especially when directors do not understand how to do VFX. And because VFX artists aren’t unionized (which they should be), they are often underpaid and overworked, and it is one of the most thankless jobs in Hollywood. I could write a whole essay on how the VFX industry is treated alone. It’s BAD.

And of course, anything under big corporations, who don’t give two shits about their workers and have no qualms replacing them with AI. Why do you think the SAG-AFTRA strike is going on right now? And none of them will budge.

Independent or not….no media is free from abuse or bad behavior. Almost seems like you gotta be awful to be successful. That’s sad, really…

But of course, many of these examples are related to either capitalism and executive meddling, the sexist culture we live in, and the abusive culture we live in.

[deductionfreak]

Thanks for you great answer if you don't mind me asking further, is Ran a popular character in Japan and overseas? Or is Ai the most popular female lead? Same with the ships which is the most popular one? And idk maybe it's bc I am older, why are Ran love, abilities and nature considered weak? Why do characters nowadays always have to be complex to be loved? I have seen someone call her a 90's female lead that's picture perfect, can cook, will be a good housewife etc - but why is that negative?

and makes ppl dislike her? Same with her tears, honesty and showing emotions -I find it rather amazing bc I am someone who eats it all up. Not everyone wants to die and has to be passive. And I really don't understand ppl who call her a dumb plot device, picture perfect (when she isn't), damsel in distress and useless bc she isn't involved in the cases and back org.

Honestly why are her positive character traits considered as weaknesses nowadays? What's so bad about loving someone with your whole heart, waiting for his return? And loving and taking care of ppl in general and staying optimistic and just being a good person? How is that considered plain and boring? Shouldn't that be considered as amazing? If morre ppl had her traits it's be great. Reminds me of ppl saying Ran is clrealy made for JP while Ai for the West as she fits out standards better.

Ran is a popular character in most places where DetCo has propagated, as is Haibara. In Japan, both are among the top ten characters as per the most recent Shonen Sunday poll (out of 91!).

I don’t know or care about what ship is the more ‘popular one’, as it’s nothing you can have statistics for and something I don’t really care about. Let us not make this about ships, or make things about people disliking Ran turn into a debate about Ran vs Shiho. Both girls are good - all of the girls in DetCo are good.

People consider it a weakness because of dumb preconceived notions about emotions being a weakness, and it’s nothing factual. It’s not something I even believe in. Ran isn’t even perfect, but a lot of people use it as an argument against her? It’s certainly strange. People will have different views, of course, and you can’t do much about that in the end. Regardless of what some people will shittalk about her, Ran is a good character, and I think has shown some growth and maturity regarding a lot of things. It’s nice. I want to see her kick some more ass in the future, though :>

Also, please, don’t think that Haibara was made for western audiences (or turn it into a shipwar problem) - Haibara’s character is a popular trope in Japan as much as Ran is, and they were not made for target demographics.  Haibara was planned from the beginning, as an insider from the org that would join Conan’s side against it and use the DB as her cover. Gosho didn’t expect her to be as popular as she got, but it isn’t a bad thing. (’When making a character, I think “if I draw/write her like this, she’ll be popular”, I can more or less anticipate it. But, just for Haibara, her popularity highly exceeded my expectations.’ - from Da Vinci Interview)

Please continue to support her, and please continue to support Ran. Both are good characters, and don’t deserve to get flack.