Every time I open Twitter, I see some variation of the following:
“Movies suck now because of reboots and wokeness!”
“There goes another beloved franchise.”
“Only anime is any good anymore — BASED JAPAN!”
“TV is for pussies; lift some weights and get strong and rich, pleb.”
I completely understand the feelings of hopelessness; an IP you enjoyed for years or even decades is transformed into a civics lecture that declares you a monster for not liking bad storytelling. Creatives of all kinds bow down to any woke activist who so much as glances in their direction. The stories themselves have to follow politically correct mandates. Every inch of the entertainment industry demands total submission to progressive narratives and nothing else.
The indisputable fact that film and television drive culture only deepens your sense of despair.
You wonder if there’s something — anything — you can do. Sure, you can avoid the cinema and cancel Netflix, but that can only do so much. Deep down, you want to replace the shows on those services, but you don’t think that’s possible.
You’re correct — right now, it’s not possible. Emphasis on right now.
But you can help change that.
Twitter user Logic Monkey (@logosimian) and I had a conversation about him turning his indie game-dev skills into cartoon-making skills. Shortly after, I realized that I had a lot of art and music assets left over from an indie game I made back in 2014. Realizing what a gold mine of content I had, I got to work.
The result is below. I present to you my directorial debut, Defeat the Witch!
Watched it? Good, because this is what I’m capable of today, not “someday” or “maybe in one/two/five years” — TODAY.
But as with all things, going further takes money.
To expand on this plan and create more animations, I will need new art and music assets. Here’s how you can help:
Purchase one of my novels. I’m proud of my books Shining Tomorrow and Sword and Flower. Both of these are guaranteed to leave you excited and happy, since I focus on telling a story, not lecturing the reader.
Donate to my Patreon. I’ve set up a Patreon to fund the creation of new assets. My goal is to make a short every month, and the best part is that it won’t require that much money to pull this off, just triple digits. That’s the true power of this approach — I don’t need to break the bank to deliver great content.
I’ve got big plans for this whole thing…giant robot-sized plans, in fact. But for right now, we have to do the hard work of bringing real storytelling back. Film is the world’s most important medium, so we have to get involved from all possible angles.
Or you can just complain about Disney and Netflix while they ignore you. Your choice.
