"It sells less and less every month"

[MattOnWheels]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

It's more than 'just make a new character, bro', it's 'make a GOOD new character, bro'.

I mean Spawn was a relatively new character in the grand scheme of things. Kick-Ass was a new character. Invincible is a super-new character. Anime/manga create new characters and entire worlds every other month, the current new one being Jujutsu Kaisen. I mean, we are literally on a forum based on unique new characters Eastman and Laird created decades ago.

It's not that hard, or maybe it's hard for the former fanfic writer weirdos, but it can be done. They just gotta actually... you know... TRY.

If they can't create new characters and make you care about them, they might as well hang it up. They can't hide behind pre-established characters forever.

i hear what you're saying, but again? it means more coming from a well established character because that's going to get conversation going more than a new character, and yes, we do need original characters, but so often the only reason we even have this controversy is because people go "NOOOOOOOO!!! YOU CANT MAKE A GAY/BLACK/TRANS/FEMALE VERSION OF THIS CHARACTER! HOW WILL I EVER GO ON WHEN I ONLY HAVE A BAJILLION OTHER PIECES OF MEDIA WITH THEM AS A STRAIGHT MALE???"

No one is forcing you to buy it, and if you're so confident it's failing, you won't mind them trying it. Honestly, "Make a new character" is usually just a thinly veiled way of saying "Hide it somewhere where i'm less likely to see it" for a lot of people. (Not you per se)

Now, let me remind you what i said: I get the issue of oversaturation, and hollywood and the rest of the Bourgeoisie are guilty of pandering to demographics and i know thats what you're talking about, but you're calling actual fans--not the elite, just people who think differently than you, who write stories you don't want to read weirdo's, and I don't think thats the right thing to do in such a sweeping manner. There is plenty of good fan fiction out there, even if some writers write things that don't appeal to you.

Either way, I hope that we can at least say our dialog has been non combative and I hope I at least provided food for thought. even if you may not agree with me. Im sorry if I got too heated at any point. Some of these issues like AEW and the corruption of the industry are pretty personal to me as someone who has tried breaking into the biz and got some pretty ****ed up results from people. I hope you can understand that I'm not mad at you or any of your views expressed here thus far.