man idk i just... i can't get behind big art with huge budgets and corporate PR campaigns anymore. if it makes me a snob so be it. but i need more art made by someone for an audience of themselves and maybe 50 people
i don't care about AAA gaming's latest flop, i don't care about Hollywood tax write-offs in the form of films, i don't care about Universal Music Group's latest industry plant, i don't carrrrrreeeeeeeeee give me something realllllllllllllllll
Two drums I will continue to beat are that 1) liking things made for an audience of 50-100 sickos is virtuous and healing for the soul and 2) people who complain about "snobs who think they're better than you for listening to obscure music / film / whatever" are reeeaallly projecting their insecurities! But also they're wrong and the snobs are right
alsoplus:
most small audience media is people doing it as a hobby because it doesn't make enough money to pay to stay fed and sheltered and bills paid.
it doesn't make enough money to live off of, because there isn't a large enough audience.
it doesn't have a large enough audience to drive that, because they're having to do it in their free time, as a hobby.
figuring out how to leverage fandom to break that loop is how we eventually become able to challenge the giants