Sorry guys no fic today. I want to talk about the new video and why everyone needs to calm the heck down. So if you want to know what I think please continue reading.
—oooooooooo—oooooooooo—oooooooooo—oooooooooo—oooooooooo—oooooooooo—
Ok so let me start by saying that I agree that the new character designs were very wrong FOR DANNY PHANTOM CANON MATERIAL. I didn't like most if not all of the concepts and backstories but I'm not throwing a tantrum about it. Of course I have my opinions and criticisms, but I'm not gonna THROW them at him and then spit in his face.
They are sketches, ideas, WHAT FUCKING IFs. Not necessarily cannon. Nobody said they would be canon. He is literally spitballing ideas off the top of his head. What he think would look cool. A freaking ALTERNATE UNIVERSE. It's literally all what he speculates would happen ten years later. Not that this is what actually happens.
People, ya'll gotta remember that a show goes through several people before it's approved to reach our eyes. There are people that cut back wild ideas to keep the flow of the original concept material going. The creator provides the ideas and the TEAM OF WRITERS, PRODUCERS, AND ANIMATORS make sure that it's all cohesive. If some ideas are too wild or "out of character" for the already established world then they get cut down into something that fits. In the video everything is literally coming directly from Butch's brain without any filters. Nobody to tell him "well this doesn't fit the personality of the character, tone it down a bit please?" It's just him. And I say again THEY'RE JUST WHAT IFS NOT CANON
I'm not saying you should like the concepts. It's fine if you don't. That's the beauty of opinions, everybody can have one but because everybody has one everyone's should be respected. I for one think they're kinda cool for a sort of steampunk dystopian AU. I had a lot of fun drawing them. I don't like them for the canon material but as a CHARACTER DESIGN, they are pretty cool.
Ok, you hated the concepts with a passion. Still doesnt mean you gotta go on a crusade and decapitate him. It's HIS show. And honestly I'm EXTREMELY GRATEFUL that he even got the opportunity to grace us with the show in the first place. DANNY PHANTOM IS BUTCH HARTMAN'S BRAIN CHILD. We have no claim over it. We're lucky he decided to share it with us. The fact that he was thinking this would be cool is not enough to condemn him. Instead of throwing around all this unnecessary hate how about y'all chill out and talk about the good things. Nobody likes negativity, it's bad for your health and the environment.
So instead of pointing at him and calling him a heretic. How about we behave like civilized human beings and have a calm and constructive conversation about it. Besides I'm pretty sure I can say with certainty that 97% of the phandom thrives off of fanon material anyway so why get so bent out of shape when you have the option to go "ok cool story bro, Im just gonna chill over here and read this amazing multi-chapter fanfic that has great headcanons, is beautifully written, and has amazing concepts that dive deeper into the unexplored territory that could have been but never made it past the drawing board" is that so hard?
Anyway that was my two cents. Thank you for your time and good day or night, wherever you guys are. Hope I made a difference.