It seems like what happened was that somebody sent them an ask saying "don't put your nsfw content in the tag for a fucking kids show", they drew SU porn in response to that ask, and the person who asked it was so butthurt they reported it to Tumblr, who probably took it down without really looking much.
That's pretty shitty. But what happened with the kid was kind of cool. I just don't think showering him with all of this praise and attention is really good for him as an artist, though...
Seems more like an attempt at distracting people. They do this, talk about how artists need to be supported, but then harass ones who don't follow very rigid rules about character design? Fishy...
You know, I thought of the joke in that exact contact when I first saw the episode. Thought it was a funny but probbably not ment to be taken that way.
I dunno, teaching the kid that criticism is automatically evil isn't doing him any favors, either. Cutting some slack if the artist is young, and props to the kid for attempting lip syncing - of course he shoudn't be bullied out of attempting drawing and animation - but it's still preettyyy bad, and you can't improve if you get the idea that your shit is perfect. And I'm pretty sure everyone here knows how easily wanting your sooper speshul unique original character donut steel to be actually in the source material/TV show can get dangerous very quickly. Maybe they just talk like that on tumblr all the time, but the bit about "SO IMPORTANT" "SAFE SPACE" is not encouraging.
It just rubs me the wrong way in several different ways, but you summed up my argument. All of this smothering of him isn't something you do to a kid who wants to do actual art. Give him constructive criticism rather than drawing stuff for him or telling him he's great.
I bet that user would be frightened if they had to square off against me in a REAL 1V1 IRL FITE!
Right - objectively, it is kinda shit, but 11-12 year olds are supposed to do and make shitty things that they'll be embarrassed about later, hah. Judging it by the same standards you'd use if an adult made it would be stupid - it just seems like tumblr's going too far in the opposite direction in a way that's not going to help the kid grow, either.
Oh god, this is real? Haven't they learned how truly awful the majority of their fanbase is?
This will not backfire or cause any issues in anyway, no sir. It will be a fruitful endeavor for all involved.
Andrew Dobson should try
