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Happy birthday, @grace_rolek, @thejodibenson, @V_Vico_Ortiz and Wendi McLendon-Covey! #stevenuniverse #BigCityGreens #thelittlemermaid #adventuretime #fionnaandcake #craigofthecreek #thecasagrandes #craigbeforethecreek
Ashton Lee
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If you're like me and have a strong passion for cinema, Disney and animation, this is just the place for you. 👍
![I’ve been having a great day on my birthday, and one thing that’s been on my mind that, when looking back at it, I went through a personal turning point that has changed my life for the better. At this point, it’s been about a month and a half since I started releasing the videos of my mini-series, I’ve Had Enough of the Cartoon Community [and Fandoms]. And after moving on from creating that, I think it’s one of my best works for a unique reason.
I don’t mean that it’s one of my biggest videos that went on to be super viral, it’s mostly just a giant vlog explaining the problems with the fandom, and I know it had the odd complaints from the kind of problematic people whom the series calls out. Even when I made it, I didn’t expect it to change the world, or improve the cartoon community’s behavior. In fact, I’m expecting the group to get much worse and maybe have some of the notable influencers get that Alex Meyers-style cancellation for taking their behavior too far before anything can get better from them. But the reason why I call this one of my best is for a personal reason. It allowed me to let go of the fandom’s toxicity. I was finally able to let out all those issues I’ve had with how the community on social media has been acting, put that in a video so that they are addressed and free up all that space in my head regarding the subject so that it can be replaced with something more pleasant and loving. At minimum, I’ve done my part to of calling out the problems with the community, which makes it so much easier to drop that anger from whatever toxicity that’s spreading in the animation world, or not care to engage with it, especially when they’re almost all just outrage over things that don’t matter or, at most, are subjective. I can now watch their calamity and just say “This is what I talked about in the mini-series”, and don’t have to hold onto it as if no one’s doing anything about it. Basically, they’re some of my best videos for my mental health.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bp6mxqtbarjkm7e3o34y7vl4/bafkreibcwwq436ym4i6l2jebkoq4nyxt2pmditjro7obnrbyikcer375n4)
