I'm Grymoria, a Cyberpunk Succubus and sometimes a Bat-Cat Mobian. I'm mainly here for Sonic stuff (especially Shadow ❤️) and to support Artists and my fellow VTubers, but my main social media is still BlueSky.
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As someone who is autistic, Gen AI will never... EVER know what I want my art to look like exactly. Every detail in my character matters to me, and because it's fucking AI, I don't need to use it to know that it will screw up every time.
I'll gladly do the work myself.
Hot take but this feels like "rape culture" to me.
We ask AI bros to not touch our stuff, but they refuse to accept "no" for an answer. They want unfiltered access to everything we have and to do whatever they want with it.
Sega bosses were ready to ditch Sonic the Hedgehog before the franchise's hugely-successful live-action movie helped change their minds. https://t.co/4F82XNpR6v
Do you see what happens with the power of fan demand? It means we the FANS have the ability to change the fate of a franchise and companies in charge of them, imagine if no one said anything about Ugly Sonic, Paramount just kept it and the first movie bombed
I have my question to the "Stop focusing on Shadow" crowd? If you were to put the focus on other characters, what's your game plan How are you going to market it to the people outside of the Sonic Community? What are you going to do if it bombs? What are you going to do if it succeeds? If you're making a game to fit into the theme, how are you going to market that? Will outside people care? Will Sonic fans themselves care?
It would be nice to put focus on the other characters but with all those questions, you have taken into account that you need to be prepared for it. While fans have infinite time on their hands, Sega and Sonic Team don't.