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Do not go far from me.

[Eco @therealaubs98]

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.

[Eco @therealaubs98]

@the_azzurrikage

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

mentally i’m still in this era

[Eco @therealaubs98]

@scythlyven I keep accidentally opening the og post in public and lemme tell you, light sources are not my concern 🤭🥵

[webby 🪐 @_webbysworld]

fist my bump 🤜🤛

[syd bug 💗 @zerodawnnn]

like actually fr tho and i'm not afraid to say it #ironlung

[Eco @therealaubs98]

@CharlieDayQuote

[Soko 🐏 @sokodraws]

fine, you want the butcher? come on
#ironlung

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A YouTuber with 38 million subscribers just beat the entire Hollywood studio system at its own game, and he did it with 80,000 gallons of fake blood and a submarine made of painted wood.

Mark Fischbach played a $6 indie horror game on his channel in 2022. The game was Iron Lung, developed by one guy, David Szymanski, in his spare time. It had no windows, no enemies you could see, just a convict trapped in a submarine navigating an ocean of blood. The entire thing took about 75 minutes to beat.

Fischbach saw something the game industry didn’t. The constraint was the feature. A single claustrophobic set. One man losing his mind. Sound design carrying all the horror that visuals couldn’t. This wasn’t a limitation to work around. This was a low-budget filmmaker’s dream.

So he did what studios would never greenlight. He wrote the script himself, directed it himself, acted in it himself, edited it himself, and paid for the whole thing out of pocket. No studio. No distribution deal. No marketing budget.

Then the gatekeepers showed up.

When he tried to get theaters, they told him the demand wasn’t there. So he posted about it. His fans called every independent theater chain in the country. Theaters started complaining to the distributor that they were getting too many calls.

Within weeks, AMC, Cinemark, and Regal announced they’d carry it. The film went from “maybe 60 theaters” to over 4,000 screens worldwide. Presales crossed $5 million before opening day.

$8.9 million on Friday. $17 million projected by Sunday. A self-distributed movie by a YouTuber, beating initial projections by 70%.

The studio model is built on the assumption that audiences need to be told what to watch. Fischbach proved that 38 million subscribers is its own distribution network. The audience was already waiting. He just had to make something worth waiting for.

[YouTube @YouTube]

13 years ago you posted your first video on youtube, now your film Iron Lung is in 2500+ theaters all over the world. huge congrats @markiplier

[Eco @therealaubs98]

Less than a week away, now 🤩🥹

[Mark @markiplier]

I wonder if I could make a good horror movie...

[(((Ella Yurman))) @EllaYurman]

unfortunately for everyone I WILL be watching the darth maul show so that I can check in on my good friend darth maul

[winona @cyberwinona]

no chatgpt for me, thanks. I will be asking my engram

[𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕚𝕖 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾ ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☁︎ @_LOVERiplier_]

markiplier has taken over america… the rest of the world is next

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Pathetic.

[Eco @therealaubs98]

my last ttrpg character met a v tragic end, but he was the (by choice) disgraced son of one of the prominent families in the city of our adventure, and unfortunately every time someone mentions them, the spirit of my last character takes over my soul and I get the urge to ruin em

[reese🪡 no1 pincushion fan @wyvrnwind]

i love the demon chetney that resides in travis anytime a wooden object is mentioned #criticalrolespoilers

[p✨ @profdekarios]

people being scandalized that dispatch has a sex scene in 1st person pov is sendingggg me 😭 where were you when judy cyberpunk was doing tricks on me in 4k

[AO3 Status @AO3_Status]

[update] Investigating: #AO3 is down for some or all users. We are aware and are actively investigating. https://t.co/vXLyZiWf3J

[Eco @therealaubs98]

mannnn i gotta stop choosing favorites in media
#criticalrolespoilers

[Emma 💝 @hiddenreylo]

From the gc literally today: