The reality, for me, is that I would have been disappointed no matter what the outcome was. One movie-length episode feels disappointing the same way that a full season would have felt disappointing. The way getting nothing would have felt disappointing. Because nothing about this has felt good since July, when the news about NG started coming out.
Everybody is going to have their own mileage in separating art from artist. Anybody who follows me knows I still intermittently draw for the fandom. I love the characters. I've made friends with so many wonderful creators. It's hard to pull all the way back. But there's always a bad taste in the back of my mouth about it. I can't feel the same joy anymore.
So yes, I'm disappointed, but I'm disappointed in the because. This is the outcome because of NG's actions. And for me any outcome--ANY outcome--would have been disappointing because of NG's actions. I can't summon any rage about the format.
I'm going to go ahead and pin this, and then link to my previous pin about the situation from back in July. Because I think about this every time I create or share GO fanwork in this space, and every time people reblog the pieces that I made when I was so excited with everybody else about the S3 announcement. That bad taste, y'know. It's sticky.
