This is probably just the autism talking, but whenever people like the above Twitter user write off toy-driven cartoons as worthless, mass-produced shlock, it feels kinda...rude? Like, I know virtually all of them are quite shallow and hastily put together, and the vision comes from a toy company executive rather than a passionate artist. That much is obvious. But you still need people to plan and create every aspect of the show, just as you would for a show that doesn't need to sell toys.
Shows like He-Man and Transformers were not fabricated by robots programmed to create cartoons that rot children's brains, they were made by people. People who probably wanted to do the best they could with what they were given to work with. Just because the show wasn't helmed by an artist with a specific creative vision doesn't mean it was made by people who didn't care.
Again, kind of an exceptional rant, but that's just something that always kinda bugged me. If you really want to talk about how much you hate toy-driven cartoons then aim it at the executive bigwigs who perpetuated the "cartoons are lowbrow kiddy fodder" mindset, don't take it out on the people who were just trying to do their job. Also lol at how that idiot labels nerds as "reactionary" when people like them immediately jump to the same tired, intentionally misrepresentative counterpoints literally every time one of those "lol angry nerds" controversies pops up. 'Cause why have an honest discussion about nostalgia and fandom entitlement when you can pwn an epic nerd strawman and get asspats from your Twitter echo chamber?
