Coyote vs Acme awaits total erasure. A victim of the pursuit of profit first.

To be sure I dont think this will be the last time we see this character. But i DO think that this is the last time we will see him created by fellow people and creators. And future incarnations will be manufactured through AI or algorithms.

But as artists and fans, this likely will be the end of the cycle that we have grown up a part of. An artist creates the character, the fans love the character, the fans grow up to be artists, and then a few go on to create new media of the character. I think the studios are hoping for a future where there is no more creators, no one to have to pay to do their work, and all that is left is just the fans/consumers. No matter what people say about AI you cannot actually control it. Aside from not being able to fully control every aspect of it, it in the end is NOT owned by you, and the TOOLS to make it are not yours either. Its theirs and they get to see a full window into your imagination and what you want to see, something they can then store away and use for figuring out how to make money off it, or to then use to build a social profile of you so that all your private secrets are known.

Sadly we are all created by this inhuman system of capitalism, we live lives that are wrapped up in it. So ive been trying 6to think of how to regain some level of freedom and independence. I have a tendency to draw fanart. but i have to praise and show respect to the furries who are creating their own characters and just putting those out there for free. Long ago Disney considered tapping into the furry market, but they bowed out partly because they saw furries obsessed over self created culture largely independet of a franchisable character or idea, and they could not see a way to profit out of that. And we mostly shared our work for free.

New online media is trying very hard to get us to monetize our culture. AI is the first big step to that, drawing viewers away from actual artists to concentrate on simulated images made from repurposing free art. If you spend 40% of your viewing browsing AI, thats 40% less looking at human artists. It means less engagement for artists, and also less culture, fans and artists can get to know each other even have friendships. The AI platform no you wont have that at all. If youre lonely and wanna meet people, this space here is the best way to meet up and talk to others. All my friends and real life intimate partners came from the community and talking to people here in this free space.

And these are free spaces, places of free creation, but at the edges people are trying to pull resources and value from it. By sealing art with AI and by taking financial control of the domain we interact with. Pushing for more paywalls, more art sales, skimming off commission sales etc. The more that starts to profit them the more they want to take command of it and here you go... the space is no longer free anymore. I think that is the story of capitalism to its core ever since it started... find a free frontier full of resources and take it over until its run dry, then find another free space.

Anyways... as for Wile E and brand characters. I had the weird fortune/misfortune of growing up when all that stuff was in full free market power, where many industries all competed and in doing so tons of money was spent on the production giving some of the best products you could get for our fandoms. Now that stuff is all a set of monopolies, no more wild product wars. Its a captured market, they dont need to make good products in order to compete anymore. Everything were getting is set to be very bad in quality, flashy but not in any way meant to last. it be new characters, good films, ugh... theme parks, stuffed animals, toys, anything.

So what do we do instead. I guess mythmaking, lest stop engaging with new media. Its not good anymore, and its not helping our planet anyways, no more new movies. just keep your money and use it to buy your necessary survival needs. Instead just create more free art of wile or your own characters and use it to create dialouge and meet new people. Fan work has proven though a mess is often far more personal and better than the films themselves because you can see the real human in it. Its relatable. And as furries its about time we acknowledge... we are human, we are animals, lets live more like the human animal, who knows and wants human touch and cares less about synthetic creation, market, money, etc. All that stuff is just a fill in for human needs. We want a free world, so protect free spaces, and keep that corrosive MONEY out of it as best as you can! Afterall it was money that killed Coyote vs Acme. killed plenty of other really courageous animated art that never got made. Demand for an end to AI art theft. And spend a little less money on shitty products and instead on your survival and helping the people you love. We are furries, we are also humans and that cant change, shouldnt change. Furriness is just the art that we cover our lives in. Lets not let it become something to sell or devalue.