You wanna know why animation isn't taken seriously and why adults liking cartoons is seen as a joke? It's because the animation fandom IS a fucking joke. It is one of the most toxic, vile, entitled, and ungrateful communities on the internet comprised of some of the worst excuses for human beings to ever walk God's green earth. Just a sampling of what they've done:
>bullied a fan artist into near-suicide for drawing characters slightly skinnier than normal
>rioted in the streets over chicken nugget sauce, harassing employees and stabbing people when they couldn't get any
>bullied, harassed, and blackmailed writers and artists for writing mediocre SpongeBob episodes, drawing anything even slightly off-model, not making their ships canon, having characters do things that are completely understandable, meant to be seen as bad, and/or just basic character development, or just doing their fucking job
>threw hissyfits for cartoons appealing to anyone outside the straight white male demographic by being racist, sexist, homophobic dickheads to crew members
>ruined the name of an entire school because of a stupid and inaccurate meme, to the point where they had to close due to a shooting threat, and people tried to defend it as a joke
>act like anime is superior to the West despite being full of the same problems (filler, limited animation, every show looking the same, gratuitous fanservice and yaoi/yuri)
>and yet after all that shit, they have the gall to claim creators are immature or lazy for asking they and their fellow man be treated with the most basic of respect
I've already become so disillusioned with the animation industry and constantly wrestle with the doubt of ever even making it or if it will be worth it, but this is just the final nail in the coffin. The only comfort I can take in life is knowing you fuckers will never amount to anything and next year Minions 2 will succeed where The Emoji Movie and TTG failed in destroying this medium that none of you respect or appreciate. Combine this with the US basically turning into Nazi Germany and the rest of the world going to shit, I wish humanity would just go extinct already since we've clearly outlived our usefulness and have contributed nothing positive to the world.