Any Questions?
A bunch of people ask me questions in the comments of my videos but I don't normally answer them unless they're very simple because I need time to get my thoughts together and I hate trying to write long responses on my phone in the tiny box Instagram gives you.
I'm going to write up a post covering a lot of the common questions, but now I'm struggling to remember what the common questions are, if you have any you'd like to see answered post them in the comments here!
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I know this is an old post at this point but I thought I'd share this story and this seems like one of the best places. I've watched most of your videos at this point. I bought your "no gods, no kings, no masters" shirt and wore it to my job, where I'm a teacher. Many people commented positively, but some students complained about the shirt to our DEI group. Our school is a predominately white school and the students are black and religious and they felt the shirt was just another thing that others them in an already marginalized setting. I would've liked to talk to them directly and I hopefully will get a chance at some point. I know the adult they talked to did a solid job connecting them to the anarchist background of the saying, but that background, like so much of the anti-capitalist movement, is really white. I haven't seen you tackle race in your videos. I think it'd be tricky to tackle, especially if you're white, but a video on positionality could be general enough to allow you to make some really interesting points like you always do. I'd be really curious to hear your thoughts on positionality/identity/empathy/etc.
Do you ever think about longer form content? Maybe, instead of 10 cryptids with a couple lines each per short video, have 1 cryptid per short really elaborate on what it is they believe in? Perhaps Kiki could outline more details on why or how he disagrees with the dragon, etc.
Not as much of a question but I would love to be able to purchase prints of your work or popular quotes with their associated character :)
Oh I second this🩵
I'm interested in: Who's your favorite cryptid? Which cryptid are you wanting to add to the cast? And I recall these common questions from the YT comments: What software do you use? Do you have an ending planned for the story?
Well, I think we want to know your background, why you make so interesting content that you do. What influenced it, and your biography in short?
What are you inspired by? what social media creator,friend,family member or so on do you look up to? what made you start doing what youre doing right now?
Do you often find yourself settling down on an answer/solution to the philosophical questions explored in your contents? Mainly asking this because I find your videos to be filled with varying perspectives that simultaneously appear to offer appealing answers. On a personal level, do you ever feel that you're approaching a final answer as time goes on? Or do all of those perspectives kind of just coexist in some way?
Have you ever considered the Forest Jar in other forms of media? Are there any IP issues?
Who are your favorite creators? How/why did you start making your series, and if you could go back and give yourself one piece of advice or insight before starting what would it be?
Not sure if this is a common question; I think it's the first time I've asked it, at least :) What's your background in the many various aspects of The Forest Jar -- storytelling, animation, anthropology, mythology, philosophy? How many of these have you studied and practiced before, versus how many of these are you teaching yourself "one step ahead of sharing with us"? (You're doing magnificent work, either way!)
This is not an important question at all, but do you have any media recommendations? Anything you enjoyed lately? Could be important reading or just a movie you liked, I love your stuff so I'd love to know what you're into.
I think it's a good question. 100% wanna know what they're reading lol.
