>>149141165
Korra was the first symptom, not the cause. The cause is that the millenial generation that grew up on tumblr's shipping wars got industry jobs, and instead of making shows asking themselves what children would like to see, they just put their fanfictions on the screen. Meanwhile, the suits that are supposed to foolproof and veto decisions are either misinformed, senile or simply don't care cause they get all their money from lockheed martin and the cartoon part of their financial empires is just a tax writeoff.
And it failed time and time again cause cartoons are watched and financed by children, and children don't care about the same shit 30something millenial women care for.
Hate her all you want, but the only person who's actually been successful in making a career out of getting their fujo ao3 writing animated is Vivziepop, cause she didn't try to hijack an existing IP or falsely market her cartoons to the tv audience. She just appealed to 14 year old girls, probably by accident while just putting her kinks on the screen like every other millenial, only her taste is juvenile enough actual kids like it.