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Ralph Breaks the Internet was terrible. Not just a terrible sequel, but a terrible movie in general. It has brushes with some nifty ideas in the beginning, but the creators had no idea what to do with any of them and there was no excuse to stretch it as long and as thin as they did. The internet felt like a clipart artist's interpretation of what the Internet is like, the internet avatars being stiff dead-eyed Funko Pop knockoffs made it feel creepy and unwelcoming. The concepts in this film were so loosely and arbitrarily implemented that it felt more like a spiritual successor to Inside Out than Wreck-It Ralph. Barf. Despite a couple cute

This isn't so much venting as a reflection on me and OCTs over the years. I didn't make it into Artists-at-the-Ready (https://www.deviantart.com/artists-at-the-ready). It's just as well, that was the last OCT I gave a vague shit about joining so now maybe I can finally have a life. I've long since been disillusioned by OCTs. I'm no longer part of the group I used to run on the fringes of who'd go for these together. They've all moved on and I was the last one of that group who has bothered continuing. All the new blood that frequent OCTs now are part of insular cliques that are toxic and shitty, and there's no feeling of genuine camaraderie left and it just feels masturbatory between