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Originality in a Mainstream World

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"You have to be original to stand out"

What if everyone likes the same thing?
What if everyone is so focused on
what's cool and modern and
the hot new, fascinating trend?
What then?

Mainstream trends are shiny and attractive.
Originality is pushed to the background,
hidden by the fool's gold.

To put yourself out there,
you have to be original,
but to really get the ball rolling,
you have to be mainstream.
This is about how you have to be in fandoms or make something based on what everyone nowadays likes to be noticed more, instead of being original and unique and being loved for it. This isn't just with art and on here, too. To be popular in music, you either have to be revolutionary or be generic (now, by being poppy sexy crap)

To be both popular and original, you have to make trends, but that's nigh impossible to do.
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FighterGuy666's avatar

Until shit changes, the problem will only be worse later on.