Why are we all talking like corporate copyright lawyers or marketing ghouls, using these explicitly commercial terms thonk

I'm disappointed by the ease at which "IP" rolls off my tongue. I mean, most of the fiction and entertainment we surround ourselves with are more soulless corporate slop than art, but still

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    10 months ago

    "Cycle", perhaps, but people would assume you were talking about, like, the Epic Cycle, Carolingian Cycle, Manas, et cetera. So it might feel a bit odd to refer to the complete body of comics, TV series, movies, songs, and fan content as the "Sailor Moon Cycle" like it's a millennium-old epic poem passed down by oral storytellers for generations.