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Does tumblr know about the animation union yaoi yet

The rest of tumblr might but I do not so please fill me in

Ok so I’m not fully informed on it but here’s the basic outline from what I’ve gathered:

The Animation Guild has been in negotiations with the AMPT (studios) to get better protections against AI, better pay, fewer layoffs, and generally more respect as an industry. To raise awareness, Animation Workers Ignited (not officially affiliated with TAG but a community-run account made to build support and organize) have been releasing animated PSAs starring Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything) as a fast-talking, suited-up organizer and Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) as a green-shirted, scared audience stand-in.

Adam Conover's character, a simple cartoon with slicked back hair, glasses, and a pink suit.ALT
Alex Hirsch's character, a simple cartoon with fluffy hair, a green dress shirt and black pants.ALT
a shot of the two characters from one of the shorts. Adam's character stands at the top of a TV and speaks to Alex's character, who is holding out a crucifix at the TV while carrying a child in his other arm.ALT

Sometime last night, Alex Hirsch and the director of the shorts shared exchange in the comments of their most recent PSA on twitter:

A twitter exchange between Alex Hirsch and Laura S, the director. Alex Hirsch: Love these shorts! Do these two have names, other than “Uninformed Guy In Green Shirt” and “Useful Updates Glasses Guy?” Laura S: We actually call your character TV Man in production while the other is just Adam Alex: Hmmmm… what about Misterman Guyfella and Umbert Actually Laura: Okay but what about green husband and pink husbandALT

Which led to:

twitter exchange, continued. Moss Lawton: has anyone drawn yaoi of them yet Laura: Someone got close but not enough and I'm WAITINGALT

And finally, the art that kicked this whole thing off:

tweet from @jam_etc_art, showcasing flowery art of the two characters embracing, in the style of classic yaoi manga. The caption reads: this is what I do with my time when I wait for shots to render at like 9 at night. it's for the cause.ALT

So, because this is the animation industry, everyone immediately jumped onto the new ship and started drawing fanart for it, ranging from silly doodles to full art pieces

art of the characters as the yaoi template meme.ALT
art of the characters as the "he's an ally, I might have a chance!" stucky drawing.ALT
cutesy art of the two characters embracing surrounded by a mix of cute stickers and union phrases.ALT
art of the characters as the vocaloid butterfly headset drawing.ALT

AWI themselves are fully supportive of this and see it as a great way to spread awareness and get people to engage with the union. Even the Canadian Animation Guild posted about it. We are genuinely helping their cause by posting yaoi art. This is a good thing. Great, even.

TL,DR: People are showing support for and actually helping negotiating animators by posting yaoi art of characters from their PSAs.