>>16901077"I can't, unless you consider the Oogieloves a financial success."
"I do not."
"Then I believe my hands are tied."
"It's just--I mean--take a gander at THIS piece for example, it can't go two scenes without someone getting their bodies beaten to a bloody pulp. For what purpose? Entertainment values? Is there someone legitimately getting a kick out of this?"
"I don't know--but let's be legitimate about the situation here. If you were to give a man--ONE man, complete control behind a work of fiction, and then delegate the core part of that fiction to a small group of followers, let's be honest--what kind of person would want to fund such an idea?"
"What kind of person would be interested in reading something like that? It boggles the mind."
A) Interrupt them with an awkward cough.
B) Up the body count.
C) Someone else breaks the fourth-wall.