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What is The Mark Side?

THE MARK SIDE follows the life of MARK REED— an unconventional and flawed protagonist navigating a drama-filled life while pushing everyone to their limits in the meantime!

Filled with angst, complex relationship dynamics, LGBT characters, and comedy! A story with a deeper meaning than you’d think!

Throughout the show, I aim to tackle a lot of serious issues like mental health and abuse with morally grey characters.

Here’s a new and improved TMS introduction thread!

Featuring some new information for TMS’s returning audience! ★ Happy Indie Animation Day! Make sure to follow me for updates on the show and fun community stuff! Go to @ask-tms for fun ask blog shenanigans and check out themarkside.com for more!

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Anonymous asked:

is 'The Mark Side' episode 2 ever coming out ? You know, the 'Amazing Digital Circus' is already having episode 2 but 'The Mark Side' came out years ago and still no episode 2. :|

There is no set release date for episode 2 and I can’t currently give one unfortunately, as much as i’d like to. Just know it’s being worked on! 💖

But I can say though, Glitch (who is behind TADC’s production) is a studio with lots of employees, whilst I am a single person who is managing every single aspect of my production myself. So I don’t consider the two shows equivalent when it comes to their productions. TMS also has one animator, who is also myself. I’m not able to keep up with the pace of other productions because I am truly independent, the only additional crew are the (very talented) voice actors and a couple writers, most of whom also are also actors on the show.

I would absolutely love to get additional help but it’s not exactly easy to find people willing to assist in things like this merely for the hobby of it. So my stance (at least for the time being,) is that if I have the ability to do the job, I’m going to do it, whether I like doing it or not, and I plan to stick to this logic until hypothetically TMS generates an actual profit that doesn’t just go into funding the aspects I cant do. Which it is FARRR from. (episode 2 also technically has little/no budget, as the few aspects that are paid I fund myself) Essentially everyone currently working on it is doing it because they wanted to contribute, not just as another job.

I do plan to run a crowdfunding campaign after episode 2 is released and has been out for while to get 3 funded, and if it goes according to plan and then some, it shouldn’t take nearly as long as episode 2 took. And if it fails, i’ll still make it but it’d likely take just as long. (and be like, really really disappointing and demotivating) But that’s something that’d be quite a while away, I’m trying to focus on what’s going on in the present.

It is my absolute goal in life to be able to get TMS to a point where I can hire on additional crew members and be self sustainable like other successful indie productions but I’m nowhere near that point. Only time will tell if the whole show will be able to fully get to the finish line. I really hope it does. It’s what I’ve been aiming for for 8 years now.

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starphickitty asked:

Why does IMDB says that TMS is a "Adult animation"? You Sayed that is TV-14 ._.

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IMDB isn’t really a reliable source, but in general I agree with the statement. I’d classify TMS as a ‘young-adult animated series.’ AKA not suitable for young kids due to the language and mature topics. But it’s not explicit enough to be amongst the realm of TV-MA shows. In the US, the majority of 'adult shows’ are given a TV-14 rating. (It seems that even South Park is TV-14 nowadays??? SOMEHOW.)

Though with indie media, it’s hard to assign a strict rating, because there is no set of rules one needs to follow, the rating is up to the creator. I decide to roll with 'TV-14’ because to me, shows worthy of TV-MA ratings are ones that are heavily saturated with adult themes that no one under 18 should be exposed to. I don’t consider just saying 'fuck’ worthy of bringing a rating up to TV-MA. Teens swear, everyone knows that. TMS requires nuance to understand the story, character intentions, and certain sensitive aspects (which is a more adult aspect,) but both its characters are teens, i was a teen when i created it, and it appeals to teens, so I consider it a teen/young adult show.

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