u/Dry-Possibility9424

This is hypothetical - I know there has been absolutely no word of an omnibus as yet, as the stories are not finished, however, I couldn't stop to question. Would people rather Absolute Batman in it's own titled book in this format, or would people rather (a) book(s) with multiple characters in, as there are overlapping elements to the titles amongst the series.

I read a lot of the comments (including Ren's own comments and discussions) on one of the posts in here from approximately 3 months ago, and whilst I am vehemently against the use of generative AI, I found myself torn when I stopped to think about the exact use in question.

For anyone that doesn't like AI, you'd likely agree with me on the surface it just looks "ugly", and I think that's part of why I think this is one of the few times that AI is justified — it's a brutally ugly song, delving into lyrics of mourning, grief, and depression, and I just think the two mediums (the generative filter and the lyricism go hand in hand).

No, I don't like seeing or supporting generativeAI (generally), but from someone who's been on his own journey through his mind, I can safely say that the topics that Ren traverses through some of his downbeat songs are incredibly ugly.

I've been in the art community for years, supporting and engaging with non-ai artists, and providing my own works, and I've yet to see someone really capture just how much of a monster mental health can be, and seeing a music video or a streaming animated canvas (I think that's how Spotify classes it as) being generated in such a way that looks grotesque, and horrific really compliments the topic of the song.

People are welcome to challenge me, and I'd love to hear people out (I do attempt to discuss and really study various examples of the music industry and publish my thoughts online, and I love hearing other people's interpretations, and feedback), but truly - I just cannot imagine any other medium working so well to really get the point across. Using something ugly, to annotate an ugly topic, whilst resulting in such a beautiful, heartfelt, and impactful piece of art? I know Ren is unlikely to read this (I saw on his Reddit profile he said he was stepping away from Reddit, due to the effect that social media has on mental health, and I admire that), but I'd just like to reiterate that last part — Ren has turned not one, but two things that I personally deem brutally ugly, and made such a beautiful product out of them both. Bravo.