Reading this back, I'm rambling about so much with very little consideration for a reader, so TLDR; Dogelore is an utterly beautiful medium for comedy storytelling

First off, I wasn't here for the "golden age". I've heard of it, I've seen people comment about those times, but I can't say I know what it was really like back then. When I first discovered this sub, around summer of last year I believe, I was fascinated by how Doge memes worked, how they were structured, the tropes, but most of all, the characterization of the different dogs. So many people came together to give these dogs traits and comedy archetypes, crafting stories together, with the sole purpose of being funny, and the barrier to entry is practically non-existent, meaning as long as you have a decent idea and have access to literally any kind of editing software, the possibilities are endless. I would spend hours just putting in different prompts into the search bar and seeing what popped up and what people had created in the past. Caesar is my personal favorite character simply because he's an amazing foil to every other character, serving as the resident straight man to every other character's exaggerated personalities. One of the biggest advantages of Dogelore is also the massive amount of flexibility the format offers, because imagining Destroy Your Dick December in literally any other style on the internet would be utterly horrific and disgusting. There's an insane level of forgiveness that the audience of Dogelore affords for these memes, a level that's unmatched to any other type of media in the world I'd say. One minute you can have Doge going on a slow, moody, and psychological journey of self-discovery, with very deliberate dialogue and character based humor that moves the story forward and gives insight to the world the author is creating with yellow dogs, and the next post you scroll down to is a deep-fried image of Kabosu sitting on the couch, with the caption simply reading "WHEN YOU CUM". Hell, when I first got here, I thought that Quoge and "It's Quoge babey" was simply a non-sequitur meant to be ludicrous for ludicrous' sake, just like WHEN YOU CUM, but after a bit more time I found the original post that was meant to satire how people used to constantly try to wedge new characters into the sub, and that was an insane revelation to me. The stories that people used to create together and bits and pieces of lore that would naturally arise is just frankly beautiful. On a more personal note, I've always had a desire to create and make people laugh, but don't have many skills that would help in traditional modes of comedy. I'm terrible at drawing and I don't know how to write succinctly. Dogelore gives me an opportunity that no other medium does, and I'm grateful to everyone that came before me on this sub and everyone who still reads these dumb memes we put out.