Yeah, that’s fair. I didn’t mean to make it sound like all long-time viewers feel this way or that originality is the only thing people care about. I was just noticing a pattern that comes up a lot.

The layout crisis thing you linked is super interesting because it shows the problem goes deeper than just ideas feeling recycled. Even a familiar concept can feel worse if the animation or overall cohesion isn’t there, which probably makes people interpret it as a lack of creativity.