Damn, I was just about to make that joke.

Button is about to get justice on Zombie Button.

I mean look at the shows Button so calm and not at all raging. Give me back the wacky insane Button!

So Button is calling Button sus?

@Phantom Rider  
Well, blimey! What are the odds we were both thinking that?

@Background Pony #D26F  
And then forgot he was a changeling

I think the lighter-brown Button Mash is really a Changeling who copied Button Mash incorrectly. He shall henceforth be known as Mutton Bash!

@Selaphiel  
He was. Did you see Hearts and Hooves Day?

I think the term is “twins separated at birth”

@Mugen Kagemaru  
The other guy Maddox?

“I’ve found you… FAKER!”
 
 
“Faker? I think YOU’RE the fake Button around here. You’re comparing yourself to me? Hah! You’re not even good enough to be MY faker!”
 
 
“I’LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!”

@sigh
 
There’s a difference.
 
Because that humor towards Jan comes off more as attacks than comedy.
 
At least in my perspective.

@CrassMetalHead  
If we can’t find humor in our pain then what are we left with?

@Wiimeiser
 
Depends on whether or not you liked Jan’s content.
 
Personally it sucks since Jan put a lot of effort on both Ask the Crusaders, Button’s Adventures and his other projects…and yet Hasbro decides that since Button has attracted attention, why not C&D Jan since it’s their brand, despite the fact the fandom does stuff much more past Jan’s little projects.
 
Doesn’t help some animators treat Button Mash as more of a joke and do C&D Jokes, because yes, mock the fact a fellow animator just his hard work.
 
stilldisgustedbythatCutieRemarkPrequelanimation

@Background Pony #A003  
Are they still hitting us hard after 8 months, or has the storm calmed for now?
 
Still think whatever resulted in Button’s redesign here was the whole reason Jan in particular got hit…

RIP Jan’s pony comics / animations, you will be missed.
 
It really shows how fast time passes, because it doesn’t seem that long ago that he was at the height of his popularity… doing live streams often and with many projects on the go (that will now never see the light of day, sadly).
 
When it comes to the fandom, Hasbro was floored during the first two seasons or so, and turned a blind eye to fan projects / episode uploads / etc… to increase the show’s own popularity and thus make much, much more money than they ever intended.
 
Around the time season three started though, everything changed. There was no need to cater to the fans anymore because the show’s success / money-making was set in stone at that point, so Hasbro started trimming off the branches so to speak, one after another. Which is a very dirty move, ignoring legal issues to make money and then using them once you have. I’d sooner have had Hasbro crack down on things from the start instead of playing the fandom like a fiddle.
 
Season three and onward has seen a steady decline in the fandom, the “golden age” as it were was the first two seasons. I still think what Jan tried to do with Button (making a spin-off series) was a dumb move that was probably the biggest reason he had the hammer come down on him, but it’s likely the C&D would’ve happened in time regardless of that. Because the grace period was over almost as soon as season three started, and the fans weren’t needed to hype up the series anymore.
 
Such a shame though, because at the time the C&D first happened, he had like three or four projects on the go that would’ve been awesome to see.

@Keith Mowz
 
Amen to that.  
Even if they go as far as to insult one’s intelligence over a kid’s cartoon.
 
I’ve really just don’t wanna bother with him.

@CrassMetalHead  
That’s why you do what I did and literally don’t respond to them whatsoever.

@Background Pony #060B
 
@Blissey1
 
To go into more detail, a user getting on people’s case for feeling sorry for Jan.
 
I’m just here going “WELP”.

@Background Pony #060B  

 
you mean just one person arguing

Can we just all drop this subject? It’s getting to the point where there are practiclly no comments about the art itself and just people arguing over JanAnimations. The darker Button on the picture is the one from Hearts and Hooves Day, thus not involving him at all. I’m not even going to say what side I’m on, because it’s not worth it. When an image gets tagged +drama in the comments, and that drama isn’t even about the picture, it’s time to drop it and move on.

@RaawShark
 

 
and
 

 
seriously the troll bait is so obvious now you’re resorting to the “IT’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR ME TO BE A PRAT :D”.

@CrassMetalHead  
Freedom of speech? Ever heard of it?

@Keith Mowz
 
One which I don’t know about. (Not very tech savy).