Pibby only works if the darkness is a metaphor to decline in quality of cartoons like family guy or spomgebob and a metaphor of corporate greed. Pibby being a metaphor of dabbing and memes is stinky.
Idk why Disney refuses to do 2d animation when they have all the money in the world to give out budgets for them honestly. Your not a small indie studio, your a huge company. You can spare millions dollars budget for 2d animation just as much as 3d.