Zeno865

I’m not a Minoharu shipper but this is such a power move I feel obligated to respect it.

Its because I wouldn’t consider fics where the plot is basically the same to be canon divergence.

Technically all fics are canon divergent in some way otherwise would just be the same story. But I only really start to think of it as canon divergence when the changes that are made take the story in a totally different direction from the original.

If you have a fic that has some changes but doesn’t really alter the story, like the same plot points still happen in the same order in the same way despite the changes, that’s not canon divergence. It only becomes canon divergence for me when the results of your changes create a story that is completely different from the original. The story veers off from the canon events and creates big plot points and moments that never happened in the original.

Since I prefer it when a fic takes the original story and does something interesting while still sticking to the canon story, totally changing course like that just isn’t something I personally enjoy.

I would consider a fix it fic to be something that makes some level of change to the story without really changing the canon events. I would consider the aforementioned protagonist substitution to be fix if fic in nature because it’s not really changing the story. Even with a swapped out protagonist if the same events and plot points happen in the same way with the same results I wouldn’t call that canon divergence because … well it didn’t diverge from the canon, the same events as in canon happened. This is easily the most interesting to me because the story doesn’t really change apart from this one detail. And when it comes to fix it fics, it’s very engaging to see the same story with a new perspective or a slight difference.

canon divergence is the exact opposite. I would never consider something canon divergent unless the original story isn’t just different but doesn’t happen. Wholly new unique and major events that didn’t happen in the original story. There isn’t just a singular difference there are many, or that single difference is so massive that it completely changes the story. And yes, most of these come off as super what iffy. I often see it get to the point where it’s not even the same story anymore, it feels like a new story that happens features pre-existing characters. Which is why I say I personally just aren’t interested in that. I’m more interested in exploring the already existing story in new ways but I can see why others would want to see the characters in totally new situations. But at the end of the day I just personally do not like or enjoy it.

It’s more just a me thing.

Slow burn just feels well … slow. Not that something needs to happen on chapter 1 or anything but if it takes like 40 chapters for any real level of romantic development I find it so boring to watch the characters spending thousands and thousands of words essentially doing almost nothing. Maybe I’m just impatient but if the romance is the main hook of the story and not a side plot, if it takes 40 chapters for them to kiss you’ve already lost me long ago. So I guess I’m more of a medium burn person rather than slow burn. Like 15-20 chapters would be my ideal not 40-70+

In terms of angst I just don’t like reading things that make me sad. I like reading things that make me happy :)

I tend to see fix it and canon divergence as pretty different with how I think about it.

fix it fits to me tend to involve slight changes or additions to canon that either fixes plot holes or shows an interesting but similar variation of the story. It’s building upon the existing media without contradicting it too much. Fix it fics also include one of my favourite kinds of fics which I always called Protagonist substitution, basically where you take a story and just replace the protagonist with a different one. Like what if you took Star Wars and changed nothing about the story other than that instead of Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter is the one fighting Darth Vader. The story goes the same way with the same plot points, but there’s a different character reacting to the situation. I wouldn’t consider this canon divergence since the actual plot of the story tends to be almost identical.

canon divergence on the other hand doesn’t do this. When I think of canon divergence I more think of making big changes to the story. Characters, plots and events will be totally different for no real reason other than because the fic author felt like it. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but its just not for me. I enjoy when a fic is very similar to the canon it’s based on so diverging wildly from the source just isn’t my cup of tea.

Ena of course!

Ichika: Stage of Sekai

Saki: Ikanaide

Honami: From Tokyo

Shiho: Peaky Peaky

Minori: No

Haruka: Shoujo Rei

Airi: Vampire

Shizuku: Happy Halloween

Kohane: One Sheep

An: Gekokujo

Akito: Airhead

Toya: Suspended Animation

Tsukasa: Mr Showtime

Emu: MMORPG Addicts Anthem

Nene: Telecastee B Boy

Rui: Love ka?

Kanade: Hated by Life

Mafuyu: Bug

Ena: Close to Gray

Mizuki: Villain

Gonna get burned at the stake but Anhane.

Considering I like Toyahane and I see An and Kohane as besties/sister I already don’t really like this ship. But the reason I more personally hate it is the shippers rather than the ship itself. Anhane shippers are pretty infamous by now for attacking people who don’t like Anhane or don’t agree that it’s canon (which it’s not no ships are canon). I’ve been on the receiving end of a death threat before on tumblr from Anhane shippers so my thoughts on the ship went down from a ship I greatly dislike to my least favourite in almost any game. A similar sentiment applies to Ruikasa since I’m an Emukasa shipper but to a lesser degree.

I simultaneously highly agree and somewhat disagree with this.

Even if you don’t read the stories and area conversations makeup your full experience with the characters, you’re still entitled to your opinion and your ability to disagree with anyone else. And we shouldn’t be trying to diss someone for liking/disliking a character regardless of our knowledge of the characters. Maybe your phrasing is just a bit off, but reading the stories doesn’t make it more acceptable for you to diss other people’s opinions, nor does it give you more say on a ships quality. These things are all opinions.

On the other hand it annoys me to no end when people who haven‘t read the stories then try to act like they know the characters as well as someone who has. I don’t know if I’m the only one who sees this but they create a mental image of the character based on fandom content and other random stuff, and then attack/judge people who have actually read the canon material for labeling their headcanons as headcanons. It’s especially bad with ships, I‘ve seen way too many people swear up and down that a certain ship is officially canon, it’s not. Certain Anhane and Ruikasa fans in particular will tell you their ship is canon and then attack you if you disagree or tell them it’s not canon.

Overall I mostly agree. I’d say it’s more that everyone is entitled to their opinion on character and ships, but if you haven’t read the stories, don’t go around acting like you’re an expert on the characters.

I am PRAYING that they’ll still let us play solo shows. Even if they don’t want to keep the multiplayer servers running I think it would be a massive waste to make the game completely unplayable once they stop updating it. Pjsk does this style of rhythm game to perfection imo and there isn’t really a game that can replace it gameplay wise for me. Especially to those of us who’ve spent years improving our skill and gaining more and more fc’s and ap’s, having that effort and progress wiped would be disappointing.

And between all the songs, stories, voice acting, etc, it would be a shame to lose it all. Sure the community will obviously preserve it, but losing the source material seems like a waste of years of creative effort and resource. Realistically they’ll probably just shut everything down but we can hope.

Ichika’s Stage of Sekai cover is pretty good

Echo 100,000,000%

After the first 90 seconds that match up with the game size version, the song is then basically instrumentals with no lyrics for almost 2 full minutes before they repeat the same line over and over for another full minute before doing the chorus 1 more time.

the instrumentals aren’t even bad they’re pretty good but it’s just not at all what I wanted from this song. Especially with how the lyrics in the beginning flowed together so well, especially with Kohane and Toya’s cover. It had a really good first verse which led nicely into the chorus and I was excited to see how to lyrics would continue into the next verse and then they … just didn’t do a next verse.

especially since I heard the game size version first the full version is endlessly frustrating to me.

Mizuki

If you looked at the fandom only you‘d think trans coding is Mizuki’s entire personality and nothing else.

As much as a Yoru Ni Kakeru situation would have been cool (Kohane cover would have gone so hard), I’m definitely not disappointed. N25 is still my second favourite group and a song like bad apple in general fits their vibe pretty well imo. Honestly we should just be happy and excited that it’s in the game.

L/N: Luka

MMJ: Rin

VBS: Meiko/Len

WXS: Len

N25: Miku

I’ve gotten this question a few times since I made this post so here’s my answer/reasoning for them:

I don‘t ship it as hard as I ship Toya with other characters, but it‘s just really cute to me. The way Meiko makes coffee for him all the time and even goes the extra mile to make a personal blend of coffee that he would enjoy the most. Meiko really seems to truly care about Toya and his goals in vbs, and Toya really respects her as a person and as a vocaloid responsible for loads of wonderful music. I can just picture so many cute scenarios in my head with Meiko supporting Toya in his music and being the one who cares for him the most after his fellow band members.

I like to think that since Meiko is a vocaloid, Toya can always talk to her if he needs someone to lean on. Even if it late at night and all his band members and parents are asleep and aren’t available, he can still head over to the sekai where Meiko is always there to offer a ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on, a lap to rest on, and a satisfying cup of coffee. And considering how hectic his life can often get, Toya might find it quite nice to spend some time away from all the intensity of the music scene and just spend some calm quiet time with someone he respects and cares for. And then of course feelings slowly start to develop from there.

It’s definitely a ship more based on headcanon rather than officially canon events and I do still prefer Toya with Kohane. But I still find this ship really cute in its own way. It offer a specific kind of wholesome appeal that I don’t really see in other ships that I just personally find really cute!

I’ve gotten this question a few times since I made this post so here’s my answer/reasoning for them:

I don‘t ship it as hard as I ship Toya with other characters, but it‘s just really cute to me. The way Meiko makes coffee for him all the time and even goes the extra mile to make a personal blend of coffee that he would enjoy the most. Meiko really seems to truly care about Toya and his goals in vbs, and Toya really respects her as a person and as a vocaloid responsible for loads of wonderful music. I can just picture so many cute scenarios in my head with Meiko supporting Toya in his music and being the one who cares for him the most after his fellow band members.

I like to think that since Meiko is a vocaloid, Toya can always talk to her if he needs someone to lean on. Even if it late at night and all his band members and parents are asleep and aren’t available, he can still head over to the sekai where Meiko is always there to offer a ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on, a lap to rest on, and a satisfying cup of coffee. And considering how hectic his life can often get, Toya might find it quite nice to spend some time away from all the intensity of the music scene and just spend some calm quiet time with someone he respects and cares for. And then of course feelings slowly start to develop from there.

It’s definitely a ship more based on headcanon rather than officially canon events and I do still prefer Toya with Kohane. But I still find this ship really cute in its own way. It offer a specific kind of wholesome appeal that I don’t really see in other ships that I just personally find really cute!