didn't have "mangaka decides to reveal that the popular gay ship actually turns out to be cousins 30 years after the manga started" on my 2024 bingo card
Vocaloid fans have become less forgiving of amateur music production as the fandom has matured.
For example, I don’t think hachi’s early work would have caught on if it was released now. top tier vocaloid songs are expected to have a smoother mix and instrumentation than was common in the day.
This is bad! We want the barrier to entry for VocaloPs to be low because amateurs are an important piece of the vocaloid ecosystem.
There is so much individuality and richness in hobbyist and one-bedroom projects. The culture would not be fun if every producer was polished and primed for their music career.
Let’s appreciate all the different pieces of vocaloid that make up the culture we love. And let’s make bad and silly fandom material. That is part of the fun.
Once while I was at work a grown ass man told me "no matter how tough you act you'll never be a man, just like I'll never be a woman" and I know he MEANT like "I'm tougher than you because women are weak" but I heard it in Queer and went "Oh.... sweetheart" and he just completely recoiled it was insane