No what I mean is, the difference between mermaids' age (as in bilogical so let's say 14) and then how they'd be really old if they were humans (like being 13-14 in mermaid age = 18 in human age because the aging process is different)
Exactly the issue I have with finding new vocaloid songs. I can think of a grand total of 2 modern producers that make happy, cute vocaloid songs: Jamie Paige and ilyeucli. IDK if irucaice counts because I only started listening to them just today.
My issue with modern Vocaloid songs as a fandom oldie is that they're just not as memorable as the songs that were published between 2008 and c. 2015. Might be just my age and a lack of time to really dig around for new songs compared to when I was younger, but newer songs simply don't stick around in my brain compared to the older tracks. There's even been a few cases where I save a song I initially like onto my YouTube Vocaloid playlist, forget about it for a while, then I come back to it and I realise it wasn't as interesting as I initially thought, so I delete it.
Controversial post incoming - I've long been baffled as to how the Western fandom adopted Ritsu and Ruko as LGBT icons, despite them being originally conceived as troll characters with LGBTphobic implications (and especially considering that Ritsu's creator has expressed support for Donald Trump in the past). At the very least, the "nothing is canon" rule has meant that Ritsu and Ruko have gained far more respectful interpretations over the years (their VBs actually sounding good also helps a lot).
I agree. Like when I was new to Vocaloid, like maybe a few months in, I only knew I think the Crypton 6, Teto, and maybe Gumi and Gackpo. And that was fine! When I interacted will more long-time fans, they were fine with that, and were friendly and helpful. But with these new fans, no particular hate to them by the way, they seem to take "Hey, do you know about x Vocaloid" as "Why don't you know x Vocaloid, loser" when that is NOT what the other person is saying. Like nobody is asking you to know every Vocaloid ever produced, they just want to know if you know a certain one!
You've just reminded me of the pain I used to experience around 2009 or so, when I'd sometimes come across people who'd stan Miku (for example), but literally didn't know any other Vocaloid other than her, and this was way back when the Vocaloid product pool was tinier than today. It got to a point where I noticed there was a hierarchy of "fanon discontinuity" within Vocaloid, where some people would only acknowledge Miku; some acknowledged Miku and the Kagamines but no-one else; some only acknowledged the Cryptonloids; some acknowledged the Cryptonloids, Gumi and Gakupo, etc.
Exactly! When I was new to Vocaloid, I only really knew about Miku and Gumi, though I did find out about Macne Nana and Yanhe pretty early, I think. I don't expect new fans to know every Vocaloid at first because I sure as hell didn't. I just expect people to actually look into the characters they claim to like. It seems stupid not to, IMO.
I don't understand how fans who join the Vocaloid / wider Vocal Synth fandom and claim to be huge fans can also refuse to look up anything about anything about the software itself, how Vocal Synth music works, the culture surrounding it, or even learn more about the characters.
