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LexiLuvsKirby
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LexiLuvsKirby wrote:
What's the most important franchise (books, movie, show, band etc) to you? The one that shaped who you are as a person? Why?
Mine is unironically probably SpongeBob . That man shaped my developing sense of humor as a kid and taught me you're always a kid at heart so be who you are. To this day I can't eat pizza without going KRUSTY KRAAAAB PIZZA IS THE PIZZA FOR YOU SND MEEEEE lmfao

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i think every interest i've ever had shaped me a little bit, i don't think i have one major thing that changed me in a major way... although the stuff i liked as a kid probably laid out the blueprint for everything else, but even then i think i've changed from then

most recently six feet under maybe

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LexiLuvsKirby wrote:

Stupot wrote:
i think every interest i've ever had shaped me a little bit, i don't think i have one major thing that changed me in a major way... although the stuff i liked as a kid probably laid out the blueprint for everything else, but even then i think i've changed from then

most recently six feet under maybe

That's another way to see it I didn't really think of that

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LexiLuvsKirby wrote:
Ps what is six feet under

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glowed wrote:
one direction :3
I started listening to them in 2012 and the fandom spaces really helped me learn how to socialize and speak English in a non-school setting. and later it led to reading gay fanfiction and realizing that oh maybe you don’t go to hell for these things! so yea I definitely would not be the same person had it not been for 1d lol

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…… embarazzin…..

hetalia

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Fairy tail :cry

I was a friendless lil kid I filled my whole life w fairy tail

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Hauru wrote:
this might seem a very weird choice to some people but it was vampire knight... i watched it in my formative years and it was one of my first anime outside from the mainstream ones. I made her whole character (minus the weird shit iykyk) my personality including her name. Her looks esp the short hair era was the base for all of my characters in games or drawings. Also like the relationship dynamic with her and zero i wouldnt say the anime/manga itself is something that is important to me but it did shape a lot of my views on beauty and it reflected itself in my art a lot which is important to me lmao

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Hauru wrote:
oh and a game called aura kingdom. I played it religiously until i got banned but i still made accounts after that cause it was literally my life

i met so many ppl on there but i found out just recently that they merged servers bcs of low player activity which is kind of sad bcs i only remember it as something that many ppl played at the time-- girlsgogames was something that shaped me as well lmfaooo

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pretty little liars

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I love to talk about this, so sorry in advance X) For me it's Monster High and Attack on Titan.

I discovered Monster High when I was a kid, and I think that's the earliest form of hyper-fixation I can remember. I knew so many medias related to it, so many ghouls, including the ones that exists only in special episode like Jane Boolittle or Gooliope Jellington (proud to still have the dolls !). I so religiously collect every accessories and diary included in the doll box that I refuse to buy ones in the second hand that don't include everything. I ended up giving it up when bullying was becoming too intense and I got convinced that continuing to "act childish" was the reason to it (note, I was only around 10yo-). I was devastated when the time I was finally able to make peace with it and appreciate Monster High without fear was not long after the gen 1 was permanently removed from toy stores. And when the gen 3 arrived, well... I hated it so much. I could go for literal pages about everything that's wrong with it but to make it short, they completely destroy the important and meaningful parts of the legacy just to appeal to parents, and threw a bunch of random performative representation just to say "see the gay autistic folks ? We made something for you !".

As for Attack on Titan, I discovered it via some of my very first friends when I was pre-teen (who also introduced me to creepypastas, but we're not talking about that X) ). The season 2 was out since not that long at that time, it was my introduction to the more mature world of mangas and animes and I LOVED IT. I obsessed over one character in particular, Hanji Zoe, because I was told to watch the anime after someone said that I looked like them. And they were right, I even had the exact same haircut at that time. As I grew up and lived trough lots of bad experiences, I ended up noticing that I was developping and maturing at the same time as Hanji was developping and maturing in real time by Isayama, via scan releases of chapters. And some of the most gut wrenching ones were published when I was at my lowest. Because of that, I forbid myself to finish the manga X) I only have one chapter left to read, and I'll read it once my life get better. Until then, the story won't truly be over for me, and I won't have to spend new weeks sobbing in my bed-

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TarranttHightopp wrote:
Ps what is six feet under

it's a tv series!

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devilcake wrote:
…… embarazzin…..

hetalia

this is so gay

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Moshroom wrote:
I love to talk about this, so sorry in advance X) For me it's Monster High and Attack on Titan.

I discovered Monster High when I was a kid, and I think that's the earliest form of hyper-fixation I can remember. I knew so many medias related to it, so many ghouls, including the ones that exists only in special episode like Jane Boolittle or Gooliope Jellington (proud to still have the dolls !). I so religiously collect every accessories and diary included in the doll box that I refuse to buy ones in the second hand that don't include everything. I ended up giving it up when bullying was becoming too intense and I got convinced that continuing to "act childish" was the reason to it (note, I was only around 10yo-). I was devastated when the time I was finally able to make peace with it and appreciate Monster High without fear was not long after the gen 1 was permanently removed from toy stores. And when the gen 3 arrived, well... I hated it so much. I could go for literal pages about everything that's wrong with it but to make it short, they completely destroy the important and meaningful parts of the legacy just to appeal to parents, and threw a bunch of random performative representation just to say "see the gay autistic folks ? We made something for you !".

As for Attack on Titan, I discovered it via some of my very first friends when I was pre-teen (who also introduced me to creepypastas, but we're not talking about that X) ). The season 2 was out since not that long at that time, it was my introduction to the more mature world of mangas and animes and I LOVED IT. I obsessed over one character in particular, Hanji Zoe, because I was told to watch the anime after someone said that I looked like them. And they were right, I even had the exact same haircut at that time. As I grew up and lived trough lots of bad experiences, I ended up noticing that I was developping and maturing at the same time as Hanji was developping and maturing in real time by Isayama, via scan releases of chapters. And some of the most gut wrenching ones were published when I was at my lowest. Because of that, I forbid myself to finish the manga X) I only have one chapter left to read, and I'll read it once my life get better. Until then, the story won't truly be over for me, and I won't have to spend new weeks sobbing in my bed-

omg monster high is so real winx too

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Hauru wrote:
the downfall of monster high dolls gotta be studied i absolutely hate how they took the whole message of uniqueness away from the monsters the more gens released

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Hauru wrote:
the downfall of monster high dolls gotta be studied i absolutely hate how they took the whole message of uniqueness away from the monsters the more gens released

Omg EXACTLY ! Monster High was unique, the whole point was to reapproriate being a monster ! Every ghoul had a strong and a unique personality and expressed it trough well worked fashion style, they had friends, dreams, hobbies, classes. I remember even buying some of those teen-like magazines but immersed into the Monster High universe, and the taglines of it was always that it's cool to be different and weird, be happy with who you are and you can live amazing experiences ! But overtime, money became more important than the message of Monster High, and they started to cater more and more to parents. And now, they are trying to appeal to "today's kids" but in such bad taste.

My best example of performative representation from them is with Frankie, Cleo and Clawdeen. For years everyone has been wanting queer relationships in Monster High, and the ghoul that was viewed as the perfect sapphic symbol was Clawdeen. She was the lesbian awakening of so many girls, and one of the few popular ghoul to be single. But what did they do instead ? They broke up one of THE iconic couple, Cleo and Deuce, and put Cleo with Frankie, even tho they shouldn't really have that much chemistry ? And it's only after the community yelled for months that they put Clawdeen with Toralei ?? Her, really ??? The main defense I heard for those couples is "but they changed their personalities, don't use the first gens as example", but it's such an awful thing to do to the ghouls. Where are their vibrant personalities ? Why are Cleo and Toralei acting like super nice girls now ? There's no place for genuine character development anymore, they are just empty puppets for Mattel to put all the buzzwords they want for profit. I will admit tho, some changes make total sense and are genuinely nice representation, it make sense that Frankie who frequently lose her limbs ends up with a prosthetic. But they literally had a whole species that had a speech impediment, Ghoulia and the other zombies, and they gave them a voice now ?

I personally would've loved if they did something similar to My Little Pony, where the new generation means straight up new generation of characters. That would've been awesome honestly, I love learning about new ghouls, and it wouldn't just destroy all the symbolism of the OG ones !

I'm sorry for the long comment, I'm always so happy to find people who agree with the poor execution of the gen 3 X) I could also ramble about how their fashion sense is now just a vomit of colours, and how some physical changes can only be explained with "girls brain like popping colors !", mainly thinking here about the pink Lagoona BLUE :') Or how they still try to profit out of the now nostalgic adults, by selling limited edition gen 1 dolls for around 100 bucks that get sold out in a second (triple that price for the horror movies collection). The more you piece all those events together, the more it feels like a fever dream !