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[ SECRET POST #5561 ]

⌈ Secret Post #5561 ⌋

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*obligatory Vagrant Story response* :P I've written half a million words just for my primary ship in that fandom and literally 1/3 of the fics on AO3 for the fandom as a whole are mine. Sometimes I wish I could think of a way to file off the serial numbers because I'd probably reach a WIDER audience with "original fic".

There are a lot of older things I love that once had big fandoms and are now tiny fandoms. Suikoden, Get Backers, Yami no Matsuei. Just not that tiny. Though I guess English-language Eroica fandom was always kind of tiny, now that I'm thinking about it.

Edited 2022-03-29 01:04 (UTC)

G-d do you ever shut UP about Vagrant Story???

Occasionally.

<3 you guys. Thanks for the support. Though honestly, fair question - on Facebook I jokingly added "Director of Propaganda at Mullenkamp" as part of my work history starting in 2001, hahahah.

But also I am happy to talk about any of those other small fandoms. Or large ones like Ace Attorney and Star Trek and Pokemon and Final Fantasy (and is Tiger and Bunny still huge? Well, it will be again soon, probably), but obviously not in this thread about small fandoms.

Honestly if anyone was going to complain about me talking about something too much I figured it would be either Buck Rogers or Richard Shindell, since I know like no one else who is as fond of either as I am. :D

Does pantswarrior talk too much about Vagrant Story? I never noticed. I wonder if it's because when someone brings up a fandom I'm not into, I stop reading and find a comment that I'm interested in instead of getting a bug up my ass about people liking things I don't.

*makes mental note to stop spacing out secrets for my handful of fandoms that I'll never shut up about, just to annoy you some more*

Seriously if you don't care about a particular fandom or even a particular poster, just keep scrolling, wtf.

That's rude and mean.

Fuck off.

It’s one of their main fandoms, and they are allowed to talk about it whenever they want. You should just ignore it if it bugs you that much instead of being a whiny brat about it.

They talk about different fandoms all the time as well. They mentioned several anime and manga they like, as well as their related fandoms in the very comment you’re yelling at. And I’ve seen them mention original Star Trek and Mana several times with no Vagrant Story mention in sight.

But the thing is, it would be fine if they did legitimately always talk about Vagrant Story. Because there’s obviously no rule about it. And because your participation in threads where they talk about it is entirely voluntary. Just like nobody is putting a gun to your head to force you to read them talk about it.

They even self-deprecate in their comment by saying “obligatory Vagrant Story response”, because they’re self-aware unlike you. And they’ve also been given shit for it before as well. Either by other immature assholes, or just you whining about it before now.

Lastly, this entire thread was about the smallest fandoms we’re all in, and if this isn’t the most ideal time for them to bring up Vagrant story, I don’t know what is. Because as they say, 1/3 of the fic on AO3 for the fandom as a whole was written by them. It’s that small, being a game that came out a awhile ago. This thread was perfect for them to mention Vagrant Story, and you’re acting petulantly about it for no reason, despite nobody making you read it as I said. This comm doesn’t belong to you, and you don’t get to dictate what fandoms anyone brings up just because you have a bug up your ass about it. It’s admirable that they’re still so dedicated to it, and nothing you can say will matter.

We're here to talk about our fandoms, dumbass if you aren't interested then just scroll the fuck on.

I'm not mad about you going on about Vagrant, live your best cosplay fic writing life! I mean, it's a forum and you're free to share whatever -- I always talk about the same shit too and I've found at least one or two other anons who happily join me :)

(I'm one of the resident thirst mongers on this site lol)

Hahahah, I remember someone complaining about multiple Pedro Pascal thirst secrets and I noted that even though I don't really "get it", at this point I find it amusing, like a running gag around here. So indeed - if you've got something that makes you as happy, run with it!

Plus, it's not like I only talk about VS. I also talk about bunnies. A lot. I don't think I'd be alive now if not for those two subjects.

AYRT

Exactly!!! (while I'm not a recent Pascal poster, I have submitted to the thread AT LEAST one Pedro Pascal secret in the past/during the pandemic)

Also, sharing what you love is fun (and I'm glad you have things that help you get through life like VS and bunnies -- I always appreciate your costume posts and the bunny pics when you share them :). )

Aw, thanks, anon.

Here - have a picture of my trickster boy Logan pretending to simply be cute as if he is not preparing to unleash some sort of havoc. :D

Re: Your smaller fandoms

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Re: Your smaller fandoms

pantswarrior - 2022-03-29 15:10 (UTC) - Expand

You’re awesome, and I love reading whatever posts you make, even when I’m not part of the fandom or interested in the work! You have an infectious energy for the things that you’re passionate about, and I find it relatable!

Plus, I love your amazing cosplay and adorable bunny pics!!

Thank you, anon! And yeah, I definitely have some passions. Or hyperfixations. But since they're harmless, why not passions? ;)

Like bunnies. Have a sun-warmed sploot. :D

Exactly! :)

Precious little floof!!

Holy shit, Yami no Matsuei... I completely forgot about that manga for more than a decade here. THAT SNAKE SCENE. It's that manga with the snake scene, right??? GOD.
I'm a fan of Eroica!!! I enjoyed the fandom back in early 2000 but I'm not from any English speaking countries and here we love Riyoko Ikeda. Have you read Orpheus no Mado? It's one of my favourite manga of all the time, but I fear it's still not available in English.

AND LOL I actually started Vagrant Story because of you a while ago. I hit a wall because of IRL responsibilities making my life hell ,but I 'm liking the game so far! Grindy, but fun. I'm probably 8 hours in. :)))

...I suspect there might be more than one manga with "that snake scene", lol. But it definitely did have a scene that would qualify as "that snake scene". XD

My ex got me into both YnM and Eroica, at approximately the same time... fortunately right around the time they started getting an English translation, she'd been reading via fan translations for years. And was very happy to finally have a Tsuzuki for her Hisoka, and a Dorian for her Klaus. Fortunately both of those two absolutely pushed so many of my buttons, set in cracktastic canon that could be hilarious or incredibly dark at various moments... yeah, that was pretty easy to get into. ;)

I did not know of Orpheus no Mado, but a quick google and ... okay that premise sounds really interesting and I should not spoil myself by reading more. (And I loved the Rose of Versailles anime, though never got to check out the manga!) Looks like... there is an online English translation available, just no official one. I wonder if the Japanese-language version might be among the massive amount of manga aforementioned ex left behind when she moved out - there was a bunch of things I didn't recognize in there, and I know some never got an official English release. ...Already been thinking I should sort through those and rehome them since the bookshelf they were on fell apart.

And hahah, yeah, VS can be grindy and I'm pretty sure nearly everyone hit a wall at least once. (Almost always in the Snowfly Forest, since it's like every version of the Lost Woods from the Zelda series simultaneously. XD And then there was that one block puzzle in the temple...) Plot tapes (on VHS!) were being circulated back in the day by those of us who pushed through it, so others didn't have to rip their hair out to see how the story progressed. ;) But glad you've had some fun with it so far!

There is ... definitely a SNAKE scene alright. And then the manga went on hiatus forever (together with X-1999 the one I'm most bitter about). u_u

Yeaaah, and then the mangaka came back and her art style had changed a bunch and I think she claimed there was no gay subtext or something...? That was, uh, pretty weird.

Ah, X-1999. I am only passing familiar with that because some friends wanted to do a cosplay skit where the joke was basically "It's not Sakurazukamori... it's TAKARAZUKAmori!" I don't think I could survive that fandom because the only character I really liked in Tokyo Babylon was Hokuto, and I liked her even better when I found out what happened in X. I get the impression that is not a popular opinion.

Hokuto is amazing!

Re: Your smaller fandoms

pantswarrior - 2022-03-29 23:49 (UTC) - Expand

Thanks for confirming my fuzzy memories. I remember buying that manga blindly expecting something cute like lawful drugstore and then that snake scene happened and I was scarred forever. I remember it being on hiatus, but I though it'd be finished by now... it was interesting enough, but I always thought that MAYBE IT WAS THAT SCENE THAT BLOCKED THE PUBLICATION!! It was just so random...

X-1999 being incomplete still haunts me. One of the main reasons why I try reading only finished series now, with one or two exceptions.

Eroica is actually a Yasuko Aoike manga, not a Riyoko Ikeda manga. The artstyles are very similar though, being from the same era of classic shoujo in the 70s, so it’s an easy mistake to make. I know, because I made that same mistake too lol.

I think that maybe we are talking about different manga, then. I was referring to this:
Héroïque – The Glory of Napoleon (栄光のナポレオン – エロイカ, Eikō no Naporeon – Eroika) is a manga by Riyoko Ikeda that is the official sequel to The Rose of Versailles. (from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eikou_no_Napoleon_%E2%80%93_Eroica )
It's very much possible it's not available in English, thus the misunderstanding.

Ohhhh, yeah, different Eroica. I was referring to "From Eroica With Love" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Eroica_with_Love). Indeed, similar art style, so I thought maybe you were just running with the theme of 70s shoujo manga being awesome and here's another good one by another well-known mangaka. :D

And yeah, I didn't know there was actually a sequel series to RoV either. :O Making a note to myself to actually use the whole title next time since I was not aware until now that there was another series that can be referred to as "Eroica".

Re: Your smaller fandoms

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