psychonnect_rozen 585 Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) I can't think of anything else other than the fact that if I say I like X Japan or any other mainstream VK band like Diru or The Gazette I will be labeled a "fake VK fan" or whatever. EDIT: Oh, and when people say stuff like: "What is this VK faggot shit? Why don't the dress up like REAL metalheads like SLAYER!!???" Or "WOW THE GAZETTE TOTALLY RIPPED OF DIRU!!! RUKI IS HOTTER THAN KYO!!!!!!" I mean, Ruki is hot and all but chill the f out bro Edited May 28, 2019 by psychonnect_rozen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gesu 1537 Posted May 28, 2019 "You're not a real fan unless you've listened to VK for x amount of years", or "unless you've listened to x amount of bands". I fucking hate that. How are they gonna listen to VK for x amount of years or listen to x amount of bands if you try to kick 'em out of the fandom? For the first example, by the time they come back after the specified number of years, they're not gonna know anything new because they left due to peer pressure, so they may as well have just stayed. 3 1 Miku70, Nighttime Jae, ShTon and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
secret_no_03 959 Posted May 28, 2019 You should have been here when (insert band) got started, those shows were the real shows, that was the best time to be a fan. I mean, I will admit the joys of loving a smaller band means more intimate venues rather than giant stadiums and them looking like ants. 1 1 Gesu and Komorebi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suji 8317 Posted May 28, 2019 i have some super ultra rarez but I'm not going to share them because I'm an asshole 6 2 1 1 nomemorial, returnal, Ruri and 7 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himeaimichu 1535 Posted May 28, 2019 "[insert band here] is totally copying [insert other band here] and you should be mad about it!" 4 ShTon, yomii, suji and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psychonnect_rozen 585 Posted May 28, 2019 25 minutes ago, Gesu said: "You're not a real fan unless you've listened to VK for x amount of years", or "unless you've listened to x amount of bands". I fucking hate that. How are they gonna listen to VK for x amount of years or listen to x amount of bands if you try to kick 'em out of the fandom? For the first example, by the time they come back after the specified number of years, they're not gonna know anything new because they left due to peer pressure, so they may as well have just stayed. I only got into VK since October of last year. If anyone with that kind of attitude found out, they'd be quaking 1 Gesu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FOSCOR70 56 Posted May 28, 2019 They say everything in sarcasm or irony. 1 2 returnal, Ruri and Miku70 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nekkichi 6043 Posted May 28, 2019 3 hours ago, psychonnect_rozen said: "WOW THE GAZETTE TOTALLY RIPPED OF DIRU!!! RUKI IS HOTTER THAN KYO!!!!!!" both statements are pure facts and you'll have to deal w it mamaw x 1 suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghost 2687 Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, psychonnect_rozen said: "WOW THE GAZETTE TOTALLY RIPPED OF DIRU!!! RUKI IS HOTTER THAN KYO!!!!!!" I'd love to see Ruki pull the Lotus Kyo or Adidas-kei looks. Edited May 28, 2019 by ghost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted May 28, 2019 ''Audience members taking photos of bands at lives is in fact a bad thing and should be forbidden, even abroad'' 1 WhirlingBlack reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Biopanda 2675 Posted May 28, 2019 "Hi" 1 2 1 Tokage, suji, WhirlingBlack and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
platy 3018 Posted May 28, 2019 "You only listen to post 2010 VK? I, an intellectual individual, avid connoisseur of the Visual Kei scene with peak music taste know that only obscure 90s bands with unpronounceable names count as true VK" 6 1 1 returnal, Komorebi, Gesu and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gesu 1537 Posted May 28, 2019 3 hours ago, platy said: bands with unpronounceable names count as true VK True, dat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruri 278 Posted May 28, 2019 jajajajajajajajaja XD 1 1 platy and suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CAT5 9075 Posted May 28, 2019 "My absurdly high IQ, essentially, prevents me from enjoying music as the commonfolk do, so I choose rather to pontificate on the inadequacies of the prevailing tastes in the community and rationalize my own empirically superior preferences (by which I was informed were empirically superior by other empirically superior individuals via the most prestigious of subreddits), thereby falsely elevating my own sense of self-worth and triumphantly masking my insecurities in my own music taste." also "Chorus deficits" 1 1 1 enyx, platy and monkeybanana4 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suji 8317 Posted May 28, 2019 i didn't steal these rips, i got the cds from my cousin upstairs ❤️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nomemorial 341 Posted May 28, 2019 13 hours ago, suji said: i have some super ultra rarez but I'm not going to share them because I'm an asshole god thisthisTHISTHIS the culture of "give me an EQUALLY RARE mp3/PV/etc. if you want this intangible file" has always been so bizarre to me. Also, so many people in the scene give off this vibe of band/artist fandom ownership, like they're more entitled to be a fan than someone else. Seems kind of esoteric, but I can't be the only one who notices this? 2 1 1 suji, astra☆, returnal and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeybanana4 1732 Posted May 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, nomemorial said: Also, so many people in the scene give off this vibe of band/artist fandom ownership, like they're more entitled to be a fan than someone else. Seems kind of esoteric, but I can't be the only one who notices this? Yeah, I remember seeing it around on places like LiveJournal and Tumblr (especially on member-centered communities/pages - i.e. "[insert bandomen's name]_a_day_community) I don't think anything is wrong with the communities itself, but that kind of behavior doesn't make sense because each fan in said communities like the same bands/people, right...? Some things I will never understand ^^; 3 Gesu, Miku70 and nomemorial reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aferni 2381 Posted May 28, 2019 your fave band sucks xoxoxo Or let me follow this band I dont like to make it worse for the people who do like this band. 3 Gesu, Miku70 and monkeybanana4 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatNorthernVK 183 Posted May 28, 2019 I remember someone asking for links to files back on inertia’s board, what must have been 14-15 years ago. Someone honestly responded; ”Why don’t you just buy the CDs, instead of being a leech?” Yes, because someone back in 2004 can just walk to the store and buy whatever VK CD they want, or just go on to Western iTunes, and have the whole world at their fingertips. Or, they could blindly buy a $40 CD. Amazin’! 4 monkeybanana4, Miku70, ShTon and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites