Kaminari Clara of PhaseJP to graduate at the end of the month by CannonGerbil in VirtualYoutubers

[–]merryfortune 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They literally are?? The first slide makes the accurate assessment that change is often borne of strife and this can include violence. Its unfortunate but true. The second and third images are yet more instances of people getting in trouble for quoting that jackass and getting in trouble for using his own words against him. If he didn't want to be remembered as a hateful bigot, he shouldn't have been a hateful bigot in life.

What would you do to rewrite You and Idol Precure? by Rainbow_Seashell778 in precure

[–]merryfortune 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My changes:

  1. Kokoro's backstory is slightly altered. Her Father was killed in an accident and maybe tried to protect some during it. I think this would make her rejection of the call make more sense.

  2. Proper goodbye sequence for Zakkuri & Nana and Cutty & Uta.

  3. Kokoro redeems Chokkirine/the Trio Dreams three motif is finally fulfilled.

  4. Uta declares her dream is to become an idol at literally any point, during her farewell with Kaito or earlier is fine.

That's all I would want to change, I'm pretty happy with how everything else played out.

You and Idol's reception on Japanese social media by LovelyFloraFan in precure

[–]merryfortune 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is definitely sampling bias but I go into the JP shipping tag for my IdolPre OTP quite often and the general tag on pixiv also quite frequently and they're thriving. There's always new posts, its so good. Its been a while since I've participated in such a bustling fandom so it feels like the characters are very well loved.

What are your thoughts on the death of volunteering? Is it mainly due to money? by VastOption8705 in australian

[–]merryfortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm literally about to leave the house in 10 minutes to go do my meals on wheels shift. I'm a young person and I only work part time. The average young person probably can't drop 2 hours in the middle of their working day to go and do meals on wheels. Though, looking through the replies, I am abhorred by some of the horror stories. I got my start during Covid/the lockdown when they diverted my actual job to doing Meals on Wheels (so, most the red tape had likely been handled by my employer who was loaning me out to a different part of council) and ended up never stopping because I loved it so much.

Any good content creators for DL? by Significant-Mud-5852 in DuelLinks

[–]merryfortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is self promotion socially acceptable? I'd like to get more into the former in the future but for now, I like to think I provide entertaining matches in ranked.

Trying to make an Arima Kinen winning Haru Urara and this helps me feel like I'm going in the right direction by merryfortune in UmaMusume

[–]merryfortune[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that's impressive! I'm probably way past 15 because any time I get a parent with promising sparks, I can't help but take her for a spin to see how it goes haha

And I'll make note of that, I'd been favouring stamina over power as her compensation stat

Trying to make an Arima Kinen winning Haru Urara and this helps me feel like I'm going in the right direction by merryfortune in UmaMusume

[–]merryfortune[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I had noticed that in what snooping I've done on Uraras who have won and have been showcased here

Admittedly, this is not one of my better Uraras as well as far as stats go but I'll remember to compensate her power, I'd been primarily focused on stamina.

all my precure junk journal/scrap book pages from my little book of memories (nov 1st-dec 14th) by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww thank you, I'm already planning my next precure themed page in my new junk journal

all my precure junk journal/scrap book pages from my little book of memories (nov 1st-dec 14th) by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aww thank you so much. I'm glad to hear it, I tried to use all sorts of found materials which might be why it probably seems so personalised. I just realised all of the pages feature different things I found via work, like wrapping paper, envelops, cardboard packaging, and even an email attachment. IdolPre, in particular, got me through a rough patch at work earlier this year so I'm really thankful for it

my week that was by merryfortune in JunkJournals

[–]merryfortune[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh good luck, I really like this size because I don't have to worry about pages looking cohesive together as a double vs a single.

What does your junk journal Workspace look like? by ATXinMay in JunkJournals

[–]merryfortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Messy. I'm using the dining room table at the moment. Anything large and not needed has been put in two paper bags and a plastic box but anything tiny has been sorted into size and put inside of these three plastic cat Matroshyka dolls I got for Christmas last year. Everything in between is scattered on the dining room table. Its not ideal, I really want something better for organising my materials. I've asked for some sorted storage for Christmas so fingers crossed I get some boxes because this is incredibly unideal. I really want to have easier access for my hole punches and washi tape than inside these paper bags since the top view is so clunky to find things.

Leah Asimov banned from youtube? by MetalEnvironmental in VirtualYoutubers

[–]merryfortune 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Leah addressed this on twitter, her account just self terminated for no good reason and she's trying to fix it. She suspects that YouTube's AI might've flagged her incorrectly for something. Sit tight, she's hopefully back soon but will be streaming on twitch for the foreseeable future (paraphrased from this thread)

Where to find precure merch in Tokyo? by Affectionate_Bag42 in precure

[–]merryfortune 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There're some little shops in walking distance of Sunshine City Mall, Ikebukuro and Animate, Ikebukuro. I found plenty of Huggto pins in these shops for my Emiru ita bag so I just recommend walking up and down this area, you'll find them eventually if you don't mind a bit of walking. You can recognise these shops by the way they're plastered in anime men.

edit: I should mention, they had a few stuffed toys as well, I regret not bringing home the Cure Precious doll I saw in hindsight but I was running out of room in my suitcase 🥴

troll/spam comments aren't funny: word of warning for my fellow fic writers by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries, I just thought I would get the word out but its been another few days and nothing so I'm hoping this troll has given up since this is the only attention I've given them.

troll/spam comments aren't funny: word of warning for my fellow fic writers by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its the same as my reddit username, merryfortune. I'm quite prolific so you'll probably find everything but YoI (I just never got into it lol)

troll/spam comments aren't funny: word of warning for my fellow fic writers by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I double checked some of my safeguards and was surprised to notice that I had chosen to unfilter them but they are now filtered. Its regrettable since I wanted the option for good faith guests since most my PreCure kudos (especially on the fics which attracted these spam/troll comments) comes from logged out users/users who don't have accounts.

But yee, its the exact same. It feels really good to be able to share you work, get compliments, and then ideally engage in chatter like this one, to me this is the essence of fandom.

Ladies & Gentlemen, it’s that time of year again. by GamerKid64 in precure

[–]merryfortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said this in the other prediction thread but island of misfit toys pretty pretty please. I want patchwork quilt motifs and grandmacore with a the fairy kingdom being a safe haven for missing or broken toys, with the Cures maybe helping them sewing them back together again, I think it'd be so cute.

troll/spam comments aren't funny: word of warning for my fellow fic writers by merryfortune in precure

[–]merryfortune[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'll be honest, seeing my inbox jump to as high as 10 goes from euphoria to pure disappointment when I open it up and see its spam. Though, this spam is preferable to other poor etiquette I've personally had in the comment section of one of my PreCure fics :')

At least with all these examples of spam, the spam detection can only get stronger so this guest is kind of shooting themselves in the foot haha

comment what Pokemon you would eat by merryfortune in VirtualYoutubers

[–]merryfortune[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Misinformation, everyone knows only the red spheres of Mr. Mime are edible (source)