closed, just silly shenanigans

[strawsandals]

In which three boys meet a cat boy for the first (???) time. Sorry, Sayaka. This is stupid.

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[bloodweapon]

[out here doing god's work]

...I have no idea what that means.

[townmusician]

Haha, oh no.

[That's more at the realization he now has to explain what an otaku is to a fantasy world catboy.]

An otaku is like... have you ever met anyone who's like, super into fictional characters? Like, they like characters from [...] books more than people? But they're kind of like... creepy, no-life weirdos

[bloodweapon]

[Considering the blank staring, no. He has never met anyone like that.]

Are there people that obsessed with fiction? I suppose there wouldn't be a word for it if there aren't, but... That sounds dreadfully lonely.

[the poor otakus :( ]

[townmusician]

I guess...? Except most otakus don't care about real people and look down on them for being normies, so they do it to themselves.

[He's had to deal with his fair share of otakus, what with being in the entertainment biz and being signed to one of the biggest labels... Not all of them are as charming and emotionally intelligent as Rokuya. He's a rarity, honestly.]

[bloodweapon]

Ah, so it's an endless cycle they perpetuate.

[Nods, that makes sense. Some people do be like that.]

What do they have against real people?

[destage]

[...Sayaka is taking one look at this conversation and shaking her head. Haruka how could you do this--]

Usually, at...least from what I've heard, it's because they don't think that real people live up to the expectations that they've gotten from their books and fantasies. They think real people should live up to those standards, and when they can't, they can get a little...

[said in the tone of someone who has ABSOLUTELY dealt with her fair share of them--]

...Opinionated. I don't know if that's a universal experience, though; Isumi-kun could probably give you a different answer.

[bloodweapon]

[Ah, so Sayaka has had to deal with them personally...]

Ah, so they place their expectations on others and get angry when other people have their own thoughts and feelings.

[That makes more sense! Though also: what the fuck.]

I am sorry you've had to deal with such a thing in the past.

idol industry talk cw

[destage]

It's okay. They're unfortunately the people we've had to play to the most; they're the ones who drive our sales and line the managers pockets, so the managers just love them dearly and insist that we have to be perfect for them.

[do not get her STARTED on gachikoi and unicorns. the worst types of people around.]

...I'm so glad I can be honest about how I feel about them. They can be pretty awful sometimes, but they're mostly just...kind of pathetic deep down.

[townmusician]

[Shrug!]

I couldn't tell you. I think some of them just look down on real people for just being... average. Don't know for sure.

[bloodweapon]

They certainly sound like... interesting individuals.

["interesting (negative)"]

Have you dealt with many of them?