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prof-saxafras · 4 days

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This whole Brazilian Miku trend was really pushed miku into the same category as Garfield, at least as I pertains the sort of malleability of the design.

This is less about the actual “Miku from insert culture” trend, but about what that has started to spawn. I’ve seen necromancy miku, ork miku, airplane cockpit miku, hell I saw a car with some turquoise parts and immediately thought, hatsu-car miku.

Of course we’re still in the discovery phase as to how much we can mess with her design before it becomes unrecognizable, but from what I’ve seen so far, it can stretch pretty damn far.

My reference to Garfield was mostly to connect what we’re seeing now to a very tame version of something like r/imsorryjohn. All I believe miku needs to be an actual “successful” im sorry John-like is to tap into a pre-existing horror in the nature of hatsune miku as a program. I believe that there’s not only some very strong directions to take with the potential horror of hatsune miku, I believe that it’s only a matter of time before we start to see a deeper exploration of these implicit realities.

The main route that I’ve found is in miku’s existence as both an idol, and a program. While it might be a great marketing strategy, it also leaves her in a weird spot, used to share messages, but without a voice of her own. Meant to appeal to people but unable to interact with them. A great little dabble on this is Louie Zong’s “I’ll Sing Your Song”. (https://youtu.be/2rHIlStUv8A?si=mPjBB--hyaEE0Ykv) this a very introductory dive into the sort of melancholy that comes with thinking about miku deeper.

Of course, I might be wrong. But I’m excited to see what people will find in this inspirational little star going forward.