#I think it's just easier to doomscroll/hate-read stuff since there's more real news there?

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1, 9, 21 for tristrat for the fandom ask game!

Oooh thanks so much for the ask!!!! :D

1. My favorite thing about the fandom

I mentioned how small the fandom is in a different answer, but another thing I think is fun about the tri strat fandom is that I rarely come across two people with the same favorite character! It might just be a side effect of the game's cast being so large, but it's really neat to me that people have found so many different characters to love even outside of the main cast. As I've done some of the artbook translations, it's been really cool to see different people comment on the posts with really in-depth thoughts on characters that I initially didn't pay much attention to.

9. Is there anything in general I wish more people in the fandom talked about?

Hmmmmmm tbh I don't know! I think I've been obsessed with tri strat for long enough that it's rewired my brain a bit and I really honestly don't often come across a tri strat post that doesn't hit me with an instant shot of dopamine. The other day I was reading a post from someone who had actively disliked the game and was making some notes of different criticisms they had, and the whole time I was just nodding along like "yeah yeah those are some good points actually" and I just really sincerely had a fun time reading it. I think I just like hearing anything people have to say about it hahaha.

21. An event or a conversation within the fandom I remember vividly

First thing that comes to mind is doing the whole frederica vs. cats final in the tournament a while back! I threw the cats in there on a whim and didn't expect them to be nearly as popular as they ended up being, and the whole thing ended up super fun. Reading through the tags and just generally getting to see everyone's opinions on all of the characters was really interesting to me too.

ALSO bonus thing was getting the tri strat zine when that came out a while back!!! I kept meaning to make a little post just saying how cool it was, but fr it was really such a neat project and I was so psyched to get my copy when it came in the mail. I love getting to see all the different little ideas and headcanons and ships that people have come up with in the fandom, and the zine was especially neat since it had a lot of people from over on Twitter that I haven't seen as much stuff from since I don't go over there super often