#ik its not exclusive to l2d since ive seen this type of stuff everywhere

[lycorid]

I want to ramble (read: complain) about some trends I've noticed in L2D communities.

There's a type of question I've never understood why people ask and it's the kind where it seems like they're asking for permission or others approval rather than "is this possible?"

A common one I've seen for L2D is people asking if they can import models that aren't anime-ish. It's such a strange question to me because like... why wouldn't you be able to? It's not like the program compares the PSD imported to some standard and rejects it if the eyes aren't straight from a Shoujo manga.

There's also the weird helplessness some people have in regards to doing anything. They can't look up guides, they need others to provide every guide. I'm not talking about asking for help finding something, I'm talking about the people who post daily asking for someone else to find basic guides for them. There's a ton of tutorials for the basics (XY rigging, eye movement, etc) that pop up with little effort. Genuinely takes more time and effort to ask someone else to find you something than to go to youtube and look up "live2d tutorial."

It's worse when you send them the guide then they ask why it isn't working when they're legit ignoring everything the guide explains.

Some have a more infuriating form of helplessness in that they reject any assistance that isn't quite literally holding their hand and maneuvering it for them. Suggest they read the official manual to get acquainted with L2D? Lmao nah. Suggest a tutorial that isn't exactly what they're trying to do but would give them the tools to do it? Not close enough.