#related: jrock

[vampprince-sono]

imagine hating me and I'm just listening to Vkei bands that are either on hiatus or aren't around anymore

[naku-to-naku]

Realized I could post this here technically too haha. This was my final in my graphics design class, I had a lot of fun with it just messing around and learning the brushes and effects. Technically this is drawn over a picture of daoko so forgive me for that ;_; Anyways yeah used the kinoko flower girl album cover as the background cause that was the finalll wahoo.

[olderthannetfic]

Ok probably niche rant for this blog, but does anyone play both Project Sekai and Bandori? Because there's this continuous, evergreen wank in the Project Sekai community about whether the four male characters (out of 20 total characters) "hog the fandom's attention" too much and it's driving me crazy.

Basically, there are 5 units in the game with their individual stories (surprising well written for the Hatsune Miku gacha game, might I add). Three of them are all female (High school pop rock band, Idols, and Traumatized suicidal edgy kids united) and two mixed gender groups (cool street music, and comedic relief theatre kids). Long story short, the groups popularity usually go something like this: Edgy online circle > Funny theatre kids > Cool street music gang > HS rock band > Idols. Whenever someone laments the lack of popularity of the bottom two groups, they always make it about misogyny. And. Am I just missing something or is that order pretty much the expected result, even without the gender aspect?

Like the popularity curve for Bandori characters also looked very similar to this before it added new bands? (Crazy comic relief group > Edgy jrock band > Cool rock band > Idols > HS pop rock band). Bandori has no gender bias because it features exclusively girls.

Like this whole misogyny wank feels like something born out of complete ignorance of general fandom patterns which I wouldn't care about if I didn't feel like I was constantly being lectured and judged just for having a male favorite. And the kicker is, some of you may have noticed already, that the no. 1 in popularity is an all girl group??? There are so many reasons why the high school band (they were designed to be ~relatable~ and ~normal~ which gives them a bland vibe if you don't dig into them) and idol group (idol burnout has been a thing since like 2016 and that's why new music based 2d franchises have pivoted to bands, stage musicals, etc.) aren't popular. For once misogyny isn't a big factor. Please leave me alone.

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[vampyrluver]

About Me!

Hi! I am writing this to get rid of my carrd and have this replace it as a pinned post is much easier to update than a carrd site.

My name is Cal or Vampi <3

24 / any pronouns / Black / Aquarius sun, Libra moon, Gemini rising (I know...triple air sign...)

Resident Vampire lover, also aspiring academic. But im actually quite lazy and bad at reading. Currently Majoring in Anthropology with a Minor in Mythology and folklore, with my main focus being supernatural folklore and African folklore. I am in my last year of Undergrad and will probably be going to grad school for archiving, or museum studies or both.

Please talk to me about anthropology, folklore, mythology, vampires, supernatural beings, or anything related to humanities and social sciences. I love learning and most importantly i love yapping.

Outside of academics, heres a list of things i am insane about

Music:

Kpop (nct, onlyoneof, nmixx, le sserafim, gidle, seventeen, shinee etc), Goth music (with an emphasis on dark cabaret), hyperpop, cringe fansongs, alt rock, vkei, jrock in general, jpop, ethiopian rock music, ethiopian rap, alternative folk music, and metal.

Feel free to give music recs I am very open to just about any genre yes that includes country and rap! I love music so much <33333

Thangs:

vampires (duh), clowns, uncanny valley, dolls, lolita fashion, horror/thriller books/shows/movies (mostly thriller, am baby when it comes 2 horror), the splatoon franchise, dc comics, various video games, dating sims, gacha games, shigaraki tomura of my hero academia and probably more if you just scroll thru my blog!

Overall, i just like things that spark joy, I collect clowns, anime figures, kpop albums, vampire books/media, kpop photocards, CDs and i am starting a porcelain doll collection (i have 2 so far). Feel free to ask about any of my collections! My proudest collection is my vampire book collection, as i am nearing 100 books!! with a few VHS's and other various items scattered in the collection)

I also soon will amass a giant splatoon frye merch collection. I love my lil freak squid thing so much. Ill show that when it comes in!

I love collecting, I love learning and I love Yapping.

Hopefully this was through enough!

[roscoe-me-and-this-fuckin-kid]

So I am uniquely qualified to help explain some of the bandom confusion from your other asks. So, Bandom is a term with 2 separate, incompatible definitions used by people semi-equally (more people use one definition but the people who use the other definition use it more often). If you have ever looked at the fanlore articles for bandom, there are 3 and all of them mention the issue.

The definitions are effectively definition 1 being that bandom means MCR, FOB, and the other decaydence and fuelled by ramen bands that people write/wrote a ton of crossover fic for. Think of all of the warped tour fics and other fics where people from the other bands can and would just randomly be a part of the fic/make cameos/etc. This definition has the fanlore page of Bandom (Decaydance+, My Chemical Romance). This group is the smaller group that uses the term more often. This definition has also been somewhat looser as the years go on and these bands have less direct interactions with each other, more interactions with other bands, and some have been on hiatus/broken up for over a decade.

The second definition is quite literally that Bandom means Band Fandom and therefore any band (generally only western bands, this usually doesn't include things like kpop or jrock and the like) could be a bandom band so long as there are people doing fandom stuff about the band. This definition is used by more people as it's easy for someone to see the term Bandom and go "yep, Band Fandom" and adopt it into their vocabulary, but it's not a frequently used term by the group that uses it this way usually. The fanlore page for this definition is Bandom (music source text). The combination of this definition with the aforementioned loosening of the other Bandom definition has definitely led to a lot more bands being in the "are these bandom bands?" confusion.

The third fanlore article is literally just a page about the debate over these definitions that took place on livejournal in like 2008.

When AO3 had a bandom fandom tag still (it was dismantled a few years ago), the official policy was that any band that people said was bandom was bandom and that wranglers couldn't police it beyond adding new bands to the fandom and had to add bands if people said they were bandom bands. I remember learning about this all the first time via wrangler internal-comments on that fandom tag when I took over wrangling it for a few years 😅 (for context on why I said I was uniquely qualified to explain). This policy led to a lot of really random bands and musicians being under the Bandom tag in ways that confused a lot of people (especially since very few people ever read the fanlore articles on these things).

So, Against Me, and Laura Jean Grace, and anyone else that people are going "are these people part of Bandom?" (that aren't related in some way to MCR/Decaydence/FBR bands) both are and are not Bandom depending on which definition you are subscribing to/how strictly you interpret the first definition if thats the definition you use.

ty for the valuable insight and taking the time to type this <3

[scaewolf]

alright, real tough question: Did you play Crisis Core on PSP or are you NOT A TRUE FAN AAAAAAAAAAA (sorry)

When I got into Crisis Core Back in 2015 I hunted down a second Hand PsP for Triple it's original prize, with a broken Display that flickered.

My friend, I was DEDICATED to Play this Game after I have Seen one (1) Clip of Genesis.

After that PSP finally broke I got another one with a leaking battery so I could continue playing It.

Crisis Core is the only PsP Game I ever played xD

Obviously I got Reunion for the Switch AND Playstation once it released.

I also got GACKT CDs in 2016 from some super expensive jrock import Store in Berlin.

The lenghts I went to get my grabby Fingers onto ANYTHING Crisis Core related lmao.

I am still the Same Person.

Square Enix I SWEAR TO god. RELEASE SOME GENESIS MERCH OR GODDESS HELP ME.

[henshin-4]

Look, I yell that I hate the BT and DZ fandom (and honestly the Jrock fandom in general) a lot. Not everyone tho, my friends are BT and DZ fans, they are the evidence to me that not everyone is trash. And I have spoken to some people online that... well the chats die or we don't really get along too well but they weren't bad people at all, not getting along isn't enough for me to scream they suck cause sometimes stuff just doesn't work and that's fine.

I wanna explain what I mean when I yell about the trash of the fandom. I won't be giving names (except one), but I will be giving reasons.

We have:

Clowns who go "minors DNI" but will send and request nudes when in contact with 17 year olds AND UNDER or write insanely sexual stuff around them. (17 is still a minor, pedos, and everything under that age is even fucking worse)

People who claim Atsushi was abusive towards his cats cause the cat pics are "clearly" just for attention... like bruh, there are quite some cat pics, sure, especially of Tsubaki... but do you even realize for how many years this man had cats? Compared to those years, there aren't many pics at all... that is like just a few pics per year, probably not even once a month. If he wanted to "exploit his cats for attention" he would have made a social media where he would show content of his cats daily doing the weirdest shit with them. Did he? No. He wasn't abusive.

Fuckers that claim Atsushi was a predator, especially towards young girls... uhhuh, look idk if you've seen this man before but if he would go after anyone it'd be your grandparents.

We have some hypocrite clowns who will indirectly call your work or art trash or will otherwise offend you and then yeet a "lol" behind it.

Clowns without a personality who just copy whoever the fuck they last spoke to, different person every week the fucking mysteryboxes of the fandom and sadly they often copy someone from the rest of this list.

People who want to share content but if the content is already online, will bully the other uploader to take it down (have heard too many stories about this, too many people had it happen to them but haven't seen it myself. Yet, Ive heard it more than once so I believe it)

Ableists... yeah people, autism and ADHD really do exist, other mental illnesses can also make people be a bit weird sometimes, some of us are really struggling with it... it's not fake news -_-

Stalkers.

Art thiefs.

Hypocrites (will complain about what someone else did and then do the exact same like it isn't an issue anymore suddenly)

And as much as I want to avoid names... if I have to explain this one we'll be here for a month so uh... if I say "Gekka Reijin" most people will understand what I mean cause holy FUCK get professional help...

Like I am also not a fan of gatekeepers, people who are insanely quickly offended even if you didnt mean to offend them and they won't forgive it no matter what (like bruh I say sorry and didn't even mean it the way you all see it but whatever I guess. Why did this happen several times I am literally trying to be careful about what I say and how I say it. Idk what to do anymore about this), people who will fight you over having a different opinion and people that just suddenly ignore you while you don't even know wtf happened (like wtf just tell me what your problem is cause idk what I did)... but they aren't necessarily bad people, I just don't work with them but they are NOT what I mean when I'm bitching about the fandom... even tho I don't like em. It's the disgusting fuckers that I yell about.

Anyway my DMs are open ONLY to people who do NOT identify with this goddamn list. If you are like any part of the list, please do not speak to me.

Minors can talk to me but not about NSFW topics.

P.S. I'm also not a fan of the VK war fighters. BT is VK or BT isn't VK. Toll said they aren't VK but if someone wants to believe BT is VK then whatever... no need to start a whole war about it. Also other Jrock related social wars like just let people be... like you can yell about it, sure, but omg don't scream at people specifically and call them names just cause you don't agree with em.

[thuganomxcs]

❝ poltergeist report: 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐘𝐔𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐄 | 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 : 🎶 - What would your character say about your personal taste in music? And💡 - What is the best idea your character ever had? | client: @6em4k | 𝙰𝙲𝙲𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶.

🎶 - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?

If I left Yusuke with my playlist for 120 hours he would come to me and tell me to pick a genre because I literally dip my toes in numerous genre of music. Soca, Rap, Rock, Jpop, Jrock, Jrap, Kpop EVEN FREAKING country. Nothin' off limits. If I vibe with it or more importantly if I can relate the lyrics to a muse I write then yeah I'm listening to the song. BUT yeah he'd have shit to say about my preference since he himself is a Jazz and R & B type of guy.

💡 - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝?

There was a time Yusuke fought a man that was PROBABLY the strongest human in the world, and that very person told him in his face that eventhough Yusuke has superior raw abilities he'll never win because he's predictable. He took that shit to heart and disguised a God-tier strategy by interrupting an attack by hopping into a nearby lake to take a dip.

[thigh-inspectors]

Are there any jrock/vkei versions of those old ask games floating around??? i saw a music based one i was gonna reblog but it seems to be 2010s emo band related. thought it might be fun to rework it but i dont wanna be redundant 🤔

[hazeisblue]

I should have posted this maybe five months ago (especially because I kindly got tagged by some mutuals for tag games and I never got to answer I'm sososo sorry T_T) but today is the first time I opened tumblr on desktop mode (!) I've been on tumblr on and off since 2011 but I only got back to the app a few months ago.

I'll use @callivich intro post :) ty for creating it!

Name: I just go by hazeisblue :)

Age: Mid 20's

What made you fall in love with Gallavich? Their realness. I've been on and off on many different fandoms and I've never seen a portrayal of a romantic relationship as real and raw as gallavich. Cameron and Noel's acting is amazing as well and I believe a huge part of gallavich success comes from their chemistry.

How long have you been a fan? I saw a shameless tiktok in early 2023 on one of those accounts that upload movies in several parts. I think I was familiar with Fiona or Debbie's storyline at first but then I got into gallavich and just ended up binging the compilation of their scenes in youtube lol. Then I went to check their tag on AO3 and well, here I am.

Favourite Gallavich moment/scene? Them meeting in jail and everything not shown that lead up to that moment. The relief in Ian's eyes, Mickey's smile, Frank Ocean playing in the background, the kiss! I truly believe that the gallavich plot could have ended there and I would be happy. In a way, that could have been their happy ending.

Favourite Shameless character apart from Ian and Mickey? Lip. I'm a huge fan of Jeremy Allen White's portrayal of Lip and Carmy (The Bear). I might relate to both characters a bit more than I want to accept. I also like Mandy and I wish we got to see more Milkovich siblings interactions.

Do you write or draw or make edits? I haven't posted anything but I have a few ideas floating around on Google Docs :) I'm not an English native speaker, so I'm not very confident with my English skills but maybe someday I'll try to post something here.

Favourite type of Gallavich fics? I love everything gallavich related honestly. I check the AO3 tag everyday and I'm starting to venture into fanfiction.net again to check some old works. I especially love fics centered around their married life after S11, but I also really like AUs (college AU, sports AU, i'm down for everything).

Favourite Gallavich quote? I'm drawing a blank here because I've loved every one of their little interactions, from their more meaningful ones to just their banter.

Anything else you’d like to share about yourself? I've been a fan for my entire life lol I've gone from tokio hotel/cinema bizarre/emo bands to visual kei/jrock to anime to kpop/k-indie/k-hiphop, and lately, to shameless/the bear/succession. I love getting into new fandoms so I love a good rec or just to chat about any of the above :)

[vacantgodling]

playlist tag game

thanks @void-botanist for the tag!

Rules: post a screenshot or a list of your playlist titles and tag some friends. If you're tagged, send op an ask about one of their playlists.

i have a lot of playlists for a lot of shit so uhhhh (not all of these are writing related as an asterisk)

CAGE

red death & the oracle’s favor

LuKEWARM ReJECTION

KPOP

lavendula

ULTIMATE Spotify Wrapped (circa 2019-2023)

BTS

vampire tm

jrock & metal

VOCALOID

cult of the pale moon messiah

requiem for the monochrome

gender

The GazettE

涙:雨

Sinner’s Quarry (Paramour)

hyacinthus - ✨all that glitters✨

amon

明け星

covers - j’adore

don’t let me drown in the waves of you

package delivered: i’ll kick your teeth in

TOP GAZETTE SONGS

Paramour: Answers

Lukewarm Rejection: Answers

gothica

VAMPIRES DONT TAKE ROADTRIPS

donut wip (this is actually the actual title’s name but i can’t remember if i spoiled its actual name yet so)

DEAD RITES

into my veins

purple haze

open tag if u wanna talk about ur playlistsss

[system-of-a-feather]

Ah fuck it, I've been up and around a lot more and our fiance + the system's found a new character to clown around being me / "being literally just Ray LMAO" and most of The Elders in this system don't front much other than me cause most of the time I have to cause Primary Gatekeeper and also cause honestly I hear everything so its really fucking hard to not just hear or see something severely stupid and got go "okay what" and since I've been feeling a little more talkative than usual, I figured I'd do an alter intro

Our system "doesn't do alter intros" by my own decree and decision with my wife system mom Lucille - but I'm the Primo Gatekeeper so I make my own rules and exceptions

Anyways I'm Ray, the name was chosen by Riku like 4 years ago cause it bothered them that I literally did not care for a name and just told them to call me PR which is ironic cause I'm not the Public Relations guy (better these days, but still). He/him, while I do admit I am technically probably nonbinary, I identify as a trans man.

I'm the textbook dapper masculinity guy and its a meme that I came straight out of the 1950s-1970s dapper FBI agent. I primarily listen to easy listening (Sinatra, Dennis Aarrsen, the Olive Garden Playlist) but I listen to some JRock, JPop, and a some symphonic metal and rock.

I am also just factually a barn owl as it is my representative bird in the system.

Anyhow, I pretty much have the system largely structured around myself and while these days I don't do much unless one of the "kids" asks for help or some really weird shit is going on, pretty much any large decision passes through me.

Also I really didn't choose nor was originally split to be a "dad" alter - I just got assigned it by the resident stupid overpowered gatekeeper little like a year or two ago and I got really comfortable with it.

I'm the OG fire starter that got us back into being jocks and I have a bit of a hobby (arguably according to Lucille, Riku and XIV, it can reach into obsessive compulsive / borderline eating disorder levels when I'm not doing well) in reading up on what I call "fueling the body efficiently" - but since XIV is more enthusiastic and needing fitness on a day to day + he is a host, I've left him to take the lead on physical exercise and supplement him as his Coach cause dude has more stamina and thrill than me, but he's also stupid as fuck half the time.

I'm required by law of our fiance and the system to also state that I am just Roy Kent apparently (its true) and I was going to post an art of me, but I don't think Riku or anyone has drawn me in a long while and I don't want to post someone else's work solely because I am too lazy to find a credit so...

Just have Roy Kent (why is his first name literally one letter from mine as well this is rude)

[kookiecrush]

I'll bite (casual shipper here). I think it's pretty easy to get lost in shipping and see things that aren't there lol I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little little amused at the lengths some shippers will go to make their ship real. Talking about slow-mo videos, where a 1 second glance becomes a lovesick stare....or that companies have some weird conspiracy to keep them secret or everything has to relate to a ship, etc. And I think many tend to still have an ingrained sense of western masculinity, where men can't be physical with one another without it being gay. If that were the case...every male idol is gay and that's obviously not statistically correct. So I've learned over my many years in Jrock/Kpop communities to just enjoy it for what it is and not make assumptions. I've had more ships turn out fake lol and none real, actually.

I've explained that to make my point here to the question asked...the only time I saw something genuinely interesting between Taekook (with no editing, etc) is that Vminkook live, where Tae had shorts shorts or something. I usually don't watch the lives because I'm admittedly bored lol but I saw highlights from blogs that aren't shippers and I remember thinking "damn, that's a wild stare jk has there" 😂 man looking ready to eat Taehyung. So yeah, it's the one thing that makes me sense a mutual attraction on occasion between them.

Thanks for responding! It's always interesting to have different perspectives.

For the casual shippers anon 😊

[originalvisual]

Just curious since you post some japanese music related stuff recently... how was your progression music wise? Did you get into jpop because of anime and stuff like so many and naturally migrated to kpop in later years? Do you still listen to japanese music and what are some of your favourits? So far I value your impaccable taste!

hi anon, you got it right! i grew up watching anime, got into jpop and jrock, then discovered kpop thanks to my friends and boa who's still my favourite singer 💓 i admit i don't follow jpop the same way as i used to, i'm not very familiar with newer popular artists but i listen a lot of my old faves. it's probably not gonna surprise you that i've always liked idols, especially from h!p (and also johnny's), later akb48 and their sister groups. i also love ggs like perfume or zone and sooooo many soloists. utada hikaru and nakashima mika will always be my most beloved ones but i also listen to otsuka ai, amuro namie, hoshino gen, hirai ken, yaida hitomi, mukai taichi, shibasaki kou, sheena ringo, miliyah... as for more groups, from the top of my head i could name paris match, yuzu, moumoon, monkey majik, bennie k, foxxi misq, capsule... sorry for listing so many but i could seriously go on and on and on... 😅 i'm sure you know how it is lol!

lately i've been in the mood for endlicheri*endlicheri, some of his stuff is great for emo days 🫠

how about you, anon? what's your story? 😉 if you like any new artists then i'll be happy to hear some recs!

[taviokapudding]

Big Comfy Couch to Britney Spears to Harley Quinn to Visual Kei & Jrock to Ever After High to Black Butler to everything Alice in Wonderland related to Kpop to Bill Cipher to Nier Automata to Cirque Du Solei to Gavis Bettel to Digital Circus to Jestercore pipeline is real because tell me why I just saw a ruffle clown collar go on sale and thought "hmm I could rock that, but it needs a black accent" I-???

I bought white foundation from Sunset Cosmetics for makeup & cosplay purposes (since NYX supports Israel) and since then I've been like "I could just be a clown today"; idk when it started but the last few days I've been actively fucking the urge y'all

[cherries-or-peaches]

120-130 ☺️

Thanks for the ask!!

120-I didn’t really talk about music with my friends when I was younger, but I had some that liked rap like eminem (who I wasn’t really a big fan of.) However, I mainly talked about music with my older brother, and he likes metal, prog, and folk rock. I kinda influenced punk onto him, and he influenced metal onto me.

121-I used to get teased for liking kpop and jrock when I was 12, but I kinda grew out of them. (Though I occasionally listen to some)

122- Most of the time except when talking to people usually, or working on important stuff I really need to focus on.

123-I like working out to hardcore punk, noise rock, industrial, and metal. Mainly GWAR, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Napalm Death

124-I don’t think I ever did that (idk what that means i’m sorry)

125-I’m a keyboardist, singer, producer, and songwriter so this was kinda difficult. If it could be anyone, it would probably be Rowland S. Howard (tbp et al), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Ryuchi Sakamoto (YMO et al), Laura Nyro, and Simon Gallup (The Cure). I don’t think it would work though hehehe

126- Moss Trumpeter by OOIOO, Déjà Vu by CSNY, Knuckedown by Ani Difranco, Houses in Motion by Talking Heads, I Saw The Light by Todd Rundgren, Cough Syrup by Butthole Surfers, Dead Radio by Rowland S Howard, All Tomorrow’s Parties by VU & Nico, La Nuit by Asylum Party, I’m Sick of You by Stooges, Deep in the Woods by The Birthday Party, Throne of Agony by Foetus, Apistat Commander by Xiu Xiu, Nerves by Bauhaus, Scour the Pleasure by Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra, Disintegration by The Cure, Mother of Earth by Gun Club, and finally, Out by Swans.

127- The Hollies in the mid to late 60s, Jimi Hendrix, Lady Gaga, Todd Rundgren, and The Birthday Party

128-Probably Talking Heads, The Birthday Party, CSNY, and related bands

130-I got stuck on this one, my apologies!

Best wishes!