I can almost see where the Black Moral rumor came from. Over the weekend, I officially joined Heresy as an overseas member. Now, the Heresy site has a link to the Black Moral shop. I brought that up, but I couldn't get past the front page. There was some untranslated Japanese there, which I figured meant "Come back when we post the goods for the 2013 Japanese tour" - which makes sense. So I shrugged and figured I'd try again once the tour was underway. Now, I can see a scenario where someone else did the same thing, didn't apply the "Oh, yeah, they're gearing up for the release of the new tour collection, it's probably closed until then" logic, thought "OMG BLACK MORAL HAS CLOSED!!11!11!!1!!" and posted it on Tumblr. Commence apocalypse.
I can also see the "tunnel vision" scenario you described regarding some of the fans - the ones that immerse themselves SO completely that they lose perspective. (Which also explains some of the wanks that break out - a distorted sense of what is and is not vitally important).
And, yeah, I can see where long-time fans can miss the days when the Gazemen were indie - but in that case, why not switch fandoms, or take on a second one? (Other than the fact that loving more than one VK band takes Careful Financial Planning. Trust me, I know). Mejibray is a very popular band right now that seems to be in the vein of early GazettE - why don't these people follow them?
The icky-anime-cooties thing is just SO ridiculous, especially considering that most VK fans start out as anime fans, or at least were anime fans at some time! Yeesh, that reminds me of the wank that broke out when the D. Gray-Man anime was licensed - "OMG OUR FANDOM WILL BE FILLED WITH NARUTARDS!!!!111!!!!1!!!111!!" (Never mind that at least half the fandom first found the property through Viz's officially licensed manga releases . . .)Why does it matter what route someone takes to a fandom, as long as they arrive there? Is someone who discovered a band through her friends MORE OF A FAN OMG!11!!! than someone who found them because they performed the theme to an anime, or because their music was used in an AMV that was shown at a con? Of course not. Geez.
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I can also see the "tunnel vision" scenario you described regarding some of the fans - the ones that immerse themselves SO completely that they lose perspective. (Which also explains some of the wanks that break out - a distorted sense of what is and is not vitally important).
And, yeah, I can see where long-time fans can miss the days when the Gazemen were indie - but in that case, why not switch fandoms, or take on a second one? (Other than the fact that loving more than one VK band takes Careful Financial Planning. Trust me, I know). Mejibray is a very popular band right now that seems to be in the vein of early GazettE - why don't these people follow them?
The icky-anime-cooties thing is just SO ridiculous, especially considering that most VK fans start out as anime fans, or at least were anime fans at some time! Yeesh, that reminds me of the wank that broke out when the D. Gray-Man anime was licensed - "OMG OUR FANDOM WILL BE FILLED WITH NARUTARDS!!!!111!!!!1!!!111!!" (Never mind that at least half the fandom first found the property through Viz's officially licensed manga releases . . .)Why does it matter what route someone takes to a fandom, as long as they arrive there? Is someone who discovered a band through her friends MORE OF A FAN OMG!11!!! than someone who found them because they performed the theme to an anime, or because their music was used in an AMV that was shown at a con? Of course not. Geez.