⚠️ Warning, this is opinion based post ⚠️
Spoilers for Chapter 5, Epel SSR story
Chapter 5, oh dear Chapter 5, you messed up with fandom much more than other chapters aren't you.
Overall thoughts about latest update
It started on the wrong foot for me, RSA winning VDC causing me rage post on Tumblr, but it didn't ended this way for sure.
Was RSA winning expected? Yes it was, but it doesn't make it less heartbreaking.
Rook's vote revelation was shocking for me at least, but I became less upset when Rook explained the reason behind it.
Rook being a Neige's simp is 10/10 for me.
Whole Neige segment with NRC team was cringy but funny (including singing Yahoo).
RSA Headmaster looks like a love child of Merlin and Cinderella's Godmother.
Let NRC win Magift Tournament in May.....please.
Big brain revelation: Mickey can see us only when he is sleeping, but we don't need to sleep in order to see him through the mirror.
Big brain theory: Twisted Wonderland is a dreamland and MC is in coma.
Grim is freaking scary and you cannot tell me otherwise. We need to send him to rehabilitation center for monsters.
Also I am fond of theory that Grim will snap out of it, but will not remember what he did to us.
Ignihide preview: Ortho sus :D.
I am interested over why Idia said: "I will not go anywhere anyway", because it is sounding more of I cannot go anywhere vs I don't want to go anywhere.
Yes he gets whole section because the size of the backlash is shocking. I will play a little of devil's advocate by stating that the backlash wasn't completely unwarranted, let me explain. The major reason for this backlash, based on my opinion, because we were more connected to the NRC team rather than RSA. Also I would like to emphasize towards the fact, that from technical point, RSA would lose to NRC, which is why RSA's win is hitting hard on my poor kokoro. This was a battle of appeal rather than a skill battle, which makes this whole thing more of opinion based full of biases in the audience. The whole segment about Vil don't feel sad, feel confident instead is understanding but dumb. Yes Vil needs to be confident in his abilities and not checking up on Mira, but he was,no? When he rejected Epel's suggestion, Vil was confident that he will be able to handle being in the center.
I agree with Rook by saying that Vil became paranoid during last couple of weeks. I will agree with Rook who finds friendly and warm atmosphere, that was created by Neige, more beautiful than Vil's performance. You need to remember that whole voting segment is opinion based and Rook has a right to say loud and clear what his opinion is, even if it is goes against his group. He is allowed to show support to Neige, if that what he feels and shouldn't get shunned by it whatsoever. At this point, it feels like defending kink from kink shaming. Plus, Vil wants people to be beautiful and have no fear in expressing themselves. I don't know if you read Epel's SSR story, but throughout it Vil wasn't pleased, when he gave Epel instruction to design Magic Wheel and Epel pampered to Vil's interest in design instead of expressing his ideas in it. Vil hates when people pamper to him, remember Azul at the beginning of the chapter 5? He commends when people express themselves and show their opinions, because that is just one part of being beautiful, even so Vil might not agree with their choices or opinions. This is why it is kinda unreasonable to leave fandom, only because Rook expressed what he liked, as always by the way.
Something to note of, I don't say you cannot hate Rook, yes you can BECAUSE IT IS YOUR OPINION AND YOU ARE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS IT, DEAL WITH IT. Also you can leave the fandom if you feel like Rook's choice is a nail in the coffin, the last straw etc. AGAIN, your opinion do what you want to do.
Is it true that people are sending death threats to Rook's VA? If it is yes.....then what even is this?
I am very angry, that you gave a voice to a character that I am hating on, because he doesn't express me and his ideas and opinion goes against mine. Also his design is terrible. Him being fictional character just makes me angrier even more, because I cannot send death threats directly to him. I know that you probably have little to nothing in common and I am very disappointed, that your job is to voice this character. I hope you will die because of it.
(Yes, I stepped there with Rook's membership #000002)
Guys, sending death threats to the VA because you hate a character is stupid, detrimental to the VA WHO DID NOTHING WRONG, and shouldn't be encouraged in this fandom.
Now to the more lighter theme, that you don't need to read, but I added because why not, of
OPINIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT CHAPTER FIVE A.K.A. SIMP RUMBLINGS.
JAMIL'S VOICE IS FIRE AND RAP SEGMENT WAS A PLEASENT SURPRISE.
KALIM BECOMING MATURE BABY.
VIL IS A BEAUTY QUEEN WITH HEALTH STANDARDS, THAT I STAN.
EPEL AND DEUCE RELATIONSHIP IS FRIENDSHIP GOALS, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PROGRESS MORE WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ROOK CHANGE FROM CLOSET SIMP TO OPEN SIMP IS WARMING MY HEART.
ACE SINGING YAHOO IS ME, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME TO SING.
I LEGIT CRIED WITH EPEL AND KALIM, WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE WINNER.
OCTAVINELLE SEGMENT IS A BIG YES FOR ME AND MY SIMP LIFE.
BOARD GAME CLUB ENERGY IN IGNIHIDE CHAPTER, PLEASE.
AZUL YOU WILL COME TO ME IN YOUR BIRTHDAY SUIT, I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT.
At the end, chapter 5 is crazy, don't send death threats, Azul come to simp mama.
