Out of curiosity, what puts you off about Cadets? And thats totally okay! You can make some other OC! I know theres a group of people who have villains and stuff :D
Okay I tried to find my post about this i made a while ago but I couldn't because I didn't tag it which totally makes sense I would have had no reason to tag that.
I think I explained it better then than I am going to now but...basically...
The whole Aquacadets thing gives me this vibe of the fans being very separate from the band. I feel it puts us all in two tiers: the band and the fans, the fans being significantly lower than the band. But we're all just people and I see us all as equal and I don't want to be placed below these guys I love to be stuck looking up at them...I don't know if I'm still making sense, and I hope I don't sound pretentious or anything.
I guess it's the connotation of fanclubs. I have always pictured fanclubs as belonging to people who don't necessarily care about the fans as people but just care that they have fans.
There is plenty of evidence that this is not the dynamic between the Aquabats and their fans, but I still can't shake that vibe from the term.
I'm finding it really hard to explain tonight. But let me just make it clear that...I don't think I'm better than anyone else, lol. I just don't think I or any of the fans are less than the Aquabats themselves either.
P.S. I find that I am frequently misunderstood when I try to explain things, so I'm sorry if I am unclear, but please nobody jump to conclusions. I have a hard time communicating things. :(