Oh my god, THAT IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE BEING A PINK GOLD PEACH FAN.
And it doesn't help that she is eternally a meme. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's part of why I don't get mad about character announcements I don't like anymore. Over the past year I've learned that just about every character is special to someone, so even when a character gets announced and I personally feel "This sucks," I balance that with the understanding that someone else is freaking out about it, and I'm at least glad for them.
Thinking back on Bowser Jr. a while ago, I thought "Does anyone really care about him? Like, when he was announced, did anyone really care? He's a fairly significant character in the Mario series, but he can't be that big of a deal." Then one day in October last year I saw someone on Twitter with a
collection of Bowser Jr. figures, and there was my answer.
I also saw someone on Reddit say that they really wanted Chef Kawasaki to be playable. You know, the chef boss from Kirby who's an Assist Trophy in Ultimate. He might be the only one with that level of enthusiasm for the character in the entire world, but there he is
So it's stuff like that, plus my own affinity for some obscure and not very popular characters, that makes me much more sympathetic towards other people in that situation. Even with those two fellows from earlier who were very enthusiastic about a couple canine characters, I had a bit more leniency towards them. I may not agree with that enthusiasm or consider it healthy, but I'm not going to be easily tilted by it.
Hey, at the very least, once the mod train starts rolling for Ultimate, a Rose Gold Peach alt costume should be fairly simple. Heck, it
's existed for Smash 4 for almost three years, so repeating that for Ultimate would be a trivial matter. Meanwhile, it wasn't until the Dark Samus announcement for Ultimate that anyone had the obvious idea to make a Dark Samus alt costume for Samus, but by then, what was the point? :|
Yeah just like Agumon
The guy comes "You realy think a Digimon could be in Smash?"
Just that, no one even Likes your post about him
But if you post something about a Stupid Fire Emblem Marthu Clone, OH! THATS A BIG TOPIC! LET'S REPLAY 300 TIMES
And im the wrong for posting abou Agumon
Agumon was probably one of the first random characters I really liked back when I was really young and into Digimon. I actually used to pretend to have him and some other Digimon as imaginary friends. And I was Agumon for Halloween one year. So heck, I'd want him, and if Agumon were ever announced, I'd be pretty hyped. I'd play him for sure.
But it's best to balance passion and enthusiasm with some objectivity. I've wanted Dark Samus in Smash for at least 11 years. After the E3 Direct last year, there was good evidence for Dark Samus being in Smash. But even then I didn't believe that it was in any way confirmed, and I only brought up the topic when and where it was appropriate. I understood that the character I wanted wasn't very popular, wasn't from a series that had a broad appeal (and even in terms of its own fanbase, most Metroid fans only care about Ridley and Samus), and was over a decade old. So all my enthusiasm was filtered through the knowledge that very few people besides myself were excited for the character, and thus the odds of the character happening at all were slim, so I wasn't going to bring it up frequently.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't be enthusiastic about a particular character, however, just because it goes against the grain of who most people seem to expect or desire. In fact, more power to you. It makes you unique, and no one can really take that away from you. The thing I love about Dark Samus in Smash is precisely that she isn't super popular or good, because then I can play her and feel a sense of distinction. When I play against people online, I'm playing a character most people don't usually see, so I stand out because I'm not playing a character that's common or used just because they're overpowered in some way. I'm playing the character because I'm genuinely enthusiastic about her, and that's evident simply by playing the character due to her relative unpopularity.
But I don't talk about Dark Samus all the time, though. I just have an avatar and a signature, and I leave it at that. I wear my enthusiasm on my sleeve, but I don't shove that sleeve in people's faces at every conceivable opportunity, especially because I know most people don't care, and I'm not going to make them care any more by harping on it. I'm just going to come off as annoying and obsessed.
Which is the issue that seemed to come to a head with our passionate canine pals a few days ago, apparently. The odds of a character from a Western children's cartoon being added to the game? Less than zero. But the poor guy was too obsessed with it. There was a point where I almost wrote a response to him that would've been something like the one I'm writing now, but I think I took too long and the moment had passed, so I didn't want to bring it back up. Perhaps I should've, though, given how things blew up on Monday.
I'm odd in that I don't get completely attached to or obsessed with any one particular character. I have a library of characters that I just really like from all kinds of different media and series, so I'm somewhat immune to getting overly attached to any character, since I'm attached to many. I'm the opposite way in my romantic life, thankfully, but I also don't get romantically attached to fictional characters anyways, so that may be part of it. I remember a while back someone here assumed I was romantically attracted to Dark Samus, and I had to explain that I wasn't (I don't even understand how that would be possible), I just think Dark Samus is really cool, and that's it. Because "waifus" are so common, the chances of me being someone who didn't view my favorite and coincidentally female character that way was lower than the opposite.
But for those that do have just one character that receives all their passion, there's nothing wrong with that. Wear it like a badge of honor. But just have a bit of self-awareness, and do so only in appropriate ways at appropriate times and locations. Put the character in your avatar, or signature, but don't take it any farther unless it's topical. And for the love of God, don't express any extreme romantic desires about a fictional character. Especially if that character is underage and not even human. In that scenario, I personally recommend seeking some form of psychological help, and I say that out of concern, not out of judgment. There's no shame in seeking help. There's some shame in sharing questionable images with strangers.
In summary, like whatever characters you want, respect others for liking other characters, but don't take it too far, and don't bring it up unnecessarily.
And this concludes tonight's sermon on liking obscure characters and how to cope with it. Please look forward to my upcoming book,
Chibi-Robo: Then, Now, and Next, where I'll discuss why Chibi-Robo was so great, what went wrong down the line, and where we go from here. Thank you for your time.
Oh, and look forward to my 5-6 page essay on Hamlet that's due in just two hours. I should probably be doing that instead of this.
no Dimentio is in a jester gang with Marx and Jevil.
also this:
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