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nicholasr · 1 year
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marisatomay · 2 years
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“the coverage of the don’t worry darling press tour and set rumors is only because a woman directed the movie; when a man has a fraught set it’s business as usual” actually the woman-directed film is the most recent one to happen so people are talking about it hope this helps
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mifhortunach · 1 year
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"The setting in which a viewing takes place can have a major impact on a spectator’s response to a film — I know this from my own experience, but also from talking to anyone who has ever watched a film. For me, there is a perfect setting for watching a film: I am in a spacious but not enormous cinema screen, which is quiet but not completely empty, on a Sunday afternoon; I’m either on my own or with my partner; I’ve just drunk a glass of red wine and an espresso. It’s extremely rare that I get to watch films in this situation: more often than not (especially so during the height of the pandemic) I watch them on a TV in my living room, or on my laptop while wearing headphones. If I watch Mission: Impossible — Fallout with my friends, and we’re drinking some wine while we watch it, and everyone is making jokes and yelling throughout, that’s a very different experience to watching it on a small screen on the back of a chair on an intercontinental flight. If I watch Jeanne Dielman at home after a day at work, I’ll likely spend a lot of the film resisting — or failing to resist — the urge to look at my phone and stop paying attention to the film; if I watch it in a cinema, at a weekend matinee screening, just after drinking a coffee, then I’m more likely be fully engrossed and absorbed in it.
I was writing a diary, and I was interested in the role that diaries can play in the critique of everyday life, providing as they do a space for reflection, for non-productive venting, for digression, rumination, distraction, without the need to make the links between thoughts explicit. The writing that resulted was a strange mixture of public and private, open and closed — I felt comfortable offering my readers a glimpse of my life, but always felt a need to keep something back. [...] Some people told me they read the diary to get recommendations of what films to watch, but more people told me they read it for the slightly grubby feeling of reading someone else’s journal — for the insight into the mundanity and frustration of my everyday life."
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Both very short ones but I reviewed the last two Cronenbergs I watched
My ★★★★½ review of Eastern Promises on Letterboxd
My ★★½ review of A Dangerous Method on Letterboxd
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When reality and fiction mix together ผ(•̀_•́ผ)
METHOD (Romance/Drame) 2017 – Movie
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Rating : 10/10
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You’ve always asked yourself how it is to be in an actor's skin? To work on a character that is entirely different than your true self? And if it impacts the actor to play such a different character? So many questions that Method is exploring and giving one answer between many. Melted with a difficult love story, it makes a very dense and complex plot that plunges you deeply into the story from the start.
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In terms of acting, Jae Ha has his own method to be the perfect actor for whatever character he has to play. His method of acting is also well known: he embodies the character’s personality for as long as the rehearsal and the play last. Young-woo is completely opposed to him at first. Unwilling to perform the play, he shows a growing interest in his senior for his passion and this famous method. Following it very consciously, he finally finds himself diving into his character’s personality. Everything could have been fine if the two actors didn’t grow feelings for each other. Things start to go sour when Young-woo asks him to make their relationship official. Scared by his own feelings and the instability of his situation with Hee-won, his current girlfriend, Jae-Ha backs down and loses himself in the complexity of the situation he has to face. But Young-woo doesn’t hear it that way and is ready to embody his character to the tip of his fingers…
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Delving into the difficult faces of acting and its deep questionings, Method is also an exploration of people facing discoveries in their sexuality. Keeping an old love for the safety it provides instead of going for a new passionate one or completely diving into new feelings to experience them to the core are two different directions our protagonists will take. Perfectly played and directed, the vibe and emotions the movie gives you make you walk faster into the plot every second. Leading to an intense ending, you will find yourself questioning what is real and what isn’t, losing the sense of reality for a moment, just like Jae-Ha who finds himself losing everything but the only person who still accepts him with his cowardice and uncertainties: His girlfriend.
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Through this sad and torturing love story where you see two lovers destroying each other and reaching the worst state of what love can give you, it’s an intense and rich journey you will experience with Method. Love is as hard as acting, and mixing both isn’t the best match may be the real lesson Method is giving us. We are left with the main question of the movie unanswered: who is the best actor in the end?
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“I am the most perfect Singer, but you are just a pale copy of Walter” Young-woo.
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mimiatmidnight · 5 months
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The new Barbie discourse on Twitter made me think of your post about it, but I went to find it on your blog and it's gone! Did you delete it?
Hehe that's funny. If you mean my review of the movie itself, the post is actually still up, but it's unreachable through tags cause the original gifmaker I used blocked me (fair!!). But you can still get to it through a direct link, which I'll put here for you.
I think I've seen some of the discourse you're talking about, and it's pretty funny how many people I've seen say that now that there's been time to separate from the hype, they can finally be honest with themselves and recognize their real opinions on the movie. Which is no shame, honestly! Hype-marketing is a hell of a drug. Just funny to look back at my review from back then and see how apparently there is no social pressure strong enough to suppress my innate hater nature.
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oneofusnet · 8 months
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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2023 - The Altman Method THE ALTMAN METHOD MOVIE REVIEW Noa and Uri are a married couple living in Israel and things are starting to get tough. It looks like Uri is going to have to shut down his martial arts school as the students have stopped signing up and Noa isn’t getting the acting parts she used to. When one day Uri fends off an attack from a Palestinian woman who does cleaning in their apartment building, the press makes him into a hero and his school suddenly is booming with new students. All appears to be going right for them but Noa can… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2023 – The Altman Method read more on One of Us
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rangpurcity · 1 year
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'Kuttavum Shikshayum' Film Review: Know the real method of police action 'Kuttavum Shikshayum'
‘Kuttavum Shikshayum’ Film Review: Know the real method of police action ‘Kuttavum Shikshayum’
‘Kuttavum Shikshayum’ Movie Review: The image of the police keeps on changing with every new case. Sometimes she gets credit for crushing the movements and sometimes for giving protection to the criminals. The common man who sees or understands the action of the police from a distance, has a great impact on the image of the policemen of the films. Nowadays a little more spice has come because…
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steveyockey · 10 months
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“Feel free to share your positive feelings about the film on Twitter after the screening,” said the usher introducing the London press preview screening of Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s Mattel-produced film. The embargo for reviews, however, would not be lifted until two days later, closer to the film’s release. The audience generally didn’t bat an eyelid and it wasn’t the first time my colleagues and I had heard such directives, yet we were left feeling censored: if they won’t allow for our negative reactions, why should they get our positive ones?
The purpose of this strategy barely needs specifying: in addition to the film’s omnipresent marketing campaign, positive reactions on social media were to seal the deal and ensure that the most dubious potential spectators would be persuaded to turn up to the cinema on the opening weekend, the most crucial days for a film’s box office success. The fact that the audience at this preview screening consisted mostly of influencers was another blatant marketing strategy, which would not have been as insulting were it not for the fact that it meant many film critics were unable to see the film before its release. The phenomenon occurred in other cities as well. A few days before the film’s release, Parisian writers were dumbfounded to see some colleagues sharing glowing takes on the film on Twitter, after being told there would be no advance screenings for any of the press. Moreover, what were presented as exclusive interviews with the cast turned out to be prerecorded and pre-approved by the studio. Ahead of its release, the film was to be seen only through pink-tinted glasses.
While it is customary for film studios to try to control the narrative by organising advance screenings if they believe in a film or avoiding them if they don’t, the methods employed for the release of Barbie were more extreme. They are symptomatic of a trend that has been evolving over the past few years and that concerns not only the film criticism profession, but culture at large. If all discussion of a film’s merits before release is left to influencers, whose driving ambition is to receive free merchandise by speaking well of the studio’s products, what can we expect the film landscape to look like? Where will engaging, challenging and, if not completely unbiased then at least impartial conversation about cinema take place, and how is the audience to think critically of what is being sold to it?
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filmnoirsbian · 10 months
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I do think it's funny whenever film reviewers who clearly don't enjoy horror as a genre are forced to review a horror film and fall back on the tried and true "well it's no [insert classic horror film that is not similar in any way to the film being discussed but is one of the only ones non horror fans respect as a work of art in itself]" method. Like, you're right, this movie ISN'T Dawn of the Dead 1978. Léon the Professional is also not Holes. What has that got to do with anything.
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nicholasr · 1 year
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TWIOAT YouTube Red Pilot I wish I could tell you how amazing this is. Please watch it. It is so funny. The Worst Idea of All Time Pilot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows
Method film review
so funny
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yandere-daydreams · 6 months
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tw - stalking, unhealthy relationships, mentions of masturbation, obsessive behavior, and medical malpractice galore.
Harper is the kind of man who can't help but study what he loves.
It's a bad habit - an unfortunate combination of natural curiosity and burning academic passion that always seems to end with a mess and a few broken toys. A childhood fascination with insects might lead to shoeboxes full of tattered wings and twitching bodies. A passing interest in hemogobular coagulation would be poured into a university internship that gave him access to more pints of blood than he knew what to do with, despite his best attempts to put it all to good use. A lasting fondness for hypnosis could, theoretically, earn him a small collection of pocket watches, a soothing timbre that often played underneath his passive speaking voice, and a few asylum patients too far gone to ever truly recover.
His research wasn't always destructive, but it could be. His love tended to veer towards obsession; the kind of burning infatuations that could leave more than a little devastation in its wake, if he wasn't careful. A measured amount of collateral damage was acceptable, compared to the alternative.
He studies you, too. Idly, at first - nothing more than an intrusive thought allowed to fester during your all-too-infrequent appointments, a quick jolt of excitement when he noticed your name on his schedule - then more consciously, in the form of an extra question asked at the very end of his time with you, a note tacked onto your file that doesn't strictly have to do with your health. His chances for observation are limited. You rarely make it to your therapy sessions, no matter how often he insists you should see him, and you're sturdier than he'd like, too used to being thrown around and mistreated to come running to him every time you scrape your knees. That's something he decides he doesn't like about you fairly early on. Part of a case study is deciding which parts of your subject will need to be adapted, and even you aren't beyond correction.
He records your reactions to his mis-prescribed medication with a religious sort of zealousness, reviews your symptoms and lab results while fucking his fist in-time with your pulse. He makes sure to visit your bedside personally whenever you find your way into his emergency room, and you're rewarded for your newfound attentiveness with a healthy supply of shots that leave you too removed from reality to remember your time on his examination table. Harper's always preferred the written word, but he find himself with a budding appreciation for film during his nightly evaluation of your records. His memory is keen enough, but there's nothing quite like being able to study your body detail by detail whenever he isn't fortunate enough to have access to the real thing.
He thinks, as he watches a pair of his nurses drag you through the asylum doors, that it might be time to start the next leg of his study. Studying is useful, but you've always benefited from more proactive measures, more personal attention. It'd be a discredit to his occupation if he was too preoccupied with his own little pleasures to see to the needs of his favorite patient.
It's far past time he moved on to more hands-on research methods, when it comes to you.
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honeytonedhottie · 3 months
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studying methods + tips⋆.ೃ࿔*:・✍🏽
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LEITNER SYSTEM ; an effective way to study with flashcards
create flashcards
all ur flashcards should begin with box one or whatever box number (check the example)
for example ; in a box/pouch you'd label it ; box one cards to be reviewed everyday, box two cards to be reviewed every other day etc.
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review each flashcard, quiz urself on what u recall/explain the info on each side
if u answered correctly move the card to box two and if u answered incorrectly, move the card to box one
the time frame should be dependent on the amount of time before ur quiz/test that u have to study.
HOT TIP ; treat studying like it's a job and you're getting paid for it. work agreed hours and take arranged breaks as though its a real job.
MORE WAYS TO STUDY ;
add color or diagram your notes and if ur not taking notes, TAKE NOTES
summarize your notes and summarize concepts (if u can explain a concept, thats how you'll know if u studied it enough)
make a concept map
pretend to be a teacher and ur explaining a concept
HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF TO STUDY ;
i watch time-lapse studying videos to motivate myself to study bcuz then it feels like im studying with another person. or i'll set up my phone and film my own time-lapse of me studying to motivate myself.
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implementing something that u love into studying. for me i love pink and just being a girly girl so i implement pink into my studying by using super cute stationary and that rly motivates me to use my pink tools.
i dont always study in the same locations, sometimes i'll study in a cafe or in the library instead of just studying in my room bcuz sometimes, all we need is a change of scenery.
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OK saw A Dangerous Method. Decent period biopic but not something I'd have ever been interested to watch if Cronenberg didn't direct it. It does kinda explicitly spell out all the themes that are more subtle (and better for it) in Cronenberg's other films, but I guess spelling out your themes pretty obviously is kinda unavoidable in a film about psychiatry. Will review on Letterboxd later of course.
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ziseviolet · 7 months
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Qipao/Cheongsam Taobao Shop Recs
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A while ago I received a direct message asking for recs on where to buy qipao/cheongsam, and I figured I’d make a post for others who’d also be interested. 
First of all - I think qipao should be tried on and bought in-person if at all possible, since having the right fit is important - especially if it’s for a formal occasion like a wedding. However, since that’s often not possible, I’ve compiled a list of online shop recs, mainly for more casual occasions.
Since English-language online qipao shops are plentiful and easy to find, I’ll be focusing this list on Taobao shops only. Please note that these are my personal recs, based on my own aesthetic preferences. Thus most of the recs are for shops focused on retro-inspired, minguo-style qipao made using the traditional 平裁/pingcai (flat tailoring) method. Also, I have not actually purchased qipao from any of these shops (all my qipao were bought in person) - this is based mainly on how appealing I find the designs.
1. 嬉姷/Xi You - Elegant qipao modelled closely on historical designs, mainly from the Republican era/minguo. Careful attention paid to historical details. My favorite qipao shop to browse for fun:
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2. 海上芳时/Shanghai Fancy - Specializes in chic minguo-style designs of the 1920s-1940s. Recently came out with a neat art deco-inspired collection:
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3. 唐之语/Tang Zhi Yu - Retro-style qipao in a variety of bold prints, with a focus on the form-fitting designs of the 1950s-1960s, including those from the film “In the Mood for Love”:
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4. 繁莳/Fancy Dream - Dreamy, delicate retro-inspired qipao and modified qipao. Also has a nice selection of winter majia (vests):
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5. Top Ulara - A large selection of classic, retro-style qipao with a hint of glamour. Offers lots of long/thick/layered qipao suitable for colder weather:
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6. 梦回故里/Menghui Guli - Nostalgic, conservative retro-style qipao for all seasons. Old-fashioned in a good way:
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7. 柳园旗袍/Liuyuan Qipao - Retro-style qipao with bold and interesting prints, in styles from the 1910s to the 1960s. The shop currently doesn’t show any products, but hopefully it’ll restock soon:
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8. 限时赏味/Xianshi Shangwei - Streamlined, retro-style qipao in subtle colors and prints that exemplify understated elegance: 
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9. 茉茉/Momo - Tons of options for simple, cute, and casual retro-style qipao suitable for daily wear. Designs tend towards monochromes and all-over prints. Another review/rec here:
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10. 珞珞如石/RoseEra - Simple yet elegant retro-style and contemporary qipao. I love the shop’s use of sheer fabrics & layering in its designs:
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11. 向南飞FLY - Offers a selection of casually stylish retro-style qipao and modified qipao for daily chic:
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12. 川黛/Chuan Dai - Soft, feminine, pastel-infused qipao & modified qipao in retro-inspired and contemporary styles:
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13. 四斤自制/Sijin Studio - Creative, avant-garde takes on (modified) qipao & qipao-inspired outfits:
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14. 密扇/Mukzin - Colorful, playful, and irreverent modified qipao and qipao-inspired outfits. There’s also an English website here:
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If you like the above qipao but still want an English website, there are several Taobao resellers that carry similar designs - for example, Beth and Brian Qipao.
Finally, when it comes to in-person shops, I want to highlight Xiangjiang Silk Co., a relatively new boutique in New York City specializing in actual vintage 1950s-1960s qipao. There’s an article here on the boutique and its founder Heather Guo (who was featured in Vogue). Store visits are appointment-only, so you’ll have to reach out to Heather via her social media if you want to drop by.
If anyone has reviews of the above shops and/or more qipao shop recs, please share! ^^
Bonus: I also have online shop recs for hanfu (1, 2), modified hanfu/hanyuansu (1, 2), hanfu accessories, weimao, and hair accessories. 
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weeb-polls-with-pip · 7 months
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Autistic Anime Girls Group 3 Round 2 Match 5
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SUBMISSION PROPAGANDA:
Sayaka -
"Deadpan, forthright, and unapologetically candid, Kanamori never hesitates to voice her thoughts, no matter how harsh or unvarnished they may be. She is often deemed as impolite, ruthless or severely intimidating (by adults and peers her age alike), and is jokingly compared to the likes of the Yakuza. She’s regarded with a degree of caution, due to her unwavering no-nonsense attitude and the fact that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants, phone camera at the ready to capture any slip up that could potentially be used as blackmail later. Survival is her top priority, looking out for herself and whoever might be left behind unfairly by circumstance. She has a steadfast mind for business and strong work ethic, openly admitting to her desire for monetary compensation (or other favors and methods of payment, such as milk or food) for even the smaller and most mundane of tasks, and won’t shy away from charging fellow members of the club as well.
She firmly holds the belief that friendship is an idealized and glorified notion. To her, individuals referred to as "friends" are often mere products of chance, brought together by shared interests and nothing more. Sayaka adamantly refrains from using the term "friend" and readily corrects anyone who mistakenly categorizes her coworkers or those she spends time with as such. She befittingly conveyed this perspective of hers to Midori on the very day they first crossed paths, and this prompted Midori to freely opt out of using the label entirely as well, instead referring to her closest peers as “comrades” ever since.
Regardless of this, Sayaka prefers to achieve a level of coexistence, as she personally describes it, with those she truly cares about, such as the few other club members. While not explicitly considering the girls as her friends, her actions reveal a deep concern for their well-being. She often watches over them, remains by their side and is ready to defend them and their cause whenever necessary. A significant reason the club came to be in the first place is Sayaka's recognition of her classmates' immense artistic potential. She encouraged them to establish their own independent studio, enabling them to create their animated films, attain recognition, and reap profits from their efforts.
In her role as their producer, she's primarily motivated by financial gain, but as she reviews Midori's and Tsubame's work, she ensures they always have the option to do their job efficiently and avoid overexerting themselves if they ever choose to do so. She’s equally supportive of their goals and will often assure them that their art is more than good enough. She insists that their work is already impressive; therefore, they could forgo so much self-imposed pressure and stop doubting their abilities or attaching undue importance to others' unhelpful criticisms, as these are often incongruent with their own artistic sensibilities and convictions.
Sayaka lacks interest and doesn’t possess much insight about art herself, yet she is more than willing to learn from her team to become a better producer. Aside from having a keen eye for business since her early childhood (despite being bad at math), she also appears to be quite knowledgeable in a wide variety of topics, and will take people by surprise whenever she starts rambling about the ins-and-outs of something that’s relevant at any given moment. One time, someone pointed out that Kanamori wasn’t at all different from Asakusa on this regard, to which Tsubame responded with a simple and knowing “yup”.
She can be seen idly cracking the knuckles of her right hand every now and then, and rarely displays a different emotion as she goes about her day donning a neutral grimace on her face. Kanamori almost only ever smiles when she’s getting paid, when friendly mocking someone, or when she’s in the middle of twisting someone’s arm to hers and the club’s advantage.
I’m going to cut it here, since I realized I have much more to say about Sayaka than any other Eizouken member so far (I thought Midori was going to be the longest but this one was already effortlessly surpassing 700 words and counting. Good god) Please please PLEASE consider voting for her!! she’s an amazing character in general, and I can easily see why she’s Sumito Oowara’s personal favorite of the bunch."
Miku -
"Hatsune Miku is the character/persona created for a voice bank. As such, she has no set personality and can essentially be molded to fit the song’s scenario. She’s basically made to be your little dress up doll except your not dressing her up with clothes you’re dressing her up with your special interests and hyperfixations. She’s like the Barbie of Autism, if you will. As such, she has garnered many fans since her debut because of how relatable she is and how comforting she can be and how you can project your own interests or quirks on her and it’d still fit her because that’s essentially what she was made for!!!
You could consider the songs she sings and brings to life for producers to be her special interest!
As she’s a voice bank, she also can struggle with tone and inflection when speaking or singing, but can also, at times, sound very life like as well! She’s incredibly versatile as a tool to use for songs and as a character! She can do anything and be anything!
Also, all characters under the Vocaloid title usually come with an item that represents them! Miku’s is a leek/spring onion, even her hair has a similar appearance to one and it could be considered a special interest of hers!
I know the whole “she can be anything” seems sorta like flimsy propaganda for her, but I think it can also resemble how some people on the autism spectrum mask our true personalities and try and adapt to who we are talking to! And we can also have many talents and special interests at a single time! At least, that’s how my experience has been with being on the spectrum….
(Anywhosies I hope this helps! Miku has been important to me and many others for a long time and it’d be a shame for her to lose due to lack of propaganda 😔)."
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