YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOT DONE

I swear I will be but I'm still having Thoughts about 3D Roselia, specifically about how in performances Yurishii and Yukki give off very different but very Lisa vibes, just like Akeshan and Nonchan do with Rinko. And I just. Love them all

My attempt to explain it goes something like this—

Yurishii:

Yukki:

Akeshan:

Nonchan:

HA you thought I was done didn’t you

Really tho who would’ve thought Craft Egg going “Here take this AriYuki” would’ve sent me into this spiral hahaha

. . . Anyway I have a problem where I love so many of the Bandori girls so incredibly much that I can never make up my mind about rankings. The only ones I’ve really been sure about are Arisa and Rinko who have a special tier all to themselves and in order for anyone to get in this tier they have to be very very extra important to me. Like. Once they reach that stage I’ll Know

But GOD my 3rd best girl literally changed every event until . . . maybe now. DAMMIT YUKINA

It’s weird bc I feel like Yukina has become the sort of comfort character who just. Has a comforting presence instead of being a character I heavily relate to. Heck I wish I had a friend like her wasn’t a thought that crossed my mind until she got an event where she interacts a lot with Arisa, who is, in fact, um. A character I heavily relate to. You can see why this happened . . . But like here’s the thing, I wanna be friends with Aya, I wanna be friends with Himari, but Yukina??? This is a really weird realisation but I think she finally kicked down the door to the um . . . exclusive top tier chamber

That said if my 3rd best girl changes next event I’m gonna look like a clown . . . haha

Thank you for putting up with my incoherent Roselia/Yukina posts I have no idea where all these feelings came from but it must be Roselia punishing me for not being fully devoted

I’M DEVOTED NOW I SWEAR I’M SORRY

Hhhhh I’m sorry but I’m well and truly on a Roselia kick rn and LOOK idk what happened either at some point in the last couple years I got overwhelmed by all the content pouring out of this franchise and neglected even my 2nd favourite band so now it’s all hitting me at once. This is me making up for not loving them enough bc it’s honestly been a While since I felt this much love for them what the heck. Actually maybe I’ve never loved them this much before oh god

So idk I got rly nostalgic and was looking through the playlist of live vids on the official YT channel and it struck me that of course the old Roselia ones wouldn’t be there anymore since they don’t reflect the current members and it just ugh. 2021 and I’m sitting here being sad about Yurishii and Akeshan again

Also while I’m here I can’t believe “Roselia’s music is good but doesn’t make me feel much” is a thing past me said bc now there is no song in Bandori’s entire discography that makes me cry more than Song I am. Past me simply did not know better smh

So um. Hi I’m Cay and I’m once again in a puddle of tears over Roselia’s existence

I’m still thinking about Yukina and I blame both the NY event and AiAi for her rising to 3rd place for like. The ninth time or something

Anyway this is a mini rant (that’s actually an appreciation post) bc I remembered something I read once and basically! I feel like sometimes characters are interpreted in a kinda reductive/black-and-white way and I’ve seen Yukina getting flak (in terms of development) for staying single-mindedly interested in music and only doing other things/going out of her comfort zone because she thinks it’ll benefit Roselia. And like. First of all, Yukina cares about her bandmates so heckin much. As people, as friends, not just as musicians. If she’s trying new things for their sake then she’s being a good friend who’s interested in other people’s interests, which she most certainly wasn’t for a long time. That’s the important thing. In the past Yukina has hurt people with her fixation on music even if she didn’t mean to. She’s in a healthier place and knows better now so music being her thing still is just . . . really great, actually? It’s who she is. Idk guys it’s just Good when characters develop but still retain those qualities that make them who they are. If Yukina wasn’t the incredible singer who’s kinda endearingly bad at other things . . . sob I love her ok and imho her development has definitely not been stagnant

This has nothing to do with anything I just continue to have weirdly specific stuff I want to get off my chest aa

AriYuki is actually a really interesting pair bc instead of the impulsive energetic airhead/no-nonsense braincell dynamic it throws the calmest dumbass ever with a huge flustered mess of a braincell . . . and I like it. A lot. I can’t stop thinking about them

Yeah I’ve shipped Arisa with 4/5 of Roselia now help. Craft Egg you can’t keep doing this to me

This is a very very good pull I’m not ungrateful I swear Ako is SO cute and I got three other 4*s but DF RinAri please,,,

This Arisa did show up tho hh I love you

STOP WITH THE LIM ARISAS I’M POOR

The CN shuffle band art is stunning but it makes me sad that J-Rock has never won? And Techno-Pop which is also very boppin’ but J-Rock is def my fav along with the hell band so. J-Rock appreciation time!

What I love most about them is like. The potential. I’d say each canon band has something that defines them and ties the members together, and I think out of the shuffle bands J-Rock exhibits this the most clearly. I feel like they’d work really well in an AU. All of the members have some sort of rebel streak/determination to prove themselves or at least value individuality highly: we’ve got Ran whose voice comes across so strongly in her songs, Tomoe’s passion that’s so Much sometimes she has to keep it in check, Rimi’s desire to be her own person instead of a shadow of her sister, Eve and how bushido helps her be the best person she can be even if other people think she’s weird, and of course Sayo with her inferiority complex and burning need to find her own sound. Like. Imagine how great it would be if these different but like-minded girls got together and created something that made them stronger in all the right ways. Ran finding an outlet for all the feelings she keeps bottled up (this is canon but y’know). Tomoe finding a place where she doesn’t need to hold back for the sake of others. Rimi bursting out of her shell and playing music she wouldn’t have dared play before. Eve being her wonderful bubbly bushido self with no agency there to tell her what to do. Sayo being drawn to the rawness of Ran’s singing like Why? and slowly learning to forgive herself for not being perfect

And the interactions. God. Sayo, Tomoe and Rimi bonding over being sisters. Ran and Sayo butting heads over passion vs technique and gaining more of both by the end, with Ran leading creatively and Sayo grilling everyone so they polish up their skills. Eve and Rimi are just absolute rays of sunshine and amazing moral support but damn do they go hard when it matters

Of course there’s the question of whether early Sayo would join a band like this but just imagine she did ok. Imagine she found Ran before she found Yukina and there was something there she couldn’t ignore. Take this AU Sayo who helps push this little indie band to success and discovers that her sound can be whatever she wants it to be

Anyway I started and abandoned a fic about this a while ago but you can have a read if you want

Ughh FMA fans are so well fed I just need a GYROAXIA cover of Period and my life will be complete . . . it would be so perfect pls pls pls,, also someone should do Rain . . . I mean I guess SID songs are Fantome Iris’ thing but idk PoPiPa would be nice too

Please tell me I'm not the only former Shugo Chara! fangirl who couldn't take Saaya seriously at first because my brain just

I’d never done one of these before but I drew more than I thought this year and wanted to try it too!

Half of these are Miraculous Ladybug klafjsdf . . . yes that’s Arisa who’s cropped out of the January one bc it’s the ugliest Arisa I’ve ever drawn pls just look at scribbly Lisa instead. I went ham in June for a ship month and I think that forced me to improve lmao