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Superstition, fear and jelousy
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Dead I am the one
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Sometimes you notice two people on two completely different websites with the exact same posting styles, personalities, and favorite topics. And then you have to awkwardly pretend like you haven't noticed that they're both the same person.
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The first rule of card games: If you tech out your deck to counter a popular deck, you will never see that deck ever again in your life.
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When I go to get a random number, how can I be sure that the CIA didn't replace it to trick me?
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Is a dragon a reptile, or is it really a bird?
Now hear me out: I'm not just saying that because they fly. A dragon is basically a dinosaur, and dinosaurs are supposedly more closely related to birds, right? So wouldn't that make a dragon a bird, technically?
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And you don't seem to understand
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The five words that stop a bureaucracy in its tracks:
"Is that the official policy?"-
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My official policy is: Kill all sons of bitches.
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Somedays I feel like changing my research focus to Geometric Function Theory, with a specialization in boundary values of continuous functions.
If you catch my drift.
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Try "Boundary Functions and Sets of Curvilinear Convergence for Continuous Functions."
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Ah, I was more familiar with his other works, thanks
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One word: Pyrokinesis. How would you like to have that super power? I mean, you could play around in the Himalayas for hours and be perfectly fine!
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Work that made people a furry by decade:
20s: BNA, Helluva Boss
10s: Zootopia, Pokemon (there were Pokewaifus before but it hit a critical mass here.)
00s: Star Fox Assault, Digmon Tamers, Sonic Adventure 2
90s: A lot of stuff, but most likely Space Jam or The Lion King. I guess Rescue Rangers goes here too since it debuted right before the 90s. SWAT Kats for kids who got in before Turner canceled it. Hell I could probably add five or six more things; any kid growing up in this decade was doomed.
80s: Fairly safe decade; only real Furry Bait was the Catillac section of Heathcliff and Gadget right at the end. Lots of female animal characters, but I don't consider that inherently furbait.
70s: Disney's Robin Hood. Not much else, but it was enough.
60s: Everything here is either "female animal with slight human attributes" or "female cartoon character with almost no sexual appeal." These things only appeal to people who are actually furries, so it was a safe decade.
50s and Earlier: There's some pretty weird blatant furbait stuff, the most famous of which probably being that "leg of lamb" joke in that Droopy cartoon. But the stuff that would show up on TV was always isolated and unlikely to cause any real damage.
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On reflection, there were some important omissions:
1960s: That squirrel from Sword in the Stone was pretty damn blatant. I mean I guess she's still in the category of "animal with slight human attributes" but when she's hitting on the main character you can't ignore it.
1970s: As a side note this is when the Fritz the Cat movies came out, i.e. the first mainstream-ish adult furry movies. But no way any kid was getting within a mile of that so it doesn't affect this list. A real omissions is that lion chick from the Star Trek cartoon show. I guess you might throw the Rescuers in here because throwing Eva Gabor's voice on top of a mouse is just asking for trouble.
1980s: I don't know how many people actually saw Animalympics back in the day, but it certainly fits here. The Great Mouse Detective should also be included for that burlesque scene. The dogs in Oliver and Company are kind of borderline; I mean yeah furries like them but I don't know if they would have caused confused feelings in children.
1990s: Stuff I omitted: Tiny Toon Adventures, Samurai Pizza Cats, Road Rovers, SatAM Sonic the Hedgehot, Mirri n Magic the Gathering, Animaniacs (I don't know how much Minerva Mink actually made an impact considering how infrequently she appeared but man it doesn't get more blatant than this). I guess we can throw Dragon Tales here as well, and to top things off this is where furry webcomics started to explode. Kids were screwed.
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Would I still like Chopin if I wasn't a huge weeb?
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You can say somehow, somewhere and somewhat, but not somewhen, somewho or somewhy. That's kind of stupid.
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Somewho = somepony
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You know you can say "anybody," instead of "anypony?" Frankly I don't see what the point of that is. I would have known what you meant if you said "anybody." Seems to me like that's the kind of thing everybody else is doing just because everybody else is doing it. So.
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I'm Gyokuyoutama, mighty pirate, and I mean to kill you all!
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Why would anyone read comics or watch TV shows when you can just read the books.
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Jaydor did nothing wrong.
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Friendly reminder to switch to SPUFOrange if you don't want to be eaten by skeletons.
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Finally save up enough to craft a second copy of a legendary.
Find out it's been restricted to one per deck.
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Guess they really screwed the pooch then.
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Needed to write something down, grabbed an old unused notebook. Open to random page. Written in the margin is "DEATH IS THE ONLY WAY IN." Except for a couple of notes I made in the beginning of the notebook the notebook is otherwise blank. I don't remember writing this.
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To stop a gaben
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pls member
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In a similar vein to aabicus's question, has anyone heard of Dick Bong?
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Time for a definitive list of the Top 25 Virtual Youtubers.
25-21:
25: Vangumi
Really he should be lower since there's plenty of VTubers out there better than him, but I want to mention him and I'm not ranking more than 25. He's the host of a Virtual Youtube talk show which is a boring format and so already he isn't great. But I'll never forgive him for taking over Nekomasu's channel, even if it was done at Nekomasu's suggestion.
24: Mirai Akari
As one of the "four great kings" of virtual youtube, it might be a surprise to see her so low. But honestly she was the most bland of the early stars, and she gets lowered for the same reasons that Vangumi does, i.e. taking over the channel of another virtual youtuber (in this case Eilene). She is also by far the most corporate channel now, with many of her old videos privated for being too advertiser unfriendly and even getting a redesign to avoid showing off her midriff.
23: YUA
Not a lot to say here, she's even blander than Mirai Akari but she's never really anything to annoy me. Her Engrish videos are amusing, otherwise there's not a lot to her.
22: Noracat
The virtual cat with a vocaloid voice who got exposed as actually being a guy all along and not a real catgirl. There's not any huge issue with Noracat's content, but it's almost exclusively long livestreams of games and VRChat sessions, neither of which I'm into.
21: Azuma Lim
Decent variety of content, good motion capture, character design isn't annoying. But nothing too exceptional either.20-16
20: Laki
Pretty cute design I guess. Might get you on a watchlist.
19: Siro
The next of the four great kings to appear on the list. Similar to Mirai Akari in terms of how much she is getting pushed, but she has much better gameplay content, generally has better interactions with other channels and speaks in English sometimes. Dolphin noises vary between being endearing and annoying. Her heavy breathing can be great. But her put on voice gets annoying pretty quick.
18: Tokino Sora
The mom of the VTube community. Pretty decent singing voice, can be amusing, never really got on my nerves. She probably just missed being one of the four greats due to the timing of the situation, but I don't think anyone hates her.
17: Natsumi Moe
The first (and only) English language channel on this list. In many ways she's the platonic form a western fujoshi, but somehow I don't hate her. She's better when she is interacting with the rest of the Eilene clan, but unfortunately that happens less and less.
16: Nanahoshi Suzu
This is the channel I go to to wonder what the hell is going on, especially since none of her videos have been subtitled. She has a interest in weird parts of western culture, like the works of David Cronenberg, so much of the time I'm just confirming that she is in fact referencing what I think she is (even if I can't fully understand the reference). Has made so many Watamote videos that this may as well be the second season.15-11
15: Baacharu
His position on this work is not so much because I enjoy his videos, but because I can respect what he's done. He was another early pioneer that didn't get recognition at the time despite being "the first male virtual youtuber." His enthusiasm is always obvious. More recently, he's essentially started acting as a VTube producer (most notably of Siro) and he seems to be doing a decent job of it. It also makes it trivial for him to collabs.
14: Cocoa
(Or is it Coco? Kokoa? Who knows.) She's mainly on here because she's a spin off of game club project, which we'll discuss later.
13: Omega Sisters
First Duo on the list. I've always thought having a group can make things like Let's Plays more entertaining, since the people in the group can play off each other and keep a nice rhthym of the conversation going. (Of course, you can get an even better product through using a premade script which is well researched and revised multiple times, but no one does that). They gave us the "view 100 recommended videos in a row" technique which always leads to interesting results. If you're not going to ask any questions about Rio, I'm not going to bring up that topic.
12: Moemi
The eternally 2D and eternally abused Virtual Wife. Apparently the voice actress has gone through a lot of real life health issues, which has prevented her from appearing more often. She works great as a straight man to the antics of others, but struggles a bit on her own.
11: Shizuka Rin
Aka that vtuber that sang "Country Roads" while playing a bus simulator. I know that I've disqualified other vtubers for essentially just posting livestreams, and she does the same thing, so maybe she should be lower on the list. Honestly, I put her higher mainly because it isn't hard to find highlight videos so that you don't have to sit through two+ hours. I also like that she switches up her character design frequently.10-6
10. Nekomiya Hinata
Probably the best of the VTubers in terms of gameplay skill shown in videos. Additionally this is the only channel I know of which has the ears of the model tied in with the facetracking. Adds a lot to see the ears perk up in surprise or droop down in sadness. While this is another channel with corporate backing, she feels less like a spokesman for a channel and more like someone just playing a game.
9. Hime Hina
Another duo. As usual you have the hyperactive one and the straightman. Some sketches, some games, some songs. They play off each other pretty well whatever they are doing.
8. Ruki Roki
I'll be honest: I could say almost the exact same things that I did for Hime Hina. But they're foxgirls, so they get the higher spot.
7. Fuji Aoi
While she does a lot of stuff, you're here for the singing. She undoubtably has the best singing voice of any VTuber, and it's no surprise that she was the first one to get gigs for public appearances. Her channel has perhaps limited appeal in that her non song videos aren't very good, but when she is good she is better than almost every channel on this list.
6. Kizuna Ai
The big boss. She wasn't the first VTuber, but there's no doubt that without her the fad wouldn't have become as big as it has. Her success isn't accidental: she's a natural entertainer (despite being terrible at pretty much everything else she tries) and she is constantly adding new elements to her videos. Even now rather than simply pumping out the same videos that have served her well, she is going forward with some weird plotline about there being 4 different Kizuna Ais.5-1
5. Eilene
A VTuber denied her channel. Despite being one of the pioneers in the genre, predating Kizuna Ai by over a year, there is no real home for her content. In fact Mirai Akari's channel is her original channel (you'll note that it is actually "bitconnect" which is mentioned in some old Eilene vids). Luckily she originally posted to several channels in different languages, or she would be almost entirely gone. Now you can mainly find her stuff on Natsumi Moe's channel (which used to be for English reuploads of Eilene videos) and Yomemi's channel (which she created and where she frequently guest stars). Anyway, as for an actual review, Eilene's videos are obviously the product of someone passionate about making content, and who isn't afraid to push the boundaries. You aren't going to see Ebola-chan on any of the major channels. Eilene's channels were one of the few VTube channels to try to set up an ongoing plotine, as if it were a TV show, rather than simply mimicking the content of non-virtual youtubers. It's frequently very rough, but clearly a product of love.
4. Game Club Project
This is a group of 4 characters. This is essentially what you would get if you took Eilene's TV-show esque format (mixed with some let's plays) but actually put money into it. I want to say that it's also more grounded and less extreme and bizarre than Eilene's work, but honestly there are some pretty weird videos (I've posted the one where Siro shows up and tries to eat half the cast, but it ends up being a ruse to capture Santa and drink his blood to become immortal.) This channel reminds me the most of SPUF as well.
3. Yomemi
Essentially a replacement for Moemi, who has essentially become a replacement for Eilene. Why Yomemi is up here is her enthusiasm and constant joy. It's impossible to listen to her and not feel at least a little uplifted. She also has a lot of bizarre experiment videos where she tries dangerous or disgusting things, never showing a hint of fear or revulsion.
2. Kaguya Luna
Really I should hate Moon-chan due to her forced zaniness and her inability to take anything seriously. But somehow it's incredibly endearing. It helps that she posts less frequently and doesn't go long in her videos, so it never feels like she's just extending the length to get a paycheck and go home. I know this doesn't sound like a huge endorsement, but seriously, she's great. It's just impossible to put into words why that is.
1. Nekomasu
If you've paid attention to me blabbing on about VTubers in the past, you know this was coming. One of the "4 Great Kings", but the one which really came from absolutely nowhere. In November 2017 he didn't think he'd have even a thousand subscribers, by January 2018, he was a superstar. He wears his heart on his sleeve and you can see how much trouble it is for him to make his videos, which makes their high quality all the more impressive. It also helps that his tastes are almost identical to my own. He's essentially quit the VTube scene, and I understand why. I'm still pissed about his channel being used for other purposes, but I don't hold that against him.
Okay, now the Monkey has to do the real definitive top 25.-
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Never trust an elf.
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Around elves watch yourselves
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VERY fast fox moving at incredibly hihg speeds:
https://www.foxnews.com/science/arctic-fox-norway-canada-epic-journey
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Less than 2 months until mlp is kill forever.
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I guess the real magic was the friends we made along the way.
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, just walk away and don't make eye contact.
