I like calling myself the #1 fan of Mizuki and Mizuena tbh but it’s moreso just my way of saying “I’m extremely insane about this character and this ship and it’s all you will ever hear me talk about.” I honestly could care less if others think they’re bigger fans because at the end of the day “#1 fan” is lowk a pretty subjective title to give yourself 😭😭 My qualifications though are umm owning mizuena figures, having my irl who knows nothing about vocaloid or anime or rhythm games draw me mizuena fanart as well as her knowing pretty much all there is to know about Mizuki and mizuena despite never touching pjsk or the pjsk stories, getting my other irl to become pretty invested in Mizuki and mizuena (to the point where he unironically sees pink and brown and thinks of mizuena 😭😭), starting a mizuena yapfest that I lowk need to finish that once I finish will probably be the Longest thing I Ever write, making everything I can about mizuena, relating Mizuki and mizuena to everything ever, tiering Mizuki and mizuena-centric events, etc etc. I don’t care about criticism, correction, debate, or discussions because I love talking to people about them and I think everyone should experience the joys of Akiyama Mizuki, Shinonome Ena, and Mizuena ☺️🌷

I understand why people feel this way. There are lots of reasons! Neurodivergence, so much effort put into one thing, having great recollection, etc etc. I feel a bit like that too, sometimes, that I know best,

umm but then I remember that's made up and utter nonsense, because while I may be able to know best (from my perspective), it is just that—from my perspective, and someone else can respectively be the #1 fan or whatever in their own right. And that's great I think.

I also understand why, for whatever reason, you wouldn't wanna hear what others have to say about your thing. Many such reasons. But I personally believe it to be good, to listen, and consider, because there are so so so many um...views out there, that you won't realize you're missing, until you hear them first hand. And you know what! If they're completely "wrong" then it's so fucking funny! And you can feel a bit righteous or whatever. Fun and games for real

I don’t exactly feel I’m the “number one fan” of these things, especially publicly, but I guess in the back of my mind I do. I think this comes from the neurodivergent attachment I have to myninterests in the way we both intermingle and they become part of my being just as much as my thoughts and preferences are. I don’t think all my opinions are right and I don’t think it’s my place to claim “number one fan”-ship but I still think that, a. Lot of the time, people don’t understand things or characters like me, especially characters. I’m open to criticism and I get it sometimes! I enjoy debates and I actually usually start them on my own. Only with people I know or in like a discord server idk… but yesterday I was the defendant of Ivan in ALNST which makes me sound how I don’t want to, but I have a firm belief that all ALNST ships are toxic in the main story of ALNST and it bothers me when you can accept one and not the other. I think that for characters specifically it really depends because if I see they relate to said character too I get so unbelievably hurt and angry. It’s not something I can help. I try not to! But most of the characters I kin they are part of my soul, and the way I am and who I am have been influenced by them. So someone else trying to say they understand them “like I do” is just an insult to me. But overall I tend to be open minded! I’m not the number one ALNST fan and will never claim to be, but I do think that for most of my kins, nobody gets them like I do…