🧵 As a longtime Miku fan and someone who used to play PJSK for years, I find the whole drama with Ironmouse being involved beyond stupid 🧍 There is so much disinformation about both her, the game, and the vocaloid medium taken as gospel from people trying to spark drama that it’s frustrating FIRST: Ironmouse has covered Vocaloid songs in the past and has clearly been a fan of Miku for years. To what extent, idk but anyone is allowed to be a fan of things even if it’s small. I noticed the Vocaloid community lately has had a lot of trouble coming to terms with this. A lot of people see it as “omg you weren’t there in the early 2000s when Vocaloid was first made?? Fake fan”. I disagree with this perspective so much. And I first started listening to Vocaloid in 2010 SECOND: I saw the take that them collaborating with VTubers is a bad thing for Miku as she’s seen as a commercial product. News flash: Miku is a vocal synth product that producers borrow her voice for to make their own songs. And she has been in COUNTLESS collaborations. Why Ironmouse specifically gets flack is beyond me. Not to mention, companies like Hololive frequently commission Vocaloid producers to produce songs for members, along with many VTubers covering Vocaloid songs. Like it or not, VTubers and Vocaloid are intertwined to an extent THIRD: I also saw the take that this collaboration takes opportunities from Vocaloid producers(??). You can tell who hasn’t played this game because this game has so many original songs commissioned for the groups PRODUCED BY VOCALOID PRODUCERS!! Literally no opportunity is being taken from them and this disinformation baffled me the most LASTLY: The statement that Ironmouse never played the game is straight up false. Go look at the VODs on her channels from months ago. Same with Connor’s. They’ve been in touch with the developers for a very hot minute