YMMV / Ken Ashcorp

• Awesome Art: Ken uses work of many talented web artists as cover images for his songs. The cover artwork for "Absolute Territory" and "Crazy Chicks" made by Gashi-Gashi of Nefarious fame deserves a special mention for how vibrant, expressive, and polished it is.
• Awesome Music:
  • Many fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic agree "20% Cooler" is a ton of fun. With its high energy and catchy beat, its danceability can’t be denied. Many place it among the greats in the huge repertoire that is MLP fan music.
  • "Supernatural" is an "I Am" Song for Dipper about the mysteries of Gravity Falls and his sibling relationship with Mabel. Soft, relaxing, and catchy, it bears resemblance to some of the slower songs by The Beatles.
  • Out of the various Silly Love Songs attempted by Ken, "Shut Up And Trust This" really stands up to its source material. Based on the game’s Golden Ending, the track is appropriately romantic, uplifting, and whimsical.
• Broken Base: Ken's decision to delete his old alt, foreverpandering, is still debated by his earlier fans. Some believe Ken was justified by his disinterest in non-musical work, and the highly negative reaction to his initial announcement of moving away from it. Others claim his reaction was dispropotionate, and that the situation should never have escalated this far.
• Memetic Mutation: Best social media.^Explanation Due to Ken's habit of sorting comments under his videos by new, the comment sections for many of his songs, especially "Absolute Territory", are known for being ridiculously active despite how old some of the videos in question are. Going into the comments, expect to find people Lampshading how active the section is, writing thoughts, diaries, or even suggestions for other users to comment as well.
• Moment of Awesome: "PvP" managed to win 1st place in the BlizzCon 2011 song contest. It is certainly an impressive accomplishment.
• Signature Song: "Absolute Territory", his breakthrough hit song that considerably eclipses his other songs up to this day.
• Viewer Gender Confusion:
  • While Kenny is officially stated to be female, in some cover artwork it can be very difficult to tell. "Supernatural" in particular is a victim of this, as the song is sung from Dipper's perspective, and Kenny is dressed as him.
  • Ken himself, likely because of few real-life appearances and a rather feminine-sounding voice on his more popular uploads, is frequently assigned they/them pronouns by his less-experienced listeners and fans.

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