Ahh, console video games (or vidcons as I call them). the ultimate medium of expression, able to convey any emotion ranging from hatred to love, loyalty to fear, all in front of our eyes. Ah, and with lovingly crafted art, music, and the ability to control the action, vidcons are the ultimate combination of the high arts. While I tend to play the stoic, I will be the first to admit that vidcons haven driven me to cry, to scream and shout, to feel actual hate; such is the power of this force beyond our wildest reckoning. And here I am, before you, to temp your tongues with the taint of such a tantalizing topic.
And the Japanese, the true geniuses behind the world of video games. Pah, I throw my scorn upon such incompetents of the West who would mock the true art of the Japanese with 'games' such as Baldur's Gate and Madden. Perhaps it is that the West is not as intelligent as the East, but this is a matter for another day. Japan has given us such masterpieces as the Final Fantasy series, Star Ocean, Wild Arms, and of course, Arc the Lad. Yes, some of the finest vidcons in the world were created by Japanese. I come to you today to ask you in all earnesty, what is your favorite vidcon? I will reveal mine after the grand debate has illustriously begun, but not before the first poster falls victim to my plot of discussion.
In other words, this is a thread on an imaginary forum our avatars frequent. The topic can fluctuate, and its mostly just general discussion.
Hello
Hi guys, I'm back at home. So time to post something interesting.
Bushido Desu, TheMusicTechGeek and RunRunPipitsu have logged on. 
Greetings, everyone! My name's Eve Wakamiya, and I'm keyboardist of Pastel*Palettes and I would like to say to everyone... Happy new year! I found this place after Aya told me she actually discussed about this place. It seems like I have been mentioned here before I even joined (or was it?), and a new year's a good time to keep honing my Bushido samurai spirit! Anyways, I got a bandmate and fellow friend to introduce to you as well! 
Hello! I'm Maya Yamato, drummer of Pastel*Palettes! Back then I'm nervous with things related to idols or bands, though to say, being here together with some of my friends and acquittances, I think I'm finally comfortable with sharing some thoughts with others here. By the way, while my name in full English isn't a palindrome, but if you interpret it in Hiragana, it makes an actual palindrome. Huhehe!* Also, I have surprisingly good knowledge in music and I'm a geek who likes working around with and fixing musical equipment, so if you do have any problems with your musical equipment, you could ask me for help! Also, may this year be a prosperous one for us all! 
Yahoo! I'm Hina Hikawa, Guitarist of Pastel*Palettes! Since everyone else in Pastel*Palettes have joined the chat at sometime earlier before, I might as well join up here for some fun. And by the way, I have an older twin sister, and I love her! I got interested in playing the guitar after watching her play one herself. Back then, we broke up because she grew too weary about our daily lives as twin sisters, and she outright admits she's jealous of me, but now things were resolved, she's getting along with me again, so now everything's fine and boppin'!* Happy new years, everyone! It's gotta be zappin'!
EDIT: Changed Eve's portrait retroactively, see the post below ![[down]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_down.png "[down]"){kind=icon}
on the spoiler/OOC part for reasons. Also Maya, as well
Edited by JustNormalMusicLover on Jan 1st 2024 at 11:09:01 PM
Everyone's got their unique qualities.
good morning… it’s nice to meet you.
sorry if my messages are a bit weird, i didn’t get enough sleep today from new years.
Hello
(![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
and )
Good morning and Happy New Year to you guys! In Japanese culture, every New Year (Oshogatsu in Japanese), we celebrate it with various customs, such as eating dishes of traditional food (Osechi), making and eating rice cakes (Mochi), sending postcards (Nengajo) to friends and relatives * , adult relatives giving money to children (Otoshidama), playing traditional games such as Hanetsuki, Sugoroku, and Karuta; making haiku and renga for new year, and more!
Also, typically Hatsumode is also celebrated together as part of the Japanese new year where residents visit Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines to make wishes for the new year, buy Onamori (charms or amulets), and buying written oracle messages (Omikuji). Also during New Year's Eve, there's also a celebration in Japan called Omisoka; typically we gather together to eat noodles, with the meaning "crossing over from one year to next". Traditionally, families make Osechi on the last days of the year so that the food can be consumed for new year, and there are people also preparing to visit shrines or temples for Hatsumode during the midnight transition to the new year.
Eve: I know that these traditions sounds complicated, but I'm really paying respects to our Japanese culture, we live in Japan anyways, but everyone can celebrate New Year no matter where they are, with their respective country cultures! Isn't that amazing?
Maya: So, regarding again your question, we're doing these Japanese new year traditions with everyone. Well, the Hatsumode visit is right after one last concert there; we really needed some sleep after that crazy performance from everyone. I'd say we had quite fun there overall!
OOC: Btw, Eve is supposed to actually have a new years' portrait, I'm going to change that retroactively, I just was rushing in earlier. You can find about Eve's regular portrait here
◊ if you still want to see it earlier, though. EDIT: Also applied the new years portrait to Maya as well. Regular portrait here
◊. And while we're on top of it, not all of the BanG Dream! girls have their New Years cards in GBP yet, some even have more than one actually. I'm just using whatever I can get
Edited by JustNormalMusicLover on Jan 1st 2024 at 11:11:28 PM
Everyone's got their unique qualities.
Tama May Cry 4: Order of the Toons
[1
] Like no problem, I totally understand that feeling though I feel wide awake despite staying up most of the night too! Also believe me when I say I don't think your post will be nearly as weird as the stuff we've seen on this thread that's for sure!
Lmao no kidding about that Moriritchi considering all the craziness that happened throughout the years! I think that pizza we had also got us well energized for today! Looks like it finally decided to start snowing but luckily it's still pretty warm outside!
Edited by MkayRose on Jan 1st 2024 at 10:53:00 AM
Meet the Tamas!◊ This is where it will end, by my hand.
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
A new year, another life of a mercenary vagabond…
Anyone here who wants my services?
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
Hmm… do you perhaps offer training for being a mercenary?
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
Well…
My services include but are not limited to:
- Aerial Dogfighting
- Aerial Escort
- Precision Bombing
- Discreet…Disposals
- Object Retrieval
- Other Tomfoolery
Hello
Itsumodori, Mocabuns, Official_LisaImai and Sayo_Hikawa have logged on.
Hello. I'm Ran Mitake. Vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Afterglow. I was conflicted about choosing to make an appearance and post here, but I got convinced to do it here by Moca, one of my childhood friends - in fact, my entire band, as all of us are a group of childhood friends as well. First of all, Happy new year to everyone whose here. And hoping for a same-as-always new year for my bandmates. 
Moca Aoba here~ I'm the lead guitarist for Afterglow. I prefer to eat bread, but this year's Mochi and Osechi are also delicious too. I also brought my friend and part-time co-worker as well~ 
Hello! I'm Lisa Imai, and I'm a member of Roselia and play the bass. I usually bake cookies for my friends, though for the new year, I cook and prepare some Osechi for everryone. As an older, caring figure that is comparable to being a "big sister" to others, I'm going to do my best to treat others with their needs. I also follow Gyaru fashion as well, and speaking of which, I also brought someone else. Come on, Sayo, say something 
Greetings. My name is Sayo Hikawa, and I'm Roselia's Guitarist. As mentioned by Hina, I'm her older (twin) sister, and while I had a case of Successful Sibling Syndrome regarding her, I end up regretting breaking up with her, and it's better to reconcile with her while I could. Back then I was a serious and no-nonsense girl, but the more the others are spending time with each another... I suppose I'm not above that. Since Minato-san and Imai-san are also in this chat, I might as well spend some time being here as well. Pleased to be knowing you during this new year.
OOC - Yes, it's intentional that both Hikawa twins get the same Teal text. I'll tell who's who speaking though, much like all of the text color overlaps from before. Also, out of these, one of these isn't a new year's card, but I assume whichever of that is, it's just looks so passable for a New Years card with the traditional Japanese kimono, lol.
I’d like to learn all of those!
The other Agents can’t forget about me if I’ve trained as much as them!
OOC: Agent 4 has pretty much been forgotten by Nintendo, so I’m putting some feelings of abandonment and frustration into her writing, despite the positivity.
Tama May Cry 4: Order of the Toons
Aww, sounds kinda sad that they might've forgot about you.
Huh, I know how it feels to be giving the shaft in a meta sense.
Wish you luck if you're going train for those opportunities! aroo.
Edited by MkayRose on Jan 1st 2024 at 12:51:31 PM
Meet the Tamas!◊ This is where it will end, by my hand.
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
[1] Woah…
I could try to teach you Discreet Disposal and Object Retrieval, but you need to be a pilot for much of the other things you want to do.
[2] Hello ladies, I hope you were one of the many bands in attendance at that concert.
If so, what did you think of the airshow I pulled off?
OOC: Sorry about that…
Edited by MorganFoulke on Jan 1st 2024 at 12:28:17 PM
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
Hello
Eieioh has logged on. 
I feel the same, too! Especially when I didn't get the proper respect as a group leader and instead got to deal with all of the tasks and burden. That's why I got to do my best and give my effort!
Heya! The name's Himari Uehara, and I'm the Bassist and leader of Afterglow! As with all of my bandmates (and childhood friends), I'm a third-year student at Haneoka Girls' High School, and we all attend class 3-A! I also am a social media influencer as well and am willing to socialize and interact with everyone. Say this with me: Hey, hey, hoh~!
I got ![[nja]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/user_ninja_2074.png "[nja]"){kind=small}
Ninja'd. AGAIN. And now for the other response...
Lisa: Thank you for the live show. Yukina spoke about you earlier. It's Kasumi's idea who started it, so I've got to credit her as well too.
Moca: Aye, we all had quite the fun as well. And the new band who just came in time too as well. But it seems like they're not yet on the response right now... Anyways, we gave the performance a great effort "the same as always", right, Ran?
Ran: Y-yeah... I guess so. Everyone worked hard and did their best as well.
Edited by JustNormalMusicLover on Jan 2nd 2024 at 1:32:22 AM
Everyone's got their unique qualities.
cat :3
[1] A paid mercenary no less. People like you should be jailed up and never allowed to see the sunlight again.
OOC: I'm down for a fight scene, ngl
On another note, it appears that the stream I've set up yesterday evening is still running until now, letting everyone admire... the empty stage of the Royal Opera. What a blunder of me to oversee this.
[2] [3] Interesting that you refer to it as a mix - personally, I call it a performative composition. The word "mix" implies that I've haphazardly scrambled parts of the individual songs I've composed together, which clearly isn't the case. Nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment.
[4] ...I'm sorry, Madam Hina Hikawa, surely it's not incest that you've alluded to, is it?
I don’t have to much experience flying, but I have used a jetpack before!
Why don’t you two just talk it out? I’m sure you can be civil to each other.
And if not, I don’t mind watching you two destroy each other.
Edited by CrobatOfTheStars on Jan 1st 2024 at 1:39:44 PM
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
And what are you? A Noble Demon?
OOC: Who is the character you are playing as?
Edited by MorganFoulke on Jan 1st 2024 at 1:49:51 PM
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
Carmine at the Beach
Today's walk in the park was quite satisfying for us. I'm gonna be taking a nap for a bit.
Do you guys have any plans for the first week of this year? And do you guys also have any New Year's resolutions? For me, I'm planning on trying to allocate my time better so I can get stuff done more efficiently.
"Paldea has a lot of different Pokemon from those in Kitakami." - Carmine
cat :3
[1] A humble alchemist. Are you put off by the fact that my text formatting has the word "evil" in it? I assure you, no real villain with a semblance of wit would display their stance this blatantly.
The character I'm playing is the Alchemist, from Savant's album covers. He doesn't have any "proper" lore, but he does have a game - Savant: Ascent - which I'm taking for canon here. That also means Super Sheriff shares a universe with him!
P.S. He does have a sense of morals, so he doesn't consider himself evil, despite the text.
Edit: it appears that I've lost track of my own argument. So, what justification do you have for your mercenary work? A lack of proper mindset to pursue any other métier?
Edited by StepexNo2 on Jan 1st 2024 at 8:47:51 PM
"Please do not reproduce this textbook." - S. Banach & A. Tarski
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
Very well.
I hope you can convert copper to gold, because you really need a lot of good luck to withstand my assault…
Morgan, after arming his F-14D, teleports into the Alchemist’s world. He proceeds to speed straight toward the Spire.
OOC: It would be nice to have a fight scene, though with the Meetup Thread stalled out on that RPG-esque event, it may be difficult to portray it as we would like to…
Edit: Didn’t see your recent edit, but I’m currently zooming to your tower at Mach 1.8. As for me being a Merc? You’ll need to see me in action why I became one.
Edited by MorganFoulke on Jan 1st 2024 at 2:52:54 PM
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
cat :3
You have committed a grave mistake, my friend.
OOC: I'd say we can use the Meetup Thread? I'm not sure when I'm gonna reactivate the RPG thing anyways. Though if you don't wanna, we can also use D Ms
[1] The Alchemist sends the inkling a livestream of the airspace around his tower. Somehow, the camera has already focused on Morgan's jet, showing it surrounded by a cone of red (harmless) light. Somewhere in the background, this song plays.
Edited by StepexNo2 on Jan 1st 2024 at 9:12:55 PM
"Please do not reproduce this textbook." - S. Banach & A. Tarski
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
OOC: Got it up on the Meetup Thread
cat :3
Was gonna pop in and say Merry Chrysler and a happy Nissan, cause I saw that for some reason this thread was in my Followed Threads list again and... what exactly is happening??? - Maria
"Please do not reproduce this textbook." - S. Banach & A. Tarski
Tama May Cry 4: Order of the Toons
[1] Lol well at least you're honest about it, then again that would make an entertaining moment on the thread heh heh. Not that I'm trying to egg em on!
I don't think they'll take it that far chérie.[2] Bon après-midi! We just going to take it easy this week and our resolution is to find some new interesting goals.
Edited by MkayRose on Jan 1st 2024 at 6:18:53 AM
Meet the Tamas!◊ This is where it will end, by my hand.
Hello
(response to [1])
Hina: Uh, what? Sorry, I meant not in that kind of romantic thing - but rather as a familial thing.
Sayo: That's definitely absurd. Well, to say, that is going to be a problem because the Western fandom has different perceptions about romantic relationship and sibling relationship, compared to the Eastern fandom, so... I mean I know we're twin sisters, but, do I have to remind you to not take this too far, Hina?
Hina: Ah, sorry! That's because I thought sis wasn't here yet. To be more precise, the affection is sibling-based affection, and this was more so after sis started to consent as well.
Sayo: Much better. Anyways, as for the person who asked the question - she's been actually quite affectionate with me since youth, actually. So by extent you could say, it's like our childhood days. Still, thank you for pointing out and putting this criticism, as we can clarify this issue in particular.
(According to the character IRL scripting and their voice actresses (Hina is voiced by Ari Ozawa, and Sayo is voiced by Haruka Kudo), the ship is actually supported with the relationship between the two. They also have a lot of in-game menu dialogues mentioning each other as well.
Imperial Knightess entered the room.
Um, hello? Is anyone there?
Sorry if I’m a bit nervous, I’m still figuring out how this whole… thing works.
Happy New Year everyone! Just woke up. The rest of the girls are still sleeping. Later this morning we're gonna go to the park for a walk. How is everyone's first morning of the year going?
"Paldea has a lot of different Pokemon from those in Kitakami." - Carmine