Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5169986-20130614115153/@comment-3076833-20130614175112

I suppose the idea behind it is to "build up the character". Ever since Miku was given the leek as a character item there's been plenty of PVs featuring one simply because people treat is a character trait for Miku, a headcanon so to speak, only on a much larger scale than a simple fan idea. One could even argue that Miku's popularity could derive from the fact she is associated with a leek, along with the others.

The problem with them is that people don't understand that they actually become a thing for the Vocaloid when a song/pv featuring the item becomes so popular people think of the Vocaloid as soon as they see the item, and vice versa. (In a Vocaloid context of course, well for the more sane fans anyway) By no means am I saying is it bad to have an idea of what it could be but unless you are some really popular producer who could meme it then you should drop the whole "IT'S TOTALLY HIS/HER CHARACTER ITEM" sherade.

I have said before I quite like the idea behind character items and I still admitably still do; but I do see the issue with them being mis-understood and would much rather people have their "character items" be made into "headcanons".