Talk:Controversy Concerns/@comment-78.88.183.114-20120808184710/@comment-53539-20120812091040

If I said I grew up reading Fleetway Sonic comics. One of first shock of the internet was; "OMG the American Sonic fans waste their time on this?!?!?" since I never saw a Sonic fan in the UK do this. O_o

Not being nationist intentionally there, its just in the late 90s and early 00's period, youwere either American or you were quiet about where you came from. It didn't really start changing until the 2004 period significant enough to remove the fear completely at times. Most communities I was in were prior to 2004 were about 70-90% American... :-/

I don't know, most fandoms display similair traits to each other and not everyone is artistically gifted enough to come up with original or at least different designs. But I've seen all the jokes about redraws over the years and honestly... The whole issue with the art leaves me puzzled since the Vocaloid fandom almost seems to be pretending their fandom is different at times. :-/