Talk:Kokone/@comment-24440765-20140129013918/@comment-5051846-20140130144810

I am little confused about what you are saying. o: Did you mean that, although you wanted a Vocaloid-y look, you didn't like how Kokone had common elements from other Vocaloids there? Just checking it wasn't an arguement that Vocaloids should have short skirts, stockings and cut-off sleeves – I'm guessing you changed topics.

I think a better word than 'Vocaloid-y' would have been 'music themed', your arguement being that because Vocaloids are related to music they should have music motifs on their designs. That's quite reasonable. n_n

I must point out though, that the majority of Vocaloids don't have clear music motifs, and if they're there, they are often just as subtle as Kokone's. O: (This is why 'Vocaloid-y' isn't a very good word, since it doesn't represent the majority. Also to describe something as 'like Vocaloid' first all Vocaloid designs must be related or have at least one common theme. 'Like the CV series' would work, for example.)

I've always been a fan of branching out and having as many diverse and different designs as possible – different artstyles, different approaches, different themes. Vocaloid is a software that should be flexible in what it portrays as music itself and it's great when designs reflect that. :D

One of the big problems in the fandom today is outsiders seeing the mass of anime designs and assuming they are all Japanese and only targetted at otaku, fans who aren't into anime have to be lucky to be exposed to the rare indivisual Vocaloids that show them broadness of the software and how it caters to music as an instrument, and thus get into the fandom. Although I'd actually place Kokone among these 'norm' designs and I don't resent her for it, this explains my stance against any creation of a Vocaloid 'house-style'.