Talk:Merli/@comment-35301431-20121115233113/@comment-53539-20121117171653

There is nothing wrong, just some of us don't particularly pay much attention to mascots beyond the inital release of it, or when theres absolutely nothing else to talk about the design becomes the centre.For me, my issues with Merli's design have nothing to do with skin colour, its more of her design makes her look a bit clownish due to the weay the top is centred. I did think about it for a while and came to the conclusion, its properly been done on purpose to make her top look like some sort of flower due to the butterflies on the outfit. Only explaination I could come up with. :-/

We have had a difficult situation with Merli, as in regards to WHY people like the design. Some have no other reason to like her other then she has a darker skin colour, others even say its why she is beautiful. This can also be just as racist as saying something outragous like "black people should die". It also is proving to be one of the most distracting subjects about this vocaloid, I'm not saying its nessecary a bad thing because why ARE talking about her because of it, but rather, of all the topics that are constantly coming up this one has been the most common. Talking about it and pointing fingers isn't actually helping the situation, which some in the fandom are also doing.

Yet... We didn't have any of this kind of talk when the original Bruno and Clara designs came up and they were also dark skinned, I think its because there were folks who didn't like the art anyway so the focus was on "argh! Ugly vocaloids are ulgy vocaloids", which then haunted the fandom in regards to Avanna now. I guess because Japanese Vocalodis get more attention, this is why Merli's got the attention this time around.

Or we could fall back on the "but vocaloid fans must have something to complain about...". So seriously... If there is a minor issue holding a Vocaloid back, welcome to the one fandom where you'll hear about it for months after its turned up. =_=

Avanna's not been spared for her anime-esque design... She is the most recently. I could list other examples too... The english speaking side of the fandom itself doesn't seem happy unless its whining or complaining about something. I think we've likely become spoilt since vocaloids grew in numbers. Lol.