月影

iwatch-theworld made a very smart, well-written post that attacked the real problem and then was made too uncomfortable to leave it posted. This is the problem with, not some bullshit of new or old fans. It’s the fact that the fandom has become a mess of people all shoving their thumbs up their asses until someone else says something or tries to do something. This fandom itself is toxic as fuck, and it doesn’t matter if you’re new or old, what matters is that you are just as to blame for how it is as anyone else, and this whole idea of let’s pretend these people are the spokespeople of the fandom and fucking turn it burning them to make ourselves free of blame. elanra and I are not the entire fucking fandom. WE HAVE FEELINGS AND WE MISS OUR FUCKING FRIENDS. ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FEELINGS ON OUR OWN GOD DAMN BLOGS? This is why I’ve gotten more and more hateful toward the No.6 fandom. The bad outweighs the good, and it has nothing to do with new or old, it has to do with the people now not giving it a sense of community. Do I love some people here? Yes. But I’ve always been able to hate more than I can love, and with elanra and I both going through personal issues but then constantly having to deal with this bullshit mentality, ha, it’s no wonder we both feel like the fandom is dead. There’s no heart to it anymore. Every single person who posted on elanra's personal post isn't some unknown person. You aren't working for our approval, so if you want to do something, fucking do it. I wasn't looking for approval when I started. No one starts out popular. Overall, yeah, this fandom is unwelcoming, but only to everyone who isn’t on the side of the people making everyone scared and feel unsure. Here I thought all those people were gone and we were on the mend. Guess not.

I honestly can’t make any new No.6 posts anymore.. there is no new content. Right now, the only on-going No.6 content I am following is the occasional red-eyes-gold-eyes arts and lookwrittenthings's The Best Laid Plans fic. The Pixiv tag is dead. All the major and minor artists of the fandom has moved on, included but not limited to Aruko, Lancha and even Zxs1103. Waka will sometimes succumb to her feels and draw something No.6 but its really really sad how little is left of the fandom that used to fill me with inspiration and excitement everyday. Every post that appears on my dash has either been posted by me or are things I've already reblogged several times… I can't give you guys anything new. Working two jobs and barely getting 5 hours of sleep a day, I can't do much anymore either OTL I still love No.6 as much as I did at the fandom’s creative peak. I will never get over it. I will never not be moved immensely with feeling at the sight of Shion and Nezumi and all the others I’ve grown to love so much.  I guess I just wanted to rant a little and express how lonely I feel lately in this fandom and how sad it is that everyone has left and is leaving and it’s of course natural, nothing is permanent and time stops for no one. I understand this as I have also moved on from countless things in my life but I am just so, so sad that this is happening with No.6… As childish as it may be and as idealistic as it may sound, I wish the No.6 fandom had stayed the same. It was home to me. I miss everyone so much...

yuneyn and ahikuboruchi, I just saw your replies to my little rant and I'd like to reply because you have both missed what my post was intended to express by a large margin  and took it as something entirely different. Nowhere in my post have I compared the "old fandom" to the "new one". I have not said anything about the current anything. I was talking about the content of my own blog and my personal feelings regarding people I used to talk to everyday. I was talking about not being able to talk to or share content from people like Aruko and Annamirka, Waka etc. I was talking about people leaving now as much as those that have already left. There was no distinction. Am I supposed to not give a damn about my friendships and the hardwork of people I admired just because they are not here anymore and that there are new people providing fanwork? What kind of mentality is that? If I didn't give a damn about the 'new fandom' why am I freaking out about every new fanart? Why do I try to read every new fanfic I come across? Why do I try my hardest to answer and help everyone who has questions that I see in the tags? To be honest, I am very upset that you have taken my post like a complaint about what the fandom 'is' now compared to what it 'was' then and completely disregarded the fact that I've been (from the start) keeping a close eye on both your blogs and sharing your content with great appreciation and respect. Ahiku, you are the most active Tumblr artist drawing for No.6 and I reblog nearly ALL of your art with great excitement. Yuneyn, I have read the majority of your fanfics and have had great pleasure discussing things with you .You are both people I've not only enjoyed being a part of the same fandom with but also people I respect. This never had anything to do with when you have joined this fandom or who had been here before you arrived. I am hurt that you made my personal post about missing people that have moved on about your not being appreciated in this fandom by the 'old fans' because you are a part of the 'new' in your opinion and the fact that you have decided to express your distaste regarding this on my post and thus, put yourselves and me on opposite ends. I do not appreciate this at all. Also, Vox, it's apparent you haven't even read my post before replying if you are honestly lecturing me about not appreciating red-eyes-gold-eyes. I honestly feel sorry at how devastatingly wrong you are. I am not acting like the fandom is dead. The sheer number of followers I have on this blog is enough proof that the fandom is greater than it has ever been. My post, again, was nothing but my expressing sadness about the way people move on, old or new, without distinction and about losing inspiration. I have been here for over three years and I have loved every single day I've spent fangirling over No.6 and conversing and sharing with the people that love what I love. I still do. Are you saying you want me to forget about the 'old fans' and stop talking about missing them just because 'new ones' are here? How is that going to assure 'new fans' about their permanence? How will that make anyone feel important when I change 'favorites' like I change underwear? 

I also need to point out that the language in your reply is exceptionally distasteful. If you don't know who Aruko and Lancha are (let's not even mention Zxs1103) you have absolutely no right to complain about people not paying any attention to you (which isn't even true) because you apparently pay none to anyone else. They aren't even 'old fans'. They have stopped posting No.6 arts just a few months ago. The former is an artist that has drawn over four hundred fanarts for this fandom while the latter is one of the most popular anime fanartists drawing for several fandoms whose last No.6 art was on August 19th. In short, I have noticed that whenever someone who has stayed in this fandom for a considerable amount of time expresses any sort of longing for certain people or a certain kind of content, their feelings get shut down by a group of people that call themselves 'the new fans' dubbing anyone else 'the old fans'. It is this group of people that draws a distinction between the fans. Our feelings, my feelings of attachment and deep appreciation for earlier content has nothing to do with my feelings for the later content. It is these people that make comparisons. It is these people that alienate the 'old fans'. It is these people that jump at every post of nostalgia and reminiscence with their latecomer complex and becoming the actual 'elitists' against those they accuse of being 'elitists'. 

I have personally shown nothing but excitement and support to any new provider of fanwork whom I had a chance to talk to. Ahiku, not only you are quite far from being a 'new fan' you are also not the only person who has tried to make attempts for this fandom. Before you, several others including me have tried countless things to encourage discussions among fans, bring them together and create together as a fandom. It didn't work out in the past for the same reason it doesn't work out now. And you know as well as I do that it has nothing to do with any discord between the old fans and the new. This is the reason so many of the older fans chose to fade out in the backdrop of things. This is the reason I've stopped making personal posts on my blog. This is the reason I can hardly bring myself to discuss anything on this blog anymore. You took my post, my personal post of longing of old friends and sadness for losing inspiration and used it to make a scene for your 'new vs. old fandom' war. I hope you got the attention you so desperately needed now and that my post was of help to you. 

No.6 - The Hardest Mistakes [4H IC] Editor: Kirarell 4 hour IC together with Zenexi! I haven’t edited No.6 in awhile so I decided it was about time again + the series was fitting to the song. It’s nothing that special but I’m pretty happy how it turned out! ^^ More info in description.

by ユミカ

Topics that will never die in the No.6 fandom:

and we can’t forget the ever popular “ummm i hate to break it to u guys but… NEZUMI WAS ABUSIVE!!” bullshit that riles up the fandom every few months 

..haha.. ha.. ha.. please never again.

It feels like a thousand years with you.

Pixiv ID: 23697874 Member: あお

Pixiv ID: 29892604 Member: 雪冬

by 柴虫

chase scenes are so inspiring that somehow i drew fanart despite having only seen 2 episodes

The first art in this photoset is not an official art. It belongs to  Tumblr user Ahikuboruchi. You should reblog her art directly from here instead of reposting her work without authorization or credit.

Sorry, Gran…

forever…

by しゅみ仔

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