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#What's your Love Live! Story?
I still remember the time very clearly. It was back in 2014, LoveLive was at a popularity high and almost every artist drew fanart. One of my favorites at the time drew Kotori and I suddenly was in awe. Never before had I seen an anime character with greyish dark-blonde hair, which is my natural hair color most of the year (it's lighter in summer). After my discovery I started to look up what exactly LoveLive is and I came across the newly released english server of LLSIF and I found the anime.
I started my first account but after my phone died that account died with it. Which wasn't that bad because at that point I didn't even play the game that much. But while watching the anime I found a character I related to so much that it almost hurt. Rin. I always liked genki characters so right from the start she was a character that catched my attention. Seeing her support her best friend and even becoming an idol with her was something that I thought was very admirable. But after the Love Wing Bell episode the whole thing struck me as even more impressive.
A girl who was bullied for wearing girly clothes to the point where she was scared to wear it but she still does it for her best friend so they can be idols? Amazing. And seeing everyone support her as much as they did encouraged me to also start wearing girly clothes again, because just like Rin I was heavily bullied because of that. I liked everything princessy, sparkly, cute and pink but when I was in primary school, that was seen as uncool. So I, too, was bullied and stopped wearing things like that. Only after seeing the Love Wing Bell episode I realized that I shouldn't live in fear all the time and enjoy what I like. So after 7 years of hiding my real self, Love Live and especially Rin helped me to express myself again.
So after all of that, I started a new account in LLSIF which I still have to this day. 5 years of playing this game as often as I can resulted in quite an amount of cards that I all cherish a lot. In these years a lot of things happened and changed, I suffered a lot but also had many great days. But this game has always been with me. I'm not gonna lie, I've also been frustrated and sad many times because of the game thanks to the unfair gacha but that's just how it works haha!
I'm just extremely happy that I found this franchise and the fandom because it helped me so much over all these years. I probably wouldn't be who I am right now if I haven't found Love Live! It truly changed my life and I'm so grateful for that.
keroppi
hi! my name is emy but people usually call me kero! i've been into love live since oct. 2014, and it's impacted my life tremendously. i even decorated my high school graduation cap with μ's!
i was introduced to the series by seeing a screenshot a friend had posted on twitter. i was just immediately enamoured by how cute everyone was! i downloaded the game for myself, and ended up binging the entire anime (which didn't include sunshine at the time) over the course of two days. i had no idea just how much these girls were going to mean to me.
the first even i ever participated in was for rainy day rin, even though i had no idea i was actually participating! the first event card i ever got was ghost maki, and i was up till 3 am tiering for her, but i just barely missed the cutoff! my first UR was fairytale hanayo, and i still have her to this day.
i begged my mom to take me to a movie screening, but it didn't work out. watching it online later, i bawled my eyes out. i still do whenever i rewatch it! i was lucky enough, however, to go to the NY live viewing of aqours' first live, and i cried then, too.
it's been five years since these i met these girls, but i can't imagine my life without them. i never would have realized that i want to be just like them... a dazzling idol. it may sound a bit childish, but nothing would make me happier!
i'm currently working on my own idol franchise, tenatively named iDOL.NET. it's premise is that anyone can be an idol, regardless of their abilities or background. i think it has a lot of promise and i'm really really excited to show off just how much i have planned for this journey!
i'm coding the website, gameplay aspects, and even designing the graphics and possibly doing the artwork all on my own right now... but i'm having a ton of fun and i can't wait to have more to show off! i especially can't wait to open up registration, because i'm planning on having it be extremely accessible. that means that anyone who registers themselves as an idol or with an idol OC has a chance to be featured in an event, story, or official artwork! it's not going to just be music idols, either, i'm thinking visual and acting idols should be included too!
i wouldn't have found this passion without these girls. i wouldn't be as happy as i am without them. i want nothing more than to give that same happiness and passion back to others with this project.
i'll be posting lots of updates about it on the twitter, and pretty soon i'll be opening up the discord server! if i gain enough traction, i'd also love to open up pre-registration and a patreon, and even bring on other people to help with development!
thank you so much for reading, i apologize if it's a bit all over the place, i get super emotional over these girls
xoxo
kero
