/ffs/ - Fujo Fandom Sperging

I guess you just gotta wait for that one moment where you're like 'yep that's the one, I love him'

When I was younger I enjoyed y/n fics and consumed them like candy but now I can't read them at all cause I find them too OOC

>>2073
>i’m a fujo myself
What does being a fujo has to do with yume stuff?

I'm a former yumejo, so I'll try to explain how it feels. I had a husbando for 3 years and the feelings were like being in love with a real person, you get really happy when you seen pictures of them and you want to imagine that you're doing things for them and create different scenarios for them. My feelings sort of faded and because of my own mental illness I decided to stop self-shipping last year. I still love the character and I still talk about him a lot in a fandom context but I don't self insert anymore and have even come to enjoy shipping him with other characters now.
Embarrassingly, I used to write my own self insert fics because I hated when people defected from my vision of him as a character (again, mental illness).

>>2075
i'm a fujo and i asked the question, nona.

>reading reader insert fic
lmao, I generally used to hate it when someone would write that kind of fic because it meant many more people would be able to self-insert with my husbando. I was pretty jealous and possessive (with some of them).

I used to take waifuism seriously and actually consisted marrying a couple of my husbandos.

>>2074
>I find them too OOC
>>2076
>I hated when people defected from my vision of him as a character
lol same

>>2076
I'm kinda the same. I took it very seriously for several years, swore off 3DPD, and fully dedicated my time and affection towards my fantasy with him. No judgement towards people who can do the same forever, but it turned out I was just a lesbian and avoiding any irl men lol. I still love my 2D husbando tho and would do a wedding like the loveplus guy or miku guy for funsies, but I see myself as more of a casual selfshipper now.

Well, I say casual but I probably have one of the largest merch collections of him in the world and have gigabites on gigabites of fanart saved. I absolutely adore everything about his characters and he's still a huge source of comfort for me.

>>2079
Same here anon. Self shipping is still a huge guilty pleasure for me and I feel like I'm forcing myself to like other ships sometimes. It's too hard to find good reader inserts though. Also as a side note, I've never been able to self insert into 'avatar' type – blank slate characters, especially if they have a pre-established design.

I take it mildly seriously I guess, if I flirt with some dude online I feel like I’m cheating on my husbandos. But at the same time, I feel like having husbandos has helped me with not feeling like, pressured to go psycho and date random dudes because “that’s what you’re supposed to do” I’m not desperate, and tbh, having a husbando has helped me with not accepting any scrote that approaches me, they keep my standards high. So I really appreciate it a lot.
You could even say that having husbandos and rejecting 3DPD has helped me avoid unnecessary stress and pain from shitty relationships.
I may not marry them or one of them as of now, but maybe in the future if I feel like it and have lots of money, I would go all out and get a pretty actor to act like my husbando, a nice dress, a pretty veil, a cool church and a good team of video makers and such.
I like to read self-insert fanfics as long as the self-insert isn’t some uwu enby bitch, tranny or gay man, which is funny because I can easily self-insert in yaoi art, but being described as a male makes my stomach churn, I just hate it, it’s also part of my mento illness I guess.
>>2080
> I've never been able to self insert into 'avatar' type – blank slate characters
Me neither, I just can’t get into it, mostly because most of the times it’s a pale character, and I’m tanned, so it really breaks the illusion of my husbando looking at me, It’s mento illness from my part, but I’ve been like this since forever.
I also can’t get into most otome games because of that, and the reason why I like Obey Me, I can self insert as a little sheep, that’s cute.
In the end, I just know that once I have enough money saved to buy husbando merch, I will buy it or commission it, I want a body pillow and lots of pretty pillowcases of my husbandos, also plushies and keychains, I will do like pic related and tell my husbando “good morning” and cuddle with him.

>>2080
Why would you feel guilty for imagining yourself being with someone you're attracted to? Come on.

I think I'm starting to take husbandos more seriously than I expected. Before when I had husbando I just bought a ton of merch of him. I loved watching anime with him in it and felt really happy when looking at the merch i bought of him. Then came Vox Akuma, who completely changed simping for a husbando for me. His voice makes me feel so safe and calm, I always need to catch his streams or watch the VODs, no matter what it is about, or else I don't feel right. I need all merch of him, no matter what it is. I've never wanted an anime boy to actually touch me nor have I ever self-inserted or self-shipped with an anime boy. When I started falling in love with Vox, I could actually imagine myself with an anime boy for once and not feel grossed out. I don't know how he does it, but man, I am so so SO glad I have Vox Akuma in my life.

>>2083
Aww that's cute nonnie! Did you get his white day voice pack?

>>2084
Not yet ;_; they cancelled my shift for a few days and I didn't get a significant enough paycheck to cover everything I want. Hopefully they let me work all my days this week so I can have enough. I put everything I wanted into my cart so I know how much to save for and so far it's over $300. Thankfully I've still got two more weeks. Please pray to kami-sama and hope I get enough to buy everything, I NEED everything of my husbando Vox.

>>2085
Praying for you nonnie!!!

>>2086
UPDATE: I placed the order! It would have been nice to get more tapestries but honestly as long as I have everything of Vox I'm perfectly happy. Can't wait until this ships and I can show off the keychains and badges! I also got 3 of the random card sets so if I get duplicates and anyone wants to trade at an anime convention, I'm up for it!

>>2087
Congrats!!!! Happy for you!!

I might get some Ike or Shu merch but I'm not sure yet

>>2088
If anything, get their voice packs. I hear Shu's is especially worth it

>>2089
Alrighty! Are the voice packs like otome CDs? Do they say flirty things in them? Sorry if dumb question, I'm just not sure since I only know Vox says some flirty things in his streams because the audience superchats them

>>2090
I only listened to half of them so far but basically they're White Day themed and yes, a bit like an otome CD. They get you a present in return for what you gave them for Valentine's Day. Vox's was especially nice. Not just because he's my oshi but that man really knows how to write a good script and stay in the character he's established. There's definitely a good surprise on the last track, goddamn it was such a great feeling listening to it.

>>2091
Awesome! I will try grabbing Shu and Ike's then next time I get paid which is soon!!

>>2092
Have fun! Tell me what you think of their packs when you get the chance! I forgot that the EX Voices doesn't come in the group set so I'll have to go back to the goods page and get those

>>2073
i have a shota i have a crush on and i have been drawing him for 5-6 years now, i don't think it will go away

>>2094
I can somewhat understand that feeling. I really adore a character who is kinda mid-late teen and very short. I more see him as a brother or son now that I'm a bit older than him. I collect a lot of fanworks of him, luckily there is a dedicated cult following for my boy. Bless cute shotas and teens.

>>2094
I can somewhat understand that feeling. I really adore a character who is kinda mid-late teen and very short. I more see him as a brother or son now that I'm a bit older than him. I collect a lot of fanworks of him, luckily there is a dedicated cult following for my boy. Bless cute shotas and teens.

>>2094
5-6 years? Damn that's dedication

I actually really love talking to other people who have the same husbando as me! even if we see the character in slightly different ways lol, its really nice to be able to go feral with someone else who gets it. I don't fully understand yumejos who get annoyed or upset with others who have the same husbando, I can understand when the other person has an interpretation of him that doesn't really align with yours but I personally think it's interesting to see different perspectives of a character I love

>how seriously do you guys take your husbandos and such? do you go as far as to consider actual marriage (like that one jpn guy who married a love plus character) or are you fine with just reading y/n fic from time to time?
Very much so. I've done quite a lot of content involving him, namely art and writing texts, both fan fiction and at least one spergout-tier essay on him.
While I don't have much merch of him and cannot start a gigashrine due to location issues making it prohibitely expensive to ship from Japan to my country, I'll admit to save an autistic amount of content of him and his series to my PC too as well, too, and to be honest I just really like doing so because archiving it in some way or another is cool.

>>2099
Wow, me too!! I have so many pictures of PaRappa collected over the years its unreal.

>>2100
How big is it? My folder for solo Parappa fanart alone is absolutely gigantic as shown in picrel, let alone the amount of group and crossover art featuring him I could possibly count if I ever get into hydrus or something like it and I'll admit to actually have some minimum standards on what fanart I save, too. I've been working on all this hoard since I first started loving him last year, and I'm actually pretty proud of it at this point, I always make sure to back all my Parappa-related stuff up before I do anything dangerous with my PC or something like that.
My current plans for my Parappa picture hoard is to screencap the first game (since right now I've only gotten emulator screenshots for UJL) and to start a rating system for my Parappa pictures so I can actually track which ones are my faves.

I've been with my husbando for a little over ten years now and I still get blushy and stuff when I see pics of him. I have a nearly comprehensive collection of all his merch over the years including some limited to 3/5/8 ever made items. I also buy clothing and cologne and stuff I think suits him, or food I think he'd like or that reminds me of him.
Selfshipping altho w/ a male self insert has done a ton for my self esteem but I still love seeing all the ship art too of him. I don't even have any notps bc I just like seeing people explore dynamics with him. I'm happy when other people appreciate him in any way…
I asked the series creator for my husbando's hand in marriage when I got his autograph and he approved lol.
>fujo discussion
I'm a fujo too w/ other media or characters + I don't yume outside of my husbando. when I play otome I prefer protagonists with personalities to ship together.
I do consume a lot of media with his seiyuu tho. I like to close my eyes and imagine my husbando saying those lines to me lol.

>>2073
I am kind of a mix between fujo and yume. I can genuinely fall in love with a character and it means that I will think about him all day. I even imagine to be some faceless other character (sometimes a guy because the few dudes I was genuinely into were either gay or came off as gay) or a canon one that is together with him and bonding with him, I just don't directly imagine myself because I don't like actually forcing in anything OC and the imagination of the character I might be is vague or can just be "that canon character but as him I would do a few things differently". Imagine that I am god in this case. I love him and I want him to be happy, so I can control others to do something to reach that outcome.

Basically like a RPG in which you take control of a PC without actually being them. Imagine that you play Cloud (or some other MC), but instead of just deciding which path to take and which quest to accept you can also initiate conversations with your crush and accompany him and bond.

As others have said drawing the husbando (alone or together with another character) or looking at fanart of others makes me genuinely happy. I literally spend the first hours after work browsing twitter and saving all new fanart I get and if the character is popular I might easily get a fanart folder with 30000 pictures of him.

I don't know how to explain it, I've never self-shipped myself with a character, but sometimes I obsess with them for quite a long time. Whenever I see pictures of them I feel happy, reading fics about them makes me "kyaaa" inside (I never read fics about reader x character, can't stand them) if I see them in a sequel series I'm just overjoyed, and when they die I feel sad.
My newest obsession right now is with Crona, I just love him so much, but even if my love is strong for him I will never ship myself with him. Maybe it has something to do with feeling as if I'm not good enough for him, though I was suprised how much we had in common considering our past and current problems. I also have a folder of images of him, it's not that big but it's not small either. Even Ragnarok is cute, it's like 2 in 1 husbando.
The reast is just me venting about his character, read only if you want.
[spoiler]Even if I have quite an obsession with him, there are some things that I don't really like in his character - if he simply protested againts his mother and fought back he could have had an ordinary life and make real friends, and he could not have turned into a kishin.[/spoiler]

given that i am a full time nursing student and cannot feel attraction to 3D moids, i have accepted i'm going to be one of those adult women who are married to their career.
i personally feel every bit of romantic yearning [spoiler] and. um. fantasies [/spoiler] are quenched by y/n fics and merch of my husbando. i am far too busy [spoiler] and mentally ill [/spoiler] in my personal life to be seeking a relationship. my mom even supports my husbando, sometimes gifting me merch and joking about him being her son-in-law. theres def more personal reasons as to why my mother supports him, but to simply put it, she doesn't trust 3D moids either.

he is my will to live sometimes and often my motivation to conquer any obstacles coming my way, because he would want that for me.

>>2105
aw fuck, you cant spoiler here?
my newfag is showing, gomen.

>>2106
you can anon, but you need to use ** instead of [spoiler]. you have to click on options and then customize formatting and make sure the ML and EL boxes are checked

>>2107
thanks a ton!
with lc down, a lot of us are looking for other boards to bunker in
hope this helps with integrating better

I'm a total casual when it comes to husbandos, to the point that I get a pleasant surprise when I remember he exists and am reminded of how much I like him. I used to be much more into the lifestyle when my main obsession was a joseimuke and I could interact with him daily, hear his voice, pet his face… Now that I'm crushing on a side character from an unfinished light novel series rip, there's very little for me to attach to. It doesn't help that a lot of my fantasies about him are scary and upsetting, like a horror movie. I simply can't imagine him loving me or nurturing me— not even liking me!— so I can't use his voice for self-soothing the way I have with husbandos of the past. In the end I only think about him when I'm bored. I'd like to find a new crush but it's difficult since I have kind of weird tastes.

>>2109
Hey I relate to this nonna. It's not easy having a nasty horror tier husbando when it comes to soft stuff. I also don't take mine that seriously but I like it that way, feels like a good balance. Though I wish I had more ways to yoom over him and more fanart. So I share your issues. However, wouldn't you like to imagine him taking interest in you? As weird as it is I try to do it anyway. Maybe there is a lot of fucked up stuff I'd have to endure first but I try to find a way for it to happen. In that case it's like reverse stockholm syndrome where he is also affected. It would have to be something that takes him by surprise. Either a quality of mine that surprises or enriches him (this helps build confidence btw) OR some hallmark shit where he falls for me over time without realizing for no logical reason, helpless to stop it. It's still weird but it's kind of a fun challenge. It doesn't have to be twue love that cures him of being awful, of course that'd ruin the fun of liking such a character, but something that changes his life all the same. With the latter it's possible he realizes his love and isn't even bothered just accepts it as one of his whims. I hope this helps you with your own husbando but if not then sorry for making you read all this lol

I don't really show any hardcore dedication. I read y/n fics when I can find some good ones and I save fanart of him but that's it. I don't buy any merch of my husbandos but that's because I don't like collecting merch in general.
As a yume and a fujo I also have no problem shipping my husbandos with other characters. I just treat it as an AU where he ends up with someone who isn't me.
On the other hand I'm also extremely unfaithful. I tend to only obsess with one thing at the time, so when I gain interest in something new I lose all interest in the thing I liked before. That means that I have gone trough several husbandos I'm like a woman who has been divorced 40 times.
>>2074
>I enjoyed y/n fics and consumed them like candy but now I can't read them at all cause I find them too OOC
I feel like there was a new wave of selfshipping and Y/N fics that happened a few years ago and you would think with this new interest in Y/N fics they would've improved but no. Either they get your husbando wrong or they get him right but treat the Y/N character as an OC rather than a blank state you are suppose to project yourself onto

i have maladaptive daydreaming my husbando in my mdd world is my bf,I’ve decided long ago i will never date 3D moids for many reasons, most are ugly the good looking ones if you compare them to my husbando they’re deformed apes, moids aren’t only ugly they’re psychos ass well ive never wanted a relationship with them and ive never had a crush on a moid irl, i have high standards when it comes to looks so even if i was willing to date moids i will never find a moid i like, so I’m just meant to be single.

Furthest I went was considering tulpamancy.

I have a singular "husbando" but I still ship him with another character in his game and can't stand reader insert works since those are OOC and not very good. The best reader inserts in any Fandom would be better as OCxCharacter since they are impossible to insert into. Imagine having to pretend you live in Japan, or having to suspend disbelief that this 30 year old Japanese man visited America and took a shining to you for some reason. Weird and bizarre.

Anyway, I am loyal to this character since he's been the one I consider husbando 15+ years, but I don't do anything besides collect fanart. If he had more merch I'd collect it, but for me it's more like a favorite character I find attractive as opposed to a real relationship.

If someone seriously considers themselves taken for finding a fictional character hot they probably need to talk to more people irl.

I never self-insert with my husbando, nor all the other cute 2D boys that I like. I just like observing them from afar. I can never relate to Y/N and yumejo art/fics because they never capture my personality. They are like Original Characters to me.

I was kind of a yume when I was 11-12 but grew out of it shortly thereafter and assumed my yume days were over when I got an actual partner- important note, my boyfriend and I are long-distance. But now, as of last week, I'm down bad worse than ever for a fictional man to the point where he's just about the only thing I can think about…I'm right back to being a kid and going on daydream dates with him.
ah, but he doesn't have the audience for y/n fics- if he did, I'd probably read them- he's a somewhat obscure character AND he's hated by much of the fandom. so I just drool over fanart and read fics pairing him with random characters- there's maybe three actual pairings for him- 1 gay 2 straight- and I do think they are all pretty cute(I do wish there was at least 1 more gay pairing though because the only one that exists pairs him with an even more obscure character and is really hard to come by as a result), but most fics involving him are noncon smut of him getting railed by some random character, fics that have him as a side character(translation: he gets two lines of dialogue) or are non-romantic whump. I do like the noncon and whump fics tho :P

>>3347
oh yeah and I also repurposed an old OC of mine into a self-insert so I could pair him with her…again, I haven't selfshipped since I was 12.

But of a confession, I pretend to be a yume sometimes because while he's my favorite character of all time and I love him, I'm not comfortable self inserting or pushing emotional stuff onto a character like that and would rather ship him. But, I also really like the excuse to talk about him and brag about how best of a character he is.

>>2073
I do the husbando thing but I hate self-insert fics lol. The (you) characters are never written like me so I cannot relate to them. It feels like I was reading a story about a non-character or generic wallflower trying to get the character I like the most, so I avoid them like these fics plague.

I think my husbando'ing can be intense but it's only daydreams and making fanart of him or buying merch if possible. I don't like OCs or forcing myself into a world I was never part of, so I rather ship him with a character he has a potentially interesting chemistry with that I can relate to. Then I daydream about this, with me influencing the partner and observing the story from that PoV. I know it's complicated.

>>3354
I used to be like that nona and the progression went like this: "husbandos" I obsess over yet almost solely ship with other men, maybe occasionally fantasize about being with but rarely -> husbandos I self-insert with yet also pimp out to a guy -> one true husbando I prefer not to share. And these are all different characters who I still love in these ways.

Even if you don't have this happen, I see nothing wrong with you for what you said. There's a special relationship we have with characters like that and I don't know if there's a term for it. You could use a term like blorbo or make up your own.