Why the fuck is there no decent fan merch?!?!?
Like I just want to subtle tell someone, “hey, I’m a fan of this thing” but I don’t want to shout it like “HEY LOOK AT MY SHIRT!!! YEAH IT MEANS I’M A FAN OF THIS THING LOOK AT MY FUCKING SHIRT THAT’S ALL UP IN YOUR FUCKING FACE”
Like, I want to wear a Yuri On Ice shirt that has, like, small chibi Yuuri in the shirt pocket. Not a shirt that has a stock image from the show or official art for the anime pasted onto a shirt.
I want Midoriya Izuku’s stupid shirt that legit says “T-Shirt.” I want Bakugou Katsuki’s sick ass boots. I want VLD’s Lance’s hoodie.
What I don’t want is the logo of the series or something very vital to the series being slapped onto everything. Nor do I want the faces of the most iconic characters being slapped onto a piece of clothing and calling it a day.
Those aren’t what fans are looking for.
That isn’t subtle.
Most of us, while not ashamed of our fandoms, don’t want the whole world to know we’re a fan of that thing. Why? I guess because it just feels embarrassing. Like someone who isn’t a fan recognizing it because of someone else they know being a fan and the chance they might talk to you.
Personally, for me, it’s the off chance that someone dare tell me that I’m a fake fan or not as dedicated as them (that has never happened to me, but I can’t help but fear still) because I’m wearing such obvious merch.
I, and I think many, many other fans can agree, want subtle merch.
Merch that doesn’t go up in your face screaming, “I’m a fan of X!”
Merch that’s like a wink and a nod to fellow fan that says, “Hey, I’m a fan.”
I want subtle merch. Like the outfits the characters themselves wear. The many discarded outfits of Grey Fullbuster. The amount of stupid shirts Midoriya Izuku wears. Fucking Connie Maheswaran’s outfits (her fucking jacket!!!).
Companies would legit make so much more money on merch if they sold the outfits the characters wear.
I would legit throw my money at the chance to buy a Bakugou Katsuki or Uraraka Ochako tank top. Mind you, their tank tops are just plain fucking black. I would fucking buy it and wear it.
Give us good merch damn it.
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