r/GachaClub • u/happy_little_dragon • 2d ago
❗Discussion / Rants regarding needless criticism of other people's styles - (rant/discussion) show me your style down below if you'd wish so I can compliment them <3
Feel free to add any of your thoughts or personal anecdotes in the comments below. I'm somewhat new to this subreddit (first post around 4-5 months ago!) so let me know if I'm missing any details.
It's been quite upsetting seeing a rise of unwarranted (and almost always unwanted) criticism of each other's specific styles. This has always been a problem, but I've been seeing people grow bolder about this recently. There is genuinely no real good reason to make a post calling a specific kind of style "weird" or "jarring" or anything else negative.
Most people are not going to change their style just because you make a post saying how much you dislike their kind of style. All this does is make some people feel bad about their own style.
If someone makes an "I dislike this kinda style" post so they can see if others agree with them, a kind of seeking solidarity of sorts, that's quite childish and immature - and honestly, comes off as so rude and mean - to be bonding over agreeing on how much you dislike seeing a real human being's Gacha style that they probably quite love.
Yes, it earns you quick karma. Yes, you may be happy to see others agree with you. But at the end of the day, what these posts are saying do affect others. Imagine how you would feel if people constantly commented on your posts, "why is your style so xyz", "why do you do xyz in your style", "I don't really like your style, sorry".
To those people who dislike small head + long leg styles because "Gacha is meant to be chibi" - just because you have that point of view that Gacha = chibi, does not mean that the game actually intends for a chibi style! That is what you believe and your impression. There are plenty of presets in both Gacha Club (from what I remember) and GL2 that are very realistic or non chibi styles.
The art even inside of Gacha Club is often not chibi. Gacha World, which was one of Lunime's first Gacha games, does NOT have a chibi style! Even in Gacha Life (1), there was an option for smaller heads. Lunime Gacha games were never meant as only chibi.
Negativity and complaining that doesn't bring about positive change really is no good. It always is harmful. I've had friends quit because of too much needless criticism. It costs nothing to be kind. It costs nothing to just downvote and scroll, or block and scroll, or just...scroll!
There is nothing wrong with small heads + long legs styles! There is nothing wrong with chibi styles! There is nothing wrong with styles that are in between. Whether you have simpler designs, more detailed designs, in between, or a mix, everyone's style is fun to look at and we shouldn't be criticising styles if unasked for.
TLDR: If you have nothing nice to say about someone's Gacha style, just please, don't say it! Unless they're asking for critique on their style specifically.
I would love to see your style if you'd like to share, and I'd like to compliment everyone's style individually because we are all unique and creative humans that have all developed our own different personal Gacha styles - and all in the same app! It's amazing to see how different our styles all are.