>>15503242It's worth noting that, in the context of this place, IRyStocrats don't have the same "easy history" of fanbase formation compared to EN1 or EN2, or any of the other gens, really.
Her one-woman debut, along with the powerful model filter that set the stage early on, meant that instead of there being a strong fanbase built-in, week one, to base their "culture" on, this place's crop of fans essentially developed independently from each other for the first month or two, before the model filter started to break and people by and large started realizing she was pretty good.
Whereas people like deadbeats, or teamates, or most others, really, can more or less blend into each other easily enough, and follow a small collective impulse, the first half-dozen or so IRyStocrats here basically all thought they were the only one, but for real this time, for a good month or so, before a more standard fanbase developed in time.
So there's some camraderie there, in that they respect each other for being able to "see the truth" before the rest of the crowd did in time. But at the same time, there's intense rivalry when it comes to that side of things that isn't the same for other fanbases that can fall back on the easier collective.
TL;DR:
>most fanbases treat the competition as a Battle Royale, IRyStocrats treat it like fucking Highlanders 
