>>55360778Council is a great example of why having a generation entirely composed of underdogs is a really bad idea. People like to throw around this idea of there being a "runt" for each Holo gen, but the reality is that everyone in EN2 fell victim to this curse.
Fauna didn't hit the ground running at all. Even though she's yab-free, good at games and has a lot of interesting things to talk about, her rigging sucked and there was nothing to hook people to her initially. The most hardcore saplings will tell you she's always been "safe." This is the last thing people expected from a new gen.
Sana was the most "genki" EN at that point but her model & voice debuffs meant she already alienated a lot of people before debut. Instead of working within her unique position in Hololive, she just gave up. As a former Sanalite I could see the writing on the wall, but she really is the definition of missed potential.
Bae, meanwhile, is a Shakespearean tragedy. The most ambitious girl Cover Corp had ever hired ended up stretching herself so thin that she got major burnout and lost all viewer retention. The variety of projects she had and her ability to collab with HoloJP couldn't save her from falling victim to her own hubris.
Kronii is an interesting case. The hottest model of all time across probably all of vtubing, with a hot voice and plenty of chuuni vibes at debut... And then she ruined it. While Sana still holds the title for the biggest middle finger of EN, Kronii knew she had a lot of buffs and chose apathy instead. She's just fucking boring, to an almost comical degree. It's rude to call her a Twitchtuber, because then that'd mean she's edgy or provocative, when she's not.
Finally, Mumei, the "Gura Killer." It's impossible to ignore that outside of collabs and karaoke, Moomers failed to live up to these lofty expectations on her own. But Mumei herself isn't the issue here, she represents the wider problem with Council, which is that their entire legacy is in relation to Myth. I am of the opinion that Council's objective peak as a branch was the Among Us collab stream, because of how well they work with EN1. That's a bad thing, because it means EN2's legacy wouldn't exist with EN1. Even now, it seems Mumei's funniest moments only seem to happen when she's with Gura, or appearing on a random chuuba's stream. The same can be said for most of Council, and I think that's a real shame.
Anyways, I probably got something wrong in this mucho texto so feel free to correct me. I was pretty excited for Council but switched to Advent almost immediately after debut.
