The Reason for my Coupling Craze ~ Part II ~ Momoko x Yurina

The OPV below is a visual summary of this post. As this is the last of the few OPVs I have created thus far, please enjoy. :]

The Reason for my Coupling Craze ~ Part I ~ Introducing the Journey

Part I notes: I gotta get the theoretical stuff out of the way first, then we’ll journey through the fantastic world of couplings one step at a time. My hope is that the fantastic world of couplings (this series) will live up to the sweetness of the blog title. Just try imagining how sweet that would taste (the syrup I mean). *lame* ^^;

The Reason for my Coupling Craze ~ Prelude

Hear me when I say this: 2:18-3:06 of the YouTube link below contains one of the greatest, most personal conversations recorded on camera in all the history of H!P.

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What??
……Well, whether it sounds convincing to you or not, you’ll know it when you hear it. If you aren’t so fond of these two particular members, you have probaby skipped over this lol. But what if you have chosen to not skip over it? I wonder if you would’ve thought of it the same way as I did. And of course, all of the strange rhetorical questioning in this post and furthur discussion in the next post will eventually lead to clarifying the reason for my coupling craze (or trio craze, whatever you want to call it). Ponder if you will, and let’s start the video.

Prelude: Fujimoto Miki and Kamei Eri bits from Alo Hello! 2 DVD

2007 J-Pop Purchases

I never really followed any certain J-Pop artist until the summer of 2006, thus the year of 2007 was my huge transition from dorama actors/actresses to J-Pop. While my collection could never amount to Raid’s, I hope you’ll enjoy looking at the pictures anyway. =p

AAA

2007 calendar (present from godsister <3):

My Biggest Pet Peeve

Apology: I’m going to get really complicated…

Every forum has its own reputation, and like many, I think Hello! Online is one of the friendliest H!P spheres. Reality is, things get difficult if you get your daily news from forums other than H!O. You browse through those forums, and if you just happen to read something unpleasant concerning your favorite member, you might do one of a few things: (1) Whatever, keep scrolling, (2) BASHBASHBASH, or (3) Defend your favorite member constructively.

I’m okay with certain types of bashing, so if I see something blunt like “Eri is annoying,” or “Ai is boring” I scroll over it. BUT there are exceptions. If the post is not only unpleasant, but clearly contains some sort of error which I will explain in a moment, I get all defensive about it. I don’t want to leave that comment hanging there as if I’m OK with it, neither do I want to start a war and put myself under the danger of virtual exile, so I try to write up something as unbiased as possible with back-up evidence.

Most Commonly Made Mistakes
It’s crazy how I read forums at night trying to think of a reasonable response, then go to Sociology the next morning receiving the exact definitions I need. So let’s get educational for a little bit:

Attribution error- when we attribute characteristics to someone because those characteristics stand out to one person but are not necessarily their dominating traits

Confirmation bias- when we lean toward an opinion, looking at one evidence that supports our belief while overlooking the bulk of evidence that disconfirms it

My pet peeve, as you can probably guess already, is seeing anything that contains attribution error and/or confirmation bias, especially when it concerns a favorite member. It’s misleading. What if other readers who have had no prior knowledge actually comes to believe that it’s true? Ouch, her reputation’s ruined right there. But I’ve tried stopping it.