No.8557
I'm part of a team and we're making a visual novel with board tans, and in order to respect community lore I'm wondering how you feel about /fringe/.
Are they a totally different thing that you don't identify with, or are they split from this board?
/x/-tan has a red eye that can see the paranormal. I'm pitching /fringe/ being the curse of that eye escaping and forming it's own board-tan.
/x/-tan now wears an eye-patch to hide the secrets within.
Discuss.
No.8558
I don't know about any of that. However.. Just take a look at /fringe/. Why? Just.. Why?
The Mod is A shit. The board is A shit. /x/ should be more populated but at least the containment board does its job well. The small number of post /x/ has received are usually quite good. Before the DDoSing it was in the top 30 and a board of the week.
Come home spooky man.
No.8560
bumping with /x/-tan art
No.8561
No.8562
No.8565
>>8557imo, /fringe/ is where 1% actually want to learn about magick and 99% RP.
No.8566
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>>8557I guess both /x/-tan and /fringe/-tan would know the same about the paranormal, but there is obviously a difference in personality.
/x/-tan is shy, but once you get to know her you can talk with her about a wide range of topics, most of them related to the paranormal in general. Want to talk about ghosts? Check. Want to talk about aliens? Check. Want to write a horror story with her? Check. Want to get help with your lucid dreaming or your dream diary, maybe even astral projection? Check. Want to talk about metaphysics? Check. Want to comment a Lovecraft novel with her? Double-fucking-check. Doesn't even have to be related to monsters, spirits or magic, /x/-tan also loves to talk about mundane horror stories (homeless horror stories threads, for example) or even science-fiction horror. She can also talk about stuff unrelated to horror, but these are her favorite topics. /x/-tan is definitely a weird girl, but she's
mostly sane, after all. She enjoys both horror and actual paranormal equally, and is constantly seeking for answers and new experiences. /x/-tan is a xenophile.
/fringe/-tan, on the other hand, is probably more of a shut-in. It is obvious she is insane, but the extent of her mental diseases is unknown. /fringe/-tan doesn't like talking about horror fiction as much, but about magic. Of course, that doesn't mean she doesn't know about Cthulhu and the likes, but she believes talking about fiction is pointless. She practices magic
(or at least tries to) for practical purposes, hence why discussing horror is simply not entertaining to her. Also knows about aliens, but definitely her favorite topic is magic, rituals and astral matters. /fringe/-tan investigates magic for results, not for fun. Probably thinks /x/-tan is a simple mundane, even though she fucking has a paranormal eye.
tl;dr /x/ enjoys her curiosity and love of the paranormal and horror in general, /fringe/ just wants to know new spells. There is probably a quite tense relationship between them.
Also, where did you get that first pic from, OP? It looks rad as fuck, and it's 8/x/-tan design, so it is kinda modern.
Want to make /fringe/ buttmad? Make their tan black or racemixed. Instant free hexes for your game. No.8571
>>8566Nice summary Anon, beat me to it.
Nice find on the X / Revi cross in the first picDubs also checked No.8574
As I see it, majority doesn't like /fringe/ and neither do I. I don't think anyone from here goes and calls them shit but from time to time someone from /fringe/ comes and tries to make us feel bad by calling us mundanes, which then nobody care and one person tells them to fuck off.
No.8575
>>8566OP here, nice dubs, and quality informative post. Almost thought this board was ded.
If any of you are interested in helping, come over to /8st/
No.8589
The fuck is this gay shit?
No.8591
>>8589/fringe/ pls go
>>8566I dont remember where the pic came from, a drawfag on /v/ or /gamergate/ i think
No.8597
>>8557/x/-Tan should be Nevada-Tan.
No.8626
bump
No.8628
>>8597/x/-tan is too super kawaii for that
No.8629
>>8557Back on halfchan I think it was a case of /fringe/ material not having it's own proper home. I never really used /x/ for that stuff, and I rarely visit /fringe/ now.
/x/-tan's eye is more /x/ than /fringe/, and she wouldn't feel right without it. If it were up to me, I'd simply make them related in some way.
No.8638
My niggas.
No.8664
>>8638Not a fan of the negro lips but breddy gud pics
No.8666
>/fringe/
It's a Harry Potter circle jerk.
Besides that I thought wee agreed on short haired /x/tan.
Reminder that halfchan is bastardizing our tans constantly.
No.8668
>>8666we seriously need to settle on a desgin
No.8670
>>8668Just use regualr /x/-tan then.
We don't need to do the "pnuished" thing /v/ did because the only thing spooky about gamergate was Zoe Quinns nudes.
No.8681
>>8670Well, we have all been thrown out of our home, for one reason or another. We are all "punished" in some way.
Japanese girls cut their hair after ending a relationship, a symbol of a new stage of their lives. It means they have "moved on" and they are ready to forget about their past.
While halfchan and /x/-tan weren't in a sentimental relationship, the meaning of cutting her hair could still stay. It makes sense, after all. /x/ has forgotten about halfchan already, we've moved on and ready to live a new life.
No.8684
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>>8681I'm good with short haired /x/ tan but, if you ask me she's fine the way she is.
We can just say she's undead.
No.8685
As long as shes still hot
No.8686
As long as she's still hot I don't care
No.8691
>>8668We did this super long thing way back in the original days of this /x/ board. Before there were even a thousand posts. I remember making a thread for it. We had a vote, and eventually we chose this design (option 1.) A drawfag did eventually post here with this second drawing which is a much better version of it, just with a different but just as good hair style. (The drawfag who drew us the variants was only ok, but it gave us something to talk about.)
No.8692
>>8691>>8668oh, also there was some stuff that dealt with these slipper type things she's wearing in the second drawing, which I don't care between that and the boots, honestly. These pictures both show the general idea of the new /x/-tan.
No.8693
i actually like this one the best. I don't even know why we have to change her to be honest. We are the community so we own /x/-tan. So there should be no reason to change something that's good as it is
No.8700
>>8557post art from the game, faggot
No.8737
Not a single image of fringe chan.
Everyone is always iffy on fringe because everyone there is already committed to researching the occult to find truth in it. As a result, they don't give a fuck what it looks like to others, they're focused on their own paths to their own goals. Astral projection is a good dogma they have, though. Not a whole lot of RP'ers can keep up with some of the shit they go over. They're also incredibly racist and elitist at times. Honestly, it's best to take what speaks to you from their mega library.
No.8751
>>8737Fuck off Harry Potter
No.8782
>>8737They probably posted this in /fringe/ as well so it's not like we need to show them what fringe-tan looks like.
No.8791
>>86912nd pic will always be my favorite of those that came from the x-tan thread.
No.8792
>>8791Yeah, same. I keep it as my lock screen picture on my phone.
No.8818
>>8782I don't think we actually give a shit what /fringe/ wants, this was mainly pertaining to /x/
No.8823
>>8818We don't, which is what I was explaining to the other anon. We don't have to mention fringe at all in this thread.
No.9175
rump-a-bump
No.9265
I don't really think x-tan should have different "versions" for boards. I love her long hair ( Japanese ghosts have long hair/long hair to me seems more.. mysterious? standoffish? )
There are common threads throughout many ghost/paranormal stories throughout the world. Yes, there are some regional spins, but the core is the same. thats another reason that I think x-tan should stay the same - shes universal across all.
No.9269
i make OC now
No.9288
>>9269There, please rate and suggest before i color this.
No.9289
bump
No.9296
>>9265Good reasoning
>>9288A decent drawing but the face doesn't look like /x/-tan.
>>9289Seems awfully stolen from animu but I like it
No.9332
I'm not a chan historian, but I was under the impression that fringe existed independent of x and their presence on infinite was a migration from another board. I don't think they'd even be related, even if there's a little bit of overlap in topic. Fringe often behaves more like a metaphysical /pol/ than a specialized /x/.
If anything, in a visual novel I think fringe would be more like the new girl that has the same friends/style as x but is a condescending bitch to her because fringe thinks she's the hottest shit ever.
No.9802
burmp
No.11270
>>8557Short haired /x/tan doesnt look right
And just make /fringe/ her shitty annoying little brother.
No.13518
Did this shit ever come out?
>>8566
/x/-tan sounds perfect and /fringe/-tan sounds like a total faggot
No.13520
>skull shirt
>tranny socks
>laser eye
0/10
No.13674
>>13518
I remember reading a post on /8st/ saying they're working on test builds or whatever that means.
There's some autist who shits up their board every other day of the week.
I sense some skeletons in the closet amongst their development crew.
No.13678
lets team up against the shills on both /x/ and /fringe/
the masons
No.13682
I feel like everything n everyone iv been around in the last few years all have impersonators>???
No.16022
>>8557
Tell me more of this visual novel
No.16044
>>8566
>>8591
That pic was posted on a thread about /x/-tan redesign a while back
No.16074
Schizos and LARPers. That's all they are, that's all they ever will be.
>lol I cast fireball
>stop shitposting or I'll put a spoopy curse on you to make your dick fall off
>>13520
She is kinda over-designed/tumblr-designed, isn't she?
No.16078
>>16074
>over-designed
Dude, /x/-tan's design is pretty simple and straightforward, and best of all is both the socks (what the fuck does "tranny socks" even mean) and the eye make her an easily recognizable character.
Most other board tans (I think all of them except /x/, /d/, /v/ and /mlp/) tend to be fairly generic, and while they can be recognized inside their context or drawing the whole character, it would be difficult to identify them without those things.
>Draw suit and nazi band
>"I dunno, some nazi doctor?"
>Draw mask
>"Robin?"
>Scarce beard and casual wear
>"A pothead?"
>Rainbow socks (laser eye optional)
>"Obviously /x/-tan"
This is one of the reasons /x/-tan is best board tan.
No.16079
>>16078
The socks are alright I guess. It's the eye and the hair that I think looks like shit.
No.16082
>>16079
Well, I think you look like shit.
Faggot.
No.16088
My suggestion is just don't go overboard on the red eye. It's spooky and mysterious, not a fucking laser cannon growing out of her skull.
No.16089
>>16088
I for one support making it into a laser cannon. Laser cannons are cool.
No.16105
>>16079
The hair is standard crazy cat lady hair. Hex maniac uses the same one because it fits the archetype.
The red eye doesn't make much sense (originally made as an eye capable of "seeing the paranormal"), but it looks cool and mysterious and has become one of the insignias of /x/-tan.
No.16114
/fringe/ an autistic shit
No.16126
>>16114
this.
/fringe/ and /x/ are basically parts of halfchan's /x/, with /x/ concentrating on creepypastas and the 'old /x/' type discussions, where paranormal or creepiness is the main theme. /fringe/, on the other hand, is what halfchan's /x/ turned into, with people actually believing their own stories, heavily emphasizing on the spiritual and esoteric.
personified, /x/ would be the guy who watches the x-files, goes to haunted places to get anything on camera, or generally enjoys stories told around the campfire, while /fringe/ is the new-age hippy who uses tarrot-cards to predict the future and believes in any subject which are interesting to her/him being highly spiritual in nature.
No.17430
Hey guys, passerby here. Sorry for the bump. I've been compiling, as you might notice if you go to other boards, information on how various boards, after this long, are using mascots or not, if they redesigned them, etc. I figure I might as well use this thread instead of a new one since it's already here.
When you guys where redesigning /x/ (who was one of the most popular mascots before), I remember you had a very good idea of just having her change clothes, to emphasize that unlike /v/, there was no traumatic separation here between chans- and so you can easily imagine /x/ dressed in 8ch attire one day, halfchan attire the next.
With that in mind, and seeing the slight backlash agaisnt the design that ended up chosen, how do you guys like the actual outfit? Do you only have problems with the short hair?
No.17433
Why would anybody want to read a whole book made of out meme culture?
No.19655
>>8557
fringe is arrogant, rude, and unhelpful. and they give me a feminine vibe. even though they are all dudes…
No.19656
/fringe/ is a board full of the edgiest mystics I have seen. A couple posts are interesting but most of it is a huge circle jerk that sounds like a bunch of paranoid and disorganized schizophrenics arguing about whose head voices are smarter.
/x/ could use some more traffic, but really that's it's only problem, I like the feel it has of almost being a spooky campfire to gather round and tell ghost and alien stories.
No.19661
>>17433
are you saying you wouldn't?
No.19663
>>13678
what if we act like we believe every word they say?
hear me out, we say "oh good point! i did not think of that!", "thankyou for clearing that up!"
****
the more we call them out and engage in this sensless back and forth that leads nowhere EVERY FUCKING TIME, the more they seem to multiply and the more ignorant they become.
****
we make them think "Job well done" and maybe, just maybe they go back to whatever test tube they came from……
No.19712
>>19655
that's occultism for you.
Gonna have to get used to it.
No.19762
Why make the boards look like cute girls?
Disgusting hairy piles of lard would be a more accurate representation.
No.19825
>>8565
This.
Also I hate how self adoring and anti-hedonistic they act, there is no need to act like a douchebag and look down on self indulgence like a bunch of sad muslims.
Also they are very much connected to /pol/ so they're collectivist freedom-haters who constantly say memeworthy things and act like they're so redpilled.
I went there looking for magick and found nazis, lolcows, puritans and smiley.
No.19826
>>19762
kek
Because cute girls are cute and no one wants to read a visual novel full of people who look like Chris Chan.
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No.22298
Classic /x/-tan is the best. /fringe/ are a bunch of Nazi wizards wannabes.
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>>8557
Raven DarkStar here, and I can drop a bit of a pill on difference between /x/ and /fringe/
/x/ and this is a compliment, knows it knows nothing.
/fringe/ is a bunch of 'too arcane for you' tryhards. Yes, has a few serious students of the occult, but so does /x/. They just don't feel the need to tell anyone how great they are.
A good point for /fringe/ is they do deal with RPers well, and keep down their shitposting.
No.22369
>>22298
I'm new here, and I've noticed that too..it is all white supremacy type of stuff there, mostly. Then once in every soooooooo many posts they will touch on the subject of magick.
No.22374
>>22369
The thing is that /pol/ permeates all of the boards. /christian/ is /pol/ with Jesus, /v/ is /pol/ with vidya, and so on. I guess it's because when the Halfchan debacle ensued, most of those who migrated were /pol/acks, now they act as if they own the joint.
The only two board I see that don't put up with /pol/'s obsessions are this and /cow/.
No.22495
>>22374
I was referring to fringe, or at least when I checked them out last time, I saw alot of posts that seemed racist-like to me. I'm white, and racism is offensive to me. It is a sign of low intelligence, among other things.
No.22500
>>22495
I agree with you, but don't go to those places saying that, they will attack you with a ceaseless barrage of cuck insults.
No.22502
>>22500
what is a cuck insult?
No.22505
>>22502
Cuck was once a word with meaning, but now it means whatever you dislike.