Meet Flow-chan!

[Greggo]

Anyone is allowed to. Make sure you join the discord:

Join the FloWare Mega Collab Project Discord Server!

[00T_Free]

I’m in it

[MrMcMemerMan]

You son of a [FEMALE DOG], I’m in

[Ramshackle]

Not anymore

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New username baby!

[meburningslime]

Otc: too immature
Anime girls: perfect mascot

[meburningslime]

@TGW

And yeah… the underaged mascot… it wouldn’t have been nearly as cringe worthy had they not explicitly stated upfront that she is a high school student … if that’s meant to lure more “mature” audiences? I really don’t think that’s the kind of “maturity” that this, or any forum, needs. I for one absolutely do not need to end up on some FBI watch list because I used Flowlab.

“Local middle aged man arrested for chatting with minors, exchanging inappropriate animated drawings depicting underage characters online”

@ManiacPumpkin

At first I thought it was a unique idea, but afterwards I’m starting to doubt it.
I can’t really say I’m not guilty cause I made the LEGO version which caused the fan art to start, but the LEGO version is just a brick and nothing inappropriate with it either. But if flowlab does end up going down that path I’ll probably leave the forums too. At least it depends on what the final art for her is, and I’ll stand against it, if it becomes too not PG.

Sorry for bringing this up, but I will stand for this if anything weird starts up in the future.
For now it’s just anime fan art at the moment, so I won’t say anything until it’s final form, or whatever they have in store for the character.

@MetaNinja

I am still fine with Flow-chan as a mascot for Flowlab. I don’t mind about how she is anime themed, and how she is high-school aged, yatta yatta. I do have one major concern, though. Something I’m trying to do when creating my Dark Ninja characters is to not… oversexualize them, or give anyone any ideas that they should… be… oversexualized. Make them seem like actual people rather than some icon for people to simp over. So, I would give “Flow-chan” clothing or style that people would actually wear whenever they are out in public. Or perhaps give her some other fashion style that makes her stand out, again while avoiding to oversexualize her. Take a look at Galactic Games’ mascot, for example

@rcreger

My thoughts is similar to @TGW 's - but I’m thinking (hoping) it won’t be something that get’s out of hand, and wont be inappropriate in any meaning of the word. That’s my hope, and that’s all I really have to say on the subject, really.

That’s all I’m going to say on this. I’m so glad we’re all trying to make a family-friendly community.

[TGW]

Yes, the above quote is mine, and quoted correctly. I didn’t post my concerns about it in the general forum because like others, I was waiting to see to make sure the character wasn’t going in an inappropriate direction before passing final judgment.

I’m not anti-anime, I’m not taking sides, I’m not trying to be a prude or anything like that, but when something is borderline questionable in terms of “xualizing” an underage character, even if only fictionally and suggestively, that does make me a little uncomfortable.

[JR01]

Well for one, those comments are from another thread that I can’t even see, so yes this topic is family friendly. And Flow-chan is not a mascot, it’s a character to represent flowlab in a game project that Mhx was wanting to work on for a while to show different games created with Flowlab over the years.

[Mhx_Air]

Fun facts:

1. 18 is both high school and legally mature
2. As the majority of users are students, a similar aged mascot makes sense
3. Flow-chan is a inside joke gag character and not actually going to become the face of flowlab
4. Her being grazer’s new vtuber model was also a joke
5. She will be the mascot of floWare however and possibly other community projects, since flowlab needs an original humanoid player character that doesn’t resemble any of the users, a real existing person, or an already copyrighted character, for legal reasons

[TGW]

I respect that, I was just wary about how the character might later be portrayed…

18 might be legal, but still way too young for me.

[Mhx_Air]

Nobody is suggesting that you’re going to date her, nor any of the underage users of flowlab. 18 is just the perfect age to fit between young users and adult users without controversy. Most anime characters are at the late stage of high school. It’s just a recurring common trope.

[rcreger]

I personally was just worried it would be an official Flowlab mascot. I don’t really care what people do in their games as long as it’s respectable, and since this is just for a game, I’m okay with that. Thank you for the responses:)

[meburningslime]

I don’t think many here realized that was a joke with how many simps there are nowadays.

[Crigence]

@Mhx_Air

Flow-chan is a inside joke gag character and not actually going to become the face of flowlab

[ManiacPumpkin]

I think it’s the fact that she is 18 is what worries me since she is legal and I’m sure someone will make something bad of it.
I’m not saying probably anyone on here would do it, but future users might end up making some interesting fan art or something.

Mebslime didn’t quote it, but I suggested if she was more child like than actual high school since it would be more family friendly, but if you are looking for something to also appeals to older users could be tricky without anything going wrong. At least I’ve seen many fan bases of anime based characters and things don’t end up going well down the road.

Which was the only reason I ever said anything about it cause I’m sure someone would abuse this. Again, probably none of you, but maybe future users or trolls.

[meburningslime]

I really think that most people (not all, go away haters) thought it was not a joke. If I had realized, I wouldn’t have been crashing this simp party.

[ManiacPumpkin]

Your first post made it seem like she was gonna be the official mascot. So I just got worried for future references.

[Mhx_Air]

Making her below 18 and someone making NSFW would be even worse tbh, but you can’t stop that from happening on the internet. The special internet rule states that everything can be a victim. Even the Microsoft Word paperclip. Having her be 18 is the exact best spot so she’s not too old to relate for young users, and not too young to be a concern for older users.

As for people taking it seriously, I figured they would have caught onto the satire at the part of grazer being a female vtuber, but I guess people can’t tell a joke is a joke through text alone. I could be a writer for The Onion if you all fell for that one.

[meburningslime]

Here comes the storm of replies…

[JR01]

Words of advice:

If Grazer didn’t announce it, it’s not official.