So As A Joke
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So As A Joke, also known as Let's Pretend I'm Still X, and Game of Pretend refers to a copypasta inspired by a comic in which two male friends, one dressed as Konata Izumi from Lucky Star, have sexual intercourse. The copypasta later grew popular among VTuber communities in the early 2020s.
Origin
At an unknown date prior to December 16th 2008, a comic was uploaded, presumably to 4chan, wherein a man dresses up as Konata Izumi from Lucky Star and has a sexual interaction with his male friend (shown below).
On February 1st 2012, an anonymous user posted a story to 4chan's /b/, /a/, /v/, and /r9k/ boards, in which he describes the comic from the friend's perspective (shown below).
So my best bro came up to me one day all decked in a blue wig and uniform of Konata from Lucky Star. He looked so girly and sexy, my boner couldn't help but be aroused, especially when he started taking off his uniform.
I couldn't speak for the longest time, so he asks me, "What's the matter?" I say I'm just confused, but then my boner got really hard as he took off my clothes. Before I knew it, we were kissing each other and he was stroking my dick. I yelped, "Oh God, Konata!" as he blew me till I came.
I then said "I want to fuck you now!" and then I fucked him in the ass. A few hours later after I came inside him, I realized the error of my ways. Why did we do that? Now I'm totally gay. But he grabbed my shoulder, his face smelling lightly of bleach and reassured, "Let's just pretend I'm still Konata."
Pic related. It's my best bro wearing a Konata costume.
Spread
The earliest documented variant of the copypasta appeared on July 8th, 2012 on Ultimate Guitar. An anonymous user uploaded a post claiming to have dressed as Asuka Langley Soryu from Neon Genesis Evangelion, which led to a sexual encounter with his male best friend (shown below).
So as a joke, I went to my friend's house while wearing Asuka's red wig and uniform. I could barely stop my laughter as he went as red as a tomato and looked at me from head to toe with a bit of drool in his mouth. The way he stared made me feel a bit funny too, but I decided to tease him more by taking off my clothes. He asked me, "Are you serious?" and I said, "Yup."
He went silent for what seemed like forever, so I asked him, "What's the matter?" He said he's confused, but then his boner got really hard, which made me take off his clothes. I expected him to scream, "Stop!" as I kissed him and stroked his cock, but he instead shouted, "Oh God, Asuka!" which made me get a boner myself. Before I knew it, I was blowing him for the first time till he came.
His semen was so thick, it got stuck inside my throat no matter how hard I swallowed. He then said, "I want to fuck you now!" and seeing that we've already gone that far and we were both naked, I obliged. A few hours later, the jerk went all pale and said to me, "Why did we do that? Now I'm totally gay." But he looked so cute all confused like that, so I took pity on him and reassured while wiping his cum off my face, "Let's just pretend I'm still Asuka."
The copypasta grew most popular in the VTuber community starting in the early 2020s. On June 28th, 2020, Reddit[2] user Ervitrum uploaded the copypasta to /r/copypasta and changed the character to Usada Pekora from Hololive. The post received 829 upvotes in three years. A year later, the same copypasta was reposted to the same subreddit[3] and received more than 8,600 upvotes in two years (shown below).
So as a joke, I went to my friend's house wearing Pekora's wig and clothes. I could barely stop my laughter as he went as red as a tomato and looked at me from head to toe with a bit of drool in his mouth. The way he stared made mde feel a bit funny too, but I decided to tease him more by taking off my clothes. He asked me, "Are you serious?" and I said "Yep peko."
He went silent for what seemed like forever, so I asked him, "What's the matter peko?" He said he's confused, but then his boner got really hard, which made me take off his clothes. I expected him to scream, "Stop!" as I kissed him and stroked his cock, but he instead shouted "Oh God, Pekora!" which made me get a boner myself. Before I knew it, I was blowing him for the first time till he came.
His semen was so thick, it got stuck inside my throat no matter how hard I swallowed. He then said, "I want to fuck you now!" and seeing that we've already gone that far and we were both naked, I obliged. A few hours later, the jerk went all pale and said to me "Why did we do that? Now I'm not fucking straight." But he still looked so cute all confused like that, so I took pity on him and reassured while wiping his cum off my face, "Let's just pretend I'm still Pekora."
The Pekora version of the copypasta began spreading among VTuber meme communities over the following years. For example, on April 15th, 2022, Twitter[4] user @doggo909 uploaded a manga edit referencing Pekora's version of the copypasta. The tweet received more than 1,500 retweets and 10,900 likes in one year (shown below, left). On January 2nd, 2023, Twitter[5] user @chrone_co uploaded 'fan art' of Hololive VTuber Airani Iofifteen with Moona Hoshinova dressed as Pekora. The tweet received more than 1,200 retweets and 11,800 likes in seven months (shown below, right).
On April 15th, 2022, Reddit[6] user MEIKA_HIME uploaded a text-to-speech version of the copypasta to /r/okbuddyhololive subreddit. The post received more than 1,800 upvotes in one year (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] KnowYourMeme Forum – When did this Konata copypasta first start?
[2] Reddit – So as a joke, I went to my friend's house wearing Pekora's wig and clothes.
[3] Reddit – So as a joke, I fucked my friend in a Pekora cosplay
[4] Twitter – L-let's just pretend i'm still Pekora…
[5] Twitter – So as a joke
[6] Reddit – So as a joke…
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