#take out the music part of their political system and you've essentially got idk a talent show arena election system

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Not sure if this has been brought up before, but I don’t think that there’s that significant of a secret behind the mural man. LIke? Apparently the political figures of Vinyl City are determined not by public voting (alone) or running for candidacy, but through the Lights Up competition for a combination of 1) completing the arena, 2) ‘lighting up’ the stage as the competition implies, and 3) passing the final vote from the NSRtists and the Head. If there was only 5 musicians and a head with NO vacancies, why would any of the Charters vote ‘yes’ to the contestant/s if there’s a risk in getting replaced?

I would think that the mural man filled in that 6th artist slot present even on DJ Subatomic Supernova’s satellite, and I suppose the mystery then would be if their absence was either through retiring, quitting or simply the end of their term as a Charter. Like, instead of an election season or whatever, Vinyl City holds Lights Up Auditions during a set period during that 6th Charter’s crossover or something; on the satellite again, it’s not as if we see the mural man’s name in 6th (we see Bunk Bed Junction’s), maybe they’re already gone or are archiving stuff from their district. Does Tatiana temporarily hold ‘charter’ to the district? Does she hold the platinum disc until a new position is filled? Is Festival Plaza that district that once had mural man as a Charter? Do you think with the Rock Revolution and the subsequent approval of indie bands that the position was left empty or even completely abolished?

idk, lmao-

#mural man #no straight roads #nsr #i mean i could be completely wrong on 1) this being a thing that's been mentioned and 2) clearly not knowing the mystery enough #i mean i played the game back in 2020 and only noticed it playing it again this year 2023 so lmao #a little bit blinded by the tatiana fight because i cannot carry a rhythm for my life and only like idk... sometime recent #that i got the achievement for 'don't get knocked out idiot' lmao #but like i just wanted to think about the politics (even if surface level) of vinyl city lmao- it's just so odd #take out the music part of their political system and you've essentially got idk a talent show arena election system #without that extra slot of ambivalent 'i'm retiring/quitting/ending my term' charter seat #it's like 'who hasn't met the standards of chartering their own district'