>>43022063>>43028017>Parasocial relationships are one-sided relationships, where one person extends emotional energy, interest and time, and the other party, the persona, is completely unaware of the other's existence.>I don't interact with the streamers in any fashion, so there is no social aspect at all.A defining component of a parasocial relationship is in fact not interacting with the "celebrity" at all.
>I specifically watch Nijisanji [and] actively avoid any Niji members who do GFE>I just want to watch some cunts play video games.This is parasocial, whether you want to admit it or not. You don't care solely about whatever content is put in your face, you specifically choose which people you want to watch react to games you like. You're not watching them for the skillful gameplay. And you're not watching THEM for the game itself when you can watch a walkthrough any time. You're emotionally invested in seeing their responses to things you are interested in. You avoid entire streamers because of some content they make, regardless of whether their current stream of that same game is related at all. Of the ones you do watch, by definition then, you specifically are invested enough to consider them "one of the good ones" whose thoughts and emotions and reactions you are emotionally invested enough in to consider sitting through a stream of them reacting to a game or whatever the fuck you're even watching vtubers for instead of a myriad of actually funny or actually skilled content creators.
