>>75104703nobody on this godforsaken website understands what the term actually means. I've lost count of the times I've heard some anti screech about how a viewer is being parasocial for doing mundane, social things like talking in community discords that a vtuber is involved in or having private DMs with them. Hell I've even seen multiple vtubers throw the term around in sappy tweets celebrating a milestone whenever they have trouble processing that they actually care about their fanbase and don't just see them as walking moneysacks.
I'm not saying it's impossible to be parasocial with a 2view, I'd argue rebel to be a prime example of that (at least ever since getting banned everywhere for his usual antics.) But the vast, vast majority of people in these smaller circles are just parts of a community and tend to hang out with each other to some degree.
