>>3585043It's honestly not different at all from YouTube content creators or non-vtubers in general. The only difference is that you feel pity for vtubers is because you care for them as a whole since they suit your interests. Some do it for fun, some do it to make it big, some just do it out of curiosity or even practice. It's a very human thing to experience, like wondering how someone is doing from the window of a vehicle as they walk by, how their day is doing, if everything is alright with them. Vtubers are much of the same, except they have the added caveat of the facial barrier that separates the "real" them from you. It's a fantasy to believe in.
If you were truly cared, you'd enable their fantasy too by supporting them. Instead of turning on another Amelia or Gura stream, or even an Iofi or Anya stream, go out of your comfort zone and start looking for low view vtubers. Engage with them, cheer them on. Make them redouble their efforts and hone their craft by simply being there. The effect of your support on them is immense, because it means they aren't shouting in the void, hoping to be recognized. An actor, all alone on a stage, may tell themselves it's practice for a big day and that one day, there will be an audience. If you feel as if they deserve your attention, then be that audience. But like acting, not all vtubers are cut out for the job. Think of all those supposed vtubers on Twitter who have been tweeting for months with not one stream. Even those who streamed with a basic .png or a scuffed L2D has done far, far more than that group ever has. That, in and of itself, is admirable, no matter how skilled or unskilled they are at the task at hand. The best success one can find in life is not for recognition alone, but to stay true to oneself and pursue one's passions to the best of their abilities, to not go astray from whatever goal they've set forth, and to see it through to the sweet or bitter end.
