>>61395620I don't get that last part. What I meant by "/lig/'s definition of parasocial" was the whole
>tfw no pickme gfthing, but I'm really parasocial for a lot of /lig/gers in that
>wishing you knew them or were friends IRL but they don't know you existway. I think the most productive way to use those feelings is to motivate yourself. If you think that someone is really special and you'll never have that connection for whatever shortcomings or insecurities you have, just work towards that. This is 100% different than "let me mold myself into this amalgamation of interests that my streamer said she likes" because that's a bad idea and also disingenuous to them and more importantly to yourself. Anyway that's how I try to keep vtubing productive for myself. Oh and
>>61395297This sounds super naive considering you have no idea what she's like "behind the scenes" the way Filian shows it. You may as well just convince yourself you'd dislike "the real Lumi" if that helps you get out of the heartache faster.