>>90223097it's not that mio isn't absurdly parasocial, it's that she's a part of a group of some of the most parasocial people in the multiverse.
you know how people think ember is really cool and in control of herself? that's because instead of having a fight or flight response, she has a freeze response. so when she has moments of terror from thoughts of losing her viewers (as all /tsunx/ chuubas have), her response is to freeze up and panic internally. it's like how a barking dog will seem more stressed out than a quiet dog while getting a vet checkup, but the quiet dog's just shutting down trying to accept its inevitable death while its heart is pounding in its chest. it's not the visible displays of affection; it's the terror of potential loss, and mio's lack of self-worth is a major nerf to being loss-averse since the first thing she'll tell herself after losing anyone is that it's her fault and they deserve better.
