>>49072803This. If fauna's fans just saw her as a casual neutral entertainer to keep on in the background, would she make remotely as much money as she does? Nope. Would she even have the viewership she does? Nope, she has not really any notable skills or interesting knowledge, she's just a normal average person who can do an uwu voice.
I can speak from experience, I don't get too attached to vtubers, I don't really have gosling moments at all and never have. I've watched them since ~2017. I am quite able to just turn off a stream on a whim like changing a channel or "meh I've wasted enough time, need to get back to work/a game/a show." I guess I'm their ideal target, someone who watches a lot and keeps close tabs on goings-on in the Holo meta, as it's a lot of fun, but I don't get too attached or see the streamers as something more than entertainment. You know what? I've never superchatted a cent. The few times I even bothered to speak up in chat, I felt stupid, like "why am I trying to get this person's attention" and stopped. I am no closer to doing that today than I was then. If everyone was like me, if these girls had what they wished from their audience, they would be penniless and Hololive wouldn't work.
They NEED those people who care more than is rational and like it like that. They can't bat them away, ever. Hell, -I- need you guys to keep doing that to keep Hololive in business for my casual entertainment. I need you to gosling just as much as they do. It's just a lose-lose when streamers take a moment to soapbox their audience over the merits of what is the utter throwaway junkfood mode of entertainment.
