>>70721741Hey, I've gone radio silent these couple of weeks because I didn't feel any need to write down anything about Pippa but since tonight was the day she shared with us her birthday community projects I think it is time to put some thoughts I've been harboring these past few weeks. This year's project compared to last year could be seen by many as sycophantic and unsincere, I don't think that's the case for some of them but at the same time it's undeniable how Pippa's audience has expanded beyond any conceivable expectations, so the coming of maladroit newcomers and filthy types holding onto a false sense of bespoke admiration is inevitable. What does all this have to do with Pippa? In front of a lot of ragged projects sometimes lacking that certain something, the flame capable of moving what lies beneath the shadow, Pippa adopted maybe unconsciously her formal facade, she does it quite often actually but I thought that on this night more than any other night something capable of chiseling that pristine statue would appear. I was half wrong, after my initial resignation due to the lack of a proper emotional response or a real sense of community some of that stuff abruptly surprised me, and for a moment, I felt my heart being whipped tenderly by the thorny whip held only by one party in this perpetual unilateral relationship that it is vtubing. That didn't last for long, it turns out that having a smaller community actually helps make feel every part of the group connected and similar, it's the same difference between a clan and a state, having a common interest is a good enough meeting point for a group of heterogenic individuals, but that feigned sense of unity crumbles the second those two individuals realize they have a very different level of investment on that something, all of that is furthermore intensified if we talk about vtubers for obvious reasons. Pippa is slowly realizing she is becoming more than a silly hare devoted to tomfoolery and stunts, she is something to rely upon not only in her own company but in the entire western vtuber sphere, long gone are the days spent laughing at internet shit, they days of fuck you we are phase connect lived without any worries in childish innocence, that summer ephemeral dream is over and this year BD further proved how a lot of outsiders are slowly approaching her and appreciating what she does (even if just on a surface level). She has to reckon with this thus acting maybe in a less genuine and enamored way, at least for the trained eye, as I said I don't know if she reached the point where she switches between the two consciously but even if that is not the case it's worthy of respect and a sign of a maybe newfound mental fortitude. It's not a division caused by a lack of resolution like some months ago, I can see the streams where she decides to opt for one over the other. The Roblox stream, I feel was not a case but rather a proof of faith, that stream can be seen as a normal and rather underwhelming one, but that meant a lot for me at least. It may be the lack of sleep speaking, but the future is looking bright despite all.