>>39312800>Parasocial>Parasocial>ParasocialParasocial isn't real, it's just a made up gay word from the late 2010s that random youtube people came up with. There's no such thing as 'parasocial' because there is no line between 'parasocial' and being 'normally' a fan of another person and no one who ever uses this dumbass word has ever been able to coherently define it.
Are bootlicking wagies who are desperate to impress their boss at work 'parasocial' with their manager? Are boomers who just watch telly all day 'parasocial' about specific sports players/gameshow celebrity presenters/politicians they like 'parasocial?' Is every britbong who obsesses about the queen/royal family (i.e. over half the country) 'parasocial?'
When it comes down to it, literally everyone is 'parasocial' to some degree towards another human being that they revere in any sense and therefore the term is meaningless, there is no distinction. The reality is that there is literally no one watching vtubers who isn't 'parasocial' to some extent, they're just in denial of it. Humans are social creatures and, unless you're really schizoid or an actual psychopath, will always obsessively and quickly develop feelings for/a connection to another person they regularly see/interact with to some degree. To deny this is to deny human nature itself. 'Parasocial' is just a word used to dismiss anyone people don't like, like calling them virgins or something. The only difference between the 'parasocial' fans of vtubers and the 'normies' is that the parasocial ones are honest.