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I just want some parasocial GFE from someone who means it. Polka streams the least out of her generation and seems to actively be independent outside of Hololive, meaning as much as she may go on about codependency in her member streams she’s ultimately got a lot going for her outside of serving her fanbase. Non-Holo friends, housemates, side jobs, lots of money. Not to imply it’s impossible to be depressed when you have these things, but she has a lot to be thankful for and her life wouldn’t be over if Hololive disappeared overnight one day.
Contrast that with someone like Watame (not to imply she’s GFE focused) who consistently streams every day and for long hours, openly cries to her viewers and thanks them profusely every stream, to the point of feeling guilty not being able to give back. She openly exhibits symptoms of being heavily emotionally dependent on streaming and chatting, to the point of spending the majority of her free time with her fans. Whereas Polka streams, what, 10-20 hours a week on average, some days not streaming at all? Yet she claims to be codependent on her members.
I’m not saying I know everything about Polka, but her dependency is suspect. Feel free to argue otherwise because I still haven’t quite figured her out.
