>>34208383You went off a bit there with that hag love rant you dirty old baba, but you're definitely right about that feeling of supporting your chuuba and allowing her to blossom is definitely the underpinning of vtubing as something different from "regular streaming." And like an idol, the vtuber is grateful for her fans. She thanks them after her live, she thanks them for buying her merch, she tells them that she's so happy that she's here and it's all thanks to (You).
What attracted people to these girls in the first place was the feeling of gratitude they had for their fans at a time when twitch thot entitlement was at an all time high. If this unspoken mutual understanding dies, and it is dying in the West, then so will vtubing. The fact that Hololive, an agency that purposefully picks diamonds in the rough so that you can see them shine, is falling into spite and entitlement is the death knell for vtubing.
