>>70172394>third generation fanbase with a clear social contract is saner than a foundational fanbase who feel like the deal was never fully pennedNo shit. Lumi's /here/ popularity drew upon discarded Muumei memes and an ad campaign and a subclass of people (4X enjoyers) who are incredibly neurotic and blackpilled and thus intrinsically do not wish to see a good end to anything -- They just want to stand in the ashes and say I told you so.
Runie is a born-again non-gamer so while she deliberately caters to parasocial people she doesn't cater to parasocial people who're broken in belligerent ways.
